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So does the 'H' now stand for 'Hick' instead of 'History?'


Ice Road Truckers, the show about the white trash in the Bayou or whatever, the fat hicks on Pawn Stars (who despite their fat hickness think they are cool), the plethora of white trash on display in American Pickers....and now THIS??

What's happened to the History Channel? Was it taken over by the NRA or something?

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Wow could you be anymore of a douche?

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Larry talks about history in the show and does it in a humorous way. Maybe you think he is a hick but he is a hick all the way to the bank with this show. It is clean, humorous and full of historical information that helped form the folk history of this nation. It definitely is not boring.

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I agree with Amazon, the show is entertaining and informative. I look forward to watching it.

He who fights and runs away, lives to run away again!

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I think your looking at it from the wrong perspective. The History channel is going more the way of being called the Conspiracy Theorists channel. They show more shows about government cover ups, aliens creating man kind, and doomsday propaganda more than anything anymore. Also a little tid bit, if you are watching a History Channel documentary, then don't believe everything you see. History Channel is known for fabricating things to make their documentaries more appealing.

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Oh, I'm with you. I remember History channel from the mid-90s when I was in college, when they would play stuff like "Connections," which I found genuinely fascinating (if a bit shall we say "stretched" in the historical connections).

As the years have gone on they have swayed more toward programming that's a bit more enterntainment than history -- after "300" it seemed like every historical documentary they'd show featured the same stupid "300"-esque computer graphics of comic-bookish he-men battling it out in ancient times.

But then came "Ice Road Truckers".... I read an interview somewhere with the History Channel's VP of Programming who said that the numbers they got for "Truckers" far exceeded any of their other content. He basically apologized to longtime viewers and said that future content, then, would be along similar lines. Now we have bs like "Swamp People" and "Only In America" and "Pawn Stars." It seems the rednecks of America have spoken.

As for the conspiracy junk, History Channel has been doing that since inception. They used to have a show in the '90s with some heavyset UFO hunter, I believe he was Australian, who would globetrot and point out "conspiracies." There was one where he went to Area 51 and kept making a big deal about the sign outside which stated that "prosecutors will be shot," not getting it that the damn place is a MILITARY INSTITUTION.

So it seems that History Channel now caters to two (overlapping?) demographics: the hicks and the conspiracy nutjobs. If only they could combine the two!

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I knew they would do that. Nostradamus said so.

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Maybe you think he is a hick but he is a hick all the way to the bank with this show.

Sure, because the measure of a good historian is their bankability.

It is clean,

Bland and Christian.

humorous

Doubtful.

and full of historical information that helped form the folk history of this nation.

Seriously doubtful.
"If all scientists were as rigorous as me, we wouldn't have so many witches"

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You know, Leadbelly, as the lines you quoted, they are the other posters opinions just as these are yours. It sounds as though you've never even watched the show, so I'm inclined to say that your opinions don't count for anything on the matter. Humor is in the eye of the beholder. Just because you don't find it funny doesn't mean it isn't to anyone else. Come down off your high horse.

What's the difference between genius & stupidity? Genius has its limits.

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I was thinking the same thing about the OP being a douche. Just because people may like these shows doesn't mean they're hicks/white trash. Trash comes in all colors, perfectpawn.

What's the difference between genius & stupidity? Genius has its limits.

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I recently saw a History Channel promo for this show titled "Out of Context with Larry the Cable Guy," which showed him hooting and hollering as he played with some animal. That same day I was at Macy's with my wife, and in the waiting room they had a TV on, playing NASCAR. Larry the Cable Guy showed up on this, too, which was completely apropos and only added further proof of the truthfulness of my original post. This show is by trash, for trash. Or, rather, it's catered to make money off of trash -- all colors.

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Man, I hate to break this to you, but you are coming off like the dork here. I never said the show was titled "out of context." I said the PROMO was titled that. As in, "And now, Out of Context with Larry the Cable Guy," and then it showed a clip of him being his stupid hick self on "Only In America." In other words, a marketing gimmick -- appealing to the hick-humor of the intended audience with the antics of this hick-host. So low-brow as to be in the crotch area.

Normally I would reprimand you for not bothering to fully read my post, but in a way I thank you -- your cluelessness only confirms my theory that this show appeals to idiots, fools, and hicks.

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i think the OP is a racist.

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