In the all-new episode, scheduled to premiere on Nick USA during early 2015, Anthony Bourdain will voice a character called "Anthony Gourmand", the host of Craig's favorite TV show, "Foodventurer". Gourmand is looking for the "ultimate" food, which 12-year-old Sanjay (Maulik Pancholy) and his best bud Craig (Chris Hardwick) are convinced he will find in their hometown of Lundgren. But when it turns out that Gourmand's "ultimate food" is snake, Sanjay has to figure out a way to save Craig from Gourmand's clutches.
"I'm a mega fan of "Sanjay and Craig". I've seen absolutely every episode", says Bourdain via e-mail to the NYPost. "This is a show I wish had existed when I was a kid. It has all the elements that I looked for in my childhood for entertainment and was deprived of - stinky stuff, farts, toilet humor, gross stuff. Awesome.":
Anthony Bourdain meets ‘Sanjay and Craig’ in Nick 'toon mashup
Anthony Bourdain (right) will visit Nickelodeon's "Sanjay and Craig" as a TV host named Anthony Gourmand (left).
Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images (Bourdain)
CNN’s Anthony Bourdain (“Parts Unknown”) has lent his pipes to an upcoming episode of Nickelodeon’s animated ’toon “Sanjay and Craig” as “Anthony Gourmand,” the host of Craig’s favorite TV show, “Foodventurer.”
Gourmand is looking for the “ultimate” food, which 12-year-old Sanjay (Maulik Pancholy) and his talking snake, Craig (Chris Hardwick), are convinced he will find in Lundgren (that’s where they live).
But when it turns out that Gourmand’s “ultimate food” is snake, Sanjay has to figure out a way to save Craig from Gourmand’s clutches.
“I’m a mega fan of ‘Sanjay and Craig.’ I’ve seen absolutely every episode,” says Bourdain via e-mail. “This is a show I wish had existed when I was a kid. It has all the elements that I looked for in my childhood for entertainment and was deprived of — stinky stuff, farts, toilet humor, gross stuff. Awesome.”
The episode will air early next year.
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