Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Bruce Almighty...

The Missus has a potential new entry on her allowed list and she's even considering removing Johnny Depp to make room for him.

So who is this sexual behemoth? Well, actually, it's Bruce Parry.

For those who've never come across the delightful Mr Parry, he's an adventurer whose current series, Bruce Parry’s Amazon, sees him travel up the Amazon River to explore this region and meet the tribes and people who work there.

It's a truly fabulous series and in the episodes I've seen he's already made himself violently vomit for several mornings in order to purge his body in the same way that the tribe he's visiting do. On top of this he's also imbibed hallucinogenic potions, joined a criminal gang making cocaine in the jungle and joined a small family logging firm chopping down part of a rainforest.

But the thing that makes this such a must-see show is the fact that Parry is such a fabulous presenter who's genuinely open to new experiences and really enthusiastic when it comes to finding out about the people and their lives as he journeys down the river. No po-faced Western ideas of superiority here... only genuine interest and genuine compassion.

He's wonderful and the show is fab. And he's also a former Royal Marines Physical Training Instructor so he can probably bonk for bloody hours too. Consequently I may have to increase my exercise regime to compete with my wife's newest addition to the allowed list – unless, of course, Parry has a go at crocodile wrestling in the next episode and comes a cropper.

Sadly I love myself so I'd probably mourn too and also lament the fact the wife can't shag him. He's that bloody nice...

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