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RB Will said:
In theory he never did as someone went faster but didnt announce it until after Richard and Dennis went public, but he officially doesnt anymore
http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-...
Great link. Thanks for posting that. http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-...
JonRB said:
RB Will said:
In theory he never did as someone went faster but didnt announce it until after Richard and Dennis went public, but he officially doesnt anymore
http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-...
Great link. Thanks for posting that. http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-...
JonRB said:
TheAngryDog said:
Im pretty sure some old UK cars dont have seat belts and are still legal to drive.
I'm pretty sure too. Very few laws in the UK are retrospective. If a car didn't have seatbelts when it was sold new then they do not have to be retro-fitted. That applies for both front and rear seats. Having said that, I remember as a kid that when my dad used to buy a car that didn't have seatbelts for every passenger, the first thing he would do would be to fit them.
Daniel1 said:
JonRB said:
TheAngryDog said:
Im pretty sure some old UK cars dont have seat belts and are still legal to drive.
I'm pretty sure too. Very few laws in the UK are retrospective. If a car didn't have seatbelts when it was sold new then they do not have to be retro-fitted. That applies for both front and rear seats. Having said that, I remember as a kid that when my dad used to buy a car that didn't have seatbelts for every passenger, the first thing he would do would be to fit them.
JonRB said:
Just watching the 2nd part of the Camera SS Convertible build.
Anyone else thinking the deadline was contrived to a point beyond incredulity?
Yeah it's a bit silly really, same goes for the 'deal' Drive-though guy says "I'll give you $150k to build it, 50% up front, if it's a day late you can forget about it".Anyone else thinking the deadline was contrived to a point beyond incredulity?
On the face of it, it's bonkers - they could have
1) taken the $75k and done nothing, literally sat on their arse - "sorry, we missed the deadline" I guess you keep your $75k and moonwalked off into the distance with $75k for doing nothing.
2) taken the $75k, built the car a day late and sold it elsewhere and kept the $75k
Moral issues aside the WORST thing they could have done was actually sell the car to the guy.
Still, it's still brilliant - I have to assume the home market like a bit of fake drama, at least they don't slam doors or otherwise act like toddlers.
TobyLaRohne said:
I think the show has peaked for me, the last episode where the 2 guys he fired and his rival set up shop in his old GMG property is completely BS, no doubt they'll be challenging them to a buildoff or something soon.
I'm sad to see it going this way, it is a great show, or rather was until the producers started dicking around with it.
me too....its all getting a bit american chopper these days.I'm sad to see it going this way, it is a great show, or rather was until the producers started dicking around with it.
zeb said:
stephen300o said:
It actually hasn't changed that much at all, some expect too much from reality television.
hmmmm.....gave up expecting reality from it years agoThat's the thing about 'reality TV shows' - they are more often than not as far removed from reality as you could possibly go!
chris watton said:
zeb said:
stephen300o said:
It actually hasn't changed that much at all, some expect too much from reality television.
hmmmm.....gave up expecting reality from it years agoThat's the thing about 'reality TV shows' - they are more often than not as far removed from reality as you could possibly go!
At least F n' L actually accepts that it's made the Garage and the major players famous, far too many others are Series 4 in and still trying to maintain that the major players are still in some desperate struggle for financial survival despite the $100k a episode appearance fees and the queues around the block to buy their goods thanks to TV.
They all have a shelf life, only so long before it disappears up it's own arse - FnL's biggest risk is Discovery turning a 12 episode series in to a 24 episode series with all the filler episodes.
P-Jay said:
All of these reality shows suffer from a sort of Quantum Theory of Observation .
At least F n' L actually accepts that it's made the Garage and the major players famous, far too many others are Series 4 in and still trying to maintain that the major players are still in some desperate struggle for financial survival despite the $100k a episode appearance fees and the queues around the block to buy their goods thanks to TV.
They all have a shelf life, only so long before it disappears up it's own arse - FnL's biggest risk is Discovery turning a 12 episode series in to a 24 episode series with all the filler episodes.
$100K is that for them to split or per person? or only a couple of them get that?At least F n' L actually accepts that it's made the Garage and the major players famous, far too many others are Series 4 in and still trying to maintain that the major players are still in some desperate struggle for financial survival despite the $100k a episode appearance fees and the queues around the block to buy their goods thanks to TV.
They all have a shelf life, only so long before it disappears up it's own arse - FnL's biggest risk is Discovery turning a 12 episode series in to a 24 episode series with all the filler episodes.
joe_90 said:
P-Jay said:
All of these reality shows suffer from a sort of Quantum Theory of Observation .
At least F n' L actually accepts that it's made the Garage and the major players famous, far too many others are Series 4 in and still trying to maintain that the major players are still in some desperate struggle for financial survival despite the $100k a episode appearance fees and the queues around the block to buy their goods thanks to TV.
They all have a shelf life, only so long before it disappears up it's own arse - FnL's biggest risk is Discovery turning a 12 episode series in to a 24 episode series with all the filler episodes.
$100K is that for them to split or per person? or only a couple of them get that?At least F n' L actually accepts that it's made the Garage and the major players famous, far too many others are Series 4 in and still trying to maintain that the major players are still in some desperate struggle for financial survival despite the $100k a episode appearance fees and the queues around the block to buy their goods thanks to TV.
