Pawn Stars - History Channel - Page 3

Blittleton · #41 (**permalink**) 02-05-2010, 02:12 PM

Pawn Stars is the greatest show on TV. It is a simple show for us simple people. All of you are too smart

to watch something so mundane.

Bill

madmaxx · #42 (**permalink**) 02-05-2010, 03:30 PM

In the pawn star recap he said that cobra was the most profitable item he sold last year and cleared $30K. They may have just had a stand in for the shooting.

Ron61 · #43 (**permalink**) 02-06-2010, 05:48 AM

Actually I thought the best part of that show was when they took it to the track and the old man was not going to let them drive it first as he said a Race car has to be driven like a Race car and then he drove it it all the way around at 30 MPH. But it did come out looking nice, it just wasn't a 1964 or 65 Cobra.

Ron

rustyBob · #44 (**permalink**) 02-06-2010, 08:22 AM

The best part of Pawn Stars is when the final credits roll at the end of the show...

MaSnaka · #45 (**permalink**) 02-06-2010, 12:24 PM

It's a cast of characters. Chumly and the old man...come on, they can't be for real. It reminds me of the Antiques Roadshow but with a twist. There is some entertainment value there.

John

Ron61 · #46 (**permalink**) 02-07-2010, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MaSnaka

It's a cast of characters. Chumly and the old man...come on, they can't be for real. It reminds me of the Antiques Roadshow but with a twist. There is some entertainment value there.

John

John,

I think that it was mostly meant for the entertainment value and I do enjoy seeing some of the things brought in. But how many big Pawn Shop owners know every customer by name when they walk in. Some they don't know but the majority they do and I have seen a couple of really interesting old guns and clocks. I really like the one where the guy brought in the Ship's Chronometer and didn't know what it was. They bought it for almost nothing because it didn't work and then had a clock expert look at it and he just removed the small blocking strips that were installed to keep it from bouncing around when being moved and it worked like new.

Ron

CoolCarl · #47 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 01:14 AM

I love this show. I'll be the first to admit that some of the stuff is set up for TV. I wouldn't expect anything less.

It's very entertaining though.

They have to be doing something right if they have managed to stay in business for 20+ years.

Oh, and the bald guy (middle guy in the family) has been pushing for a TV show for years. HBO did a mini-series on his pawn shop with roughly the same format.

Ron61 · #48 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 05:54 AM

I think my favorite so far was when they took the Old Man's Lincoln that he had parked out back for years and was going to restore it to have it restored as a present for him. He walked out, saw it gone and almost crapped when they told him it was just sitting there rotting down and they had sold it to make some room. Then when it was delivered back all restored and really nice, he was almost at a loss for words. And I do like seeing some of the really old things that some people bring in. Especially the ones that after they have their experts examine them and find out they are worth a lot then change their mind and won't sell.

Ron

Commodore · #49 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 09:16 AM

I know that the world is not overflowing with overly educated people but if someone walks into a pawn shop with an item that is supposed to have great value why would you be in a pawn shop in the first place? Why not take your 'treasure' to Sotheby's or Christie's, put a well researched reserve on it, pay your fees and commissions and then let the chips land where they will. Whoops! Forgot it's a reality TV show. Staged reality isn't reality but for some reason these scripted shows remain popular with the viewing audiences. Has anyone ever wondered why a film crew just happens to be at the shop when someone walks in with Babe Ruth's underwear and wants to sell it? I can't help but wonder why "reality TV" is taking so long to go away??

MaSnaka · #50 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 09:55 AM

""I can't help but wonder why "reality TV" is taking so long to go away??""

Because it's cheap to produce.

twobjshelbys · #51 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron61

I think my favorite so far was when they took the Old Man's Lincoln that he had parked out back for years and was going to restore it to have it restored as a present for him. He walked out, saw it gone and almost crapped when they told him it was just sitting there rotting down and they had sold it to make some room. Then when it was delivered back all restored and really nice, he was almost at a loss for words. And I do like seeing some of the really old things that some people bring in. Especially the ones that after they have their experts examine them and find out they are worth a lot then change their mind and won't sell.

Ron

We were channel surfing last weekend and a lady with a bell from a shipwreck came in. The pawn guy was pretty sure it wasn't real so had his expert come in (how many of them will actually do that). He said it certainly was real, and that it was worth quite a bit (I think it was about 6K). She said she'd brought it to get rid of it because she was tired of kicking it around and ended up selling it to him for about 4K. That was better than the 300 that she was offered originally. It does pay to push back...

I expect that if the cameras weren't there they would have bought it for 300 and sold it for 6000...

Someone also brought in a little Indian kids toy scooter. Again, they weren't going to give the guy anything for it. Then he said that he knew there were only a few hundred of them in existence. Again, the "expert" said "Yep, probably worth about 12K". He sold it and they restored it. Took a little more work to restore than they thought (engine couldn't be rebuilt), frame needed rewelding, but boy did it look sweet when it was done. Again, if the cameras weren't running...

twobjshelbys · #52 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:27 PM

We liked Chumlee. He's a total slacker riding on the shirttails. Grandpa sent him after a squash blossom necklace and Chumlee watched TV and had a 4 hour lunch...

Chumlee was the name of the walrus on Tennessee Tuxedo. He fits.

twobjshelbys · #53 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron61

I think my favorite so far was when they took the Old Man's Lincoln that he had parked out back for years and was going to restore it to have it restored as a present for him. He walked out, saw it gone and almost crapped when they told him it was just sitting there rotting down and they had sold it to make some room. Then when it was delivered back all restored and really nice, he was almost at a loss for words. And I do like seeing some of the really old things that some people bring in. Especially the ones that after they have their experts examine them and find out they are worth a lot then change their mind and won't sell.

Ron

Oh yeah, about the Lincoln. There is another show on Speed I think that does this as part of the show. The family is part of the setup, the car is reported stolen, and they restore it in a fairly quick time. Then the show guys play good-cop-bad-cop. The premise is the cops know where the car is and they want the owner to come along on a sting to nab the bad guys.

Chip Foose does alot of the design on the cars.

Some of them have looked very nice.

Some weren't worth the original scrap metal.

Just like "This Old House" I guess...

CoolCarl · #54 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 04:40 PM

That show is called 'overhaulin' or 'overhauled' I forgot which it is exactly.

"Where the owner gets tricked and the car gets tricked out" is one of the mottos they use.

I used to be a reality show basher but when I think of what my favorite shows are I guess I'm a lover. Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, Pawn Stars. Love those shows.

Its the survivors, bachelor, wife swap, and lost type shows that I don't care for.

Paul F · #55 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Commodore

.. Staged reality isn't reality but for some reason these scripted shows remain popular with the viewing audiences. Has anyone ever wondered why a film crew just happens to be at the shop when someone walks in with Babe Ruth's underwear and wants to sell it? I can't help but wonder why "reality TV" is taking so long to go away??

So its scripted. So are sit coms and dramas. No one is fooled and even if they are, they still are entertained. I find it entertaining and educational. I learn a lot on this show about stuff.

The shows seems to have provided a lot of entertainment to this forum.