Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Pawn Stars vs Hard Core Pawn Or Jerry Springer Vs NPR

Tonight was the beginning of the Pawn Store wars. Pawn Stars vs Hard Core Pawn.
Start with the store, Hard Core pawn store- American Jewelry and Loan, has a much bigger store than the Gold and Silver shop, or any other pawn store in Vegas. It has far more items for sale than Gold and Silver.
Second, the location of the stores. Las Vegas vs Detroit. Enough said.
Third, clientele: Pawn Stars- calm and collected. Hard Core Pawn- Jerry Springer material.
Employees: Both are family run.
Well, clearly, Hard Core Pawn, at this time, is not an Operation Repo, where they stage their shots.
Fourth: Things to be pawned: About the same, though Pawn stars deal a lot more in historic items. Though the horse, pony and donkey in Hard Core Pawn was interesting. This is something that should have happened In Vegas, as we have a lot of horse farms and wild donkeys. The AJL bought the animals for $1250, though the pony on the stripper poll was a little weird.
Fifth: Dickering, about the same. AJL, a little bit more rough, Gold and silver, more smooth, at least on camera.
Sixth: Knowledge of items: The same
Seventh: Side shots off the selling floor: about the same.
Eighth: Continuing stories: Pawn stars basic story line is they see the product, they will call in a in expert. Other times, they will attempt to try and a story line and most of the time, it fails miserably.
Hard Core Pawn has stories and they continue between segments and even episodes. It is a lot smoother than Pawn Stars.
So, in essence, the shows compare like the Jerry Springer show (AJH) vs NPR (Pawn Stars).
Each has it qualities and drawbacks and I like both shows.

2 comments:

  1. Pawn Stars is so much better that Hard Core Ghetto.I dont want to watch a bunch of ghetto trash on tv.Pawn Stars is interesting and a pleasure to watch.HCP is just cheap and sleazy and portrays the ugly side of that business.

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  2. If you watch you will see this crap show IS STAGED. In one episode a woman is mad and Les is dealing with her but before she even gets mad Security is standing right there then all of a sudden she swings at Les. As Security is putting her out you will see that she's wearing a mic pack! (Microphone Battery and Transmitter) on the back of her pants waistband! What a joke these clowns are! Find some REAL TALENT!!!!!

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