Pawn Stars' Big Hoss lost over 100 pounds...

[Hector]

I agree with the hardcore pawn stuff. Ashley is a runt with a capital C, seth is just a skinny little wussy, and the dad just looks skuzzy.

Oh man...you are sooooooo dead on...

[samurainoir]

I'm starting to get bored with the show. I generally like antiques, but for me looking at an old gun week after week is like looking at a bunch of oak dressers. The night shift girl angle does nothing for me.

My favorite is the Clark County Museum guy. The autograph guy is cool too, but the real/not real/fake anticipation angle is getting a little old.

It has become trapped by their own successful formula to some degree, particularly when they seem to be churning out episodes now en masse after relatively short initial seasons of a dozen or so episodes.

I'm sure that spinning the automotive and antique restoration guys off into their own shows might have cut off their legs someone as well.

It will be interesting to see where they go with Cajun Pawn Stars, and the region that one occupies.

[kennermike]

Whats Pawn Stars ??

[samurainoir]

He doesn't seem to come across to me as a jerk. Just apathetic like he is being forced to work in a business that really doesn't interest him. He isn't as shrewd of a negotiator as his dad or the "old man". He's getting a lot better since the series started, but has a long way to go.

Rick and the old man definitely have a passion for this that Hoss obviously doesn't, outside of the cars and motorcycles.

Also keep in mind that Corey/Hoss is not a partner at this point in the business, he's an employee technically and does not have the latitude in general to negotiate like Rick and the Old Man. An employee does not have the vested interest that an owner does (paycheque vs overall profit). I'm sure there is a greater degree of risk-aversion in his position, particularly if your bosses are also your dad and grand-dad who prefer you to err to the side of caution (we see this repeated on the show).

Also as store manager, Corey oversee most of the mundane transactions that the television viewers aren't privy to... the loans, electronics, gold and jewelry that are generally the bread and butter of an actual Pawn Shop (It's been stated that he personally does the most buying and transactions... his are not likely all antique toasters or civil war memorabilia).

I've recently watched Hardcore Pawn and Pawn Queens, I am not interested really in them at all.

I think the strength of Pawn Stars is the fact that it's on the history channel and their is a mandate there. It makes it much more constructed, but I don't think this is a bad thing. You seen in the original "pilot" for Pawn Stars what it could have been if it landed on another channel. Instead of a focus on the items on Hardcore Pawn, you just see the spectacle around car wrecks of humanity.

Pawn Queen's on the other hand is on a female centric network, and it a female oriented store. I'm just not interested in handbags and wedding dresses, although there was a Barbie in the first episode that was mildly interesting to me given that it's in the toy continuum.

[Adam West]

In that case he deserves an Oscar, 'cause he plays stupid really really well...

Well I guess he does because he is actually pretty smart. If you go back to the very first episodes before Chum took on the dumb, lazy sidekick role, he could basically identify most everything in the shop, tell you what it's worth, etc. I think there was an episode where "Big Hoss" made some sort of wager with his dad over knowledge of the items in the store and Chumley was basically educating Hoss on identifying marks, what they were worth, etc.

[MegoMark71]

Her tats don't do anything for me, but she has a gorgeous smile.

[toys2cool]

I'm starting to get bored with the show. I generally like antiques, but for me looking at an old gun week after week is like looking at a bunch of oak dressers. The night shift girl angle does nothing for me.

My favorite is the Clark County Museum guy. The autograph guy is cool too, but the real/not real/fake anticipation angle is getting a little old.

that chick is super cute

[MegoMark71]

I agree with the hardcore pawn stuff. Ashley is a runt with a capital C, seth is just a skinny little wussy, and the dad just looks skuzzy. They do have a bad tude towards all customers. I love when Seth acts all tough and you know a wet paper bag could kick his butt. I remember an episode where ashley came out from behind the glass to get in the face of some dude. Now i have been down, 7 mile and 8 mile and i'm a big dude and their is some nasty stuff and some tough sob's who will shoot you or stab you for looking the wrong way.. It is sad seeing a once booming city in such decay. I remember thinking how sad it was that there would be 4 straight buildings all boarded up then one actually open. I was living in east lansing at the time and working for Q106 in holt.
The other pawn show i can't watch is the one with the girls. They are sweet looking ladies but the pawn shop is so small it was pathetic.

[EMCE Hammer]

I'm starting to get bored with the show. I generally like antiques, but for me looking at an old gun week after week is like looking at a bunch of oak dressers. The night shift girl angle does nothing for me.

My favorite is the Clark County Museum guy. The autograph guy is cool too, but the real/not real/fake anticipation angle is getting a little old.

[Gorn Captain]

Chum is actually very smart he just acts the way he does cause that is his role.

In that case he deserves an Oscar, 'cause he plays stupid really really well...

[Earth 2 Chris]

I wonder how much he is "scripted" as the jerk. I think that he's probably more "jerky" than Rick, but I think they play up his ****** nature.

Good for him on the weight loss, but he now looks like one of their bobble-heads.

Chris

[Adam West]

Compared to Les Gold all the Pawn Stars are fair

Hardcore Pawn is an awful show. I'm sure that customers are difficult, but the Gold family is extremely disrespectful toward just about everyone.

[Adam West]

He doesn't seem to come across to me as a jerk. Just apathetic like he is being forced to work in a business that really doesn't interest him. He isn't as shrewd of a negotiator as his dad or the "old man". He's getting a lot better since the series started, but has a long way to go.

[Mr Mego]

I'm going to cut my extra skin off and fry it up crispy. Gary-craclin's at the next mego meet! bwahahahaha!

Cannibal!!

I like Chumlee, he's very cool and too funny guy.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

I'm going to cut my extra skin off and fry it up crispy. Gary-craclin's at the next mego meet! bwahahahaha!