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Posted: 8/25/2016 6:10:51 AM EDT
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Meet chumlee at an Ozzy concert.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 6:36:28 AM EDT
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Pretty sure I saw someone mention wife and pictures? Thought you folks had rules.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 7:02:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do they really use a soundstage? First I've heard that.  I don't know if that's 100% true. I went to check out the shop with my gf at the time and her sister and they were setting up for a shoot. They asked us if we wanted to be extras but told us we would have to stick around for about 3-4 hrs before they even started filming and couldn't leave until they were done. We said fuck that. They definitely cherry pick attractive people for the background though. Was no line to get in when we were there. Everyone else is right, the place is really small. It's about 48% museum, 50% gift shop and maybe 2% pawn shop. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 7:32:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not just smaller than it looks on TV, but WAAAAAAAAAAAAY FUCKIN' TINY! You walk in, the place is maybe 40' deep, 15' wide and has a little L shape to it that gives it an extra 150 ft sq. Inventory sucked, only thing interesting was a Super Bowl ring, but even still. Nothing truly "neat". I think the "cool shit" comes in but it is staged and they never sell it to those guys. No stars, had to walk the who fuckin way in Nevada heat, took the bus back because it was a long as walk from the Tuscany Hotel (nice place btw). You can drink beer on the strip too, $1 beers as you walk the strip is cool. Puked in the hotel, overall a decent trip.  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: We went to the Pawn Stars shop with the kids three years ago. No one famous there. Not much interesting inventory. The shop was much smaller than it looks on TV. Not just smaller than it looks on TV, but WAAAAAAAAAAAAY FUCKIN' TINY! You walk in, the place is maybe 40' deep, 15' wide and has a little L shape to it that gives it an extra 150 ft sq. Inventory sucked, only thing interesting was a Super Bowl ring, but even still. Nothing truly "neat". I think the "cool shit" comes in but it is staged and they never sell it to those guys. No stars, had to walk the who fuckin way in Nevada heat, took the bus back because it was a long as walk from the Tuscany Hotel (nice place btw). You can drink beer on the strip too, $1 beers as you walk the strip is cool. Puked in the hotel, overall a decent trip. Rick walked out when I was there. The tourists flocked around him and wanted selfies. It's all scripted, but it's interesting. I like the book expert best.  |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:10:17 AM EDT
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Every time I went to Vegas the line was always very long to get inside to see the pawn shop, so I never got a chance to see it.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:14:30 AM EDT
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I meet a group of friends in Vegas every year. One guy is from Boston. As soon as we got in to the hotel he started excitedly telling us about a tour of "Porn Stars, ya know the tv show." I never watched it, but hey, I'm game for anything involving seeing porn stars in Vegas. So, we go on this tour of Kounts Kustoms, some fish tank place, a toy store, a baseball card shop and, to my disappointment, a pawn shop. Apparently, in Boston pawn is pronounced porn. Don't be fooled like me. And, for the OP, each place had one of the little stars present. Most were just a means to get you into their gift shop and buy stuff. Maybe if I watched the shows I might have enjoyed the tours more. I would think "porn" would be pronounced "pawwwn", like "Bawwwston". |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:19:21 AM EDT
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Pawn stars was a huge disappointment. One little corner of actual pawn stuff and the rest of the store is dedicated to show memorabilia.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:34:57 AM EDT
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Gone, not went.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:44:04 AM EDT
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Gone, not went. Fent, not went. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:53:48 AM EDT
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I swing by Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash whenever I'm in Red Bank. Kevin Smith is there a lot and they are always filming there. But when they are filming they close the shop to the public and you can only get in with a pass. I've never met him.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:57:55 AM EDT
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The Fantom Works garage (car show on Velocity channel) is 5 minutes from my house. Every Friday they offer a tour and Dan the owner speaks to everyone and gives a tour of the shop. Pretty cool place. That guy comes across as a real douche bag. He probably isn't, but on TV he sure seems like one. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 8:58:19 AM EDT
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I dated a girl briefly that worked for American Pickers.
