Up to Speed

This is a quirky and funny tour of a city, but it tries a bit too hard and it misses some of the better points of a place in order to make its quirky point. And they could have left out the social banter in order to make some point that has nothing to do with that city.

The good news: it is a different view of a place... more of a locals view? The odder things to see in a city.

The bad news: it tries so hard to be funny, it misses any spontaneous moments. If you have to mug for the camera to let me know that was a joke, you've missed it.

I liked it, but a little goes a long way.

I am generally a fan of quirky, irreverent, even silly takes on common themes, but to call this "travel" show quirky or irreverent gives it too much credit. The research is teaspoon shallow, the production devices are moronic, and host's general silliness is so much of a put-on that it puts me off. This is the TV equivalent of those round, styrofoam-like puffed rice snacks that made the rounds ten years ago -- they looked like a good idea, but once you bit into one, it had no flavor, was dry as the desert, and failed to satisfy any hunger you might have been feeling.

I hope there was a phone call from Mr. Linklater to Mr. Levitch explaining why no more shows would be funded that went something like this: "I'm sorry, Speed, but these shows are not any good."

Not sure why they didn't make more it's funny informative and original.

This is a crock of crap.

The guy puts on a phony way of speaking and dressses like a homeless person. And it's perefectly clear that he's a phony.

I could barely get through one episoede with this grating voice.

The stud he covers is pretty mundane and boring.

Not worth your time at all. Cant you guys come up with somethign REAL?

This show is so dumbed down i think i lost 40 IQ points.