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Bradshaw, Foreman, Winkler, Shatner bond on European TV trip
By SANDY COHEN of 2016. There are twice as to Africa next time. Win- In this Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 photo, Henry Winkler, from left,
AP Entertainment Writer many episodes — eight — kler likes the idea of a trip Terry Bradshaw, Jeff Dye, George Foreman and William Shatner,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — in season two. across the U.S.. cast members in the NBC reality series “Better Late Than Never,”
George Foreman con- Some of the guys’ adven- Regardless of where they pose together at NBCUniversal Studios, in Universal City, Calif.
nected with the family of tures across the seven cit- end up, Dye, the young-
his first Olympic opponent ies and five countries they ster in the bunch at 34, Associated Press
in Lithuania. visit include: Being treated hopes viewers are encour-
Henry Winkler made at a “hangover hospital” aged by the experiences
peace with his family his- during Oktoberfest in Mu- of a group of old guys and
tory in Berlin. William Shat- nich, suffering through one not-so-old guy.
ner rode majestic horses pickled herring in Stock- “I think people should
in Madrid. And Terry Brad- holm, parasailing in Bar- watch it and go: it doesn’t
shaw strode through a celona and motor-biking matter how young you
Munich city park wearing in Marrakesh. are, how old you are,
nothing but a cowboy hat “I’ve traveled all over the what you know or what
and sneakers. place, but I never saw the your education is, just go
“That was not a good mo- world the way we saw it do stuff.’”
ment for me,” the 69-year- together,” Foreman, 68, Bradshaw’s take: “What
old former football star said. it’s going to show is guys
said. “The difference is we saw on the screen that literally
After traipsing across Asia things.” just don’t care anymore...
in the first season of their Sometimes they saw more I think it’s fascinating to
travelogue reality show, than they wanted, as see that we’re not afraid
“Better Late Than Never,” Bradshaw wasn’t the only to pretty much let you see
the sports and entertain- one to get naked (or “nek- how we are, and that’s
ment icons, along with co- kid,” as he puts it). Winkler funny.q
median Jeff Dye, reunite also went nude as an art-
for a tour of Europe in sea- class model during one of
son two, which premieres their outings.
New Year’s Day on NBC. “It’s all about getting
The five-some has such these guys in the middle
a friendly chemistry that of an adventure and let-
corralling them for a ting them react to that in
conversation about their the best way possible,”
travel experiences is a said executive producer
comic endeavor. They all Jason Ehrlich.
talk over each other with They filmed 10 to 12 hours
equal numbers of barbs a day during the 40-day
and compliments. trip, Winkler said: “There is
“The first shows, we were, no script, so we are con-
in effect, being paid to stantly at our psychic
be friends... Essentially, no- height.”
body knew each other,” They insist, though, that
Shatner, 86, said. “This they’re being their real
time, everybody sud- selves throughout. Pro-
denly relaxed. And now, ducers don’t manipulate
if we were to do it again, the taping or editing to
it would go to another make the men appear a
level.” certain way, Dye said.
All five said they’d do a “It’s just genuinely us hav-
third season without hesi- ing fun,” he said.
tation. Bradshaw said he’s nev-
“This is like a gift out of the er watched himself on-
heavens that fell in our screen in the 33 years he’s
laps,” 72-year-old Winkler been a TV football com-
said. “We got to do things mentator, but he couldn’t
in the last two years that wait to tune in to the first
we would never have season of this show.
done.” “I sat there and I laughed
“There’s a picture of us rid- until I couldn’t stand my-
ing camels in the Sahara self,” he said. “I wanted
and dancing with a Bed- to watch, because I knew
ouin tribe,” Shatner said. how funny it was when
Modeled after an unscript- we were doing it. And it
ed Korean TV series called wasn’t about watching
“Grandpas Over Flowers,” you. It was about watch-
which brought a group ing the show.”
of actors in their 70s into The five feel like a fam-
playful situations in foreign ily after two epic trips to-
settings, “Better Late Than gether.
Never” was a hit when it Bradshaw suggests they
premiered in the summer could head deeper into