The shitty thing was I had to wait for her to finish up a meeting with the guys from the show... one building away... and didn't get to meet them myself.  |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:00:18 AM EDT
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of the show? I know they are pretty much scripted. But I wondered if they, such as Chumlee, or others are out and about. I wouldn't waste a minute of vacation trying to go to the pawn shop but I did run into Chumlee and Corey at the Golden Gate Casino downtown. They were just playing blackjack at a $50 table in the "High Limit" area and nobody seemed to notice them. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:00:52 AM EDT
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I've been to the Antique Archaeology (American Pickers) store in LeClaire. The place is really small. They must have warehouses and internet operations somewhere else. Stopped by the one in Nashville. It's small too. It became very clear to me......They aren't making their money selling junk, they are making their money selling T shirts, coffee mugs and books. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:02:12 AM EDT
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Years ago, we stopped by Red Jacket Firearms in Baton Rouge. Very nondescript exterior, no one is allowed inside. But they did direct us to the gift shop down the road.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:03:51 AM EDT
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No Antwon at the door either. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We went to the Pawn Stars shop with the kids three years ago. No one famous there. Not much interesting inventory. The shop was much smaller than it looks on TV. No Antwon at the door either. My wife goes to a convention in Vegas every year. She & her boss stopped by the Pawn Stars Shop years ago & Antwon was behind the counter instead of providing security. Her boss brought the original Seiko watch mint in box & she had a vintage 50s handbag made of folded cigarette packs. Antwon made no offer on either :shrug: She said they film on a set designed to look like the shop & half of the actual store is all show related merch like shirts & mugs. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:08:28 AM EDT
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The Pawn Stars show is actually filmed on a set designed to look like the actual store. Thats why you dont ever see them there.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 9:10:38 AM EDT
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Saw the "old man" at the pawn stars store once.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:08:19 AM EDT
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I went to the pawn store in Vegas and none of those guys were there.
ROlling smoke BBQ next door is owned by the pawn stars guy and has great beef brisket if you go. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:10:23 AM EDT
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All the time in Vegas.
Never seen the Old Man, but the other 3 are always around at the venues. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:13:19 AM EDT
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The Pawn Stars show is actually filmed on a set designed to look like the actual store. Thats why you dont ever see them there. Where did you here that? When they are filming they will announce it locally in Las Vegas, you can go to the store and apply to be in the 'background". |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:14:39 AM EDT
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^^ This. Rick walked out when I was there. The tourists flocked around him and wanted selfies. It's all scripted, but it's interesting. I like the book expert best. https://rebeccaromney.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/blog.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We went to the Pawn Stars shop with the kids three years ago. No one famous there. Not much interesting inventory. The shop was much smaller than it looks on TV. Not just smaller than it looks on TV, but WAAAAAAAAAAAAY FUCKIN' TINY! You walk in, the place is maybe 40' deep, 15' wide and has a little L shape to it that gives it an extra 150 ft sq. Inventory sucked, only thing interesting was a Super Bowl ring, but even still. Nothing truly "neat". I think the "cool shit" comes in but it is staged and they never sell it to those guys. No stars, had to walk the who fuckin way in Nevada heat, took the bus back because it was a long as walk from the Tuscany Hotel (nice place btw). You can drink beer on the strip too, $1 beers as you walk the strip is cool. Puked in the hotel, overall a decent trip. Rick walked out when I was there. The tourists flocked around him and wanted selfies. It's all scripted, but it's interesting. I like the book expert best. https://rebeccaromney.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/blog.jpg I think that she is totally hot. Even when she was with child. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:41:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I dated a girl briefly that worked for American Pickers. The shitty thing was I had to wait for her to finish up a meeting with the guys from the show... one building away... and didn't get to meet them myself. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:42:51 AM EDT
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I was stationed in Vegas years ago and I drove past that pawn shop millions of times. I like looking around in them because as they say, you never know what you'll find. But in the case of this pawn shop I never went in because it looked like a dump and the area is pretty damn sketchy. Then imagine my surprise years later when I'm watching TV and see they made a show about it. It was cool to watch a few times, but I always thought, "Why in the fuck did they make a show in that dump?"
