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This is probably the most dangerous incident, but not the first time they've caused property damage. Wasn't the build crew also involved in a myth that blew out windows of a house or houses?
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ToastyPotato posted:This is probably the most dangerous incident, but not the first time they've caused property damage. Wasn't the build crew also involved in a myth that blew out windows of a house or houses? Yeah they had it in one of their recent specials, about how they can never go back to some town or other.
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Dec 8, 2011 00:19
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Crackpipe posted:Yeah, the Discovery special on crab fisherman that aired years ago was a million times better than any reality show, though I believe a goon pointed out the same production company ended up making "Deadliest Catch". I think that was me. There's a really small circle of companies that seem to make everything on discover, tlc, history, a&e, travel channel, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Films_%26_Television http://www.leftfieldpictures.com/projects.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cineflix
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Dec 8, 2011 03:23
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Luigi Thirty posted:I hope you're all watching this show on National Geographic about some fat douchebag who takes medieval fair jousting way too seriously. 2 hours of rooting for people to get mangled on your TV. If you can believe it that douchebag is an ex-Navy Seal and yeah, he takes everything too seriously. The drama feels scripted and the injuries exaggerated but goddamn, getting hit by one of those lances has to hurt. Like someone else said, I just skip everything but the jousting which thankfully takes up most of the show. Radio Nowhere posted:Didn't catch that but caught a promo for "Moonshiners". It's an awful, awful, show. I watched the premiere and the fakeness is painfully obvious.
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Dec 8, 2011 06:35
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wormil posted:If you can believe it that douchebag is an ex-Navy Seal and yeah, he takes everything too seriously. The drama feels scripted and the injuries exaggerated but goddamn, getting hit by one of those lances has to hurt. Like someone else said, I just skip everything but the jousting which thankfully takes up most of the show. The jousting is pretty hardcore, the European jousters wont compete in the heavy armor league due to the danger. Most jousting leagues use balsa lances, these guys use drilled dowel rods which still aren't authentic but they are quite dangerous. Seriously, seeing someone get hit hard enough to do a backflip off of a horse is enough to make me watch it.
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Dec 8, 2011 07:15
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wormil posted:It's an awful, awful, show. I watched the premiere and the fakeness is painfully obvious. But but but they might get caught by da gubbermint! *puts full name and job on TV show* I know the old guy, Popcorn (?), has been on like every moonshine documentary ever.
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Dec 8, 2011 22:16
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explosivo posted:Did anybody catch Weed Wars this week? I just saw a commercial for it, looks interesting but I wonder whether they'll portray it as a legitimate business or "Haha these people are soo high!" I watched this show for the first time and I am conflicted over it. On one hand, as I see the compassionate use and distribution of the cannabis for medicinal purposes, I can't help but laugh at some of the TV shows participants. They definitely have huge aspirations as I don't think anyone has the gonads to, according to the federal government, sell an illegal substance on TV. In my opinion the people of Oakland, as well as Colorado, are pioneers. The owners and employees of Harborside Health Care Co-Op are pioneers as well, but I can't help but wonder if "Uncle Fed" or "Cousin D.E.A" will step in.
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Dec 10, 2011 01:39
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To the surprise of absolutely no one, it was those muppets on the build team that hosed up and shot a cannon at a house: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/07/BAN31M9Q81.DTL quote:Savage and Hyneman were not present at the Alameda County bomb ordnance range - which the show has used for years and is nearly 1,000 yards west of the Shetty home - when the cannon fired at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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Dec 10, 2011 02:31
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So, the question is: Is "muzzle lift" actually A Thing, and this really was a freak, fluke accident, or is that a nice code for "someone hosed up the calibration"?
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Dec 10, 2011 03:46
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And I just saw in the GBS thread that, when it came to walking around the neighbourhood with their hats in their hands to eat poo poo over the incident, guess who got the job? Not the build team that's for sure. Jamie and Adam had to do it. I know they're the main stars of the show, but goddamn I'd be seriously pissed off if someone else hosed up huge and I had to go and grovel apologies over it.
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Dec 10, 2011 13:49
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I know this thread is virtually the Mythbusters/Deadliest Catch thread, but the new season of Dirty Jobs just started airing every Tuesday. It's one of my guilty pleasures.
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Dec 15, 2011 02:38
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Season opener was pretty boring. Actually it was REALLY boring. Like two of the jobs normally tacked on to an episode with a more interesting job in front of it.
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Dec 15, 2011 02:43
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ToastyPotato posted:Season opener was pretty boring. Actually it was REALLY boring. Like two of the jobs normally tacked on to an episode with a more interesting job in front of it. They've been saying they're running out of jobs for years. Have you submitted any ideas?
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Dec 15, 2011 03:11
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ToastyPotato posted:Season opener was pretty boring. Actually it was REALLY boring. Like two of the jobs normally tacked on to an episode with a more interesting job in front of it.
