3 Things: 1. There's a crazy story about Chum-Lee getting arrested for dealing drugs out of a candy store that he opened right across the street from the pawn shop. 2. You'll find that a few of the experts from this show ended up with thier own shows. Spin offs if you will. There's a Pawn Stars Universe. 3. That Car Shop has it's own show called "Counting Cars" & there's a character named "Horny Mike" The show is actually pretty good.
I worked at a pawn shop when this show was in its peak popularity, which encouraged everyone to bring in super niche antiques and when we'd all be like "sorry I have no idea what this is or what its worth" they would ask us to call our experts... and I had to explain that we didn't have those. There's another pawn reality show that was wiiiiild, Pawn Kings? all I remember is the door security dragging someone out w a fake rolex or something (way more realistic pawn shop xp lol)
That was probably "Hardcore Pawn," which was about a pawn shop in Detroit. It was great. Every other segment ended with a customer fighting with a staff member.
I worked at a Pawn Shop for a couple of months, I thought it was going to be like Pawn Stars, but it's way more like Hardcore Pawn. Because the typical customer don't have unique items. Usually it's jewelery, electronics, & lawn or construction tools.
@@BrianVarvaro All I remember from that show is how uncomfortable the family's fighting made me. I know it's all staged, but damn did those mother fuckers get viscious on each other sometimes.
Pawn Stars was a wild show to watch at the time, one minute someone's trying to sell a moldy quarter that George Washington's brothers ,cousins, nephews, former roommate sneezed on. Then 10 minutes later some bozo comes in with a once in a lifetime priceless artifact that's worth a gorgellion, only to be sold for like 3 sheckles and a pat on the back.
Customer: Yeah I got George Washington's Teeth I inherited from my Great-Great-Great Grandmother who bought them from her neighbor who was the first American dentist. Rick: best I can do is Happy Thanksgiving...
Some bozo: I have the scepter of Rames The Great and it can summon the god Ra! (Guy summons a golden falcon made of actual flames) Rick: Let me get my expert. Expert: It's legit a magical ancient Egyptian artifact. Rick: Ok, what were you looking for? Bozo: I was hoping to sell it for $100,00.00 Rick: Best I can do is $3.50 and a stale stick of gum. Everyone watching: Why the Frick is that thing not in a museum?
"His brother's cousin's nephew's former roommate!" "Well then what does that make us?" "Nothing, which is exactly what this quarter is worth. I'll give you ten cents for it, I've got a ton of these hanging around that I can't sell."
It's ridiculous too because married (heterosexual) women on average are much more unhappy than single women and married men are much happier on average whereas single men tend to be more miserable.
@@fyutweraz2200Good to hear he's doing better, last I saw of him, he was busted for meth while under a sexual assault investigation. Not his proudest moment.
The man selling the register is my cousin Chad. He was on a Vegas trip with friends so the entire trip was basically non-stop drinking (he was super drunk when they filmed this.) My family shows this episode to everyone they meet, they're so proud he was on tv. I feel bad for him since I know he is embarrassed as hell about it.
Nobody is asking the actually important question which is how in the hell did Cousin Chad come into possession of the book in the first place. A 1776 Registry is a pretty fuckin' niche thing to just be chilling on for a guy that goes and gets tanked with his buddies in Vegas 🤣
This show has always been one of my biggest guilty pleasures. I know it sucks. I know every word is scripted. I know all of the sales negotiations are settled beforehand. I could still watch hours and hours of this show and never get bored.
Because it’s interesting. Just cause people think it’s bad doesn’t mean it is … there is a reasons it’s still running. They have interesting stuff on the show , who doesn’t like that ?
@@Th3don3 reality TV has a certain audience, and for a reason lol. just because it's still running doesn't equal quality - it means it's entertaining. however, it's fine to indulge in our garbage sides now and again, and you don't need to feel shame for it. if you like it, that's all that matters.
When Grandpa Harrison passed away, his wife received 49% ownership of the pawn shop. Rick has refused to allow anyone to go over the pawn shops books. Theres a real nasty legal battle going on right now moatly because third parties are pushing Ricks mom to sue her son. In fact the 81 year old woman has sued a company she owns 100% of.
There is no telling what other shady stuff Rick has done. He is partly responsible for why the retro video game market tends to be scummy (especially if it is associated with WATA). An episode of the show had someone coming in to sell a sealed WATA graded copy of Super Mario Bros. People looked into that episode and found out later that Rick has basically been apart of WATA's board, Heritage Auctions is WATA's official/partnered auction house, the seller was a WATA employee, and the expert they brought in was another WATA employee who already knew both of them as they then sell the game to the other but since they are affiliates they basically just sold it to themselves artificially increasing the value.
I lived near the Pawn Shop for years and it was always weird walking by the giant line of people out the door attempting not to make awkward eye contact
Hard to believe nobody in his life has ever told him how obnoxious that laugh is. Worst part is he thinks he's a comedian n he's always telling shitty little jokes that only he laughs at. Obnoxious
This was an ingenious move by history Channel along withbstorage wars. They tricked a bunch of people into learning as long as they thought it was trashy TV about people getting swindled
My mom did too. And Lizard Lick Towing, which id convinced myself was a fever dream. 🤣 The funny thing is, she was in MENSA! I think she just needed to stop thinking for a while.
@@jpsailorallaboardmatey461 I was never one for this category of shows like my mom was, although it is funny to look back at sometimes. The early to mid 2000s television was something else lol.
Rick has plenty of time off to become an expert on everything: he’s never actually working in the pawn shop. They only come in to appear on to film a couple segments. Segments where the outcomes that are already decided.
I know of a couple that went to Las Vegas solely to go to their pawn shop. Not for the sight seeing, landmarks, history, not for the casinos, not for the bars, nightlife … nope. Pawn Stars. They flew all that way from the east coast …. to be shuffled around in a line in a store to stare at stuff no one could buy (unless they brought a lot of money) … a store where the cast wasn’t even working at due to the show’s popularity. All most could buy was Pawn Stars merch lol. To say that couple wasn’t the brightest is an understatement. I guess they expected to walk right into the pawn shop like they do in the show and meet them one on one or something lol. I found it funny because it was only then they had the realization it was fake and swore to never watch it again after that.
