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Pseudo-historical soap operas

posted 8 years ago by Asteri-Atypical
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This one, with all the flashbacks to the events surrounding the murder, even has Curse of Oak Island beat for melodramatic nonsense.

They both are nonsensical in terms of their manufactured supposed treasure hunting.

History Channel surely is not what it used to be...

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[–] fastobe 8 years ago

As I commented in another thread, this show would be much better in a more serious documentary-style presentation. History Channel must believe that because they hit pay-dirt a few years ago with dumbed-down shows such as Pawn Stars, there is now only one format which to follow.

Sad.

[–] Asteri-Atypical 8 years ago

As I commented in another thread, this show would be much better in a more serious documentary-style presentation.

It would, indeed...... were there something actually to document, in a serious capacity. Not only does adding all the melodramatic filler stretch out the show ad nauseam, it suggests there's something worth seeing in the first place.

There's a very good chance they are quite certain there's nothing to view, here, but are following the Curse of Oak Island format and just showing week after week of lots of commentary about a few minutes of searching and finding nothing.

History Channel must believe that because they hit pay-dirt a few years ago with dumbed-down shows such as Pawn Stars, there is now only one format which to follow.

That, and the phenomenon of all the other brain-dead reality shows invading pay-tv like a plague.

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You spell God with a G, I spell Nature with an N. Capital. - Frank Lloyd Wright

[–] Cydnee9999 8 years ago

That, and the phenomenon of all the other brain-dead reality shows invading pay-tv like a plague.

What is the one element that the History Channel has not introduced into their pseudo-history foray into reality TV?

I think everyone agrees that Patchy, in addition to being a pirate, an egomaniac and a convicted killer, he is a bona fide creep. Twelve on a scale of ten on the creep scale is being modest. He tosses out risqué asides and smirks when speaking about the deaths of ship passengers and the guy he killed.

So it should come as no surprise to anyone if he were to exploit another family member in an attempt to boost the steadily declining ratings for his crappy TV show and continue his ongoing grift... er, fundraising effort.

http://therichyshow.com/season-2.html Note: Awkward intermission in the middle of the posted interview. The audio goes all hissy then shows an intermission sign before the second half begins. Interesting slide show runs during the audio.

This episode featuring Tess Bayerle aired December 22, 2015. In the first five minutes of the interview she discusses her participation in the show as well as that it costs $20M per year to run the salvage operation. In the second half of the interview she talks about her current career as a model.

Richy: So is your stuff completely clothed, like some bikini stuff, or do you have, or do you do nude or how does that work?

Tess Bayerle: Um, I, well Playboy asked to shoot me, um, I had a shoot set up with them on the 19th but my brother, who is actually my attorney, too, so he said don’t *beep* do Playboy yet. Wait for the show. At least you’ll get a lot more money for it.

Richy: Aaaaaah. Smart move.

TB: Smart guy, yeah!

Richy: Yeah, very smart. Very smart.

Patchy the Pirate Jr – not so smart. Playboy made this announcement in October 2015:

Starting March 2016 Playboy magazine will no longer publish nude photographs of women.

She is a model who happens to be a certified divemaster.

Will Tess Bayerle appear in the season finale?

[–] Asteri-Atypical 8 years ago

I lost interest in that interview about a minute in. A mesmerizing speaker, she's not. But it would be of no surprise they'd bring in a little T&A to the show to spice it up.

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You spell God with a G, I spell Nature with an N. Capital. - Frank Lloyd Wright