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:52:22 AM EDT
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Notice how almost nobody is saying that they went to Hardcore Pawn? lol I've always wanted to check that place out. That show cracks me up. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:55:12 AM EDT
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I was in Vegas for Shot show 2 years ago. I took a cab past the pawn shop heading to old Vegas. It was early and there was already a line so I didn't stop. On the next block there was a bum taking a dump on the sidewalk.
I met Rick the next day at Shot show where he was signing autographs. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 10:55:21 AM EDT
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Do they really use a soundstage? First I've heard that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We went to the Pawn Stars shop with the kids three years ago. No one famous there. Not much interesting inventory. The shop was much smaller than it looks on TV. That's because they shoot most of the show on a set made to look sorta like the inside of the store. I've been in gold and silver pawn, also. It's nothing special. Do they really use a soundstage? First I've heard that. I highly highly doubt they shoot that show on a sound stage. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:04:28 AM EDT
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Long before Pawn Stars was a show, a documentary crew shot an episode at the pawn shop. They wanted to see who comes to a pawn shop in the middle of the night. Rick was running the shop that night.
Rick describes some of what they sell. He was very non-celebrity like. Just a regular Joe. The camera pans to a pile of "Nazi daggers" that he was pricing. It was from that experience that Rick pushed to have a show based on his shop. He did this for years to no avail. The thing about the Nazi stuff is that on the show Pawn Stars Rick claimed he never deals in Nazi memorabilia. Obviously a lie but true now that he had a syndicated show. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:05:39 AM EDT
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I wanted to stop by when I was in Vegas a few years ago. These threads of stories, and the distance away from the strip, lead me not to go there.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:13:22 AM EDT
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I dopped by Lizard Lick towing on my way to Hatteras once.
They actually set up a full gift shop and memorabilia store across the street to keep tourists from bothering the Buisness and staff. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:15:23 AM EDT
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Went to th pawn stars shop and it was very underwhelming as other have stated. Caught a glimpse of the old man.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:22:48 AM EDT
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Years ago, we stopped by Red Jacket Firearms in Baton Rouge. Very nondescript exterior, no one is allowed inside. But they did direct us to the gift shop down the road. Did you get molested?
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:25:52 AM EDT
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Went to the Pawn Stars place in Vegas before it was a TV show and was helped by a real nice gentleman with an SS rune on his neck.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:30:16 AM EDT
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Years ago, we stopped by Red Jacket Firearms in Baton Rouge. Very nondescript exterior, no one is allowed inside. But they did direct us to the gift shop down the road. I heard that they had a daycare out back.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:31:54 AM EDT
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Did you get molested?
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Years ago, we stopped by Red Jacket Firearms in Baton Rouge. Very nondescript exterior, no one is allowed inside. But they did direct us to the gift shop down the road. Did you get molested?