A lot of ppl just aren't taught media literacy or just don't know that reality shows are mostly staged. It's not a matter of intelligence. It's upbringing and education. Don't be a jerk
I went for 1 specific restaurant and had 1 reservation and an otherwise open few days. I never understood the appeal of "night life" until I spent a week just walking around the strip (and ubering, of course) and just talking to people and hitting up drink spots.
"The old man has killed before and this is what he wears" Well being a veteran, that is probably extremely true lol. Side note, the old man, rick, and corey, are all Richard Harrison, they all have the same name, which i learned on an episode of Pawn Stars when one of them bought something and they were all confused as to why they would have bought xyz things and its not theirs. IF that makes sense, the item kept getting jumped between the Ricks
It turns out that a military is more involved than just shooting guns a people. Just because you're a veteran, doesn't mean you've killed anyone nor even saw any combat.
Rick offering 1500 for the book was kind of a shocker. I was fully expecting under 1000 and getting hung up on the condition. They guy might be one of the luckiest people to ever walk in Gold Star. Also I now realize I don't know the son's name either and I used to watch this show all the damn time. He's always going to be Son of Rick, Friend of Chumlee, Man with No Name
The fur coat problem is real. I have a fox fur, a rabbit fur, and a mink that I inherited. The fox fur fits pretty well and is so so warm. But the mink was full length on my mom, and she was 5”11’, so I swim in it. I don’t really like fur or the idea of fur, so I wanted to pass them on to people who would wear them and enjoy them. Second hand is better than buying something at a store. But no one really trades in them anymore. So I feel bad for not wearing them and I feel bad that I can’t sell them! Meanwhile I’m trying to go to college and that money would be really friggin useful!
She literally just valued the book at $3k. Why would you say anything other when Rick asks you, what's the best you can do on this book? Are you kidding me?! He should have said, "Now knowing what its actually worth, thanks to your subject matter expert, I want what my book is worth." You know Rick's going to try and get your price down, start high. I think the guy was just intimidated by the cameras, that or the whole situation is staged for reality TV to begin with, and this whole argument is pointless from the very start, lol.
@@bigbearkat2010 How are his customers wholesalers? They're individuals stopping by to purchase one or a few items at a time. That's the opposite of a wholesaler. I think what you mean is his clients, not customers. Client's sell items, customers purchase them. The pawn shop is a wholesaler. They're the ones that purchase low to sell high. Besides, it still doesn't change the fact that the kid could have gotten way more for that item. Even if Rick wouldn't give him $2k, he could have just walked away and sought out a collector himself. Either staged or the kid didn't care about getting ripped off.
@@n1kolodian okay his clients are wholesalers then and yeah he most likely could've gotten more and was under no obligation to take Rick's deal, none of them are. People usually go to pawn shops either because they need the money quickly or they don't want to deal with the hassle it takes from selling it themselves.
@@bigbearkat2010 Good point on people wanting to make quick hassleless sales. If it was over a difference of less than $100, I could get behind his decision, but not with a possible $600-$800 gain for just trying to sell it yourself. Personally that's worth the time it takes to sell it on your own. Maybe its not to him. I guess if he was hurting for money and needed it that day, that could explain it too.
It's a pawn shop lol. You want full value for something you don't take it to a freaken pawn shop. You go to a pawn shop for quick easy cash, if you wanna get full value you can go through all the hassle of finding someone actually willing to pay 3 grand for the book
I was rapid-reading comments and accidentally thought you suggested Chris do hardcore porn. And then threw shade at him by saying that would be hilarious.
3 Things: 1. There's a crazy story about Chum-Lee getting arrested for dealing drugs out of a candy store that he opened right across the street from the pawn shop. 2. You'll find that a few of the experts from this show ended up with thier own shows. Spin offs if you will. There's a Pawn Stars Universe. 3. That Car Shop has it's own show called "Counting Cars" & there's a character named "Horny Mike" The show is actually pretty good.
I got stuck watching an episode of this while waiting at the car wash. The thing that jumped out to me was all the times Rick was dropping his bits of knowledge by starting with "Most people don't know this..."
It would be awesome if there was a history channel convention. Imagine, ancient aliens bro, talking to Chumlee, or being Ricks “expert” on historical pieces. “Oh, that’s not just any Egyptian casket… If you look closely, you can see that this was used for cyrostasis. No.. that’s not dust. That’s clearly explosive residue, from the great alien war.” And then having a surviving WW2 vet, listening to an argument between a trucker and lumberjack over which job is the most important, deadly, dangerous and difficult. And the Sliced guy ( show they just cut things in half, and break things) hangs out with the other ancient aliens guys, to destroy ancient artifacts. Having this all under one roof would be so glorious.
I remember I was in high school and I went with a friend. It was so disappointing to see no one there and them just selling a bunch of merch. They never show it in the show but the back corner there is all just merch etc .. this show is too much 😂
As a Las Vegas native, YES IT GETS COLD HERE!! WE ARE A DESERT SO IN THE WINTER WE DROP TO CRAZY TEMPS!! last year, we were rocking 20-30 degree weather for a good 50 days 😭 but yes 180 days out of the year we have over 100 degree weather
I live in Victorville, about 2 and a half hours away from Vegas, in California, and out here in the High Desert it can get as low as 20 degrees in the winter.
