Parts Unknown series?

I don't normally watch too many US programs but find this really quite good.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown - CNN.com

Looks interesting. Anything like Michael Palin's tours?

Watched them all, I thinks? Scotland one was fun, defending against a knife attack lol. Very real view of life elsewhere I thinks, and food, and getting drunk !!

Not like Palin, more gritty real life stuff

It's more to do with the cuisine of the countries visited. After all he is a chef. Some tourism involved in the programmes, but not as with Palin.

It is, but he has a lot of insightful discussions with the locals as well, no BS and he speaks his mind.

Yes, we watch this.

Both GF and I are big fans

Nope, I can't stand him. He's just someone who makes sweeping and incredibly vacuous pontifications as if he's the naffing Dali Lama, when in reality he's just an old stinky junkie from New York. It tells you a lot about the state of American cable news when they peddle this rubbish, but maybe they know their audience.

It could be that you are taking it too seriously

Making a living going around the world trying the local food and getting battered on the local drop. Giz a job... I can do that

Watching the Madagascar one this eve, very sad some of it

What Oink said...