I was so excited when I saw the first commercials for first Auction Hunters and then Storage Wars and then was really bummed out after watching an episode of each and realized just how staged and fake they were. I guess to me I've spent so much time at real auctions that seeing these obviously staged scenarios played out as 'reality' for people that generally don't know what the real thing is irritated me a lot.
Wednesday night I was at an estate sale auction playing on my phone and half listening to the auctioneer sell junk I wasn't interested in when I was scared to death when the father sitting directly behind me had his 10 year old son bid for him by SCREAMING "YEEEEEEEAAAAAAPPPPPP" at the top of his lungs. OK, first time kinda cute (but not really). Tenth time, bid with your freaking card.
American Pickers and Gold Rush Alaska were both in my rotation of favorite shows until I saw some things that definately did not make sense on each and after doing some research found out both were nearly 100% scripted for TV. Was pretty disappointed. Ah well. I still like watching Pawn Stars and American Restoration even though elements of them are staged too.
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