The look on Chad's face the entire time Rebecca the historian is speaking is hilarious 😂😂😂 you can see the wheels turning as he realizes its all good things. And then you watch as he forces himself to keep a straight face and not start cheesing again lmao
The black bile thing cracked me up, the idea of a guy going into a job interview like “yeah, I just need to get out of an office environment, you know, I’d rather be working outdoors or at least somewhere without carpets and a lot of soft furnishings, and… hang on, what time is iBLAAAARGGHLLLARRGHHHGRRRLLAR So I’d consider myself a team player…”
I’ve lived in Vegas my entire life and it regularly drops to 30 degrees. And that’s common for a desert. In the middle of the day the Saharan is hell. But at night it turns into a frozen wasteland. We’re not as cold as green bay or something in the winter. But people make the mistake of not packing for winter when they come to Vegas all the time thinking it’s always 120 degrees. Since it doesn’t rain often, people don’t know how it really is. But if it rained more it wouldn’t be a desert…
Fun fact- Rick’s car expert, Danny, was so popular in his appearances on Pawn Stars that he got a spin-off show. I want to say it was Crazy Customs or something- where he’d essentially drive around Vegas, flag people down who had interesting cars (which was probably totally setup) and proceeded to try and convince them to sell their car to him. He’d then take it back to his shop and do a rebuild of the car that was probably only half as offensive as what they did in Pimp My Ride. Honestly Danny was so damn likeable that it was actually enjoyable. So really- this episode likely happened after the spin-off show had come to existence, because before the show existed, audiences wouldn’t have known who Roli was so they wouldn’t have had their shitty employee exchange program. So really this was a crossover event of the History Channel Extended Universe! Also I believe the son’s name is Cory? If I remember right. Also I think he also went by ‘Big Hass’ or something like that. Which is strange because I can’t picture anyone younger than a 60 year old policeman in a small midwestern town wanting that nickname.
Right? The reason deserts are so hot is the sands radiation of the sun's energy superheating the air so when the sun goes down, temps drop rapidly. But it's also why deserts are not as hot when the season changes and the sun is at a different angle , it can't get the sand as hot, so the temps drop even lower at night and take longer to heat up so it's cold even into the afternoon
I don’t know how to describe the cheesy cringing feeling I get from Pawn Stars other than saying it took me 45mins to watch 20mins cause I had to pause it and walk away so many times. Looking forward to the next episode.
im just going to say it- a female expert came in and appraised it for 3k. she literally knew what she was talking about, and the entire time they kept talking over her. then the guy just goes “oh its a book” and offers less than it was ORIGINALLY appraised for and the guy selling it just took that offer with ZERO questions asked, like what ????
Chris, PLEASE do a couple episodes of either Rock of Love or Flavor of Love! Early 2000s celebrity dating shows were severely unhinged and unbelievably entertaining 🙏🏻
I got you Chris, it does get very cold in Vegas. I went with my family when i was 12 or 13, and my mom told me to pack a jacket and jeans. I told her, "Why its the desert?" Yeah, it was summer, but at night it dropped to low 50s high 40s.
@17:20 I thought there was nothing from Chris James I loved more than his impression of the Deadliest Warrior narrator, and then I heard his impression of The Old Man from Pawn Stars 🤣
I used to love this show, right up until i found out that it was 100% fake, and some people that i knew visited the shop, and the "cast" were totally MIA. All the employees were the no name npcs in the background, the main characters weren't there. Most of the purchases and random artifacts that people bring in arent set for sale, most likely because the pawn shop never bought it to begin with. Everything is just content, and nothing else.
Chris, you are f'ing hilarious! Watching your episodes are like trying to eat ONE potato chip....you cannot stop at just one. Thank you for giving us a reprieve from the world burning around us 🤗💜 (I see that "Inside" poster...represent!)
When James said he didn't remember Rick's son's name, my response. Corey or Big Hoss. When he said that he refers to him as Chumlee's friend, my reaction, maybe Corey or Big Hoss? Lol haha
I used to watch this show religiously back when I had cable. Then I actually bought episodes off Xbox or iTunes or whatever streaming services I could use at the time because I was so obsessed. My boyfriend at the time and I had a running list of the items we wanted to buy if we ever made it to this pawn shop (and had money): the pirate treasure chest with the old Spanish currency (can’t think of the name of the currency sorry), the death clock, this sword someone sold once I can’t remember the details of…
I'm cracking up over him editing himself in to inform us that he, yet again, said a phrase or word wrong 😂😂😂 I would never have even noticed. I actually thought he said "its all yours", not "I'm all yours" which I never would have connected to "I'm all ears" lmao you know what.. I think he was mixing up those two phrases. He mixed up "im all ears" with "its all yours".
Man literally told a woman who is an EXPERT, meaning she’s probably got a good eye for detail and most likely her job that the old book he’s selling to get his lady drunk that he’s selling to a pawn shop, a place that is built on a public opinion to get money from said business, said “that’s your opinion!” I bet he’s fun at parties
Totally recommend watching the other series it tied into in this episode. Counts Kustoms is a part of the Counting Cars TV show and it's aged like fine wine! The man who runs the place is genuinely a good person, and they make some sick cars asf!!
I've been a fan for a while and I don't do much commenting on videos, but I had to share some praise. Not a lot of content out there can actually make me laugh out loud, but your videos are really humor therapy for me! I'm 37 so I was there for the birth of Spike, History, and TLC reality TV and the cringe nostalgia is toooooo goooood. I love what you do, keep up the great work!
I remember one episode with Chum working the night shift and proving he was "smart". To work in a pawn shop you need to know what you're doing, or else you'd just be losing so much money. I get it's all for entertainment but we all know Chum can't be so bad.
We not gonna talk about how every time an old man tells you "You Owe Me Big Time" usually means they had a whole conversation over a minimum of a $100 bottle at a after bbq moment ... like what did this man do or well not do that they have to have a whole mafioso moment
Tbh it doesn't look like meth weight loss. Then again, most of the reason meth makes people look like zombies is because they scratch themselves, forget to eat, and don't sleep. So if he was eating and sleeping normally he could've lost weight from the meth without looking like it.
Idk if you’ll ever see this James, but I was watching strange addiction and your style of jokes and commentary popped into my head throughout the entire episodes I watched…. especially the hair one, it’s season 2 or 1 I think 😂😂 would love to see you make some videos about that crazy show!! (There’s no way it’s real 😅)
The Lady with the Fur is a worse experience than you think. That show has a LINE going outside the store and people are screened and interviewed before hand to see if they can be put on the show. She waited for HOURS to get in there only to be told NO....
dude you never need to apologize for doing another shitty show reaction video. I love them so much, have watched all multiple times. Your voice is very calming. Thanks for putting these out these!
