Pawn Stars, American Pickers, Ax Men
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They'll make a "reality" show out of anything these days. I'm almost expecting to turn on the TV and see "Tonight...on A&E--Port-A-Potty Cleaner Wars." 
I think I've seen all the Pawn Stars episodes. Good stuff.
I'd watch it.They'll make a "reality" show out of anything these days. I'm almost expecting to turn on the TV and see "Tonight...on A&E--Port-A-Potty Cleaner Wars."
Both Pawn Stars and American Pickers are interesting because of the history of the items people bring in/or find.
I'd like Pawn Stars to show some follow up on the items they buy. Like, it'd be cool to know how much they get for the musket they spend $4,000 on.
That was cool when a guy brought in an old gun to get money for a guitar hoping to get a couple hundred bucks, and ends up trading the gun straight up for a $6,000 guitar.
That was cool when a guy brought in an old gun to get money for a guitar hoping to get a couple hundred bucks, and ends up trading the gun straight up for a $6,000 guitar.
Nothing I like more than to sit on my ass and watch other people work. They should put bleachers up in factories and charge admission.
Woops, the US doesn't have factories anymore.
Woops, the US doesn't have factories anymore.
Pawn stars is such BS. My father & grandfather owned a pawn shop for over 75 years. My dad wanted to hand the business down to me, but I hated working there, so he ended up selling it in November of 2002 after working there for 51 years. They seem to be glamorizing a pawn shop, it really isn't anything like that. To me it looks like everyone is trying to sell their goods. The whole idea of a pawn shop it to borrow money and you're using personal belongings as collateral. If you don't pay back the money borrowed with interest, you loose your item and the pawn shop sells it at a discounted rate.
What they don't show are all the crackheads trying to sell anything they can get their hands on for a rock.
Bingo! My dads shop was located in beautiful Oakland California. Home of the crackheads.
Yeah but the guys on TV are pawn stars.
Pretty soon there's gonna be a mooshu reality show.
some of the people were actually trying to pawn stuff as well.
I don't think any reality show SHOWS all the situations that happen. Watching Crackheads on TV was the basis of the original reality TV show; COPS.
I'm a fan, and I mostly hate tv. History channel, (adult swim), and the occasional tosh.0 are about all I will watch.
Whats was really sad, people would come in and pawn an item to help pay their bills or put food on their table. What they were pawning they may have received like $100 or so. As they were walking out the door, they would see something they liked and then would use some of their borrowed money to put that item on layaway, like $10. Some took over 3-4 years to pay it off. F'n crazy.
history channel, science channel, national geographic channel, occasionally discovery channel will air something worthwhile.
you forgot ice road truckers 
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Yeah that would suck to watch.
What would the typical interest be?
Those channels used to be interesting. Now it is all shows about fat people, ghosts, cryptozoology and angry people at work.
Dropped my cable and only have network television. That is even worse. About the only thing worth watching anymore is 30 rock and a few PBS shows.
I do still try to catch PTI when I go to the gym.
Not always. There's still some cool stuff - a while back I caught a special on Easter Island about the network of underground tunnels caves. Generally what I do is just browse the guide menu and record the worthwhile stuff, then watch it when I have time.
Boomboxes, CD players, VCR (back then) jewelry and guns.
When the History Channel started doing reality shows, I got rid of our satellite service.
Having zero TV reception is one of the best things I've ever done. I miss The Daily Show and some PBS stuff, but I can watch TDS online and I'll buy the PBS stuff. TV sucks.
Having zero TV reception is one of the best things I've ever done. I miss The Daily Show and some PBS stuff, but I can watch TDS online and I'll buy the PBS stuff. TV sucks.
Metalacolypse FTW.
I meant the interest rate on a pawn-loan?
why? when you can "discover" all sorts of fvcked up people all over the country!
Liz and I do get a kick out of the Hoarders show. There was only lady in like, Alabama whose house almost got condemned by the city it was so gross. When it got cleaned out they found like 4 dead flattened cats
also, you can't script science!
I believe 8-12%. It's been a while since I was involved there, more like 14 years.
I was just curious for the sake of conversation and general knowledge.
"Reality" TV was a huge reason we got rid of TV. I mean, I like a train wreck as much as the next guy but c'mon. Discovery, History Channel, TLC all showing reality shows? Remember when TLC showed stuff you could learn from?
Love Pawn Starts.
I wonder if Rick is that knowledgeable or is he prepped before it is filmed. But he is smooth.
The rest of them are idiots but great characters.
I watched a few minutes of American Pickers, but something about it turned me off.
Axe Men? If you watch Deadliest Catch, that's all you need for working class drama.
BTW,
I wonder if Rick is that knowledgeable or is he prepped before it is filmed. But he is smooth.
The rest of them are idiots but great characters.
I watched a few minutes of American Pickers, but something about it turned me off.
Axe Men? If you watch Deadliest Catch, that's all you need for working class drama.
BTW,
Hey, +1 > StoshThey'll make a "reality" show out of anything these days. I'm almost expecting to turn on the TV and see "Tonight...on A&E--Port-A-Potty Cleaner Wars."
I personally like Madhouse the best. The redneck racing rivalry is awesome. Anything besides F'N bachelor, survivor and the rest of that CRAP. About time someone stepped it up.
Ax Men is cool too. I love that cat with no teefs, he rules the mountain as far as I'm concerned, jumpin around like a monkey. I also love how they get these huge weight lifter greenhorns that can't last a 1/2 hour.
Some might have a gripe with educational channels doing this, but how many frign episodes of Elephants and tigers could you watch?
To me it's about any show that doesn't have idiots voting each other off. About time someone did something NEW. That's what the brain likes. NEW. The brain likes to create new neural networks. Watching the same show like Survivor on a different F'N island each year? I mean come on. It's the same F'N island.
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last night American Pickers was cool. that guy with the White Castle in his backyard was awesome. his general store was pretty cool too. the fact that he bought all of the products that the store sold when he was a kid was cool too
id live in a White Castle.
id live in a White Castle.
went to school with all those morons on axe men
That racetrack is about 15 mins from my house. My friends dad was a car owner when we were little so he would take us out there to help out the pit crew and watch the races up close and person. Its crazy sh!t that thats a show now. I mean, yeah it was fun to hang out in the pits, but is it really tv worthy?
Well I have no exposure to racing. But what's really funny is watching Jr. Miller get knocked into the infield. The rivalry is what makes the show. Plus it's interesting to see what goes into the cars. Those things take a beating an a 1/2.That racetrack is about 15 mins from my house. My friends dad was a car owner when we were little so he would take us out there to help out the pit crew and watch the races up close and person. Its crazy sh!t that thats a show now. I mean, yeah it was fun to hang out in the pits, but is it really tv worthy?
Well here's what I got recorded on the DVR
Madhouse
Conspiracy Theory
House
Fringe
Gangland
Human Weapon
and anything else WAR
My wifes DVR?
Desperate housewives
Biggest loser
American Idiot
bachelor
Now would you rather watch TV with me or my wife?
I don't really care so much about the people on the show. I love all the equipment and the process. I like the underwater logging too because I think it's fascinating how detailed the wood comes out. It's cool to see how potentially dangerous it can be as well.
+1 for Knuck for liking the guy with no teeth he's probably the only guy I like as well.
big fan of Locked Up Abroad.
Fvck, forgot all about that one, I have a few episodes of that to watch. Talk about grinding your teefs for an hour. Jesus.
the episodes where people are kidnapped are almost painful to watch.