Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
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Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust was a mockumentary
television comedy
broadcast on the American cable channel Comedy Central
in Spring 2003. It starred writer
-comedian
Josh Gardner
as a German backpacker
who has several misadventures as he travels around the world on small budget for the fictional documentary series.
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
television comedy
Television comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. Among the earliest BBC television programmes in the 1930s was Starlight, which offered a series of guests from the music hall era — singers and comedians amongst them...
broadcast on the American cable channel Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
in Spring 2003. It starred writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
-comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Josh Gardner
Josh Gardner (comedian)
Josh Gardner an American comedian and writer, is best known for his role as Gerhard Reinke, a bumbling German backpacker, on Comedy Central's cult-classic Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust. Gardner also wrote for Comedy Central's The Man Show, and the Fox series A Minute With Stan Hooper...
as a German backpacker
Backpacking (travel)
Backpacking is a term that has historically been used to denote a form of low-cost, independent international travel. Terms such as independent travel and/or budget travel are often used...
who has several misadventures as he travels around the world on small budget for the fictional documentary series.
List of episodes
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