Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection Three

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection Three
by Andrew Zimmern

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection Three
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Actor: Andrew Zimmern
Director: Andrew Zimmern
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Andrew Zimmern
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 300 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-06-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Travel Channel

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DVD Review: Desensitized to the "Bizarre," but still fun to watch
Summary: 4 Stars

Lets face it, Andrew Zimmern managed to get the majority of his initial viewers because he was riding on the coattails of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. However, he manages to keep his show because, despite our better judgment, we love watching this guy stuff some really weird and nasty looking food into his gullet. Sometimes I really wish the sound guy would fix his mic though, the man chews like a cow and hearing his masticating noises really doesn't do much for me.

Season three of Bizarre Foods includes far, far away destinations such as Uganda, Ethiopia, India and Samoa. He also returns to some familiar haunts like Japan as well as a few US-based shows in Los Angeles and Maine. Season three also included a few "roundtable" type episodes, such as the one on Halloween and Sexy Foods. There was also a pretty dismissible recap episode as the season finale.

I'm not sure if it's a combination of being desensitized to these type of "bizarre" food shows, or if maybe Andrew is mellowing out in his definition of weird foods, but much of what he eats in this season, I wouldn't really define as radical. There are the usual suspects of offal, various reproductive organs, eggs, bugs, etc, but nothing that really jumps out as different from his previous seasons of the show. In fact, in the Paris and Japan episodes, you could probably make the argument that the food wasn't as much "Weird" as it was "Expensive". I suppose you can only watch a guy eat bugs and balls so many times before you just accept it as normal though.

Zimmern as a host doesn't really do much for me - I find him to be arrogant and in some cases, downright rude to his hosts (if you watch the faces of a lot of the native people around him, you can practically hear them mentally laughing, gritting their teeth, or sighing in frustration at the guy). I enjoy watching the foods he eats rather than watching him present them. The insight into the culture and the vibrancy of the areas that he visits is what keep me watching the show. It seems as if maybe the Travel Channel is thinking along the same lines, as Zimmern's new show is labeled "Bizarre World," not Food.

While this review may sound pretty negative, if you like Zimmern as a host, honestly this is a great show. The locations he visits are really unique and probably not areas that most people would think of as vacation spots. Getting to watch Zimmern get immersed into the culture as well as some really awesome camera work (this show has really gorgeous film work) is what makes this show stand out for me. Bourdain's show is still the winner in my book, but I will still tune in to watch Bizarre Foods/World when I see it on. Hopefully the Travel Channel will start offering DVDs on some sort of high def media, as these types of travel shows really benefit from the added sharpness.
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