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antoniusrex has suggested on a couple of occasions that I should go on a reality-TV show, particularly "Amazing Race".

To this, emilymorgan said, "No, that's not what you want to do. In a "reality-TV" show, you have to do what they tell you. What you want is to have a show about you, so they do what you tell them.

I'm still much too private to do either of these things--and the latter is, alas, unrealistic given the nature of the business--but I had a brief moment of fun imagining what I'd do if I had a camera crew following me around:

"Hi guys! Today we're going to Medellín and Caracas! For more fun and interest we're going overland via Tegucigalpa and San Salvador! I'm glad you could come along! Watch for pickpockets, everyone!

"Next month's trip is from Dakar to Lagos! We'll be stopping in Freetown, Monrovia, and Abidjan!"

See? Completely unrealistic.

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[antoniusrex.livejournal.com]

I still say you'd win The Amazing Race...

But dude! You so could do a TV show that follwed your travels. It would be amazing. I'd so watch. You go to some really exotic places compared to most folks. Not just the "big" spots. And you tell useful stuff. Like, yeah "Watch for pickups."

I was watching the last season of the Amazing Race (You should start watching, and laugh at these guys, come thursday) and they went to Afrika, and were riding on one of the overstocked van/busses that you once wrote about. I kept thinking "Dude, Leon said how to handle this...idiots, why don't they just read his journal!"

Have you ever thought about being a correspondant for PBS's "World Trekker"? Or getting a job helping to design the journey for something like The Amazing Race, or Survivor, or their ilk? You'd be really good at it, I think. Or at least write a book on your travel insights. It'd sell. It'd sell well.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

So, after I posted this I realized the kind of program I was trying to describe already existed.

Michael Palin does this kind of show for the BBC. He even has a website for all of them. He's done six miniseries, so far. I've seen bits of some of them and they all look like fun.

Pity I wasn't one of the original Python crew. It sure looks like he's got a good gig. :)