Man VS. Wild

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I just saw my first couple of Man VS. Wild shows yesterday. I work nights and have never watched it before last night. I would just like to know how long that show has been on? And how many episodes have been shown?Thanks for any help.
 
This is the second season, and there are maybe 5 episodes left in the current season.

I think there are a few other threads about the show. Mostly centered on some folks saying that the survival aspect is goofy, and others (me) saying "its only a tv show". :thumbup:

Its my favorite thing on tv. Where else do you a see a guy drink his own urine (not that I care to see that again) and then gobble down a big, fat spider.

cheers
 
Bear's been to Hawaii, South America, Africa, Florider, the Rockies, Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, arid desert (Arizona?Utah?), snowbound somewhere, and a host of other places. I watched his Australian show last night (THAT one I liked). He's still up to his old goofy tricks though....but I agree with Powernoodle...it's only a TV show (actually, it's more of a sitcom).

I like Bear and have said many times I'd kindly like to hang with him. I mean if only to ask "Are you for real with this running down mountains and eating raw snakes when there's fire at-hand?" "And what's with pulling meat off a rotten Zebra with your teeth when you have 4-1/2" of sharpened steel in your left hand?" "And why drink creek water (from all places on God's earth South American creek water!!!!) when you have a fire back at camp and means to boil it?"

ANd on and on.......

You gotta love the Bear..... if I want to really learn I'll watch Les Stroud. Bear's just a great guy to watch.......for fun.
 
I like bear because its a "what if your really f**ked" and if you are here's what to do. Like if you have to fall from high up, heres how to do it. I dunno weather you can call it a survival show its more of a "Your screwed now what". Just read through that wiki debate about bear. Seems like a lot of people with no proof just trying to discredit him, a common problem with wiki's is that people can post what they like with no real vetting.
 
I agree with you, Xinel. I mean, WHAT IF:
- you want to get down a 70 degree incline and you're so scared of being alone you don;t care if you die before hitting rock bottom.....so you run down......
- you're not really thirsty, but you want to hallucinate (and puke), so drink up! on that Amazonian creek sludge....
- you're not really hungry but you figure "Hey. It aint everyday I come across a rotting Zebra with no lions or hyenas around, and I can eat just like they do! If they come back, I can keep eating with my teeth sunk in the Zebos belly while I thrust at the lions with my knife!"
- it's 10 deg below and the little pond of water is 33 degrees, and "who knows, anybody could fall in, so I'll just jump in and show them how to get out!! I mean, I know how to get out, you don;t!"
- "I could walk 30 yards and find a safe way down to the river, but I'd like to show you how to jump from a 70' cliff into unknown waters! Why? Because you're lost and this is what we do when we're lost! Right?"

I'm with you, man. Cutting the Bear down without true vetting is a crime......
(((:D)))
 
I love the show. He a a little crazy and dramatic but I find him entertaining. The Paris Hilton of Survivor dudes! I love the show and i feel that his risk taking and style is what makes the show interesting.
 
StretchNM said:
Bear's been to Hawaii, South America, Africa, Florider, the Rockies, Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, arid desert (Arizona?Utah?), snowbound somewhere, and a host of other places. I watched his Australian show last night (THAT one I liked). He's still up to his old goofy tricks though....but I agree with Powernoodle...it's only a TV show (actually, it's more of a sitcom).

I like Bear and have said many times I'd kindly like to hang with him. I mean if only to ask "Are you for real with this running down mountains and eating raw snakes when there's fire at-hand?" "And what's with pulling meat off a rotten Zebra with your teeth when you have 4-1/2" of sharpened steel in your left hand?" "And why drink creek water (from all places on God's earth South American creek water!!!!) when you have a fire back at camp and means to boil it?"

ANd on and on.......

You gotta love the Bear..... if I want to really learn I'll watch Les Stroud. Bear's just a great guy to watch.......for fun.[/QUOTE]


Sums it all up right about there..
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xinel said:
Just read through that wiki debate about bear. Seems like a lot of people with no proof just trying to discredit him, a common problem with wiki's is that people can post what they like with no real vetting.
Click to expand...

