Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
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| Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust | |
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Tom Stern | |
| Starring | Josh Gardner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jimmy Kimmel Adam Carolla Daniel Kellison |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production company | Jackhole Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Comedy Central |
| Release | March 8 – April 12, 2003 |
Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust is a
basic cable channel Comedy Central on March 8, 2003.[1] It stars writer-comedian Josh Gardner as Gerhard Reinke, a German backpacker
with an idiosyncratic style, as he travels around the world on a small budget.
List of episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Thailand" | Tom Stern | March 8, 2003 | ||
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To prove his globetrotter prowess, Gerhard "randomly" selects water buffalo . | |||||
| 2 | "Ireland" | Tom Stern | March 15, 2003 | ||
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Gerhard Reinke travels to the Emerald Isle in hopes of realizing his lifelong dream of becoming the world's next greatest novelist. Gerhard is an admirer of the country's rich literary tradition which included writers such as self-published in the end. | |||||
| 3 | "The Andes" | Tom Stern | March 22, 2003 | ||
| Gerhard becomes addicted to Coca leaves, and is kidnapped by the rebel group P.U.B.E (pronounced "pooh-bay"). There, Gerhard would be tapped to direct the P.U.B.E. training video, "Days of Pain and Victory." Upon release from the P.U.B.E. compound, Gerhard heads to Copacabana, along the shores of Lake Titicaca, in which he plans a snorkeling adventure only to discover, too late, its freezing temperature. Here Gerhard would visit a healer, hoping to find assistance with his coca leaf problem. It is from this healer that Gerhard receives the magic idol, Joselito. After a trip to Cusco for the Incan Festival of the Sun, Gerhard visits Machu Picchu, the wonder of which confounds Gerhard's English and German vocabularies, and forces him to use the Spanish word "impressivo" to convey the spectacle. In a powerful closing number, Gerhard finally faces his coca addiction head-on, and wins, with now-enabler Joselito falling dramatically to his death. | |||||
| 4 | "California" | Tom Stern | March 29, 2003 | ||
| Gerhard makes his way from Los Angeles to Humboldt. His journey begins in fashionable Venice Beach and on to Malibu, where he is attacked by Steven Spielberg with a baseball bat. He visits Disneyland, Silicon Valley, and a Danish village, survives an avalanche, drives through a redwood tree, and temporarily adopts an orphan dog, Zeppel. Gerhard soon decides it would be highly profitable to hunt for the elusive Bigfoot. Side-tracked in Garberville, Gerhard would join a band of hippies for tree hugging and a smoke-filled drum circle that would leave our hero paranoid and alienated. Pushing on alone to Willowcreek, A.K.A. Bigfoot Central, Gerhard learns more about the elusive cold-weather ape Bigfoot, and the impossible-to-replicate compliant gait. In a shocking and epic finale, Gerhard solves the mystery of Bigfoot, and even finds a home for Zeppel. | |||||
| 5 | "The Amazon" | Tom Stern | April 5, 2003 | ||
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Gerhard travels the Amazon, hoping to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of his great-grandfather, the great explorer and pioneer behind the world's first non-spurious dicking creme, Helmut Reinke. Highlights include a taxidermy exhibit, a wildlife park (featuring an irascible monkey and a stunt-performing sloth), and visits to many native villages. Gerhard is also taken on a 'spirit journey' to communicate with his long-lost great-grandfather by an aboriginal medicine man, however, the great-grandfather who appears is not Gerhard's. Throughout the episode Gerhard is repeatedly attacked by the monkey from the wildlife park. The show ends with an unexpected turn, to at long last complete the legend of Helmut Reinke. | |||||
| 6 | "Baja" | Tom Stern | April 12, 2003 | ||
| A brief bout of food poisoning, meeting a shaman who attempts to steal Gerhard's kidney whilst under the influence of dung from a peyote-eating coyote, becoming catatonic after using a machismo tester, and buying a foam iguana from a man named Froggy. | |||||
References
- ^ Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust (TV Mini Series 2003– ) - Release info - IMDb, retrieved February 1, 2023
