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re: I'm confused about these "Moonshining" shows
Posted on 8/18/13 at 9:29 am to Lsut81
Posted on 8/18/13 at 9:29 am to Lsut81
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I'm assuming you are unaware that reality tv is actually scripted? It's ALL fake.
Saying it is ALL fake is probably too broad. No doubt all reality TV has some scripts and production but if you didn't, the continuity and interest would be more difficult to achieve.
I think a better way to say it is say some shows have more reality than others.
I think shows like Top Chef are real where it counts, which is the cooking. American Pickers is real in that they find really old stuff and buy it. You can research some of the items they bought afterward to see how big a deal some of their finds are. Now parts of the cooking and buying most likely has production mixed in (like the negotiations) but I think there is a good balance.
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Posted on 8/18/13 at 9:58 am to Lsut81
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Another glaring example was the other day when I was watching Pawn Stars... A dude brought in his Back to the Future Delorean to sell. It was the EXACT same guy that "sold" his delorean on Auction Kings last year
Oh man, this is giving me a heart attack. Must ignore. I love Pawn Stars. Why does it always have to be fake
Posted on 8/18/13 at 10:46 am to Cajun Revolution
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Moonshiners is an American docudrama television series on the Discovery Channel that dramatizes the life of people who produce (illegal) moonshine in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. The series dramatizes their liquor production efforts, law-evading techniques and life.[1] There have been claims by local officials that the show is not what it portrays to be. Virginia authorities have stated that no illegal liquor is actually being produced by the people depicted in the show. The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said in March 2012 that, "If illegal activity was actually taking place, the Virginia ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement would have taken action."[2] They also said that they had requested for the producers to add a disclaimer to clarify that the show was only a dramatization, "but the request was overlooked."[2]
Posted on 8/18/13 at 10:55 am to The Future
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The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said in March 2012 that, "If illegal activity was actually taking place, the Virginia ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement would have taken action."
Exactly...
Posted on 8/18/13 at 11:00 am to Cajun Revolution
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Oh man, this is giving me a heart attack. Must ignore. I love Pawn Stars. Why does it always have to be fake
Their pawn shop is basically a gift shop with show merchandise now
Posted on 8/18/13 at 11:09 am to Lsut81
Yea, the VABC is nothing to frick around with. They're absurd.
Regardless, they couldn't prosecute anyone based on show activity because they'd have no evidence. If they caught them after the fact (and it was real moonshine they were making), then that would be a different story and the people manufacturing it would just be even more stupid than I thought.
Regardless, they couldn't prosecute anyone based on show activity because they'd have no evidence. If they caught them after the fact (and it was real moonshine they were making), then that would be a different story and the people manufacturing it would just be even more stupid than I thought.
Posted on 8/18/13 at 11:29 am to wildtigercat93
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Their pawn shop is basically a gift shop with show merchandise now
Yeah, and I've read that the people that are featured on the show aren't legally allowed to work at the shop
Posted on 8/18/13 at 11:31 am to Lsut81
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Yeah, and I've read that the people that are featured on the show aren't legally allowed to work at the shop
That doesnt really make sense
Posted on 8/18/13 at 12:48 pm to wildtigercat93
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Their pawn shop is basically a gift shop with show merchandise now
WAT.
I'm going to Vegas in a couple months and was hoping I'd find the Cadillac of Pawn
Posted on 8/18/13 at 12:56 pm to Cajun Revolution
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WAT.
Yeah I think there was a poster on here that said he went and 75 percent of the store is t shirt/trinkets/ coffee mugs and other Pawn Stasrs swag that's marked up a billion percent
Then if your lucky they have the guys from the shop hang around to take pictures and stuff
They'll probably laugh at you if you bring something in for pawn
Posted on 8/18/13 at 3:44 pm to wildtigercat93
Here it is... I thought it was for another reason
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2. The guys can't actually work the counter anymore because of privacy laws. Since they've become celebrities, people are constantly taking pictures of them, compromising the privacy of whoever's at the pawn counter. "Now I'll meet a guy in the hallway," said Corey
Posted on 8/18/13 at 3:54 pm to Lsut81
Thats a weird law. Who cares about the guys at the counters privacy if they signed up for a TV show?
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