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I imagine many people cringing if their kid said, “Mom, Dad…When I grow up, I want to travel the world hunting down monster myths with a band of friends…on TV. I want to be paid more than you guys make doing this crazy dream.”<\/p>\nI imagine many people cringing if their kid said, “Mom, Dad…When I grow up, I want to travel the world hunting down monster myths with a band of friends…on TV. I want to be paid more than you guys make doing this crazy dream.”<\/p>\n
Sounds far fetched, but it’s exactly what what Josh Gates<\/a> of Destination Truth<\/a><\/em> does for a living.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Imagine a kid saying, “Mom…I will make my fame as an adult by doing a wide variety of crappy and dirty jobs on TV. And from the fame I will gain, I will become a spokesman for Ford and do a lot of narrating work.”<\/p>\n Again, far fetched, but it’s how Mike Rowe<\/a> pays the bills.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The list goes on:<\/p>\n “I’m gonna grow up and travel the country doing all kinds of wacky things at festivals and riding roller coasters…” (Bert Kreischer<\/a> of Bert the Conqueror’s<\/a> gig.)<\/p>\n “I’ll be paid better than you guys to travel the world eating gross things…” (Andrew Zimmern’s<\/a> gig on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern<\/a>.)<\/p>\n “I’m gonna become known for making funny and sometimes touching videos on this thing called the Internet…all on my own…” (Ze Frank<\/a>.)<\/p>\n “I’ll rise up from this table where we’re playing Dungeons and Dragons and turn a career in stand up comedy into hosting gigs and then starting my own little media empire on the Internet…” (Chris Hardwick<\/a> of The Nerdist<\/a>.)<\/p>\n