thread for making insulting comments directed at PBS travel show host Rick Steves

wow

Didn't Rick Steves just do a special on Iran? How did he deal with the dark people there?

I think someone called him on his bullshit because I stopped watching his show for 6 years after that and then the next time I stumbled across him, he was in Turkey.

Well then I give him credit for realizing it was bullshit then. I still think he seems like a million times more thoughtful and interesting guy than Bourdain does.

(ftr, this was in 1997)

every time i see anthony bourdain's show at the gym he's in like st. petersberg eating 75 different kinds of pickles and you just get to watch him going "mmm....oh god....this is delicious" and it's boring as shit.

ha at first I thought you meant he had a show set in a gym where ppl brought him food and I was going "huh, that is counter-intuitive"

That's basically the show. Well that and him going "I never would have thought that someone could make something this great out of foreskin."

xp hahaha no but that does tie in to my side complaint of every time i'm at the gym the travel channel tv is showing some show about like "america's most insane burgers" or something.

btw alex i am enjoying your random, impassioned defense of rick steves who always just seemed like a nice dork to me.

Yeah showing the Travel Channel or the Food Network at the gym seems downright mean.

they're all like "hey at this place they put the french fries IN the sandwich"

hey rick steves, you said to make sure to get your lift tickets up to the mountain hofgarten before 10am, and get lunch at the bottom before going up, but everybody knows that's bullshit, god why does anyone listen to you

that lilac garden in limousin? fucking mob scene in there, asshole!

Rick Steves Silk Money Belt

Rick Steves Silk Money Belt

Made from comfortable spun silk, our sturdy, ultra-light, under-the-pants moneybelt and neck wallet is your best guarantee against pickpocket theft, Its soft elastic strap/neck cord adjusts to your unique shape and the slim, strong buckle makes it easy to clip on and off, The main zippered compartment features a moisture barrier liner and the second zipper reveals two easy access compartments: one for your cash and one for your credit/debit cards, Rick Steves line of travel luggage…

"under-the-pants"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090321092226AAN5myP

http://i35.tinypic.com/2ltocbm.jpg

The back door reference would only mean something to someone who was "interested" in this anyway, and it's a sad state of affairs if you can't ask somewhat what their plans are for the evening without being accused of coming onto them (whatever gender).

you sit down to pee

Bourdain's gone too far into philosophical voiceover territory and I'm less interested in his take on cultures these days. That said, it's still seems more honest than the Rick Steves style of cultural tourism.

There are too many food/travel food shows that try to jump off of the Bourdain formula that just piss me off. The bizarre food one is basically "look at this fucked up stuff!" and I ended up watching this Three Sheets show at a friend's place (look, it's just drinking! in different places!) and it was so incredibly bad.

Rick Steves seriously has a show titled "Europe Through the Back Door."

LOL BUTT-HOLES

would u get high w/this guy?

“I don’t think more people in their 50s are smoking marijuana. I think we are just more comfortable talking about it,’’ said Rick Steves, who writes travel guidebooks and hosts a public TV series on travel. At 54, the clean-cut guru of mass-market European tourism has begun to present himself as the hard-working, successful face of the longtime smoker.

“Even my pastor knows I smoke pot,’’ said Steves, recently named Lutheran activist of the year for his work on international poverty relief. “It’s just not that big a deal anymore.’’

ongoing mild frustration at how samey and tedious travel tv shows are "next we traveled by single engine sea plane to jhorga one of the most outlying islands in the rumanii archipelago" *shows map w/animated airplane graphic trailing a dotted line* "upon arrival we were greeted by jimshu - hes sort of the mayor of this island" *shows old man w/staff standing smiling in shallow water near sea plane*

and btw rick steves yr show captures none of the raw excitement of travel!

you speak out in public for medical marijuana, but instead you seeming cooler you managed to make pot dorkier

hahahaha

ha, mere days before this thread was started, rick steves is somewhere in this room: WDYLL: SEPTEMBER 2009

(he gave a dope speech tbqh)

he's at the back door

“Even my pastor knows I smoke pot,’’

Bourdain is good when he's engaged with the local culture (PDX) or when he hits a top-flight restaurant or two (like the Spain show). Gets pretty boring when they have him do stunts, or travel around to every street food stand in Colombia pretending it's the best food ever (he doesn't even do a passable job of that most of the time).

