Bear Gryllis new show

[Twocubdad]

Watching it now. Just noticed he wears an international Scout emblem on his shirt. That's kinda cool.

 

Yup, 26 minutes into the show, he's drinking his own pee.

[Sakitama]

I noticed that the first time I saw the show too. Don't think he drank his pee that episode, but skinned a dead seal to make a wetsuit to cover his vitals to go for a swim.

[Stosh]

Mental note to self: watching re-runs of the Adam's Family is better time spent than watching the Bear Gryllis show.

 

Stosh

[Brewmeister]

Not sure what's worse; drinking your own pee or drinking snake blood like I saw him doing on a show last night. I hope to never find out the answer.

[blw2]

I once saw a show where he squeezed the juice out of a dung pile straight into his mouth.

 

I actually think, just based on a few partial episodes I've seen, that his shows might be interesting if they didn't go for the shock value of these gross out survival methods. I guess there's value in the lessons, but it just seems like it's done more for the ratings and shock value to appeal to the general masses.

[Tampa Turtle]

He is HUGELY popular in the UK, at least when I was there, and (aside from some snarkiness on the entertainment value of his survival TV shows) think he sets a good example. He seems to make Scouting fun and an adventure.