Boston Rob drove a Boston Duck Boat for an episode of his show


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The expertise was featured on his present about Boston.

A Boston Duck Excursions amphibious automobile within the water. Aram Boghosian / The Boston Globe

A gaggle of metropolis vacationers had a Duck Boat tour with perks this spring after they had been toured round by actuality star Boston Rob, of “Survivor” fame, and featured on his present about Boston.

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The second season of the Very Native present “Boston Rob does Beantown & Past,” which debuted April 13, options an episode known as “Planes, Geese, & Subs” the place Boston Rob explores distinctive modes of transportation within the Boston space, together with the long-lasting amphibious automobile.

Within the episode, Boston Rob climbs aboard a purple duck boat known as North Finish Norma. He stated issues had been about to get “actual touristy,” however good-naturedly joined in when Amelia Knix, the ConDUCKtor, periodically requested the group to quack out load.

Knix advised the group, “we’re a metropolis of three f’s: freedom, enjoyable, and firsts. Freedom for the birthplace of the American Revolution, enjoyable for all of the enjoyable issues you’ll see on this tour, and Boston is a metropolis of firsts.”

Ethan Zohn and Boston Rob Mariano competing in “Survivor: Winners at Conflict” in 2020. – Robert Voets/CBS Leisure

The automobile toured the town on land earlier than the driving force drove straight into the Charles River for the water portion of the experience. At that time, Knix requested for a volunteer to drive the boat. In fact, Boston Rob was recreation.

As soon as Boston Rob was behind the wheel, he started turning it.

“Are you making an attempt to bang a uey?” Knix requested, reaching for the wheel.

“No no no. Hey! Okay Okay Okay,” Boston Rob stated earlier than asking “The place’s the horn?” and promptly beeping it.

“How do I am going sooner?” Boston Rob requested.

“We solely go 6 miles an hour on this factor,” Knix stated.

When Knix identified MIT, Boston Rob added his personal story to the tour.

He stated, “Inform them the story about after they put the automobile on the roof.”

Knix requested, “What’s that story?”

“The MIT children do a prank yearly they usually attempt to put one thing on the highest of the roof of the dome over there and one 12 months they put an entire automobile up there. They usually didn’t understand how they acquired it up.”

In the course of the episode, known as, “Planes, Geese & Subs,” Boston Rob additionally checked out the WWII submarine on the USS Albacore Museum and flew a aircraft at CHI Aerospace flight faculty, each situated in Portsmouth, N.H.

For season two, Rob leaves the town extra to discover different components of New England.

“I believe if individuals get off their sofa and get exterior and simply discover a bit bit, they’d be so stunned what we have now to supply on this space,” he advised mynbc5.com.

Followers can obtain the Very Native app and stream the present totally free. New episodes premiere each Thursday by way of June 15.