Punch Gun

I recently joined the Facebook and Twitter pages for the television travelogue “Madventures”, and I’m immediately reminded of how awesome this show really is. When it premiered in the U.S., I quickly dismissed it as yet another soon-to-be over hyped show about how funny it is for white guys to feel and act uncomfortable around people who aren’t just like them. But when I saw my first episode, I was hooked! Riku and Tunna are the real deal. Rather than make light of the differences between cultures, it’s refreshing to watch the two men genuinely and wholeheartedly embrace the diversity in every country they visit. Unlike Anthony Bourdain, who traverses the globe, spewing his cynical garbage, while disguising his yuppie decadence as punk rock hipness, Riku and Tunna present the world in a way that is both entertaining and inspiring.