"I've Got News For You" podcast, Steve's longtime pal and producer John Stainton recalled "The Crocodile Hunter" giving a "very, very weird" speech to the cast and crew just before filming the documentary "Ocean's Deadliest." "A couple of days before we started the show, he made a little speech to all the crew that were up there catching crocs for his research trip — which I joined at the end with our crew," John said.