Posted by Pops1532 on April 03, 2014 at 12:24:50 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: American Pickers... posted by Steve@Advance on April 02, 2014 at 18:26:05:
Pickers is entertainment. It's not a documentary. Much of the show is scripted and staged.
While I don't know anyone that they've picked, I do know people that know the people that have been picked. In one case the guy I know went to his friend's place and wanted to buy some of the stuff the pickers passed up. The owner laughed and said what was on TV wasn't real. In that episode they had only bought a few items. In reality they had filled a straight truck with what they bought.
In another episode the owner told a friend they hadn't really bought anything even though they hauled away a few things in the show. In another episode they had to film the "freestyle" arrival several times, and by the last take Wolfe was said to have been cussing up a storm.
I can't say whether or not they are knowledgeable about motor cycles and bicycles, but they are clueless about a lot of petroliana. They portray Frank as an oil can collector, and maybe he is, but he doesn't know squat about oil cans. Both of them are clueless about gas pump globes and gas pumps. They may know a little about signs, but it doesn't come across that way in the show.
Still, I watch the show. It's entertaining.
Those rusty signs may be useless, but they certainly aren't worthless.
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