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Old 04-08-2017, 06:40 PM   #1
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I think to appreciate any tv show you need to accept it as it is , or why watch ? I like the show & I'm sure most is set-up . but then most tv reality shows are set-up ....... just watch & enjoy .............
Next you will be telling me the Kardashians are not a real-life typical American family!
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:16 AM   #2
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Even if the show is staged, the items they showcase are the real things of our past for which some of the things I never knew about. Some things they might not know what they are talking about but the antiques and artifacts of the past are real. Probably the only things on the show that is real besides the homes they do go to.

I hate it when I see Mike and Frank crawl over boxes of unknown items just to see what is on top...If I were the owner of the stuf that they was crawling over, I would of had their ass out of there.

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I like the stuff they show on the show but Mike, his eyes and actions reminds me of the video below:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUuH4TEmgLo

Then that high pitched sales screaming... well hard to watch! Just Sharks in a white van.
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Old 04-08-2017, 03:09 PM   #4
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Am I the only one who is lost here? What is American Pickers anyway?
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Old 04-08-2017, 03:34 PM   #5
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Am I the only one who is lost here? What is American Pickers anyway?
Not lost, just fortunate...............
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Old 04-09-2017, 03:29 AM   #6
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Am I the only one who is lost here? What is American Pickers anyway?
A crew drives around the country looking for antiques to buy and resell. They film what they do and put it on cable TV, which I don't have, so I've only seen the show a couple times while at my neighbor's house.
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Well now, if you believe the pickers show is not staged drama, then I have some beautiful seaside acreage in far northern Arizona, which I can let you have CHEAP...
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Want something real???? Watch Antiques Roadshow...far better and far more real.
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I'll second Antiques Roadshow. American Pickers-how could anyone believe those two (and I can't decide which one is more annoying) just happen to stumble across some great finds while accidentally having a camera crew in tow. Really???
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Wow, I'm often accused of being cynical when I call shows like this fake. It's good to be amongst so many fellow "cynics". I prefer to be called a realist!
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Old 04-09-2017, 12:40 AM   #11
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Im enjoying the comments , Don,t start me on the king kong remake , Been too pawn starts shop , rip off & ricks restoration both in Vegas a bigger rip off, At least most Model A,s are real ?? Autumn here ,
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I live near the Fork. Mike drives his 51 pickup and his 32 Ford. He also rides his antique motorcyclesand it's an impressive collection. Leipers Fork is a fun place and worth a stop if you are nearby. Always parked there is replicas of Jethro's truck, the General Lee and Barney's squad car. Try Puckets or Country Boy for some vittles. https://youtu.be/ckQPypxcdxs
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Its pretty obvious that "pickers" is staged.

I just hope you guys aren't sittin' around watchin' those goldminin', bushflyin', truckdrivin', woodchoppin', crabfishin', gun-totin' Alaska shows. They're all pretty much BS too.
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Its pretty obvious that "pickers" is staged.

I just hope you guys aren't sittin' around watchin' those goldminin', bushflyin', truckdrivin', woodchoppin', crabfishin', gun-totin' Alaska shows. They're all pretty much BS too.
No, don't like the Alaska shows. Now, Swamp People is something else. Troy Landry always get the biggest gator, with one shot too! They all look like they use .22 cal. rifles. . . except Liz Cavalier, she packs a 9 mil. automatic. Can't get over how they all pull those lines with their bare hands and they don't get no rope burns, even with an angry 18 foot gator on the other end.


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