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Naked in Dangerous Places: The Chronicles of a Hungry, Scared, Lost, Homesick, but Otherwise Perfectly Happy Traveler
by
Cash Peters
Finally, after years as a struggling radio host, Cash Peters has been given his own TV adventure show on a big-time travel network. The idea is simple: “Let’s dump him in an unfamiliar culture in a faraway land with no money and no place to stay, and see what happens.”
Unfortunately, there is one major problem: Cash doesn’t want to go. Not only is he NOT the adventurous ty...more
Unfortunately, there is one major problem: Cash doesn’t want to go. Not only is he NOT the adventurous ty...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
April 21st 2009
by Broadway
(first published 2009)
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I didn't get too far into this before giving up. I think a few things would have made me enjoy it better:
1) Had I been able to hear the author's English accent. I'm sure that does a lot to sell his otherwise annoying personality.
2) Had a known who the author was. He may be very charming on the radio or tv, but I had never heard of him, so a book which was, essentially, all about him wasn't too interesting to me.
3) If he'd spent more time writing like a travel writer instead of like a self-aggra...more
1) Had I been able to hear the author's English accent. I'm sure that does a lot to sell his otherwise annoying personality.
2) Had a known who the author was. He may be very charming on the radio or tv, but I had never heard of him, so a book which was, essentially, all about him wasn't too interesting to me.
3) If he'd spent more time writing like a travel writer instead of like a self-aggra...more
What a disappointment. The title of this book might lead you to think that this (nonfiction) piece is actually about the stories of a happy traveler, but it's not. This is a book that Cash Peters seems to have written in order to drag out his fifteen minutes of fame from his stint as a reality TV host to sixteen minutes.
What this is not: a travel story.
What this is: a tell-all musings of a travel radio host who somehow, magically, ends up pitching the premise of a reality TV show (completely co...more
What this is not: a travel story.
What this is: a tell-all musings of a travel radio host who somehow, magically, ends up pitching the premise of a reality TV show (completely co...more
I started this one somewhat bemused and intrigued by the authors obvious candor. Agreeing to do a travel show on the premise of being "washed up" with no money or contacts (except the very obvious crew accompanying him) was bound to have some interesting moments... except, the man was an absolute weenie and refused to participate in the moments of adventure in most places he landed. WHY did he even agree to do the show if he knew he was so phobic and knew he had no interest in broadening his hor...more
This book is great if you are fan of traveling and reality television. Cash Peter's is the host of a travel show, that makes it look like he is stranded in a new local every episode. The locations range from the middle east to the small Danish town of Solvang, California. Peters must bond with the locals and get them invite him into their homes for food and shelter. Of course this is television, so the entire thing is set up from the start.
The show, which is never mentioned by name or network,...more
The show, which is never mentioned by name or network,...more
It was OK, it could have been really funny, actually it should have been really funny. But it wasn't. It was just OK. I'm not sure why. What a great title, but what lame follow through.
Anyway, Cash travels the world and pioneers the idea of a stranded traveler in a remote location. This was before Survivorman and others shows of the same ilk. He talks about the reality of filming a series and all the odd things they do but sadly Cash Peters himself comes off as kind of a whiny jerk. It's odd, I...more
Anyway, Cash travels the world and pioneers the idea of a stranded traveler in a remote location. This was before Survivorman and others shows of the same ilk. He talks about the reality of filming a series and all the odd things they do but sadly Cash Peters himself comes off as kind of a whiny jerk. It's odd, I...more
From the cover and blurb I was expecting more of an adventure travel memoir, but it turned out to be more of a Hollywood tell-all snarkfest. It's all about his experiences filming a reality TV show for the Travel Channel, which is still interesting in a behind-the-scenes sort of way, but I do feel a bit bait-and-switched. I wonder if he'll ever work in TV again or if he burned too many bridges with this book - but then, I think Hollywood has a tendency to forgive and forget if they think they ca...more
I'm a big Cash Peters fan having watched the show this book is based on, but after reading this (and his blog) I'm starting to feel like he's a little bit of a complainer and part of his problems might have to do with how he plays into them.
Not that the book wasn't funny, it was. Not that it wasn't better than his last travel book, it was as well. But the sort of easily shocked and discomfited thing he has that made the show (Stranded) so funny is probably what also strained his relationships a...more
Not that the book wasn't funny, it was. Not that it wasn't better than his last travel book, it was as well. But the sort of easily shocked and discomfited thing he has that made the show (Stranded) so funny is probably what also strained his relationships a...more
Every year for Christmas my sister gets me a funny travelogue book such as this one. Unfortunately unlike the others I have read the past few years, the narrator here comes across as quite unlikeable. I had no idea who Cash Peters was before I read this book but coming out of it I discovered that our humble guide was nothing more than a whiny dullard. (Which may be his shtick?) There are a few interesting anecdotes and stories here and there but nothing really worth spending your time on. There...more
I like hearing Peters' NPR pieces and I also enjoyed the TV show--the making of is the subject of this book.
