Bear Grylls is to survival what Will Ferrell is to survival | The Kansas City Star

is slated to appear on an upcoming episode of Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” to promote his June 5th opening of “Land of the Lost.”

When it comes to survival, I’d just as soon listen to Ferrell as I would the show’s host,

.

I’m not sure why a respectable network like Discovery would keep putting a

on.

Discovery was forced to go back and re-edit episodes of the show when it was revealed Grylls was getting help from his crew. Also, the guy has been known to drink his own urine when water is scarce. Not surprisingly, the

recommends against that.

| Eric Winkler, ewinkler@kcstar.com