It happens so often and it is a strange combination for me of feeling completely humbled by that and at the same time feeling very proud about that, he said. I was right in my choices of what I taught ; I was right in my choices of how I produced the show. one of the greatest compliments I would get is that ‘ Surivorman ’ is a show that the entire family would sit down to watch because the young boy scouts and girl scouts would be learning skills, he said. The men would live vicariously by putting themselves in my position, and the women will watch with their eyebrows raised. It really resonated across the whole demographic of the whole family.