I'd like to recommend 'Hogan Knows Best' to the list of bad reality shows for you to review. There's plenty of content to choose from, like Hogan getting his daughter a failed record deal or the poorly aged episode where he teaches Nick to drive. You could go with the time the Hogan's tried to intermingle with their new Florida Kosher neighbors; or my personal favorite: When a super fan wins a chance to spend the day with Hulk, only for Terry to spend the whole day treating the guy like crap. Insert a few generic wrestling jokes, point out the weird chemistry between Hulk and his daughter, and start saying 'Brother' and we got a video... Brother.
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3 Things:
1. There's a crazy story about Chum-Lee getting arrested for dealing drugs out of a candy store that he opened right across the street from the pawn shop.
2. You'll find that a few of the experts from this show ended up with thier own shows. Spin offs if you will. There's a Pawn Stars Universe.
3. That Car Shop has it's own show called "Counting Cars" & there's a character named "Horny Mike" The show is actually pretty good.
Lizard lick towing!!!!
I will keep doing this until we get more or I get a tag 😂
Ricks sons name is Cory and the reason I know that because it's my name lol
“I will not be bartered with.”
*proceeds to take $400 less than he originally asked*
Lol right like what
2k nothing less.
16 hundred you got a deal 😂
it all happened so fast 😂
And half of what it was appraised for lol
Best part is bartering is trading goods for goods with no money involved so I knew he was screwed to begin with.
And $1400 less than he was just told it was worth.
I worked at a pawn shop when this show was in its peak popularity, which encouraged everyone to bring in super niche antiques and when we'd all be like "sorry I have no idea what this is or what its worth" they would ask us to call our experts... and I had to explain that we didn't have those. There's another pawn reality show that was wiiiiild, Pawn Kings? all I remember is the door security dragging someone out w a fake rolex or something (way more realistic pawn shop xp lol)
That was probably "Hardcore Pawn," which was about a pawn shop in Detroit. It was great. Every other segment ended with a customer fighting with a staff member.
Hardcore pawn, soap operas were more realistic. They would bring in a broken speaker and be carried out in an outrage
I worked at a Pawn Shop for a couple of months, I thought it was going to be like Pawn Stars, but it's way more like Hardcore Pawn.
Because the typical customer don't have unique items. Usually it's jewelery, electronics, & lawn or construction tools.
@@BrianVarvaro All I remember from that show is how uncomfortable the family's fighting made me. I know it's all staged, but damn did those mother fuckers get viscious on each other sometimes.
@@BrianVarvaro yes! Thats it, ty
Pawn Stars was a wild show to watch at the time, one minute someone's trying to sell a moldy quarter that George Washington's brothers ,cousins, nephews, former roommate sneezed on. Then 10 minutes later some bozo comes in with a once in a lifetime priceless artifact that's worth a gorgellion, only to be sold for like 3 sheckles and a pat on the back.
Customer: Yeah I got George Washington's Teeth I inherited from my Great-Great-Great Grandmother who bought them from her neighbor who was the first American dentist.
Rick: best I can do is Happy Thanksgiving...
Some bozo: I have the scepter of Rames The Great and it can summon the god Ra! (Guy summons a golden falcon made of actual flames)
Rick: Let me get my expert.
Expert: It's legit a magical ancient Egyptian artifact.
Rick: Ok, what were you looking for?
Bozo: I was hoping to sell it for $100,00.00
Rick: Best I can do is $3.50 and a stale stick of gum.
Everyone watching: Why the Frick is that thing not in a museum?
@@ZinervawyrmRick:”And im taking all the risk here” 😂
"His brother's cousin's nephew's former roommate!"
"Well then what does that make us?"
"Nothing, which is exactly what this quarter is worth. I'll give you ten cents for it, I've got a ton of these hanging around that I can't sell."
@@eduardoaguilar8032
These types of shops will always tell the customer about risk but not the reward they are going to try to get
Anyone else notice Chad wants to ask some poor girl to get married while wearing a game over bride and groom shirt? Lol
what a Chad
I found that funny as well.
Ouch!
That shirt came straight from the history channel wardrobe department
It's ridiculous too because married (heterosexual) women on average are much more unhappy than single women and married men are much happier on average whereas single men tend to be more miserable.
Chumlee was easily the most popular person on the show. Apparently they WAY played up the stupidity, which isn't a shock.
He also had the highest pay per episode
If you watch newer episodes he's in good shape and actually knows alot about stuff
He's smarter than they portray him but he's not a genius lol
@@HandsomeLongshankswell he couldn’t be much dumber than his character could he XD
@@fyutweraz2200Good to hear he's doing better, last I saw of him, he was busted for meth while under a sexual assault investigation. Not his proudest moment.
The man selling the register is my cousin Chad. He was on a Vegas trip with friends so the entire trip was basically non-stop drinking (he was super drunk when they filmed this.) My family shows this episode to everyone they meet, they're so proud he was on tv. I feel bad for him since I know he is embarrassed as hell about it.
I hope they weren't driving themselves around. Dude is DRUNK.
@@StrifeSoul990 Probably not lol. I wasn't there though so 🤷
Did he ask his girl out though?
Makes sense that he was drunk
Nobody is asking the actually important question which is how in the hell did Cousin Chad come into possession of the book in the first place. A 1776 Registry is a pretty fuckin' niche thing to just be chilling on for a guy that goes and gets tanked with his buddies in Vegas 🤣
This show has always been one of my biggest guilty pleasures. I know it sucks. I know every word is scripted. I know all of the sales negotiations are settled beforehand. I could still watch hours and hours of this show and never get bored.
Because it’s interesting. Just cause people think it’s bad doesn’t mean it is … there is a reasons it’s still running. They have interesting stuff on the show , who doesn’t like that ?
It’s entertaining lmao. I enjoy watching it too 😂
And, in a rare instance, there is HISTORY being discussed on the History Channel.
