Gold Rush

Howdy Folks!
I just gotta echo what Judy said about kids. If a grown man or woman wants to go off to Alaska and make a profession of idiocy, that's one thing. To drag young kids out there like sacrificial lambs for the bears, smother them in DEET, feed them untested water, expose them to an unknown pandora's box of chemicals used in gold mining, not to mention a catalogue of pathogens carried by insects available to their beloved sons and daughters, and I tend to get brittle.

It is one thing, by mote of your own free will, to put yourself in peril. It is entirely another thing to foist the experience on kids who have no choice in the matter.

And the scariest part of the show is... these bozos have figured out how to reproduce!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin
 
I think the stupidity has a LOT to do with the overdrama.. Like Chum on Pawn Stars.. everyone says he's an idiot.. right to his face, If he was 'really' that stupid, why keep him around ? Drama.........
 
I'm not so sure its pretty hard to fake stupid, especially the look sometimes you can just tell just by looking at someone, but it doesn't really matter I'm sure they will get plenty from just doing the show so they won't have to worry about finding any gold. If I was to go up there for only a few months I wouldn't have built those cabins they should have just taken a couple trailers there is only like eight of them I think and wouldn't have brought the family for only a few months. I think one person could have panned as much gold in that time as they have now, why even waste the time building those cabins when you should have been going for gold right away.
 
giant056 said:
How much are they making for the weekly series? They gotta be making something it seems.
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Howdy Pard!
I'm guessing that's where their original $150k came from. They quickly blew through that money.

What's astounding is what they failed to do with their money.
No site survey to determine the best probability of finding gold.
No mining expert or geologist to consult with before sinking a hole.
No electronic survey to determine the likely location of gold.
No consultant on building a proper wash plant, sluices, shaker or
other gear for catching gold.
No preliminary consultation on materials management (so fish and
game came along to explain it to them with a loss of time and effort.)
Ever notice how they'll bring in a consultant only *after* they've FUBARed something?
Usually real badly? Delta-Uniform-Hotel!!!

The list could go on and on, but you get the idea.

They say ignorance is bliss, but in their case, it is also real expensive too!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin
 
Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.

Sounds about right.
 
I think they might be making alot more than the 150K, my daughter watches some show I think maybe MTV about teenage parents and one of them here in IN got into trouble with the law because of hitting her boyfriend on the show and the judge made her say how much they was paying her, I believe it was 280K. She is only one of many on that show so they are all making that much on the MTV show probably.
 
Ill Digger said:
I wanna go to Alaska and prospect soooo bad :smitten:
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Me too! I think we should all get together and show 'em how it's really done! :beerbuddy: And we'll leave our kids at home...

I'm totally frustrated too :bangahead01: this could be SUCH a good show!!! Was so psyched when it first came out. Gold Rush and I Shouldn't Be Alive are the only 2 shows I look forward (now that Lost is over). Oh and of course there's Antique Roadshow... :cheesysmile:

Anyway, I told hubby that if they don't find a good amt of gold in the next show I am outta here!
 
I figure the next show will be enough to string you along to watch the next one, pretty much the same as the last few. You know they're gonna find a good amount of gold before it's over anyway (at least I think so) :yes:
 
ec121connie said:
Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.
Sounds about right.
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Howdy Kiddo!
That would assume that everybody is blessed with sufficient psychic ability to know how stupid it is before watching the thing. Kinda judging a book without even looking at the cover. Once you do watch one of those shows, it becomes like a car wreck about to happen before your eyes. You don't want to see the devastation about to take place, but good luck trying to tear your eyes away.

Once you watch a single episode, you're hooked into a state where you just gotta keep watching to see how dumb it actually gets before the smoke clears. You think They can't really be that dumb! and watch hoping for some ray of light to prove your theory. And at times, you'll see glimmers of hope. Usually right before they do something even stupider than anything done so far.

It's a little like watching a gorilla play Hamlet, and when you already suspect the gorilla can't play Hamlet, you're hooked by how badly mauled the audience is when it goes berzerk!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin
 
M-Taliesin said:
Howdy Kiddo!
That would assume that everybody is blessed with sufficient psychic ability to know how stupid it is before watching the thing. Kinda judging a book without even looking at the cover. Once you do watch one of those shows, it becomes like a car wreck about to happen before your eyes. You don't want to see the devastation about to take place, but good luck trying to tear your eyes away.

Once you watch a single episode, you're hooked into a state where you just gotta keep watching to see how dumb it actually gets before the smoke clears. You think They can't really be that dumb! and watch hoping for some ray of light to prove your theory. And at times, you'll see glimmers of hope. Usually right before they do something even stupider than anything done so far.

It's a little like watching a gorilla play Hamlet, and when you already suspect the gorilla can't play Hamlet, you're hooked by how badly mauled the audience is when it goes berzerk!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin
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Well you might tell it to the network guy. I'm sure he would smile, wink at his buddies and agree with you. Sounds like you made his point.

As soon as I find Kiddo I'll see if he has anything to add.

Regards,
 
what ya gotta do on a show like this is record it and skip over all the crap to see what they really get.
 
I thought I read somewhere that a local in Alaska reported that they went bust and only found something like 14 oz of gold. Of the 8 shows or whatever there has been I've only seen one day of actually mining going on... Instead of praying to God for Him to give them gold... perhaps a brain would be first in order.
 
A couple years back Steve a guy up in Alaska told me if I ever make it to Alaska to look him up first, he knows where the good tailings for detecting are. Steve has a gold mine up there and does well. You wouldn't believe some of the nuggets he's dug there.
 
ec121connie said:
Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.

Sounds about right.
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You've got that right Connie. thumbsup01 thumbsup01
I've watched one episode of that stupid show and had no problem tearing my eyes from it. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: I can not tolerate STUPID people :beatdown: :beatdown: :bop: :bop: :bop: :bop:
 
They would have done better to just pan the river they diverted for their water pond.
If you're going to do something like this you get at least ONE person that has some experiance with that type of gold mining. I'm glad that reality isn't really the way they show it on those shows. But i do believe that the people on Jersey Shore are really as stupid as they appear! rofl
I lost intrest in reality T.V. when i found out that survivor wasn't gonna be, we leave all these people on the island with only basic supplies and whoever survives longest. WINS! :cheering:
 
Now that I have watched the whole series, I pretty much believe they were shown a good front. Yea they were pretty much beeing taken for a ride by someone and the lure for gold played on the rest. If I was the old man I would be pretty upset. I have never heard of a glory hole below a water fall . It shoild be a blow-out below the waterfall. Now if they continue to virgin bedrock downstream from the fall they could end up becoming very wealthy,guess we will se that on the new comming show. This kind of drama is good for the soul. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
 
wingmaster said:
I'm not so sure its pretty hard to fake stupid, especially the look sometimes you can just tell just by looking at someone, but it doesn't really matter I'm sure they will get plenty from just doing the show so they won't have to worry about finding any gold. If I was to go up there for only a few months I wouldn't have built those cabins they should have just taken a couple trailers there is only like eight of them I think and wouldn't have brought the family for only a few months. I think one person could have panned as much gold in that time as they have now, why even waste the time building those cabins when you should have been going for gold right away.
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Another stupid reality show. phtttt
 
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