I saw this show on satellite, the name AMERICAN Hotrod sounded oddly familiar to another show I really like called AMERICAN Chopper. When the show actually started all I wanted to do was kick the living crap out of that loser Boyd Coddington. If he had a set of balls I would kick em.
He passed away a year after your post,so you lost the chance to do what you wanted...
shareActually he died in 2008 the post was in 2007 but he was a prick none the less.
shareyo,
Most of it was acted out; look in background when Boyd rants or barks at someone; you'll see some of the crew laughing. Later, it was revealed that LIZ was hired by the Producer to get more Drama in the show.
Here is the info I posted on the old Discovery Channel Forum;
"The old producer came back and insisted Boyd hire her, telling him it would be great for ratings..."
although Liz denied this... but.. it is a TV show.
Other comments in the forum were;
"...working for Coddington building cars and having a ball..." by Foose;
"...don't believe everything you see on TV..." by Todd
All the acting was to get people to tune into the next show to see what happens next; same acting is still done in other "reality shows" such as American Chopper (some is real, a lot is acting)
HardCore Pawn (same producer did the Jerry Springer "reality show" where people came on under different names in a few episodes.. Here is a review Summary in wiki;
"...In early 1994, Springer and his new producer, Richard Dominick, revamped the show's format in order to garner higher ratings. The show became more and more successful as it became more and more lowbrow, with an emphasis on infidelity. Its guests were typically lower class, minimally-educated, blue collar people confronted on a television stage by a spouse or family member's adultery, homosexuality, prostitution, transvestism, hate group membership, or other controversial situations. These confrontations often led to shouting, profanities, chair-throwing, fist-fights, pulling of hair by fighting women, and removal of clothing. Female guests also receive 'Jerry Beads' for exposing their breasts to the studio audience, in the style of Mardi Gras revelers. The show garnered huge ratings, and lots of attention. By 1998, it was beating The Oprah Winfrey Show in many cities, and was reaching more than 6.7 million viewers. (Waxman, 1998)..."
Thanks to All Who Serve!!!
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