Comments on: TRAVEL Reality Shows Suck Too

By: FFL

FFL — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:46:06 +0000

Who cares. It makes for good TV. If you thought he was “surviving” during the whole episode you’re a fool anyway.

There’s no doubt that he could survive in real life.

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:02:20 +0000

Thank god someone mentioned Anthony Bourdain. He truly is the real deal and being a fellow New Yorker I have to love his bad boy-ness all the more.

By: tim

tim — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:11:29 +0000

James, I’m with you on that one. His show is a different story, especially since he makes fun of the whole process, saying things like, “Thanks to the wonders of video editing, it took no time at all for these hunters to round up a wild boar.”

By: james

james — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:30:38 +0000

I like Anthony Bourdain. Even though his rebel leather jacket smoker motif is a little much, he seems honest, genuinely interested in the people and places he meets, and takes you deep into the heart of a plethora of cultures.

james…

By: Steve Davey

Steve Davey — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:34:55 +0000

It gets worse than this. Recently it has come out that our hero faked a bear encounter with a bear suit that they just happened to have with them! Apparantly it was a prank that somehow made it into the show. Yeah right, we all take bear suits with us into the woods don't we! I always though that BG was a bit of a twat just by watching his shows. Now, it seems that I am a better judge of character than I thought! Steve

By: Nathan Midgley

Nathan Midgley — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:20:05 +0000

There’s been uproar in the UK media about all this – my favourite ‘revelation’ was that a segement in which Gordon Ramsay went spear-fishing for the first time in his life and nabbed three fat fish was (gasp!) faked.

Times columnist Matthew Parris put it best: “I never trust television because I know how television is made.”

By: Gerri Bryce

Gerri Bryce — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:34:54 +0000

Of course! TV is TV, even if it’s dubbed “reality”. Does Steve Irwin count?

G. Bryce