Tonight I was watching a newer episode of American Pickers. Mike and Frank were in West Virginia. When they opened the barn there were several cars including a '67 Cougar (Red w/ white top and white pin stripes). They mention the car, but Mike is more interested in the sign that is apparently nailed, bolted AND riveted to the wall next to the Cougar! I was scared to death watching him trying to pry that damn sign free without damaging the car! He’s all but climbing on the car to get to the sign! It was a cool sign, but I want to see the car!
I haven’t watched the new episodes, is it from their new season?
Steven
To night I was watching Restoration Garage. They were working on a Super Bee. As they were telling about this being a late comer to the muscle car market they showed clips of new cars from 1969. One of the clips was a train car loaded with 1969 Cougars. Starting with looking closely at a Red convertible with a white top. When I have time I’m going to look up the episode and record it.
Those two drive me nuts. It all about Bicycles, Motorcycles and VWs. Makes me sick !
Those two get on my nerves. I quit watching when they were out of leads on one episode and decided to “freestyle” it at a supposed place they had never been. Kind of funny that there were already cameras on the property to watch them drive up to the house. And then when they knock on the door, mysteriously, there happens to be a cameraman in the house to film an inside shot of the “stranger” opening the door.
Kind of funny that they will practically use a muscle car as monkey bars trying to get an obscure sign that nobody but them cares about, but make a big deal about a Nash Metropolitan. They’re like hipsters that scrap. The aforementioned stuff and the fact that if I heard the skinny guy say “honey pot” one more time while referring to garbage I was gonna’ take a hostage, made me quit watching.
All those shows are scripted.
- Phillip
Can’t say I’ve heard Mike say “Honey Pot”. But it does sicken me every time he says “Honey Hole”. Ugh, if I ever have my head over the toilet, hearing that term will help get the job done.
For a while there was a show called “Down East Dickering” that was filmed in Maine and was similar, but had more people in different scenarios. With my family being from the northeast, the accents didn’t bother me and actually gave me a little “home” feeling. Like all these reality shows, the most minor hurdles are dramatized-up to give the appearance that “everything hangs in the balance”----which is another saying that is grossly overused.
EXACTLY!
They were willing to pay big money for a Dodge Daytona that had the nose cone bondoed to the fenders and was otherwise a giant turd.
Also just saw the episode again where Frank bought a decrepit 69 Road Runner thinking it was the greatest thing in the world.
I like American Pickers, I find it educational sometimes. Clearly the picks need some amount of camera set up. Would be a crappy show for us to watch if Mike and Frank wore Go-Pros on their heads. This show has about the least amount of made up drama amongst the rest of the reality shows like pawn stars, fast and loud, grave yard carz, American hot rod, American chopper, etc.
The vast majority of those shows are made up and they are all scripted.
The hosts are told what to say, you can tell by the unnatural and halting way that they speak when they are solo on the camera. Although people have gotten better at that in all the years these “reality” shows have been on the air.
The shows producers leave nothing to chance.
- Phillip
In general I like the pickers. Interesting to see what people have stashed away and surprised at what a mess the way some collections are stored. I bet the Road runner buyer on the phone backs off his price when he sees it in person. I’m sure he was thinking CA car rust free which it definitely was not.
Well, Frankie sent him pictures.