Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World

Season 1

2009 · 9 episodes · 9h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Cuba

   1 Sept 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew is given access to the mostly off limits country of Cuba and is introduced to the food, culture, and customs of the intentionally reclusive country.

2. 2

   2. Belize

   8 Sept 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew eats the country's most prized rodent and samples original Mayan cuisine.

3. 3

   3. Kalahari

   15 Sept 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew lives with one of the oldest hunter-gatherer tribes in Botswana and is exposed to their most sacred religious practices.

4. 4

   4. South Africa

   22 Sept 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew visits the most dangerous Township in Johannesburg and rappels off Cape Town's Table Mountain.

5. 5

   5. Germany

   29 Sept 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew travels to Germany with Jasmin Manalac, the finalist of the Are You Bizarre Enough for TV? casting call. Together they discover beer spa therapy, eat traditional Bavarian cuisine, check out the art scene in Berlin and participate in World Body Painting Festival.

6. 6

   6. Sulawesi

   6 Oct 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew travels to Sulawesi, where the ancient funeral ritual Rambu Solo is still deeply rooted in the rich and colorful community of Tana Toraja. Andrew witnesses a jaw-dropping custom of spirit possession and spends some time shopping for exotic fruits.

7. 7

   7. Bali

   13 Oct 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew's next stop is the Indonesian island of Bali, where he participates in a cricket-fighting match, learns the art of Mepantigan, witnesses a tooth-filing ceremony for adolescents and eats a ceremonial meal that includes raw pig's blood.

8. 8

   8. Florida

   20 Oct 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew dives into Florida’s oddities and explores communities that live outside the norm. Discover what makes the Sunshine State a magnet for the weird and wonderful, including sponge divers, frog giggers, mermaids and drag racers.

9. 9

   9. Wisconsin

   27 Oct 2009 · 60 min

   Andrew eats his way through Wisconsin, the land of cheese and brats. He chucks cow pies for distance, delivers mail by boat, eats duck-blood soup and makes one of the smelliest cheeses in America.