Sums it all up right about there. . . ;)

I agree with you xinel. All I could find were claims and accusations with no evidence.

It's not difficult to discern the legit survival tips from the over the top entertainment.
 
The guy can sure climb - I'll give him that. Coconut trees, cliffs, waterfalls, you name it. :thumbup:
 
I did catch him cheating once. In that particular episode he didn't have a knife or a saw and was starting a fire with a hand drill. Having a hard time of it (which is typical with a hand drill,let alone without tools) he was explaining that it's a difficult way to start a fire when I noticed that a V-notch had appeared on his baseboard between camera angles.

Like you guys have been saying, he's a lot more for entertainment than education. I prefer Survivorman as he seems more practical and less with the artificial drama.
 
Swedishdwarf - I saw the same thing but was still in shock from the snake he ate.

Also, they blurred him killing the rabbit with the stick, but they showed him eat a snake alive. I an suspicious of the rabbit hunt - though good info.
 
Ron Hood's opinion, and he worked with the guy for a bit. It's all a set-up but some viewers watch it thinking they're really learning something about extreme survival.
 
I've caught the Bear cheating several times, though it's expected because, after all, he's got an entire production crew with him.

On an episode where he's swimming in the ocean and landing on the beach near dusk, and near the end of the show: in the water he's got a flotation device on - you can see it clearly by the tube behind his neck. When he comes out of the water, it's gone.

On an episode (Rocky Mtns I think) he parachutes out of a plane right after explaining all he'll have is a knife and something or other else. Yet he's carrying a daypack throughout the show and has more changes of clothes than will fit in the pack. I mean, jackets come and go, almost like he's advertising for Cabelas.

On one of the recent episodes (might be Rockies again), he's running through the forest at night talking about moonlight and your eyes adjusting and everything, but he's got more light from the camera crew than would ever be needed for them to film. Not even Hollywood uses that much light in a night-shot.

Again - I truly like the Bear and his show, and he certainly does have some skills (many more than me, I'm certain!). But he makes it soooo easy to kid about him doing some of the dumb stuff he does.

Now, it isn;t that Les Stroud is perfect. It's just that his show is really an attempt to show you a few tricks that might help in a survival scenario (well, Bear's show too). The difference is, Les isn't into all the theatrics that make Bear's show sometimes so comical.
 
I can say that is the most I have laughed in a long time when I watched him drink his own piss the other day. Yes it was the outback, but it was the monsoon season, so it was gona rain.
 
It's a good show, and has some good points about survival situations. Sometimes the holywood factor is alittle stretched, but how else could they film it. The scenery in itself makes the show worthwhile watching.

It beats the heck out of much of the lousy television programing on these days
 
Here're just a couple of things I learned from Bear. There is alot more, but just for starters:
SERIOUS
- blocking or daming both ends of a small stream to trap some trout in while you try to smash, spear, or otherwise catch them. That was in Copper Canyon - I don;t think I'd have thought of that;
- cooking some fish packed in mud and protected by a certain type of leaf (Rocky Mtns episode). I've heard of that...never done it...and wouldn;t know which leaves to use to avoid poisoning the fish;
- learning that ALL freshwater fish are safe to eat and that, if under three inches, you can eat them whole;

NOT SO SERIOUS
- learning how to kill a rabbit by throwing a twig at it. Judging by the sun (shadows) from the start time to when the rabbit is caught, I'd guess it took him about 15 minutes. It would take me months to twig a bunny!;
- learning how to sneak up on wild horses by speaking softly in a lovely, soothing British accent;
- learning how to scare bears away while walking around with a ten-man camera crew and saying "Yo bear. Yo bear." (I wanted to hear a rap rhythm with that);
- learning to keep a well-provisioned camera and production crew with me at all times....just in case I get lost and end up in an extreme survival situation.

EDIT: Amen Bufford. Scenery is great. Music ain't bad. There is plenty of useful information that accidently slips in. Bear seems like a pretty good joe - seriously. And it beats MOST of the crap being churned out of Dreamland!
 
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