Pawn Stars, when Randy Couture appeared

[MicroBrew]

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I haven't watched PS in many years. Last I recall watching it was 2011. Do most of you believe it is scripted? I certainly do, and I also believe the producers just have people come in with interesting stuff , not to sell, but to have something for the show to keep people's interest. The early years, it was an entertaining show, but it lost its appeal for me around 2011.

I do not believe any of the 'reality shows' are reality. There are genuine reality documentaries out there, but these kind of prime time cable TV shows are all contrived, scripted and over dramatized. That Alaskan Fishing show looks mostly legit but Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Guns, Sons of Guns, Axe Men is all just soap opera trash.

 

[Zer]

It's all fake bro. I was selling one of Selena Gomez's old toilet seats on Craigslist once and a producer contacted me asking me if I wanted to see Vanilla Ice sell it on Pawn Stars. I love Vanilla Ice but I had to turn it down because they only offered me like $200

 

[DoomPatrol]

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I haven't watched PS in many years. Last I recall watching it was 2011. Do most of you believe it is scripted? I certainly do, and I also believe the producers just have people come in with interesting stuff , not to sell, but to have something for the show to keep people's interest. The early years, it was an entertaining show, but it lost its appeal for me around 2011.

I do not believe any of the 'reality shows' are reality. There are genuine reality documentaries out there, but these kind of prime time cable TV shows are all contrived, scripted and over dramatized. That Alaskan Fishing show looks mostly legit but Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Guns, Sons of Guns, Axe Men is all just soap opera trash.

They admitted a long time ago that it's scripted. The sales are real though, what happens is they look for unique items being sold and ask them to showcase it on the show. Those that are selected have an agreed upon price before it's taped. They also try and make sure people aren't selling things for stupid cheap just to be on the show.

Then they film while the store is closed due to privacy laws and do the sale on camera. They'll redo lines and try and get good moments on camera.

So it's real in that those are real items being sold by real people, but it's scripted and edited for good TV.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Yeah I'm sure Randy just happened to have some old animation cells lying around and he just happened to walk into that pawn shop. No way his agent set that up.

 

[all caps]

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I haven't watched PS in many years. Last I recall watching it was 2011. Do most of you believe it is scripted? I certainly do, and I also believe the producers just have people come in with interesting stuff , not to sell, but to have something for the show to keep people's interest. The early years, it was an entertaining show, but it lost its appeal for me around 2011.

I do not believe any of the 'reality shows' are reality. There are genuine reality documentaries out there, but these kind of prime time cable TV shows are all contrived, scripted and over dramatized. That Alaskan Fishing show looks mostly legit but Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Guns, Sons of Guns, Axe Men is all just soap opera trash.

Pawn stars is interesting because of the historical aspects of the items "brought in" and the explanations they and "the experts" give.

It is the history channel after all.

 

[Shael]

 

[peytonlucy]

They admitted a long time ago that it's scripted. The sales are real though, what happens is they look for unique items being sold and ask them to showcase it on the show. Those that are selected have an agreed upon price before it's taped. They also try and make sure people aren't selling things for stupid cheap just to be on the show.

Then they film while the store is closed due to privacy laws and do the sale on camera. They'll redo lines and try and get good moments on camera.

So it's real in that those are real items being sold by real people, but it's scripted and edited for good TV.

The give away is when the guys, all sub 100 IQ, have detailed knowledge off-the-top of their heads for everything imaginable.

 

[Official]

I bet I’ve got tons of things in my house they would buy. I don’t know how much any of it is worth but then again I’ve never had an expert come in and appraise it. I’ve got a whole jar of change I’m sure there’s a rare valuable dime in there or something.

 

[DoomPatrol]

The give away is when the guys, all sub 100 IQ, have detailed knowledge off-the-top of their heads for everything imaginable.

It's funny to me because they're always saying "let me call someone, I have a guy for that".

 

[peytonlucy]

It's funny to me because they're always saying "let me call someone, I have a guy for that".

