Next Food Star - they are on Fort Dix and JAG says something like "this is bring up a lot of feelings for me about when I was enlisted". Probably feelings about how you LIED about your service.

Although cool for making a new MRE.

And during the title sequence there's no Sandra Lee. I find that amusing.

You know, I'm liking these Top Chef style challenges, but I miss the TV bootcamp feel of last season. Almost everything was in front of cameras, really practical stuff about hosting a TV show.

Next Food Star - they are on Fort Dix and JAG says something like "this is bring up a lot of feelings for me about when I was enlisted". Probably feelings about how you LIED about your service.

Seriously? Was this mentioned on the show or is there a link? I haven't watched tonight's episode yet.

Story on JAG's misrepresentations.

When is Ice Truckers on? I was watching Dirty Jobs repeats last night, and there were enough promos for me to be intrigued.

Also a reminder: new Dirty Jobs tomorrow night!!!1!

Thanks for the reminder, Theo! I have missed me my Mike Rowe.

Thanks, Kristen.

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly is their "Hot 100" (or whatever they're calling it this year) issue. Right smack in the middle (around #53 or so) is the Discovery Channel Tough Guys--Sig Hansen and Phil Harris from Deadliest Catch, another guy who I can't think of off-hand, and Mike Rowe. They would have added the Man vs. Wild guy, but he was climbing Mt. Everest when they did the photo shot.

They would have added the Man vs. Wild guy, but he was climbing Mt. Everest when they did the photo shot.

Ugh. I *hate* the Man Vs. Wild guy. He's a dangerous idiot, who gives bad advice, and has a full camera and sound crew around to help him out if he needs it.

I like Survivorman. He gives solid, life saving advice, and when they send him out to survive somewhere, he packs in his own cameras and sets up his own shots, i.e. NO CAMERA CREW.

I just looked up the article at ew.com, and they've got some additional stuff that wasn't in the magazine. (The guy I couldn't remember was the Survivorman guy--Sean's comment about no camera crew made me remember him.)

They're not actors, but the tough guys behind three of the Discovery Channel's most intriguing series are no less entertaining to viewers, who tune in to watch them cope with the world's harshest environments (on Survivorman), navigate treacherous Alaskan waters (on The Deadliest Catch), or get just plain nasty (on Dirty Jobs). Here, in an online extra interview, the brave men behind these adventure shows talk about facing down Amazonian jaguars, working with broken bones, and very surprising past jobs (at QVC?!?).

LES STROUD, SURVIVORMAN

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In one episode of Survivorman, you suggested that your producers wouldn't mind too much if you died while filming an episode. How much of a joke was that?

LES STROUD: Ask my producers! I think they'd wring their hands [with delight] at the thought of how much they'd be able to sell the show for after that! No, that was tongue-in-cheek. But in reality, in terms of dramatic television, if I actually did fall into real peril it would, in their eyes, make for better TV. Not in mine.

There is a new season of Survivorman starting on Aug. 10. What can we expect?

Well, you get a surprise ending in the Amazon jungle.

Can you give a hint?

I get chased out by a 250-pound jaguar.

What do you regard as the essential piece of survival equipment?

For me, a solid knife or a multi-tool is an obvious given. BUT I still really like a surefire way to get a fire going. Even in the desert, to me, that is Number 1. Because, if you have a fire going, it's such a psychological boost and you can deal with everything else later.

In your youth you tried to make it as a professional musician. Which is more treacherous — the Amazon jungle or the record industry?

Oh, the record industy by far. There's way more snakes.

What's the worst-tasting animal you've ever eaten?

A turtle in the Georgia swamp. It was just kind of rank. It tasted not nice at all. Surprisingly one of the nicest things to eat is snakes. Snakes taste great.

Please don't say they taste like chicken.

No, they taste like snake.

Do you ever watch Survivor and think, ''Pussies!''?

Yep.

PHIL HARRIS and SIG HANSEN, THE DEADLIEST CATCH

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Alaskan crab fishing has this reputation of being the most dangerous job in the world. But how hard is it really?

PHIL HARRIS: Guys think that they can do that job. And 99.9 percent of the people can't. The last guy I hired, he was giving me this spiel about how tough he is and the whole bit. And then we got out there and he crawled up on his hands and knees to the wheelhouse, big tears running down his face, and he said, ''Get the Coast Guard out to pick me up — I'm gonna die.''

And how demanding are your own responsibilities as captain?

It's like, if you make a mistake in your job right now — say you screw this interview up — what's gonna happen? Your boss is gonna say, ''Hey man, you really f---ed this thing up, why don't you do it again?'' I go make a mistake and somebody gets either hurt or killed. There is zero room for error. You have to really, really concentrate and know what you're doing. You don't have the luxury of screwing up.

Have you been injured a lot while fishing?

I broke my back in two places, I broke both arms, I broke my ankle and my toes, my wrists, you name it. The only thing I haven't broke basically is my neck.

What do you regard as the essential piece of survival equipment?

A survival suit [combination flotation device and thermal body protector]. That's mandatory. But when I started fishing we didn't have survival suits. You were really a tough guy then. Because the guy running the boat told you, ''Hey, if you break your arm, there's 50 guys at the dock that want your job.'' So, you'd fish with a broken arm. Back then it was a lot (continued...)