That and I wish I could’ve shot the shit with the Old Man.
Same here. Back when I had DirecTV, I would bingewatch Pawn Stars on my DVR. I loved the show.
@@Th3don3 reality TV has a certain audience, and for a reason lol. just because it's still running doesn't equal quality - it means it's entertaining. however, it's fine to indulge in our garbage sides now and again, and you don't need to feel shame for it. if you like it, that's all that matters.
When Grandpa Harrison passed away, his wife received 49% ownership of the pawn shop. Rick has refused to allow anyone to go over the pawn shops books. Theres a real nasty legal battle going on right now moatly because third parties are pushing Ricks mom to sue her son. In fact the 81 year old woman has sued a company she owns 100% of.
There is no telling what other shady stuff Rick has done.
He is partly responsible for why the retro video game market tends to be scummy (especially if it is associated with WATA).
An episode of the show had someone coming in to sell a sealed WATA graded copy of Super Mario Bros.
People looked into that episode and found out later that Rick has basically been apart of WATA's board, Heritage Auctions is WATA's official/partnered auction house, the seller was a WATA employee, and the expert they brought in was another WATA employee who already knew both of them as they then sell the game to the other but since they are affiliates they basically just sold it to themselves artificially increasing the value.
"my little ricky is a good boy, i would never sue him!" lol
I lived near the Pawn Shop for years and it was always weird walking by the giant line of people out the door attempting not to make awkward eye contact
Why is it awkward ?
@@Shushus-cz9lk she was on the streets making that money
Imagine if that book was legit, the way they're thumbing through it and getting their greasy mitts all over it would be so painful 😂
This really really bothered me too! Like, they use fabric gloves for books and papers from the 1700s for a reason at museums!
@@birdsofabone5127 exactly! Glad I'm not the only one haha
Yeah, Chum losing weight probably does have to do with the History Channel money.
And all the meth he was buying with it.
Him and Corey 🤦🏼♀️
What you expect? It’s Vegas. There’s literally more mef and feta memes than water!
I have never heard of Rick’s laugh being described as holding in a cough in class 😂😂😂
Hard to believe nobody in his life has ever told him how obnoxious that laugh is. Worst part is he thinks he's a comedian n he's always telling shitty little jokes that only he laughs at. Obnoxious
This was an ingenious move by history Channel along withbstorage wars. They tricked a bunch of people into learning as long as they thought it was trashy TV about people getting swindled
I can't believe my mom loved this show as much as she did. Between this and Storage Wars, she'd never stop watching them. 💀
My mom did too. And Lizard Lick Towing, which id convinced myself was a fever dream. 🤣 The funny thing is, she was in MENSA! I think she just needed to stop thinking for a while.
This show is awesome! Stupid sometimes sure, but still enjoyable
@@jpsailorallaboardmatey461 I was never one for this category of shows like my mom was, although it is funny to look back at sometimes. The early to mid 2000s television was something else lol.
@@AmaraJordanMusic Lol these shows must've been mom bait, I swear their ratings were made up of them. 😂
Storage wars was dope
I’m here to watch Chris James on Chris angel :best I can do is pawn stars
I'm here to watch the old man on Pawn Stars :best I can do is Chumlee and some Rick
What about big hoss
Chris James on Chris Angel sounds like potential fan art
Need a video on cajun pawn stars
That or dhar man 😂
Rick has plenty of time off to become an expert on everything: he’s never actually working in the pawn shop. They only come in to appear on to film a couple segments. Segments where the outcomes that are already decided.
This is correct. Rick and any other person you see on the show is never actually at the store when it's open, and the "customers" are prescreened.
I know of a couple that went to Las Vegas solely to go to their pawn shop.
Not for the sight seeing, landmarks, history, not for the casinos, not for the bars, nightlife … nope. Pawn Stars.
They flew all that way from the east coast …. to be shuffled around in a line in a store to stare at stuff no one could buy (unless they brought a lot of money) … a store where the cast wasn’t even working at due to the show’s popularity. All most could buy was Pawn Stars merch lol.
To say that couple wasn’t the brightest is an understatement. I guess they expected to walk right into the pawn shop like they do in the show and meet them one on one or something lol. I found it funny because it was only then they had the realization it was fake and swore to never watch it again after that.
A lot of ppl just aren't taught media literacy or just don't know that reality shows are mostly staged. It's not a matter of intelligence. It's upbringing and education. Don't be a jerk
The show has been filmed on a TV set for at least a decade now
I went for 1 specific restaurant and had 1 reservation and an otherwise open few days.
I never understood the appeal of "night life" until I spent a week just walking around the strip (and ubering, of course) and just talking to people and hitting up drink spots.
@@msjkramey I’m sorry, but I can’t understand how a grown adult wouldn’t have figured out that shows like this are at least mostly staged
@@MatecaCorp you can't imagine how another adult would have a completely different life, experiences, and perspective from you?
So the guy wants to marry his girlfriend but he’s wearing a tshirt that depicts marriage and says “game over”?
The irony in that
It’s Vegas man, they probably went to Elvis afterwards
He knows what's up at least...
This is at the time where no one could tell Chumlee what to do because he got that "fuck you money" from the history channel.
And the meth 🤦🏼♀️
@@Griselda_Puppy can't forget that
Ricks laugh sounds like a diesel truck trying to start up on a cold winter day.
"The old man has killed before and this is what he wears" Well being a veteran, that is probably extremely true lol. Side note, the old man, rick, and corey, are all Richard Harrison, they all have the same name, which i learned on an episode of Pawn Stars when one of them bought something and they were all confused as to why they would have bought xyz things and its not theirs. IF that makes sense, the item kept getting jumped between the Ricks
He didn't kill anyone he was a quartermaster
It turns out that a military is more involved than just shooting guns a people. Just because you're a veteran, doesn't mean you've killed anyone nor even saw any combat.
They are heirs to President Benjamin Harrison
jesus and I thought my dad was weird for doing that with one of my brothers.
Wasn't that old man who shot a guy an old mobster? Could just be a rumor but thats what I heard but never looked into it.