Peters is a bit persnickety and eccentric but also has a great sense of humor. I could hear the timbre in his voice throughout the book, which helped me to connect with many of his stories.
I found some of the chapters a bit overwritten, making the book drag a little. Overall, I appreciate Peters' humor and found the book enjoyable but it didn't knock me out.
Peters is a bit persnickety and eccentric but also has a great sense of humor. I could hear the timbre in his voice throughout the book, which helped me to connect with many of his stories.
I found some of the chapters a bit overwritten, making the book drag a little. Overall, I appreciate Peters' humor and found the book enjoyable but it didn't knock me out.
I used to watch Cash's show, "Stranded" on the Travel Channel years ago so it was interesting to see how it all came about with this book. I was a bit surprised to see what a coward he is in real life. It kind of killed the show for me, but his recall of the adventures really made me laugh out loud sometimes.
One of the funniest books I've read. Cash is probably the worst person in the world to pick for a travel reality show. He's not adventurous, scared of a lot of things, and gets sick a lot. Which is what makes this fish-out-of-water, tongue-in-cheek memoir a riot. Relax, curl up, and enjoy!
This book reads effortlessly, which sounds like fainter praise than it is. Peters also gets the award for the best humorous use of footnotes I've ever seen. There's not much real substance to this book, but I don't think that was ever the point. Just tagging along with Peters is fun enough.
Cash Peters takes us on a hilarious trip around the world while filming a travel show. The book is a fun read taking us to several really interesting locales such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Solvang in California, and the island of Lesbos in Greece. It's also fun getting a behind the scenes of a travel show. Fun light read.
Interesting look at the life of a TV travel-show host. And a wimpy, reluctant one at that. Cash Peters is pretty funny, but I don't think this was the best use of his talents - parts of the book had exactly the kind of humor I like, but others seemed a little flat to me.
I got about a hundred pages into this real-life glimpse into a short-lived reality-TV travel series, then skimmed to the end - it was a lot of the same thing in different locations, with little insight or growth along the way: Non-nature boy is thrust into survivor like situations, with some degree of scripting. It was an interesting look at how reality TV shows are put together, at the very least. The footnotes were the funniest and most interesting part of the book. At the end, Peters is asked...more
Cash Peters is hilarious - shame they cancelled his Travel Channel show. Like Bourdain but more witty; less snarky. Plus, his voice sounds like one if the Anamaniacs.
What a wild combination of thrills, laughs, and overall interesting personalities and places.
The first half I enjoyed. The first couple of pages sucked me in. And then towards the end, I just got annoyed with him and wanted it to be over but I wanted to finish it. Oh well...
Jun 06, 2009
Janna
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Very funny story of a reluctant traveller & reality cable show. Not unlike Martin Troost.
The only good thing about this book is reading what a total wanker the writer/host is.
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what a whiner! did not enjoy this ego-centric dither about mostly nothing.
I'm not sure how it's a "snarky Hollywood tell-all" when no names are used.. Seems to me that it's more a "humorous inside look at a 'reality' TV show and the surrounding chaos."
Not quite as funny as "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," it's a humorous look at life on the road with "reality" TV in out-of-the-way places. It's not a documentary and probably not quite entirely true, but it's a humorous memoir, not a research paper.
Overall a good summer vacation read, especially if you're in to travel and...more
Not quite as funny as "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," it's a humorous look at life on the road with "reality" TV in out-of-the-way places. It's not a documentary and probably not quite entirely true, but it's a humorous memoir, not a research paper.
Overall a good summer vacation read, especially if you're in to travel and...more
This book was hilarious. I read it in a day and a half and laughed all the way through. I can't believe they gave this guy a travel show. But hey, it's basic cable.
Still reading. Enjoying immensely.
Meh.
Fairly-repetitive hate fest with some humor mixed in.
Aug 30, 2010
Joyce Hansen
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5 of 5 stars
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Funny and unvarnished, this satisfying read recounts Peters' year he spent toiling to make a survival TV show for the Discovery Channel. From Kenya to Cambodia, Morocco to Dubai, he visits many fascinating cultures, eats and sleeps with them, and very nearly doesn't survive at all. This is the perfect short, pick-me-up read. It was only a matter of time until he branched out from his hilarious, public radio pieces.
This is not really a travel book. More of a look at the strangeness of making 'reality' TV. Good? well it passed the time.
I thought it would be funny, but ended up just being a story about a guy who had a failed TV show. Not great.
The insights into making a tv show, were almost as good as the travel writing. And, as a person who suffers many problems with food concerns...it was nice to know that you could get paid to be an intrepid traveler w/o actually being one.
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Cash Peters is an author and broadcaster based in Los Angeles, California.
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