# Man vs. Wild not so real after all?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185 "2007-07-26T03:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_No_Saint)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185/1 "2007-07-26T03:24:40Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/tv\_nm/discovery\_dc\_1](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/tv_nm/discovery_dc_1)

Say it ain’t so!

Ah well…I like Survivorman better, anyway.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185/2 "2007-07-26T04:12:50Z")

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We already have a thread on this.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185/3 "2007-07-26T06:23:15Z")

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Linky?

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185/4 "2007-07-26T07:55:18Z")

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> **[Bear Grylls stayed in hotels](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429924)**
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> Link I know we’ve had a few threads on Man vs Wild and Survivorman, but I didn’t see anything about this. There are reports that some of the things Bear did on the show were staged or done by someone else. I like both shows, but I think Les’s...

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-vs-wild-not-so-real-after-all/413185/5 "2007-07-26T12:42:52Z")

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Edit: posting to other thread like I should’ve in the first place.