'Naked And Afraid: Franco and Rogen' Recap: The Lowest Survival Rating in Show History
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Following a special "Naked And Afraid" round-up episode of the show's most awkward moment on Sunday night, Seth Rogen and James Franco dropped towel and entered the wilderness as the best survival buds ever.
The special premiere episode was a short fifteen minutes long, and seemed to be more a half-staged comedy episode. While the survivalist authenticity is up for debate, watching Rogen and Franco "naked and afraid" is a hysterical bit of entertainment.
"I've been training for this show just by watching it," Franco said.
Franco is actually really comfortable being naked, but he has to keep his clothes on because he's famous. "I'm secretly checking out whoever it is," Franco said about his potential partner...
Upon meeting, pair seemed genuinely surprised to see one another, though they were hoping for a lovely lady to beat the wilderness with. "When you take your glasses off, he's pretty much a woman," Rogen said about Franco.
Rogen's one survival item was toilet paper. "I have a sensitive butt, man," Rogen said. And Franco brought his sunglasses.
Set,: an out of shape, high school drop out" was given a 1.1 survival rating. James heavily relies on four personal assistants, and his acting roles as a knight and a wizard made him very overconfident.
Franco got a 1.3. They're combined survival rating is the lowest in the show's history.
On Day 3, they broke the #1 rule of the show, and confronted the camera crew about the quality of a water source near their shelter. However, per rules of the show, they were completely ignored, so they drank the water anyway.
"I instantly don't feel good," Rogen said, but insisted Franco drink some too, because it's probably not at all related...
"Seth, that is poo water!" Turns out, the water source is contaminated and disgusting, and they felt the effects immediately.
"I knew that was poo water. I just wanted Franco to be on the same level as me," Rogen later confessed.
"He made me drink that water, then he wouldn't even share his toilet paper with me," Franco said.
As the days numbered, Franco and Rogen faced some tough challenges.
They didn't really go looking for any food sources, and failed miserably to make any sort of fire. At night, amidst the wild animals, they were supposed to keep quiet as they huddled together for warmth.
"We are arguably more naked and more afraid than anybody on this show," Rogen said.
Rogen kept drinking the contaminated water, and Franco proved himself to be utterly useless, but by the end, they successfully (barely) survived and made it home alive.
By Day 21, they're combined survival rating was reassessed to be a total of: 0.3.
Leading up to the premiere, Franco posted a number of teaser pics to his Instagram. Franco and Rogen taped the special in October.
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