Rick offering 1500 for the book was kind of a shocker. I was fully expecting under 1000 and getting hung up on the condition. They guy might be one of the luckiest people to ever walk in Gold Star. Also I now realize I don't know the son's name either and I used to watch this show all the damn time. He's always going to be Son of Rick, Friend of Chumlee, Man with No Name
Rebecca should have lowballed him since he was a dick
book was probably made in 1950s
@@DogFish-NZ I'm not expecting authenticity from the History channel, least of all from Pawn Stars.
@@shadowhawk225 😂 or expecting to learn anything from The Learning Channel
Big hoss
While I've always thought they were all sleezy af, i like the random history nuggets spread through every episode.
The fur coat problem is real. I have a fox fur, a rabbit fur, and a mink that I inherited. The fox fur fits pretty well and is so so warm. But the mink was full length on my mom, and she was 5”11’, so I swim in it.
I don’t really like fur or the idea of fur, so I wanted to pass them on to people who would wear them and enjoy them. Second hand is better than buying something at a store. But no one really trades in them anymore.
So I feel bad for not wearing them and I feel bad that I can’t sell them! Meanwhile I’m trying to go to college and that money would be really friggin useful!
imagine being a crybaby over a fur coat. god forbid you learn what they do to the people that make your clothes.
Patron- "I've got the original compass that Christopher Columbus used to find America."
Pawn Stars- "I'll give you one-quarter portion."
Just when you are living life thinking shows we have now are terrible, Chris comes to remind us that it used to be much much worse. Thanks Chris!
Gotta love Chris for being that Jesus-like figure we all need in our sad lives
Your impression of the dad was actually really spot on, I thought 😂 Bravo man. Love your content/commentary
She literally just valued the book at $3k. Why would you say anything other when Rick asks you, what's the best you can do on this book? Are you kidding me?! He should have said, "Now knowing what its actually worth, thanks to your subject matter expert, I want what my book is worth." You know Rick's going to try and get your price down, start high. I think the guy was just intimidated by the cameras, that or the whole situation is staged for reality TV to begin with, and this whole argument is pointless from the very start, lol.
Rick is not a collector, he's not going to pay what it's worth regardless. His customers are glorified wholesalers and are paid accordingly.
@@bigbearkat2010 How are his customers wholesalers? They're individuals stopping by to purchase one or a few items at a time. That's the opposite of a wholesaler. I think what you mean is his clients, not customers. Client's sell items, customers purchase them. The pawn shop is a wholesaler. They're the ones that purchase low to sell high. Besides, it still doesn't change the fact that the kid could have gotten way more for that item. Even if Rick wouldn't give him $2k, he could have just walked away and sought out a collector himself. Either staged or the kid didn't care about getting ripped off.
@@n1kolodian okay his clients are wholesalers then and yeah he most likely could've gotten more and was under no obligation to take Rick's deal, none of them are. People usually go to pawn shops either because they need the money quickly or they don't want to deal with the hassle it takes from selling it themselves.
@@bigbearkat2010 Good point on people wanting to make quick hassleless sales. If it was over a difference of less than $100, I could get behind his decision, but not with a possible $600-$800 gain for just trying to sell it yourself. Personally that's worth the time it takes to sell it on your own. Maybe its not to him. I guess if he was hurting for money and needed it that day, that could explain it too.
It's a pawn shop lol. You want full value for something you don't take it to a freaken pawn shop. You go to a pawn shop for quick easy cash, if you wanna get full value you can go through all the hassle of finding someone actually willing to pay 3 grand for the book
"Wow, the actual holy grail?" "Look, I'm taking all the risk and it's gonna sit here for awhile, best I can do is $100"
You should do hardcore pawn. That’s would be hilarious 😂
GOD YES PLEASE! That show makes Pawn Stars look mundane as hell.
There's a very specific customer I'd love to see him cover, and it's the person that had the invisible friend, Robert.
"Be cool, Robert, be cool"
And the Australian version Outback Pickers
I hated every last person on that show. Except for the guy named Rick who got fired. The rest were pieces of garbage.
I was rapid-reading comments and accidentally thought you suggested Chris do hardcore porn. And then threw shade at him by saying that would be hilarious.
"it was in the low 50's, LATE 40's.." 🤣 send me back too Chris!!
I noticed that too, the correct term would have been "upper 40s"
Also you'd say it the other way around, high 40s to low 50s
*upper forties 😂
Also, that’s not even cold hahaha
3 Things:
1. There's a crazy story about Chum-Lee getting arrested for dealing drugs out of a candy store that he opened right across the street from the pawn shop.
2. You'll find that a few of the experts from this show ended up with thier own shows. Spin offs if you will. There's a Pawn Stars Universe.
3. That Car Shop has it's own show called "Counting Cars" & there's a character named "Horny Mike" The show is actually pretty good.
Wasn't the show called Counting Cars or something?
@@SHADOMEGA7569 yesss!, thank you. I changed it
My friend went into that candy shop back then and he says that Chum was high off his gourd lol
I got stuck watching an episode of this while waiting at the car wash. The thing that jumped out to me was all the times Rick was dropping his bits of knowledge by starting with "Most people don't know this..."
It would be awesome if there was a history channel convention.
Imagine, ancient aliens bro, talking to Chumlee, or being Ricks “expert” on historical pieces.
“Oh, that’s not just any Egyptian casket… If you look closely, you can see that this was used for cyrostasis. No.. that’s not dust. That’s clearly explosive residue, from the great alien war.”
And then having a surviving WW2 vet, listening to an argument between a trucker and lumberjack over which job is the most important, deadly, dangerous and difficult.
And the Sliced guy ( show they just cut things in half, and break things) hangs out with the other ancient aliens guys, to destroy ancient artifacts.
Having this all under one roof would be so glorious.
Can't believe you skipped over the chance of talking about what's essentially History's Channel own version of Pimp My Ride
Yeah he'd have a field day with that. "Horny Mike" is worth a video on his own.
