Monday, November 20

Finding: Bear Grylls is no Les Stroud

I can't help but compare TV shows when so many are biting off eachother. Man vs. Wild is the new survival show starring Bear Grylls. First of all? What kind of stupid name is that. That's like naming your child Wolfenstein 3d. A quick look at his bio reveals he has a son named Marmaduke. I am not making this up. Not only is his name pretentiously EXTREME, everything about him is too. Case in point: this video of him peeing on his shirt and then wrapping it around his head. You know he thinks he is totally sexy even with a smelly, urine-soaked rag on his head. You know it!

Now let's look at Les Stroud of Survivorman. Unlike Bear Grillz, he is a human being. Instead of army-crawling through rainforests and wrestling boars or whatever, he has different priorities such as water and shelter. Also unlike Bear Grrls, Les does not have a camera crew with him, therefore he could actually be in danger. And even though he has to survive for a week armed with just a leatherman and a harmonica, he still takes the time to set up the camera, walk down a long hill, then walk back up the hill to get the camera. Why? Because Les cares about you and wants to you learn! Meanwhile, Bear Grylls' show isn't about survival. It's about being super manly, and I can't think of anything less manly than watching a TV show about being super manly. Also, he hates you and said stuff about your mom.

2 comments:

lauren said...

i have no idea who either of these people are but it seems that your Finding may be summed up thusly: Les is more.

Anonymous said...

i'm just waiting for the Spike TV spin off. Man vs. Girls Gone Wild