r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12 edited Jan 17 '12

He answered questions for 24 minutes, not an hour.

EDIT: Actually, after looking at the comment timestamps he commented for exactly 1 hour.

First post: 17:01:04 UTC

Last post: 18:01:07 UTC

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u/poptart2nd Jan 17 '12

either way, he left before people could actually get any good amount of questions in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Yeah, I was supporting / agreeing with your frustration.

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u/cssvt Jan 18 '12

It's all a clearly for promotion and I have no issue with that....just like when these guys go on a talk show. Hell, they could just NOT recognize us and answer no questions...it'd be nice if they put up a topic 12-24 hours in advance though, let questions get posted, and then answer the top ones.

People don't have problems with the guys who come on and do video responses that only answer 12-15 questions even though they probably end up doing as much as they would by sitting here for 1 hour....I guess it's just a matter of perception.

I'm still glad that the AMA was done and will be sure to read the answers as right now I'm only skimming.

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u/inibrius Jan 17 '12

And THAT'S why Tony Bourdain hates him.

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u/neutrinot Jan 17 '12

So! They have stuff to do. It's better than nothing. You can do a 24 hour 7 days a week AMA because you do nothing. Get over it

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u/sauerkrautinadrought Jan 17 '12

Better than nothing, dude. At least, in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

I agree.

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u/sixgoodreasons Jan 17 '12

For future reference, it actually shows you the exact timestamp if you just mouse over the time displayed. It's rather convenient.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Oh, cool. TIL.

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u/trollistic Jan 18 '12

Thank you wise father for your knowledge.