All reality shows are somewhat "staged".......but I would think everyone already knows that.
Those guys on American pickers are very annoying, but I watch it anyway. I watch Pawn Stars......love it..........but I went to Vegas a few weeks ago and went down to the actual pawn shop where it is filmed.......I had to wait about an hour to get in as they were filming......and what a dump that place is (yes, it is a typical dirty and pretty small pawn shop).....half of the store space was devoted to t-shirts, hats, mugs, and other tourist crap featuring the guys on the show. What a disappointment. I wanted to buy that big Jim Morrison painting they have that you see on all the shows.....but it was 20k so I passed. Antiques Roadshow......last year they came to Phoenix, I applied for tickets and got 'em, so I took my mom. We had no idea what her vases were worth. We figured maybe a thousand dollars or so at the most. As soon as we took them out of the box, the appraisers eyes lit up (he was from Heritage coincidentally)...and he said "would you like to be on television?". He then said "I can tell you now off camera what they are worth, or we can film the segment and I can tell you on the air". So my mom was freaking out and all nervous for about an hour while they got ready to film her segment. So while I waited in the green room they filmed my mom and her vases. They explained to us that she may or may not make the final cut of the show. She did. Here is the link: _http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200905A30.html_ (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200905A30.html) David Lieberman _CineMasterpieces.com_ (http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/) | 15721 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az 85260 Vintage Original Movie Posters | 602 309 0500 | Office/Gallery Open By Appt. Only. _Our Facebook Page_ (http://www.facebook.com/pages/CineMasterpieces/7735495839?v=wall) In a message dated 10/10/2010 7:43:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Bruce - I've only watched that show a couple of times. Personally, I find the two of them rather grating so I don't watch. I wondered the same thing about their turnaround on items. I sincerely doubt they make money on half their stuff. I wonder how much buying is allocated in their TV production budget. Maybe none but it made me wonder. But I think you're missing the bigger picture... Now that they're on television, regardless of their knowledge, they're considered experts by the general public. Politicians (Sarah Palin), Self-Help people (Dr. Phil), junk collectors (Pickers) and let's not forget the genius folk of JERSEY SHORE, no better than you or I, are now leaders in their fields and social arbiters thanks to reality TV and the mindless sheep that accept them... Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- From: _Bruce Hershenson_ (mailto:[email protected]) To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 3:57 AM Subject: [MOPO] What do you think of American Pickers? I am no fan of Antiques Roadshow, as many of their "experts" are anything but, and many of the items they "discover" are likely planted and rehearsed, and of course there have been several cases of fraud and wild mis-identifications (repros identified as originals, etc). See _http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/at_inbox_antiques_roadshow_stop_not_worth_the_gas_ (http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/at_inbox_antiques_roadshow_stop_not_worth_the_gas) for an article on this. Recently I got a chance to sit down and watch a bunch of episodes of American Pickers, and I came away with a similar sense of "unreality". These guys seem to always pay a somewhat fair percentage of retail, even when the people they are buying from have no clue of value. Everything is like "they paid $60, they can sell it for $100". You never see them make a "score" (buy something for pennies on the dollar), unless it is something they claim they know nothing about when they buy it. Not once do you see them privately say "This item is worth $1,000, but I can tell these people have no clue, so I am going to offer $50". Sometimes they drive 1,000 miles and then buy three items and make a couple of hundred bucks? Hmmm.... The show is entertaining, and the two guys are personable, but they are nothing like any of the real pickers I have encountered over the years. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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