I would have loved the irony of Rick explaining what he thinks "really" happened regarding the Boston Tea Party. You know, on the History channel
I remember I was in high school and I went with a friend. It was so disappointing to see no one there and them just selling a bunch of merch. They never show it in the show but the back corner there is all just merch etc .. this show is too much 😂
im willing to bet thats where 80% their revenue comes from
Yeah. The set on the show is, well, a set built in a studio. All the deals they do were done before filming. So it's all staged. Obviously
Oh yeah exactly what I was hoping for, a Chumlee focused episode.
As a Las Vegas native, YES IT GETS COLD HERE!! WE ARE A DESERT SO IN THE WINTER WE DROP TO CRAZY TEMPS!! last year, we were rocking 20-30 degree weather for a good 50 days 😭 but yes 180 days out of the year we have over 100 degree weather
I live in Victorville, about 2 and a half hours away from Vegas, in California, and out here in the High Desert it can get as low as 20 degrees in the winter.
When Rick was telling chum Lee to get his car, it sounded like he was gonna Ol' Yeller him behind the shop
The look on Chad's face the entire time Rebecca the historian is speaking is hilarious 😂😂😂 you can see the wheels turning as he realizes its all good things. And then you watch as he forces himself to keep a straight face and not start cheesing again lmao
The only good thing about shows like this having so many episodes is it means we get more Chris James content
The black bile thing cracked me up, the idea of a guy going into a job interview like “yeah, I just need to get out of an office environment, you know, I’d rather be working outdoors or at least somewhere without carpets and a lot of soft furnishings, and… hang on, what time is iBLAAAARGGHLLLARRGHHHGRRRLLAR So I’d consider myself a team player…”
I was in love with Rebecca as a 19 year old binging pawn stars in my apartment 😂
Man, I feel you on that. I had this on in the background just in case she made an appearance.
I’ve lived in Vegas my entire life and it regularly drops to 30 degrees. And that’s common for a desert. In the middle of the day the Saharan is hell. But at night it turns into a frozen wasteland. We’re not as cold as green bay or something in the winter. But people make the mistake of not packing for winter when they come to Vegas all the time thinking it’s always 120 degrees. Since it doesn’t rain often, people don’t know how it really is. But if it rained more it wouldn’t be a desert…
If you like Pawn Stars, you're gonna love Hardcore Pawn
Hardcore pawn is hard-core
And if you love Hardcore Pawn, you’re gonna love Barely Legal Pawn.
@@beanieguitarguy4070this made me laugh out loud
Fun fact- Rick’s car expert, Danny, was so popular in his appearances on Pawn Stars that he got a spin-off show. I want to say it was Crazy Customs or something- where he’d essentially drive around Vegas, flag people down who had interesting cars (which was probably totally setup) and proceeded to try and convince them to sell their car to him. He’d then take it back to his shop and do a rebuild of the car that was probably only half as offensive as what they did in Pimp My Ride. Honestly Danny was so damn likeable that it was actually enjoyable.
So really- this episode likely happened after the spin-off show had come to existence, because before the show existed, audiences wouldn’t have known who Roli was so they wouldn’t have had their shitty employee exchange program. So really this was a crossover event of the History Channel Extended Universe!
Also I believe the son’s name is Cory? If I remember right. Also I think he also went by ‘Big Hass’ or something like that. Which is strange because I can’t picture anyone younger than a 60 year old policeman in a small midwestern town wanting that nickname.
Actually, the name of the show is counting cars
I absolutely love the people who genuinely think that Las Vegas doesn’t get cold sometimes
Right? The reason deserts are so hot is the sands radiation of the sun's energy superheating the air so when the sun goes down, temps drop rapidly. But it's also why deserts are not as hot when the season changes and the sun is at a different angle , it can't get the sand as hot, so the temps drop even lower at night and take longer to heat up so it's cold even into the afternoon
really shows how shit the education system is.
Whenever Chris does impressions of certain people, I almost expect to hear “Dammit, Bobby…” 😂😂😂 Chris, your impressions are underrated.
I don’t know how to describe the cheesy cringing feeling I get from Pawn Stars other than saying it took me 45mins to watch 20mins cause I had to pause it and walk away so many times. Looking forward to the next episode.
13:57 you really thought it was. I'm all yours??!! 👀😂🤣
I watched this show so much in college and loved it and defended its quality…I’ll see myself out
It definitely gets cold in Vegas. I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I remember waiting for the school bus in 19F weather.
im just going to say it- a female expert came in and appraised it for 3k. she literally knew what she was talking about, and the entire time they kept talking over her. then the guy just goes “oh its a book” and offers less than it was ORIGINALLY appraised for and the guy selling it just took that offer with ZERO questions asked, like what ????
What does her being a woman have anything to do with it? And the appraisal is a selling price, that's not the price she says he should buy it for
missing the point of what i was saying the issue is but yeah @@beepbeeplettuce5890
The "I can't stop smiling because I'm on camera" guy spoke to me in a way no other human can. 🌈
Its wild to wear a "wife bad" t shirt while going on TV to sell something so you can propose to your girlfriend
Chris, PLEASE do a couple episodes of either Rock of Love or Flavor of Love! Early 2000s celebrity dating shows were severely unhinged and unbelievably entertaining 🙏🏻
Honestly that wasn't a bad "Old Man" voice impression man
I got you Chris, it does get very cold in Vegas. I went with my family when i was 12 or 13, and my mom told me to pack a jacket and jeans. I told her, "Why its the desert?" Yeah, it was summer, but at night it dropped to low 50s high 40s.
I mostly have fond memories of this show because I watched it with my dad and we would make fun of it.
@17:20 I thought there was nothing from Chris James I loved more than his impression of the Deadliest Warrior narrator, and then I heard his impression of The Old Man from Pawn Stars 🤣
It’s crazy all the customers last names are ‘Owner’
I used to love this show, right up until i found out that it was 100% fake, and some people that i knew visited the shop, and the "cast" were totally MIA.
All the employees were the no name npcs in the background, the main characters weren't there.
