A Ferrell Bear Extravaganza

So, Will Ferrell was on "Man vs. Wild" last night with Bear Grylls.  If you have no idea who, or what I'm talking about, you have no idea what you're missing.  My future husband and I have a collective TV-crush on Bear Grylls.  He's an ex-British Ranger who gets dropped off into inhospitable locales and has to find his way out.

It's your typical survivor show, except that Bear himself is unbelievably charming in that typical, dry, subtle British way.  He'll bite a snake in half (literally), and say "hm, not the best."

The show's opening disclaimer hilariously says "situations are sometimes presented to Bear so that he can demonstrate survival techniques."  I love the thought of a crew looking around the Swiss Alps and saying, "hm, it looks like that snow shelf would fall if you tread on it, let's see what happens if Bear tries."

The situation presented to him last night was dragging Will Ferrell's ass out of the arctic circle.  I'm not a huge fan of Will Ferrell, but last night's show was freakin' hilarious.  I cannot, for the life of me, find a clip of the scene right after they landed, but picture it:

Will Ferrell fills the left of the frame, eating the emergency twinkie (ten minutes in) and discussing a variety of silly things, while over his left shoulder, Bear Grylls scrambles up an ice embankment gathering twigs.

The camera work was impeccable, and Will Ferrell didn't overpower the hour.  He was, after all, actually stuck in the Arctic Circle, actually descending mountains, wading through the snow for hours, etc.  If this Will Ferrell were in the movies, I would enjoy them a lot more.

It's replaying tomorrow, and I'm sure many more times after that on the Discovery Channel.  It is well worth the watch!