I love American Pickers shown on the History Channel although it can be viewed on a number of other channels. It’s one of the best reality TV shows to come out of America.
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are business partners at Antique Archaeology. They buy and selling all kinds of old junk, the rusty the better has Mike would say. They travel the country and even the world to find interesting items and meet some really interesting people. You see a lot of backwoods America small towns and gravel roads. They are helped by Danielle Colby-Cushman who mans the phone back at their shop, helps with finding contacts and goes on the road picking sometimes.
I'm sure that there is some scripting going on but it doesn't really matter. I don't think anybody actually believe they make their money doing this. The reality is that they probably barely cover their gas money. That's not why I like this show. It's about interesting items and their history as well as the chemistry between the guys. One can't help but like the guys. It's fun to see some of these items and the prices isn't even that important.
They are respectful to all of the sellers and even over pay sometimes when they do not have to.
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