I saw one of those, too, it was all about why you should eat cicadas, and how to fix them. I did NOT watch that one ! I don’t care if they are healthy, I don’t want to eat them. We have lots of edible plants, even here in town, and I would live on those before I am going to eat bugs.
I gotta think that anything deep fried is gonna taste good, as long as the underlying object is not strongly offensive. I would try it once, but at this point, I shall resist zee bugz because zey push zee bugz. Interesting side note: I watched the first minute or so of the longer. If you have a shrimp allergy, you should not eat cicadas.
I don't necessarily recommend eating them or any bugs, although I will try anything once. If one intends to live off of cicadas, remember, you have to fast for 17 years.
I would not eat any bug raw. You got no idea what it just sat on. Regarding being on a 17 year eating cycle...that thought occurred to me as a motivator for the Eat Zee Bugz contingent to tell us we only need one meal per generation. But Virginia has (3) species of 17 year cicadas, (4) species of 13 year cicadas, and (25) species of annual cicadas. The difference is in their respective population levels. There are some areas of Virginia who this year will see the rare coincidence of the 17 year broods and the 13 year broods, causing an historic 200 Year swarm. Thomas Jefferson was president the last time this happened. I'm not in such an area.
Better than eating the bug, at least to my mind, is having the T-shirt for the experience. This was on my facebook feed this morning, and I do think it is pretty cool.