Man vs Wild

[windjammer]

I was watching Man vs. Wild with Bear Gyllis, or something like that....I wonder how real the show is.

Looks like he must have at least a one man camera crew, maybe more....I wonder what the crew is eating when Bear bites off the frog's head, then eats the frog or whatever it may be.

 

[popgun]

It's all fake he goes to a hotel between takes. They got busted last year. If you want to see a real show watch Survivorman. He films himself no crew, nothing.

 

[Ron H.]

I was watching Man vs. Wild with Bear Gyllis, or something like that....I wonder how real the show is.

Looks like he must have at least a one man camera crew, maybe more....I wonder what the crew is eating when Bear bites off the frog's head, then eats the frog or whatever it may be.

Sir, FWIW, I call that particular show "Stupid Stuff That'll Get You Killed in the Woods."

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[gcerrone]

This show is a joke, If you were trying to survive you would NOT do half the goofy stuff this Dude does just for AFFECT. As an example how many time does this guy jump on and off choppers when it is obvious to any moron that the bird can safely land or at least touchdown long enough for him to step off or aboard. Then there is the Geek(traditional definition) aspect. Sure, I'd eat all of that live stuff full of bacterial vectors. Just another Discovery Channel time rip off. Two minutes of legit info. stretched to fill a 47 minute hour.

 

[n4zov]

They filmed a show not too far from my home, and when they broadcast that episode I thought it was hilarious! They had to work overtime to carefully edit out all the houses, roads, and bridges. The way the area was described, you would have thought it was incredibly wild, dangerous and inaccessible. What a joke.

 

[sipowicz]

Man vs. wife is even scarier....

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Sir, FWIW, I call that particular show "Stupid Stuff That'll Get You Killed in the Woods."

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

AMEN!

There are some good survival sites on line. The best thing to remember is to be prepared for where you are going, stay calm if something happens, and use your brain.

I have seen only a few minutes of Bear Gryls and that was enough...I cannot put what I think of his "survival" skills that could be printed in a family forum, so I won't.

 

[Firehouse]

I watched the episode filmed in north Alabama. I laughed. True, living outdoors would be tough. But if I was in survival mode I'd whip out my cell phone and call for help. That or knock on the first door I came too. Over dramatization to the max.

 

[Mickey D]

Man vs. wife is even scarier....

Wasn't that the pilot for Married with Children?

 

[Frizzman]

Its Brilliant!

I thought that show is satire. They aren't really trying to be serious, are they? I think that is the show where the idiot caught a skunk and killed it and tried to eat it and started gagging. I believe he used his only coat to catch the skunk and after the skunk sprayed it, he coundn't stand the smell and froze all night in some hole he dug in a dirt bank. In another episode, he wound up gagging when he was drinking his urine out of a snake skin hanging around his neck. Hilarious!!! Its got to be satire...

 

[mtgianni]

Not satire, just British.

 

[John Eilertson]

"Man vs Wild" is a joke. "Survivorman" is educational--and real!

 

[slumpy]

I heard he fell 30 feet recently on one of his episodes?

 

[Etemmu]

At risk of sounding obvious...Man vs Wild is entertainment, which is why it is seen on TV! Real? Really!?

Survivor Man with Les was much better entertainment. Wish it was still on.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Another thread back from the dead

 

[seagill]

Another thread back from the dead

It wasn't dead, it survived!

 

[mod34]

And, just for kicks, the BCC version of "Top Gear" is WAY, WAY better than its US counterpart.

 

[Cyrano]

Amen, Mod34, I thought I was the only American watching it.

 

[Jellybean]

I had to go to Wal-Mart the other day and took a stroll through the sporting goods dept. (Our Wal-Marts SG dept. is worthless and I hadn't been in it in over a year.)

I was looking at all the knives and noticed the Gerber "Bear Grylls" (sic) licensed knives, and they weren't cheap. They were made in China though and probably came off the same assembly line as the Chinese made "Winchester" knives that cost a fraction of the Gerbers. They did have a nice US made Buck knife that was $10 than the Bear Grylls knife too.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Try Dual Survival with Cody and Dave. Cody is a hippy and doesn't wear shoes. Dave used to be in the Army and will wrestle an alligator so that he can eat it. In one episode they actually test thne old burn yourself with gunpowder to staunch bleeding schtick. Classic TV.