National Geographic Discovery Channel has lawsuit waiting to happen with Man vs. Wild. Host Bear Grylls’s gross-out appeal is just made for bored tween-aged boys needing another excuse to injure insects and animals. I can hear it now: “Hey dad, the Beaver and I are going outside to play Man vs. Wild. It’s OK, Dad, it’s the Discovery Channel.”
As highlighted on VH1’s Best Week Ever:
Adam Winer (writer): Bear went on to cook more bugs, cut off fish heads, stab a frog into a tree, and dig into a rotting carcass.
Bear: This should be cooked, but it’s not the time nor the place to start a fire!
John Mulaney (comedian): No. this is a good time to start a fire; when you have raw meat, it’s the best time.
Paul Scheer: (actor/comedian): But like all bindgers, all that eating caught up with him and…wow…yikes!
Bear: I think I have to stop here for two seconds; this diarrhea is not waiting for anyone.
PJ: Lovely. I don’t get it. He’s not a contestant in a game show, he can’t possibly be making a documentary, so what’s his point? I’m not impressed with Mr. Bear.
Moving on and lightening up– a highlight of this week’s Best Week Ever was Brooke White , an American Idol eliminated contestant, parodying herself with an infomercial, “Brooke White: Stop and Sing the Classics,” which was as good, if not better, than a Saturday Night Live sketch! Brooke’s ability to laugh at herself is worthy of a role model!
PJ
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