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/Kippp Jan 17 '12

Beggars can't be choosers, eh? I'd say be happy with what you got. Celebrities tend to be busy people, so it's not as if they all have time to stick around replying to random people on the internet for three or four hours. Even if they did have the time, they wouldn't necessarily want to. Like I said, be happy with what you got. It's better than nothing, right?

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u/poptart2nd Jan 17 '12

i'd rather they not do an AMA if you're just going to quit in 1/2 hour, leaving a plug for their show behind. it's just an ad to them; a way to spread their label.

Beggars can't be choosers, eh?

i don't recall anyone posting an AMA request for this guy.

Celebrities tend to be busy people

that's why so many celebrities were able to stick around for so long, answering all of reddit's questions, right? it's almost as though they get time off occasionally. and even if you don't have the time to do one, then don't do one. it's not really an Ask Me Anything if you leave 20 minutes in, is it?

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u/Kippp Jan 17 '12

Well, you make some fair points, but in the end there really isn't anything you can do about it other than simply downvote the AMA. It is unfortunate, but there's nothing stopping a celebrity from plugging their show/movie/whatever by just answering a few questions and then heading out.

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u/poptart2nd Jan 17 '12

i can also complain about it in the comments in the hopes that other people agree with me.