[1] The producers wanted to avoid the style of a "nature show with a voice-over narration and no humans in sight," which is why the hosts were "so close to the animals, right next to their faces.

[5] The second season, hosted by Jillian Hirasawa and Gordon Michael Woolvett, was taped at the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

When Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop launched the Noggin channel on February 2, 1999, Wild Side Show was part of the daily schedule.

"[11] The Muscatine Journal wrote that "youngsters at home will certainly enjoy this romp through exotic locales with the show's hosts, a pair of kids who seem to possess a genuine appreciation of where they go and what they see.

"[12] In the magazine College & Research Libraries News, the show was highlighted as an example of how "modern children's educational television can be a marvelous place to learn things.