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I haven't seen This Old House in years. As an apartment-dwelling teenager in the 80's, I watched it every week. My grandfather had been a carpenter and I was am
by HeyLaughingBoy 7y ago
I haven't seen This Old House in years. As an apartment-dwelling teenager in the 80's, I watched it every week. My grandfather had been a carpenter and I was amazed at the skill of Bob Vila and Norm Abram, who at first was a peripheral character.
The current "reality show" home improvement shows all have the same flaw: no one cares about the actual work; it's all about the fake drama. We used to love the Restoration show on the History Channel when it actually showed the process they went through to estimate costs, get parts and do the real work. But a season later, all that stuff was pushed to the background for, you guessed it, more fake drama!
It really bugs me because you'd think that with as many available TV channels as there are, there'd be room for all kinds of quality entertainment, but in the end it all just seems to be a race to the bottom in search of more viewers with miniscule attention spans.
- mcguire 7y agoThe only reality show I've watched was Swamp Loggers---they seemed to have half a clue and be interested in the actual work involved. I understand the show was cancelled because the production company wanted them to drama-it-up. Flipped over to watch one of the other logging shows and in the first scene they were loading logs over the cab of the truck (!), which was occupied by the driver at the time (!). Nope.
- skookumchuck 7y agoTry "Detroit Muscle", "Truck Tech" and "Extreme Off Road". They show how to customize/restore cars without any drama. Just straightforward exposition.
- selimthegrim 7y agoVaguely remember an Orange County Choppers episode taking gratuitous potshots at Intel
- EADGBE 7y agoOCC was definitely dramatized. The parent comment's suggestions though are indeed TOH-style mechanic shows.
- zrobotics 7y agoWhich was such a shame, since the guys definitely had great technical skills & I really wanted to like the show but couldn't get past the screaming. I'm not really into choppers, but am into antique bikes (currently mounting a sidecar on a 73 HD), so it should have been right up my alley.
- EADGBE 7y agoNot a bike guy, but definitely watched to see their creations in the end.
- auiya 7y agoWheeler Dealers is another good one. It's been on for decades and Ant Antstead does some incredibly engaging and informative work despite the fast pace of the show.
- gallamine 7y agoThis Old House has a very active YouTube channel.