Man v. Food
Man v. Food
TV-G | 03 December 2008 (USA)

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    Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
    Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
    Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
    Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
    Stompgal_87 I first saw this programme while I was staying in a cottage near Swansea last summer and the first episode I saw was the one where Adam Richman visits various barbecue food restaurants around Kansas and attempts to chomp down a massive sandwich containing seven different barbecue meats. A little while afterwards, I tuned into Dave (an entertainment channel in the UK) for further episodes and I was hooked, in spite of my parents disapproving of this programme (thank goodness I no longer live with them) due to my mum finding it obscene and my dad feeling sorry for people in third world countries suffering from malnutrition while Adam had the opportunity to participate in challenges that involved him eating colossal servings of food throughout the USA.About six months after watching my first episode, I began to go off it because Dave kept repeating the same episodes over and over again so I eventually tuned out.Overall this was an addictive programme to begin with but it rapidly became repetitive. 7/10.
    Ben Trovato You can watch your grandparents and parents die of "food-born" illnesses, like cardio-vascular disease and common cancers, twenty and forty years before they are due. You can see close relatives, friends and co-workers get heavier, sicker, less-capable, less productive -- less happy -- year by year. You can understand that upwards of 80% of the agricultural production in the western world goes to feed animals to produce the foods consumed as shown so wastefully in the behavior glorified in these shows. Know that those animals live as in Auschwitz every day of their lives and that the same plant food, calorie by calorie as is fed to them would be enough to adequately feed the rest of the human world maybe several times over. Understand that morbid obesity and type-2 diabetes are now problems for young children. I have no problem with say, nudity or vulgar language in art, it harms no one and depending on presentation, you like it or you don't, no problem. I cannot understand the rational disconnect and hypocrisy that allows the conduct and mindset of this show to be anything less than shockingly obscene. I understand this program's average rating is 7.8 on IMDb and that it has been running for at least five seasons. Take care people.
    Oak Owl I do not understand the rave reviews. This is a disgusting program. Gluttony celebrated. If it is meant to be a parody of the American Dining Experience ... well, it's sad, isn't it?Someone has said the real reason people watch it is in the hopes he'll go into cardiac arrest from stuffing himself. Maybe they'll save that for Sweeps Week? It is a terrible thing to watch that guy shovel food in his gut as fast as he can. There is no enjoyment of the food, just Intake Mass Quantities. Not only has he disgusting table manners (slurp, slobber, talking with his mouth full), the physiology of massive intake of food in a short amount of time can create a sudden, massive increase (and attendant drop) in blood sugar. It may be a contributing factor in the development of diabetes, high blood pressure, and, as we've said, a heart attack.So ... why is this behavior celebrated? Why is it so popular? A true mystery.
    bhoselton88 There are a lot of shows on television that travel to a variety of locations to show off the different foods that we can eat, but Man V. Food is far and away the best of the bunch. Host Adam Richman travels the country to find the great pig-out places all over our great land. He also tackles a food challenge in every city he visits, ranging from 15 dozen oysters in New Orleans, to a giant burger challenge in Boston, to the Don Juan Taco Challenge in Austin, Texas(You have to watch the reruns on the Travel Channel to view the winner). Sometimes the winner is man, sometimes the winner is food. No matter who reigns victorious it is still an extremely entertaining half hour, even if you are not a big fan of these types of show. What sets it apart from other shows in this category and other shows period, is the host, Adam Richman. First of all, I can say, Adam can eat. You can clearly see after watching a few episodes that he is also having a lot of fun in what I would classify as one of the top twenty jobs in the United States. He gets to travel, he gets to eat. What else can I say. Beyond that he is intelligent about food, he is extremely funny for someone who has just downed seven pounds of burger and fries, and the viewer even gets to learn a little food history. Beyond that, its just fun to sit on the couch and say "I can do that" or "There is no @#$*& way I could eat that." So if you want to watch the best show on TV right now, turn to the travel channel. And Adam, if you ever want to try the Carnivore Pizza Challenge again, Give me a call. Great show.