Most of the purchases and random artifacts that people bring in arent set for sale, most likely because the pawn shop never bought it to begin with.
Everything is just content, and nothing else.
Chris, you are f'ing hilarious! Watching your episodes are like trying to eat ONE potato chip....you cannot stop at just one. Thank you for giving us a reprieve from the world burning around us 🤗💜 (I see that "Inside" poster...represent!)
When James said he didn't remember Rick's son's name, my response. Corey or Big Hoss. When he said that he refers to him as Chumlee's friend, my reaction, maybe Corey or Big Hoss? Lol haha
I used to watch this show religiously back when I had cable. Then I actually bought episodes off Xbox or iTunes or whatever streaming services I could use at the time because I was so obsessed. My boyfriend at the time and I had a running list of the items we wanted to buy if we ever made it to this pawn shop (and had money): the pirate treasure chest with the old Spanish currency (can’t think of the name of the currency sorry), the death clock, this sword someone sold once I can’t remember the details of…
I'm cracking up over him editing himself in to inform us that he, yet again, said a phrase or word wrong 😂😂😂 I would never have even noticed. I actually thought he said "its all yours", not "I'm all yours" which I never would have connected to "I'm all ears" lmao you know what.. I think he was mixing up those two phrases. He mixed up "im all ears" with "its all yours".
Calling Rebecca would definitely be better than going on break. It’s fun to see her geek out on books.
"What do we have here?"
*side eyes Mimi*
Beewbs.
Man literally told a woman who is an EXPERT, meaning she’s probably got a good eye for detail and most likely her job that the old book he’s selling to get his lady drunk that he’s selling to a pawn shop, a place that is built on a public opinion to get money from said business, said “that’s your opinion!”
I bet he’s fun at parties
Your smirk at 16:11 had me laughing so hard that I kept replaying it over and over. Fabulous work
PLEASE do more Reality Dating Shows.... They're their own source of comedic material. 👍😀😁😆😂
Sexy Beasts, Sexy Beasts!
That Old Man impersonation took me OUT I was not expecting that 😂
Totally recommend watching the other series it tied into in this episode. Counts Kustoms is a part of the Counting Cars TV show and it's aged like fine wine! The man who runs the place is genuinely a good person, and they make some sick cars asf!!
And criss angel had a ton of cars from them and visited it once or twice on his show so it’s a whole multiverse
"Yea I'm thinking 20 bucks" took me ouuuttt. Good one bro😂
Don’t worry about getting the saying wrong, we can put the axe in the ground
They about to take a road trip. A little nice trip to the middle of the dessert and then Rick is gonna give Chum Lee a shovel... As a gift.
Loved you on PKA man you definitely gained a fan!
If someone says it doesn’t get cold I’m Vegas they’ve probably never been on a dessert for a year. When I lived there it snowed
Rick’s the guy who asks for ten samples at the ice cream parlor and then leaves without buying anything
Worse thing about chum, mofo was tweekin' (speed-meth) the whole time. You missed a good chance to throw the mugshot in. 🤦🏻♂️
Imagine if Danny tired to pawn Chum off to another History Channel show like American Pickers
I've been a fan for a while and I don't do much commenting on videos, but I had to share some praise. Not a lot of content out there can actually make me laugh out loud, but your videos are really humor therapy for me! I'm 37 so I was there for the birth of Spike, History, and TLC reality TV and the cringe nostalgia is toooooo goooood. I love what you do, keep up the great work!
Chris you’re absolutely hilarious and I can’t wait for the day you’re pulling millions of views in. unproblematic king 👑
I remember one episode with Chum working the night shift and proving he was "smart".
To work in a pawn shop you need to know what you're doing, or else you'd just be losing so much money.
I get it's all for entertainment but we all know Chum can't be so bad.
Man poor Chad lol...
Did anyone else realsie how high that guy was??? Lol 😂
Chum looked as upset as he would if he got arrested trafficking meth or something 😂😂.. . 🤔
Rick just full on says he's gonna show Chum how its like to work a real job so...is working at his pawn shop not a real job or hard work?
We not gonna talk about how every time an old man tells you "You Owe Me Big Time" usually means they had a whole conversation over a minimum of a $100 bottle at a after bbq moment ... like what did this man do or well not do that they have to have a whole mafioso moment
You might be able to chock up his weight loss to all the meth he was arrested with but i could be wrong lol
Tbh it doesn't look like meth weight loss. Then again, most of the reason meth makes people look like zombies is because they scratch themselves, forget to eat, and don't sleep. So if he was eating and sleeping normally he could've lost weight from the meth without looking like it.
When they coughed in the background I didn’t hear it because I coughed and it tripped me out when he called it out hahaha
Idk if you’ll ever see this James, but I was watching strange addiction and your style of jokes and commentary popped into my head throughout the entire episodes I watched…. especially the hair one, it’s season 2 or 1 I think 😂😂 would love to see you make some videos about that crazy show!! (There’s no way it’s real 😅)
Thanks for being you, Chris.
The Lady with the Fur is a worse experience than you think. That show has a LINE going outside the store and people are screened and interviewed before hand to see if they can be put on the show. She waited for HOURS to get in there only to be told NO....
dude you never need to apologize for doing another shitty show reaction video. I love them so much, have watched all multiple times. Your voice is very calming. Thanks for putting these out these!
I'd like to recommend 'Hogan Knows Best' to the list of bad reality shows for you to review.
There's plenty of content to choose from, like Hogan getting his daughter a failed record deal or the poorly aged episode where he teaches Nick to drive.
You could go with the time the Hogan's tried to intermingle with their new Florida Kosher neighbors; or my personal favorite:
When a super fan wins a chance to spend the day with Hulk, only for Terry to spend the whole day treating the guy like crap.
Insert a few generic wrestling jokes, point out the weird chemistry between Hulk and his daughter, and start saying 'Brother' and we got a video...
Brother.
A moment of silence for The Old Man.
I'd just like to note that Vegas is definitely older than it's late 40s 🤣🤣 phrasing my dude🤣
Rick laughs like muttley from whacky races