I like the guy's books and blogs/essays, and want to like the show, but I can't watch more than 15-20 minutes at a time.

but would you get high with rick steves

rick steves would be a blast to "toke up" a marijuana "joint" with

if your passion in life was looking at and talking about notable stained glass windows of History

http://www.bowkera.com/images/Family/AnnKate/Kate-and-Rick-Steves-jpg.jpg

my parents have a rick steves book on the coffee table or whatever it is what shoul di do

i quite like rick steves. i find his nerdiness charming, if a bit white-bred. and the dude's a 'head- go figure!

harbl smoke w33d out of the book in your parents house imo

if you pass someone on the street who is also wearing pleated khakis you get really excited and try to make eye contact with them

this has made my day

i have a Rick Steves' Scandinavia 2003 ("AS SEEN ON PUBLIC TV") book that my parents got me for my birthday because in 2003 i was expressing a lot of interest in traveling to norway. dad still insists on making a hajj to the homeland with me once i finish stupid grad school.

the book is adorable. all the maps are hand-drawn and there is a terrific photo of Rick Steves on the back cover (he is smiling)

he would put two pens and some sort of card in his shirt front pocket

the best part is the fake smiling for the photo and the i'll finish this one hefeweizen but i'd rather be back at the hostel pulling tubes.

Thanks for trying to make Andrew W.K. look bad, asshole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jE1Qs0VhHg

Fuck you dude you live off of my tax dollars it should be my civil liberty to decide whether or not I wanna fund PBS but I don't have that choice. Liberals are the last people that should be talking about civil liberty.
rockinandout 6 days ago

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It's clearly an anal sex reference. Never once in all his books does he advocate sneaking in back doors.
by: Anonymous reply 17 04/25/2011 @ 12:29PM

his books are pretty great and useful actually

true. but on the other hand, he's the nerdiest nerd that ever nerded up a nerd while nerding in a nerd

dh on November 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm | Link

Yes..I agree, He seems very gay. I’ve know 4 married men some with 5-6 children come out of the closet in their 50’s and 60’s. The Lutheran Church would not accept this, so he stays in the closet. Tragic.

JONathan gieseke on January 9th, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Link

Someone needs to set a boobie trap for Rick Steves and give him the what-for. I do believe he travels for the sole purpose of eating sweets and especially Cheese. Why does Rick Steves like Cheese so much. Yes I would like my plane ticket with Cheese, thank you. Rick Steves toured the Turkish Baths with a hunk of cheese. His 2 favorite things, he was wearing nothing but his comfortable shoes.

http://vancouverhostel.com/img/samesun-vancouver-Rick-Steves-and-CK.jpg

"neck wallet"

since his divorce, rick only carries one pen in his shirt pocket

Rick Steves: Mixing Cruising With Independent Travel

lol

Rick Steves looks and talks like the chair of my English department.

is he a "shirt pocket kinda guy"

http://www.ricksteves.com/images/vof/audioeurope_520.jpg

http://www.nwbud.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mugshots-ricksteves.jpg

.@RollingStone asked me to imagine traveling to Europe — with Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Jeff, let's go see what a creative and sensible approach to drug policy looks like. Here's our itinerary: https://t.co/e17FCzVwRw pic.twitter.com/GRSmVxubT0

— Rick Steves (@RickSteves) March 14, 2018

i knew he smoked but didn't realise he was such a big advocate for legalization

Rick Steves and Jeff Sessions walk into an Amsterdam brothel, reeking of Dutch Treat and Heineken sweat. The room goes silent. They peer around with beady red eyes, cracking their knuckles and licking their lips. They are unspeakably horny. Rick unbuttons the top button on his Kirkland brand shirt. "Ladies," he declares with a devious grin, "I'm back. Jefferson and I have come to buy you out."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1IVW6uqM0

this is still the best most vivid burn


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Posted: September 20, 2009 at 10:36:22 PM
you get goosebumps every single time you hear "Eye in the Sky" by the Alan Parsons Project even though you listen to it nearly every day, or at least every time you take a ride in your 1991 Ford Tempo

he would, wouldn't he

Don't think sorry's easily said