Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust

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Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust

Genre	Comedy
Running time	30 minutes
Creator(s)	Josh Gardner Tom Stern
Starring	Josh Gardner
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Comedy Central
Original run	March 8, 2003–April 12, 2003
No. of episodes	6
IMDb profile

Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust was a show on Comedy Central that featured writer Josh Gardner as a German backpacker hosting a television show in which he explored various cultural areas on a traveler's budget. Gerhard often found himself in strange or awkward predicaments such as being kidnapped by militants, becoming the victim of organ bandits, and being viciously attacked by bigfoot.

There is a fairly large online fanbase left from the show, due mostly to late night re-runs. There have been many online petitions to either put the show back on the air or at least release a DVD.

1 Episode list
2 Episodes
- 2.1 101 - Thailand
3 External links

[edit] Episode list

#	Title	Airdate
101	"Thailand"	March 8, 2003
102	"Ireland"	March 15, 2003
103	"The Andes"	March 22, 2003
104	"California"	March 29, 2003
105	"The Amazon"	April 5, 2003
106	"Baja"	April 12, 2003

[edit] Episodes

[edit] 101 - Thailand

Gerhard "randomly" selects Thailand as the first adventure on the show. He first visits some spots in Bangkok, where he receives a painful massage, views the world's largest Reclining Buddha, goes for a ride in a rickshaw a la Taxicab Confessions, and performs a comedy club. While at the club, he is treated to a bathroom massage which causes him to become pee shy. The shame of this condition plagues him for the length of the episode. He then visits a strip club where he witnesses the "ping pong ball trick" and, unable to pay his tab, is forced to perform it himself. Gerhard then travels to the hills of Chiang Mai where he visits a local tribe and participates in Muay Thai (a Thai martial art), becomes sick riding an elephant, and visits a waterfall. He then tells a comically exaggerated story of Buddha, featuring a normally-dressed Thai man. Koh Samui is the next location in Gerhard's Thai travels. There, he travels to Big Buddha Temple. In the temple, as with other Buddhist temples, it is customary to removes ones socks and shoes. Frightened by the amount of fungi and bacteria that may be there, Gerhard wears large rubber novelty feet. After conversing in Norwegian with a Dutch man, Gerhard travels to Koh Pi Pi where he sees several animals, engages in a flatulence contest with an elephant, and goes snorkeling, where he is attacked by a jellyfish. He then travels to nearby Koh Hip Pi, where he witnesses rocks shaped like genitalia, learns to meditate, and practices Tai Chi. Gerhard's last stop is Ko Pha Ngan, where he attends the monthly Full Moon Party, a hot-spot for travellers. The day following the party, in a triumphant moment, Gerhard overcomes his pee shyness and urinates in the ocean.