POPULAR IRISH COMEDIAN KEVIN MCGAHERN CELEBRATES ST PATRICK’S DAY
WITH PREMIERE OF TRAVEL CHANNEL’S ‘WEIRD AMERICA’
Weird America host Kevin McGahern takes the 50-pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ.
NEW YORK (March 7, 2017) – Irish stand-up comedian Kevin McGahern, who kept people in his own country laughing as the host of a clip and sketch comedy show, grew up dreaming of the America he saw in movies and magazines. In “Weird America,” premiering the day after St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday, March 18 at 2:00 p.m. ET/PT, McGahern is finally getting his big chance to discover all the gloriously unique things about this nation. This first special showcases his road trip to inimitable New
Jersey, where he encounters a 50-pound burger, a six-story wood and tin
elephant and participates in a personal one-man parade.
Although he’s starving when he first arrives in the United States, McGahern can
barely make a dent in the Clinton Station Diner’s $200 humongous
burger. Full and jet lagged, McGahern looks for an interesting hotel to
lay his head for the night and happens upon the Inn of the Dove, in
nearby Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where he settles on a jungle-inspired
suite -- complete with mirrored ceiling. The next morning, McGahern explores
the Jersey shore and Lucy the Elephant, a not-to-be-missed roadside
attraction in Margate. And finally, he finds an eclectic collection of
oddities at the offices of East Brunswick ophthalmologist Dr. Mark
Leitman.
"I
grew up on American movies and making this show has let me see the
country's wild attractions and eccentric characters first hand,” said
McGahern. “It really made an impression because in Ireland, ‘wild and
eccentric’ means you walk your cat on a leash or say no to alcohol."
“We
can’t wait for viewers to meet Kevin” said Courtney White, senior vice
president, programming, Travel Channel. “We think our audience will
fall in love with his thirst for fun, love of off-beat discovery and
wide-eyed enthusiasm for America’s quirky best.”
Before
shooting his new series for Travel Channel, McGahern was host
of “Republic of Telly,” an Irish mix of “The Soup” meets “Saturday Night
Live,” and has appeared in other television series and films and is a
regular on the Irish comedy club circuit.
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