Art MacHentsev There are a few things that you need to know about Pawn Stars and the gang. Let's face it, this is a television show. Of course it's scripted. Why leave anything to chance. They rehearse, select, prep, do their homework and make the show entertaining. They thy to get as many "interesting" and "unique" objects on the show as possible. What happens is they advertise that they will be shooting. Currently they film 3 times/ week. People come, line up outside the store and a 4-6 lucky ones gets selected. However, as you watch season after season you start noticing that they take same people over and over again. It does get old pretty soon. But they still keep going. After speaking to one of the guys who works the parking lot for them, he's been there for 3 years now, he stated that everyone has changed a lot. Rick gets impossible to deal with at times, Cory is a big ass with inflated ego who tries to assert his authority stating he's a big shot now and get out of his way, Chum is still cool and of all them actually gets so many women to come by wearing next to nothing wanting his baby, it's crazy. Of the 4 Old Man is the only one who comes out from time to time, otherwise they spend most of the time in their office on the second floor. Having worked for Rick Harrison for 3 years, the employee has seen Old Man a few times and Cory only. Getting back to the "reality show". It's disheartening to find out just how fake everything is. There have been numerous claims that the items come from private collections, museums, and wherever else the producers may find them. Guess that's television today.

darkquill I HAD been a long time fan since conception of your program, but last year I finally got fed up with the absurd juvenile antics which had come to take the place of the great history rhetoric Rick used to provide and the general education via unique items and paraphernalia otherwise never to be seen or heard of by the layman.With much travail and hesitation my wife and I decided to bid adieu to the program so long having been a part of our entertainment and topics of conversation. Deleting that timer from our DVR was actually traumatic, silly as that sounds, for it felt as if we were restricting ourselves from access to a part of our very own family.Imagine our GREAT delight when this year your advertising campaign was aimed at delivering a message of "going back to basics," or so we gathered from watching them. With much delight, I re-sat a timer for PAWN STARS and we were ready to go! After the first four episodes our disappointment was gut-wrenching, you were right back to the same asinine stupidity and themes aimed at Chum's flaunting his ignorance and retarded/obstinate head-butting with Rick to prove his non-conformist viewpoints. His waddling around a place of business in flip-flops and the pathetic display with the "Bearer of the Note" being the exact sort of infantile displays of stupidity, backed with agreement and encouragement from Corey just to agitate Rick; I think you underestimate how much it DOES agitate people with a normal brain and certainly business oriented and/or persons of a physical or MENTAL age past 15.So, once again, I have deleted my timer for Pawn Stars. I know you don't care about one person, but just so you know, everyone I know has done the same. People are simply sick to death with the childish, immature displays of adolescent contempt for authority figures and disregard for any sense of normal business practices or respect for their elders or management. Corey owning part of the business does not grant him a right to be respected, his friendship and antics with Chum may delight the teenagers, but I doubt many of them are spending the big bucks in your store or steadfastly watching your program, as those you continually agitate with the absurd frolicking and bizarre behavior of the moronic imbeciles viewers must tolerate in order to hear a few tidbits of wisdom from Rick and true professionals.Once upon a time, we looked forward to this show with GREAT anticipation, loved the history of the items presented and the education gained, but now it is a sad soap opera of pathetic BS and whiny, immature characters acting like .........well, there aren't words for it. It is pathetic. It is scripted, plot oriented garbage revolving around an imbecile without responsibility or common sense. I HOPE that Corey and Chum are truly not as ignorant and immature in real life and their behavior on the show is someone's sad, pathetic concept of a way to grab an audience of 15 year old boys, forgoing their appeal to adult audiences entirely.

David Trevino The 'added' production value and staged situations have become so ridiculous I am going to stop watching the series.I like the items, learning about the different things and seeing the pawn values, but the absolutely foolish, staged situations are childish and unbelievable. What kind of gullible person would think these 'plots' are even real. Add to that the Old Man's horrible acting and you have a recipe for a really lame TV show.Sorry, but I have spoken to many persons and the series has degraded so badly that it is not worth watching any longer.

Iloveflorida I really like this show! I get over 70 channels, and when this show is on, it is the show that I choose to watch. Actually, it's one of the very few shows that I watch.It's interesting to see all the unique items brought in and learn the history about them. However, along with the interest, it's the stars' good, clean, fun personalities and interactions that really make the show enjoyable.RICK is very professional, knowledgeable, sincere, and very personable...with his laugh and sense of humor...all positive factors that make the entire show exceptionally well presented! Along with... It's VERY obvious that he is VERY honest in his dealings. He also has tremendous patience and restraint...not only with grumbling or know-it-all customers, but also with his son and Chumlee when they really push it.THE OLD MAN: I get a kick out of his sense of humor, and I enjoy his knowledge that he contributes occasionally.COREY: With customer interaction, Corey needs to get rid of his haughty attitude and develop a likable, saavy personality if he wants to be as successful as his father. Also, unlike Rick, who clearly has respect for his Old Man, Corey has been very arrogant lately to his father...as if he has a chip on his shoulder. It's easy to see the hurt in Rick's face when Corey is undeservedly disrespectful to him. CHUMLEE: Mostly he is really nice; but at times, why does he intentionally become annoying to the extreme...mostly towards Rick? I can easily understand Rick's frustration with him.But on the whole, I like the way they all interact with jokes and pranks. I think that adds a LOT of character to the show...and keeps it going strong.The only thing that I personally do not find interesting are the motorcycles...which seems to be very frequently presented on the show.