Not scripted
Maybe I'm the only one here, but I don't think this show is fake at all. It's one of the realest shows on TruTV. With everything going on at the Full Throttle Saloon, I don't think they really need to stage anything.
shareHope you haven't been waiting all these months for someone to agree with you. ALL reality TV is scripted - ALL.
No, I haven't. Forgot I even posted this. Lol
shareAlso, scripted is totally different then staged or set up. There are definitely scripted reality shows like Hardcore Pawn and those towing shows. This is not scripted. Set up maybe, manipulated probably. But completely scripted, I don't think so. Just my opinion though.
shareAs someone who has been friends with Mike and Angie since long before the show, and who has actually filmed for the show...I can tell you that it is NOT scripted. The Full Throttle has PLENTY of drama happen during the week in Sturgis and camera crews just run around all over the place to capture it. What IS scripted though, is their on camera interviews. There are producers who take the footage and craft what Mike, Angie, Jessie or whoever says, often time telling them to act mad when saying this line or that, or giving them witty things to say about a certain situation, etc. But what you see happening during the week is as real as it gets.
shareany chance of full throttle being picked up by a different network?
shareI started watching not long ago, and this show is not scripted at all. Some situations are expanded upon, others enhanced for dramatic effect, but not scripted.
It would be quite a feat to script a show like this, with everything going on it would be near impossible.
Having said that, with everything that goes on during bike week, you figure they could get a little more creative. It does capture reality, Mike's there to separate his customers from their money, period. The production crew seems to try their best to tone this down but they seem to fail.
I'm saying there's anything whatsoever wrong with FTS and Ballard squeezing out every last dime from his customers that he can, but there's so much else going on they seem to dedicate way too much screen time to it, it gets boring and repetitive.
Happiness is a belt-fed weapon.
Actually, Michael's "squeezing"of his customers has dine a lot for a ton of people. He offers free concerts and not unheard of drink prices. He gives back to his home town and has changed the lives of quite a few. He has friends, family, followers, that have all benefited from his kindness and patience.
shareI just stated the obvious, he is there to maximize his profit in the little time he has to do it.
There is nothing wrong with that, and as is always the collateral effect of capitalism, he helps a lot of people in the process. His customers seem to have a great time and we are in total agreement about the help he provides to many, many people.
The main beef the supposed local who's been disparaging Michael, the rally and the show strikes me as being little more than the pettiness of human envy.
Happiness is a belt-fed weapon.