Pawn is definitely fabricated. They did one with a pinball machine who's value was grossly overstated, and everyone in my pinball forum went nuts over it. Some knew the guy they used and he allegedly was in on it as well. Did not do good things for his reputation in the pinball community.
Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:36 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > I am almost certain most of those reality shows are fabricated. I do not much > care for them at all. About the only reality shows I watch and I am sure they > are all fabricated is undercover boss sometimes, the pawn and picker shows on > the history channel, and restaurant impossible sometimes. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > >> Sons of Anarchy, too. >> >> Yes, I would agree that there are finally some well written shows on now, >> but they are surrounded by 1000s of others that are totally dreck. >> >> Case in point: neighbor's daughter recently starred in a reality show called >> "Below Deck", purportedly about the crew on a for-hire luxury yacht. It was >> totally fabricated, yet passed off as a "reality" show. >> >> The term "polished turd" came to mind when I watched a small amount of the >> show (all I could handle.) >> >> This, sadly, is representative of the majority of the crap that's out >> there.... >> >> Dan who pretty much loathes TV >> >> >> Dan >> >> On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> WHAT!?!? >>> >>> This is the new golden age of television just none of it is on the big >>> networks. Let me remind you of some of the great shows of the last couple >>> years: >>> Breaking Bad >>> Justified >>> Weeds >>> Mad Men >>> Sherlock >>> Downton Abbey >>> >>> Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart I can see but Green Acres? UGH... >>> >>> I can't believe Clay referenced Matlock, if you wanted somebody good you'd >>> go with Carol O'Connor in "In the Heat of the Night", similar setting, much >>> better show. >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:22:27 -0400 >>> From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Blair Brown is Not Raymond Burr >>> Message-ID: <23abc151-4c3d-4de7-a06c-8329897b8...@penoff.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> I was just talking about this with a fellow cube dweller yesterday. She's >>> about 10-12 years my senior, but we were reminiscing about when TV was >>> actually entertaining with shows like Carol Burnett, Green Acres, Bob >>> Newhart (the original show), etc., etc. >>> >>> Dan "Vould you like some hotscakes, dahling?" >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