I would never sell anything or pawn anything but occasionally I look in a pawn shop for guitars. I have never found anything that I couldn't do better on Ebay; however, in a pawn shop you can play before purchasing. If you want to stir a hornets nest, mention Pawn Stars at a pawn shop. They hate the consult an expert thing because no one does that for free in the real world (I guess.)

Most guitars can be found online or by catalog at one of three or four places. A $799 MSRP guitar might sell for $550 or so. I won't pay more than 50% of that, including shipping. If you stick to that you can get your money back out of them but only a Fender or Gibson is really safe because the public has a preference for those brands, rightly or wrongly. Maybe 1/4 of my guitars are Fenders or Gibson; in the words of GSP (to Gibson) I am not impressed by your performance (lately.)

 

[peytonlucy]

As far as stirring a hornet's nest goes, mentioning Pawn Stars at a pawn shop is still safer than falsely calling Beano in a room full of old women playing Beano.

 

[Official]

Hell I mean I got this lamp that my dad bought way back in the 70s. That’s probably worth way more now. A 70s lamp.

 

[SammyPops]

Pawn stars is interesting because of the historical aspects of the items "brought in" and the explanations they and "the experts" give.

It is the history channel after all.

Do you even antique roadshow bro?

 

[all caps]

Do you even antique roadshow bro?

I actually haven't ever watched that but ive always heard it was a good show. Is it the same idea as pawn stars?

 

[all caps]

Also, it was very sad to watch lex luger go into the pawn shop to sell his robe. He was a broken down, beaten man.

That might actually have been a different pawn show, but whatever. @Bang Bang @WAR RANDLEMAN!

 

[Official]

Also got two lightly used candles from my parents wedding, from 1979!! These were the candles that were actually used in the ceremony, not just candles from the same box.

 

[SammyPops]

I actually haven't ever watched that but ive always heard it was a good show. Is it the same idea as pawn stars?

You trolling bro?

If not trolling- its a show where locals bring their shit in for experts to appraise. The experts give the history of the item.

Some cool stuff on the show for sure. I used to watch with my grandma. One cool example was this book a chick brought in. I want to say it was a very early Huck Fin or something like that, but during the appraisal the appraiser dude was like "hey- you see these notes in the margins and stuff, thats Mark Twane's notes to himself for a later edition of the book".

 

[minute bull]

Tune in next time for an appearance by CGI Rock scorpion from the second MUMMY.

 

[TSO]

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I haven't watched PS in many years. Last I recall watching it was 2011. Do most of you believe it is scripted? I certainly do, and I also believe the producers just have people come in with interesting stuff , not to sell, but to have something for the show to keep people's interest. The early years, it was an entertaining show, but it lost its appeal for me around 2011.

I do not believe any of the 'reality shows' are reality. There are genuine reality documentaries out there, but these kind of prime time cable TV shows are all contrived, scripted and over dramatized. That Alaskan Fishing show looks mostly legit but Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Guns, Sons of Guns, Axe Men is all just soap opera trash.

all of these types of shows are scripted. It says it in the credits.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

You trolling bro?

If not trolling- its a show where locals bring their shit in for experts to appraise. The experts give the history of the item.

Some cool stuff on the show for sure. I used to watch with my grandma. One cool example was this book a chick brought in. I want to say it was a very early Huck Fin or something like that, but during the appraisal the appraiser dude was like "hey- you see these notes in the margins and stuff, thats Mark Twane's notes to himself for a later edition of the book".

I want to go on that show sometime, have someone tell me about my great-great-grandmother’s plates. She died in 1932, and I’m not sure how old these things are, as I’m not sure what year she herself was born. To put it in perspective, my great-grandfather lived from 1874-1964. These belonged to his mother.

My aunt’s apparently had them since my Granny passed them down to her sometime before my Granny died in 2009 at the ripe old age of 93. My aunt gave them to me in July because she knows I’m big into genealogy and family history.

I doubted whether they actually belonged to my great-great grandmother as opposed to just my great-grandparents, but I verified it with my great-uncle, who’s my granny’s younger brother (he’ll be 99 in May) and he confirmed that my great-great grandmother came to live with them in 1925 till she died in 1932, and the plates were in fact hers.