Airdate: A Pang For Brasil
From Copenhagen to Brasil .....some people get all the good gigs, Sam Pang.
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Fresh from his stint in Copenhagen (some people get all the good gigs), Sam Pang is set to front a new two-part series, A Pang For Brasil.
He travels from Rio to Sao Paolo, learning about Brazilian culture, as SBS gears up for World Cup 2014.
Gorgeous, sexy, bold, passionate, great dancers, love makers and incredible footballers, Brasilians are everything that Sam is not.
Walking like a Brasilian may look easy, but for Sam, it may be a case of crawling first. Sam tries to dress, or undress, like a Brasilian, tan and wax like a Brasilian, dance like a Brasilian, workout like a Brasilian, eat like a Brasilian, party like a Brasilian, chat up ladies like a Brasilian, and gesture like a Brasilian; and fails spectacularly along the way.
On his travels from picturesque Rio de Janiero to the mega metropolis Sao Paolo to vibrant party town Salvador, Sam is taken under the wing of a colourful cast of local characters who try and educate him in the finer points of Brasilian culture.
Madonna’s ex-boyfriend Jesus Luz is Sam’s mentor in nightlife, women and sex-appeal, while vivacious comedian Veronica Debom looks after his makeover in a city where appearance is everything. Millionaire businesswoman Cozete Gomes teaches Sam how to shop like a cashed up Brasilian and rapper Criolo schools him in favela life.
*Our amigo Sam became so Brasilian during the filming of this show that we spell it with an ‘s, not a ‘z’ now, just like the locals do.
Episode One:
Sam Pang begins his Brasilian adventure in Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful city of beautiful people. With the help of local comedian Veronica Debom, Sam experiences a Carioca makeover, and after a wax and shopping trip for a sunga (the Brasilian budgie smuggler) is unleashed onto the beach, the heart and soul of Rio culture. Sam looks to be finding his feet, and some friends, as he tries a Brasilian version of beach volleyball played with the feet, but naturally spends more time falling flat on his face.
For his education in Brasilian nightlife and women, Sam meets with model, DJ and Madonna’s ex-boyfriend Jesus Luz. No visit to Rio would be complete without loosening the hips, so Sam takes to the streets for a dance off in the favela, and must keep in step with samba veterans in an underground club.
Monday 2 June, 7.30pm on SBS ONE
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One Response
Very clever, good fun, Sam Pang was excellent. Terrific show
I like SBS. I like Sam Pang. I like football. I like Brazil (I don’t wish to brag but I spent quite a bit of time in Rio as a child…).
But isn’t this a bit of overkill, and possibly surplus to requirements, as SBS are also currently broadcasting Fernanda de Paula’s This is Brazil on Friday nights?