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Dec 15, 2011 06:38
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Time to transition the show to "clean jobs" Mike in a tyvek suit in clean room after clean room.
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Dec 15, 2011 07:50
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Thumposaurus posted:Time to transition the show to "clean jobs" Mike in a tyvek suit in clean room after clean room. As long as he keeps making fun of Barsky.
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Dec 15, 2011 16:27
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Karthillion posted:They've been saying they're running out of jobs for years. Have you submitted any ideas? They pretty much covered everything I've ever heard of early on, most of the stuff they've done in the last few season were either things I wouldn't have thought were Dirty Jobs, or things I didn't even know existed.
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Dec 15, 2011 17:42
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ToastyPotato posted:They pretty much covered everything I've ever heard of early on, most of the stuff they've done in the last few season were either things I wouldn't have thought were Dirty Jobs, or things I didn't even know existed. "Things I didn't even know existed" is more interesting to me than the "dirty" aspect of the job.
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Dec 15, 2011 17:45
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They should just go back to that monkey sanctuary or whatever it was in Africa. That was hilarious.
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Dec 15, 2011 17:46
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Sand Monster posted:They should just go back to that monkey sanctuary or whatever it was in Africa. That was hilarious. That disaster of an episode will never not be funny.
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Dec 15, 2011 17:52
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FogHelmut posted:"Things I didn't even know existed" is more interesting to me than the "dirty" aspect of the job. Sure, but fish eggs was boring. I'm sorry. So was the goat. There have been other animal jobs that were way more interesting, like chasing chickens in Miami, or geese in that field, or him at the pig farm, or with the camels, or the llamas. It was just a really weak episode.
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Dec 15, 2011 18:54
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Gorilla Salad posted:And I just saw in the GBS thread that, when it came to walking around the neighbourhood with their hats in their hands to eat poo poo over the incident, guess who got the job? I'd imagine it's left Discovery open to some pretty big lawsuits as well. They're lucky nobody got killed.
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Dec 15, 2011 19:18
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DJExile posted:I'd imagine it's left Discovery open to some pretty big lawsuits as well. They're lucky nobody got killed. Like was said in the GBS thread, the fact that they fired off the cannon in a police-controlled bomb range, surrounded by safety officers and cops of all kinds watching them, and with all their permits and insurance paperwork in order will go a long way towards defending them.
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Dec 15, 2011 19:36
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ToastyPotato posted:Sure, but fish eggs was boring. I'm sorry. So was the goat. There have been other animal jobs that were way more interesting, like chasing chickens in Miami, or geese in that field, or him at the pig farm, or with the camels, or the llamas. It was just a really weak episode. I think half the success is a result of the people he works with, not the job itself. The episode about billboard installation should be completely mundane, but the guys he was working with made it entertaining. FogHelmut posted:"Things I didn't even know existed" is more interesting to me than the "dirty" aspect of the job.
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Toucan Sam posted:The jousting is pretty hardcore, the European jousters wont compete in the heavy armor league due to the danger. Most jousting leagues use balsa lances, these guys use drilled dowel rods which still aren't authentic but they are quite dangerous. Seriously, seeing someone get hit hard enough to do a backflip off of a horse is enough to make me watch it. Last episode they switched to a different type of lance, thinner, wrapped like a candy cane with a balsa wood tip and different point rules. I can't blame them but still it takes away some of the excitement. I would like to see them drop the knight act and use some hi-tech materials to make armor. If they really want to make it a modern 'sport' and not just hardcore medieval exhibition they need to bring the armor into the 21st century. Radio Nowhere posted:But but but they might get caught by da gubbermint! *puts full name and job on TV show* Don't remember where I read it but one of the LEOs in the show posted in a blog that everything was simulated. It was obvious it was fake but he confirmed it.
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wormil posted:Don't remember where I read it but one of the LEOs in the show posted in a blog that everything was simulated. It was obvious it was fake but he confirmed it. I finally caught a few episodes of Moonshiners since they had a marathon of old episodes, and it is seriously the laziest show ever. Before and after every commercial break they have to preview/recap what will/has happened. They're fairly lengthy too (at least compared to the other shows that do the same thing). Is the footage with Popcorn Sutton even filmed for the show? It looks like it came from another documentary or something. I bet you could easily edit them down to 30 minutes with no loss in content. I can't see there being a second season, unless they plan on documenting te one guy's effort to go legit. I saw some previews for "Bering Sea Gold" too. They played up how dangerous it is, but they appear to be dredging on a beach in relatively shallow water. Then again, you can see a guy get hit by an excavator as its turning on a barge. I'll probably check it out, hopefully there's more content then Moonshiners.
