antiques roadshow is also completely staged. in fact, pretty much all reality shows include copious amounts of direction and direct staging of scenes.
would you prefer shows like jersey shore where it's just random snippets directly from the lives of retarded people?
Having a pawn shop in Vegas seems a pretty good idea considering there would be all sorts of people trying to pawn off their belongings to go and gamble their life away.
I passed by it in Vegas, the outside looks kinda bland. There is a giant "As seen on TV" sign in front of the building though.
I like it.
The 2 young fat kids are hilarious.
I hate the main guy's laugh, and I'm pretty sure it gets edited in a lot. The oldest guy's monotone voice really grates on my nerves.
I like it too, but the fat kids bug me because they need to lose some weight. Pops is in better shape than they are. : /
Remember that one guy who brought in the ship chronograph and sold it for, I think $500. He was told it'd take a repairman and he has no idea how much that'll be, how much it'll sell and stuff since it appears to be not working.
The repairman comes in, takes a small piece of cardboard out of one of the mechanics and told them it was inserted because this very accurate machine had to be transported without anything being messed up. The thing was actually in great working condition and the shop made bank at thousands of dollars now.
There is no reason you should not love this show then. People bring in items from all periods of history, and experts come in to tell how they were used, manufacturered, and you can even see them in action.Really? Ugh, I hate it. I mean the show itself isn't terrible really, but I'd much rather watch "Modern Marvels" or "How the Earth Was Made" or something like that on History Channel, not a reality show.
There is no reason you should not love this show then. People bring in items from all periods of history, and experts come in to tell how they were used, manufacturered, and you can even see them in action.
Yeah I know. Like I said it's a decent show; some of the stuff that people bring in is interesting, like in that one episode an older guy brought in an old (Civil War era?) cannon and they ended up getting an expert to test fire it. But I don't care about a lot of the stupid crap people bring in, or watching them go back-and-forth on price, or silly arguments between the owner and his sons and whatnot. Eh, I guess the show just isn't my thing.There is no reason you should not love this show then. People bring in items from all periods of history, and experts come in to tell how they were used, manufacturered, and you can even see them in action.
I just hope it doesn't turn into an American Choppers, where they changed the show to focus more on the interpersonal drama than actually making the motorcycles.
Well, to be honest, at the end of American Choppers the bikes that were being thrown together were so crappy they had to focus on something else.
Antiques Roadshow is staged???
Yup... annoys me when the younger son, "Big Hoss" makes some stupid deal for something that doesn't look like it would make money... and then turns around and makes bank.
He bough a non-working motorcycle on one of the episodes for $3500 ... was told it would take like $30k to repair.. or they could auction it. Ended up going to auction and sold for $7500.. part of me wanted it to go for $2000 so that the kid would get his ass reamed for buying crap.
Yes.
After something is already appraised they do the little interview taping. They don't record every single appraisal and then pick out the "good" ones.
Here's a clip from Insomniac from 7 years ago when Dave Attel visited the Pawn Stars place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvu6APT3JLY