From The Kats Report, from the Las Vegas Sun: It was not a matter of if, but whom.
And the "whom" is a man who lords over gleaming, vintage Coke machines.
We're speaking of the first spin-off from "Pawn Stars," the four-headed monster of a reality show that's created a torrent of publicity for the once nondescript pawn shop on Las Vegas Boulevard, just a skateboard sashay north of Charleston Boulevard....But the man who has leapt from cameos to a full-fledged series of his own is Rick Dale of Rick's Restorations Inc. No weather-beaten gas pump or moribund jukebox is too battered to be restored by Dale, who says he has been "restoring memories for over 28 years!"...That contract was signed Friday, and a crew from Leftfield Productions (the company that also produces "Pawn Stars") is in town for three weeks of filming.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/jun/29/first-pawn-stars-spinoff-production-and-it-has-res/
Hmm, on the one hand, I am glad for Mr. Dale. He works hard at his shop, which is by the north 215 and Jones, but will the show be viewed?
As far as I know, Dale is the only employee at his shop but I may be wrong- they never show any other employee. Pawn Stars works because of the working relationship between the four main characters- Old Man, Rick, Corey and Chumlee. All four characters with distinct characteristics. The pawned items are secondary. Who does Dale work with?
And refurbishing old things seems more like a show on PBS as opposed to the History Channel.
Will the show work? I hope so as I enjoy seeing local boys do good. Do I think it will work? I am more pessimistic unless there are more employees and some good plots.
Robin Vos, Big Spender
2 hours ago
I don't think everyone (or even necessarily most of the audience) watches Pawn Stars for the interactions of the employees. While I find them mildly entertaining, I'm much more interested in the cool items that come through the door, and the history behind them (the show is on the History Channel, after all). We were watching an episode recently, and my husband commented that they should give Rick Dale his own show. If he continues to have celebrity clients and episodes on location around Las Vegas, the show could look like a cross between Antique Roadshow and CSI (that's probably how they pitched it at the History Channel).
ReplyDeleteAnother option is that the guys from American Pickers brought their stuff to Rick's along with Pawn stars and Las vegas celebrities.
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