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LordOfThePants posted:I finally caught a few episodes of Moonshiners since they had a marathon of old episodes, and it is seriously the laziest show ever. Before and after every commercial break they have to preview/recap what will/has happened. They're fairly lengthy too (at least compared to the other shows that do the same thing). Is the footage with Popcorn Sutton even filmed for the show? It looks like it came from another documentary or something. Popcorn Sutton died almost 3 years ago, he committed suicide to avoid a prison term for moon-shining and weapon possession; it would be pretty weird for a Discovery channel show to have been in production for that long. I've never watched the show, but his footage was probably shot for the documentary 'The Last One', which is a pretty good and relaxing watch.
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Since the last season is up on Netflix and I missed it when it was on Discovery, I just finished watching the last season of Deadliest Catch. Does anyone know if the Cornelia Marie went out for Opilio? The last thing on their website is from November 25 saying they skipped red crab season this year. It sounds like the guy that drove the boat for opies last year is back, so hopefully they make it out.
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It may be pretty obvious that Dirty Jobs is running out of jobs, and the show might be getting a little boring, but it was really awesome for me to see my hometown on there. Kind of cool seeing the guys from the Knights of Revelry Mardi Gras Krewe have a feature about their cow bladder inflation for Folly tonight, and last week on "Barber's Assistant," that was my actual barber Johnny. Most interesting guy I've ever met.
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Kwik posted:So, the question is: Is "muzzle lift" actually A Thing, and this really was a freak, fluke accident, or is that a nice code for "someone hosed up the calibration"? Yes, muzzle lift is a real condition. If firing in a straight line then a gun (or cannon) will recoil back at you and in general something is in the way to prevent the gun from going straight backwards. Depending on how the weapon is secured and the angle it's fired, the muzzle can lift before the projectile is even out of the barrel simply by the force of the recoil.
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LordOfThePants posted:Since the last season is up on Netflix and I missed it when it was on Discovery, I just finished watching the last season of Deadliest Catch. I don't don't think it's gone out since last season, but I don't start really looking for any info until closer to summer.
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Doronin posted:It may be pretty obvious that Dirty Jobs is running out of jobs, and the show might be getting a little boring, but it was really awesome for me to see my hometown on there. Kind of cool seeing the guys from the Knights of Revelry Mardi Gras Krewe have a feature about their cow bladder inflation for Folly tonight, and last week on "Barber's Assistant," that was my actual barber Johnny. Most interesting guy I've ever met. Just watched the show on the medical waste episode. A whole hour for one job? It wasn't even good, just put stuff in a bucket to get shredded, and wash buckets. I think this show has run its course. I haven't watched discovery in weeks because it is really lackluster. The science channel outclasses everything by a factor of 10, plus they are having a 2 day how it's made marathon soon. No paid programming on the science channel either, 3 am, and they are showing programs about how black holes are eating and creating space. Good stuff.
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Jan 25, 2012 06:35
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I'm watching this new(?) show "First Week In" which takes the concept of a show like Jail and tells it from the inmate's perspective. And I have to say that it is seriously depressing. Certainly some of the people they follow have done really bad things (like the guy who stabbed some woman near to death and got 30 years) but the show is good making them sympathetic. Like the kid who got arrested for stealing gas and having 1 ecstasy pill who couldn't call anyone because he didn't have money on his account for a phone card and had to wait 4 days for the chaplain to call his dad. Also, one of the shooting locations is Maricopa County and while I hate to give them publicity, you can see how much worse their jails are vs. the others.
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Feb 1, 2012 03:41
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Zero One posted:I'm watching this new(?) show "First Week In" which takes the concept of a show like Jail and tells it from the inmate's perspective. I watched a little bit of an episode about a lawyer serving six months. Missed the beginning of why he was there but it seemed to have something to do with child support and contempt of court. Looks like a good show.
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Feb 1, 2012 08:11
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According to facebook, they are shooting new a new Survivorman Series right now. This time he's staying out for 10 years instead of 7. I cant wait to see the new episodes since it was always my favorite of all the survival shows.
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Feb 21, 2012 05:05
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Awesome! I hope you mean days and not years. Poor Les if years...
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Feb 21, 2012 05:38
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I'm pretty much burned out on survival shows. A show where someone spent months in the woods would be awesome.
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Feb 24, 2012 08:43
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wormil posted:I'm pretty much burned out on survival shows. A show where someone spent months in the woods would be awesome. Check out Alone in the Wilderness if you've never seen it. This guy retires and decides to build himself a cabin in the middle of nowhere Alaska where he lives on his own for the next 30 years. He filmed his day to day life to send to his family. They edited it all together. PBS plays it about once a year.
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Feb 24, 2012 13:42
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I didn't want to start a thread for it but Dirty Money on Green is a pretty good show.
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Is anybody still watching Finding Bigfoot? It keeps getting progressively funnier with each episode as we delve further into what kinds of absolutely crazy poo poo these guys sincerely believe. Tonight's episode was sort of a clip show mixed with a town hall-style meeting where the good people of the Ohio backwoods asked them questions. So far we've learned that:
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