They all have a shelf life, only so long before it disappears up it's own arse - FnL's biggest risk is Discovery turning a 12 episode series in to a 24 episode series with all the filler episodes.
The fees are also based on popularity rather than 'status' so on FnL I wouldn't be surprised if Aaron got paid more than RR for example - it's also been claimed that's why Tom and Jordan got the bullet - they're very popular with the audience so Discovery pretty much gave them a 'show within a show' a 15 min section in the middle when they did their bits to camera and usually got some old st box running - it seems they're also being written back into it with another garage.
Anyway as for actual money example the guys from Pawn Stars get $25k an episode, which is a bloody lot considering they have that weird format of doing 2 half-hour episodes a week, rather than a single 1 hour episodes and it runs 30ish weeks of the year - they made over 300 episodes of Pawn Stars!! even if they were getting a few grand an episode at the start you have to assume they're doing 'okay' from it.
P-Jay said:
There's no official figures published, but if a reality show goes big the main players can negotiate 'appearance fees' based on viewing figures - which can be pretty massive - they might be fringe TV in the UK tucked away up the 500's on Sky, but in the US it's pretty much mainstream - more than that they get good viewing figures in the best / toughest categories - young to middle aged men so it's big business.
The fees are also based on popularity rather than 'status' so on FnL I wouldn't be surprised if Aaron got paid more than RR for example - it's also been claimed that's why Tom and Jordan got the bullet - they're very popular with the audience so Discovery pretty much gave them a 'show within a show' a 15 min section in the middle when they did their bits to camera and usually got some old st box running - it seems they're also being written back into it with another garage.
Anyway as for actual money example the guys from Pawn Stars get $25k an episode, which is a bloody lot considering they have that weird format of doing 2 half-hour episodes a week, rather than a single 1 hour episodes and it runs 30ish weeks of the year - they made over 300 episodes of Pawn Stars!! even if they were getting a few grand an episode at the start you have to assume they're doing 'okay' from it.
I think the Gold Rush guys get appx $100k per episode as wellThe fees are also based on popularity rather than 'status' so on FnL I wouldn't be surprised if Aaron got paid more than RR for example - it's also been claimed that's why Tom and Jordan got the bullet - they're very popular with the audience so Discovery pretty much gave them a 'show within a show' a 15 min section in the middle when they did their bits to camera and usually got some old st box running - it seems they're also being written back into it with another garage.
Anyway as for actual money example the guys from Pawn Stars get $25k an episode, which is a bloody lot considering they have that weird format of doing 2 half-hour episodes a week, rather than a single 1 hour episodes and it runs 30ish weeks of the year - they made over 300 episodes of Pawn Stars!! even if they were getting a few grand an episode at the start you have to assume they're doing 'okay' from it.
P-Jay said:
There's no official figures published, but if a reality show goes big the main players can negotiate 'appearance fees' based on viewing figures - which can be pretty massive - they might be fringe TV in the UK tucked away up the 500's on Sky, but in the US it's pretty much mainstream - more than that they get good viewing figures in the best / toughest categories - young to middle aged men so it's big business.
The fees are also based on popularity rather than 'status' so on FnL I wouldn't be surprised if Aaron got paid more than RR for example - it's also been claimed that's why Tom and Jordan got the bullet - they're very popular with the audience so Discovery pretty much gave them a 'show within a show' a 15 min section in the middle when they did their bits to camera and usually got some old st box running - it seems they're also being written back into it with another garage.
Anyway as for actual money example the guys from Pawn Stars get $25k an episode, which is a bloody lot considering they have that weird format of doing 2 half-hour episodes a week, rather than a single 1 hour episodes and it runs 30ish weeks of the year - they made over 300 episodes of Pawn Stars!! even if they were getting a few grand an episode at the start you have to assume they're doing 'okay' from it.
well chum does own a buick regal, rr phantom, maserati gran tourismo, escalade and a 64 impala ss according to wikipedia The fees are also based on popularity rather than 'status' so on FnL I wouldn't be surprised if Aaron got paid more than RR for example - it's also been claimed that's why Tom and Jordan got the bullet - they're very popular with the audience so Discovery pretty much gave them a 'show within a show' a 15 min section in the middle when they did their bits to camera and usually got some old st box running - it seems they're also being written back into it with another garage.
Anyway as for actual money example the guys from Pawn Stars get $25k an episode, which is a bloody lot considering they have that weird format of doing 2 half-hour episodes a week, rather than a single 1 hour episodes and it runs 30ish weeks of the year - they made over 300 episodes of Pawn Stars!! even if they were getting a few grand an episode at the start you have to assume they're doing 'okay' from it.
so i think he is doing quite well
oh and his GF is a top chef it seems
Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Wednesday 1st October 12:48
Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Wednesday 1st October 12:49
Oh, what a surprise, spin-off series with Tom, Tom, Scott and Jordan!
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/13/new-se...
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/13/new-se...
.:ian:. said:
Oh, what a surprise, spin-off series with Tom, Tom, Scott and Jordan!
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/13/new-se...
Watched it last night.http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/13/new-se...
Don't bother.
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