Man v. Food (2008 -)
Rated Eye Watering
Man v. Food is on many levels horrendous, I get that. Glorified gluttony and wastefulness which could only work in America, but yet… fuck me is it good fun. Host Adam Richman (later replaced by Casey Webb, who doesn't scream "everyman" and I haven't watched based mainly off the fact that he isn't Adam Richman) is likeable, natural and knowledgeable, making the carnage something you half wish you were doing too. He travels around America visiting "pig out joints" and taking on eating challenges. Some of the plated heart attacks don't look nice to eat even as a thought experiment.
Steaks the size of a baby, a fat baby at that, and ice cream by the gallon are occasionally challenged by the kind of chilli feats that make you wonder if Richman has intestines left. Charlie Brooker posited years ago that there should be a secondary show called Man v. Poo just watching the guy battle his hideous, painfully and deserved punishment at porcelain. Obviously I’d watch it, but I’m not everyone.
My only criticism of the show apart from the ethics of it all, would be that he’s never critical, even constructively, of the buckets of food he’s choking down; it can’t all be good. However, when you’re weary, feeling small, Man v. Food will make you hungry, and hunger is the best feeling when you’re lucky enough to be able to sate it. To paraphrase Diogenes the Cynic “if only rubbing my stomach relieved my hunger.” He was publicly masturbating at the time, but it’s a good observation.
We're lucky to be able to put on shows like Man v. Food. It won't be that way forever- get used to eating insects, bitches.
If you like food, and there are psychopaths who don’t, Man v. Food is an easy watch, delicious challenge show which will make you hungry. If you don’t like food, go rub your belly in public you weirdo. 8/10
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