American Choppers

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I’ve been a big fan of this show for quite awhile. Initially, I really loved to watch them build the choppers, but eventually the whole family dynamic draws you in to where you really want to know what’s going to happen to these guys next. Should we care if it all goes away?

I don’t say that to be mean spirited but let’s face the facts. There are plenty of other families as screwed up as this one out there but they’re not pulling down a couple million a year in endorsements to be on TV. And let’s be honest about MIkey. He should have been paid well by Discovery for keeping the show interesting even if he didn’t contribute much to Orange County Choppers, but I’d bet he got screwed there. I really hope he gets his life together.

I like all the Teutuls, and I think watching the show we get to see them often enough being themselves to know whether or not we do like them, but they all have their issues and sometimes I have to wonder if the show’s edited to push the conflict a little more than it should. And is it all real? Seems odd to me that they say they’re not seeing each other but yet there they all are together in a commercial for the show.

I hope they resolve their family problems before the show goes off the air which I anticipate will be very soon. The average American doesn’t even care about the bikes any more, and I’m sure the ratings have seriously fallen this season, with Paul Jr leaving and all. As I stated in a previous post, ( OCC Choppers) his departure doesn’t seem to have hurt the bike builds any.

Anyway, the reason I’m even writing another post about  them is I wanted to just talk about the show and say that I’ll miss it. When there is a new episode I always DVR it, and it has become a regular part of my life, the original inspiration for me getting into customizing bikes in the first place. So even though I believe a lot of the success of the company was manufactured by the show I’ll try and stop holding that against the Teutuls moving forward and just say “it is what it is”.

Hat’s off American Chopper.