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:35:23 AM EDT
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The Pawn Stars store is ghetto as shit and most of their employees look like felons.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 11:59:38 AM EDT
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The Pawn Stars store is small and in a not-great part of town. I don't think the guys are ever there unless the cameras are rolling. The store is at least 50% show merchandise. If you want a Chumlee shirt, you will have no problem finding what you want. why would anyone want that? when you go to a museum, they always have some gift shop with 50 cent rubber dinosaurs and crap that they mark up to $12 why do people buy that shit? "Here's the 75 cent piece of Chinese shit I paid $18 for at The Franklin Institute." |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:16:39 PM EDT
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I highly highly doubt they shoot that show on a sound stage. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We went to the Pawn Stars shop with the kids three years ago. No one famous there. Not much interesting inventory. The shop was much smaller than it looks on TV. That's because they shoot most of the show on a set made to look sorta like the inside of the store. I've been in gold and silver pawn, also. It's nothing special. Do they really use a soundstage? First I've heard that. I highly highly doubt they shoot that show on a sound stage. I went there a few years ago with a friend so he could pick up a Chum Lee bobble head. As we walked in one of the production crew grabbed us and told us they were closing to shoot an episode. We asked if could grab the bobble head real quick and she asked us if we wanted to be extras. 10 minutes later they were shooting. Rick and Corey were buying a cocktail napkin drawing by Charles Schultz that he had given a waitress. It was shot on the floor of the store, not on a sound stage. As soon as they were done Rick and Corey went in the back, they opened the store and an assload of people came flowing in. We bought the bobble head and GTFO. Whole deal took about an hour and 10 minutes. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:18:18 PM EDT
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Went to the Pawn Stars place in Vegas before it was a TV show and was helped by a real nice gentleman with an SS rune on his neck. Maybe he liked chevys. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:20:42 PM EDT
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Quick, check the wikipedia article on Corey - under "net worth"
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:24:18 PM EDT
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Quick, check the wikipedia article on Corey - under "net worth"
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:24:22 PM EDT
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They are making assloads of cash filming the show, and filming takes quite a bit of time. Why would they man the counters too?
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:47:02 PM EDT
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Quick, check the wikipedia article on Corey - under "net worth" That's awesome. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:12:56 PM EDT
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We met Chumlee a couple years ago at the store, second time we visited. Got a few pics. He seemed considerably more intelligent than he acts on the show, so it was pretty clear he's faking it on the show. Didn't meet anyone recognizable the first time I visited. Tip: apparently locals don't have to wait in the line to get in like the tourists do, so if you know a local you can bypass the line with them. I think they have to show ID with a address nearby. The shop is in a shit part of town. It is very small inside, even after the expansion. I was there once before the show started and once after. The expansion is literally just there for them to put of shelves and racks to peddle their show merchandise. They have a couple of the items from the show on display and refuse to sell any of them. I've run into all of them at one point or another around town. They were never at the shop. Rick is a weapons grade shit bag. Chum Lee is not as dim witted as he makes himself out to be, but he's no Rhodes scholar either. You should see the money he spent on his "girlfriends" birthday about 2 years ago, it was a comical shit show. Corey is about the same. Ask the 2 of them how they bought a bag full of oregano in high school thinking it was weed. The old man is exactly how he is on the show. Spaced out and completely lacks a GAF. He's at least cordial to speak to, the rest are just shitty people who think they are better than you. It may not seem like it but Vegas is pretty small. You get to see a lot of famous people around. I've run into Mike Tyson at work and the grocery store, Flavor Flav at Wal Mart and the bowling alley, and Nick Cage at the gym and the Japanese restaurant. All 3 of these guys were very nice and would talk to you no problem. Nick Cage pretty much likes to be left alone but he's nice about it. I wouldn't piss on Bruce Willis if he was on fire. Edit: Desertw0lf and I live fairly close to Floyd Mayweather. He's exactly the way you think he would be. https://cdn.meme.am/instances/28191623.jpg I prefer... 
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Posted: 8/25/2016 3:56:53 PM EDT
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Anybody ever been in the "Cajun Pawn Stars" store in Alexandria, LA?
They have a bunch of stuff for sale on Gunbroker. Link to their web site ................ |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 4:04:40 PM EDT
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I visited Red Jacket to speak with one of our members who works there.
Met Will, Stephanie, Joe and Vincent. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 4:16:43 PM EDT
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Pawn Stars shop from the front door :
From the back facing towards the front door : 
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Posted: 8/25/2016 4:18:58 PM EDT
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I grew up less than 4 miles from "Hardcore Pawn" (American Jewelry & Loan). It's a complete ghetto shithole. Went in there a couple years ago and didn't see anyone from the show. They have enough fur coats to give all of PETA a heart attack simultaneously.
Only redeeming quality is that it's in walking distance of White Castle. 
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Posted: 8/25/2016 4:21:03 PM EDT
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I've swung by the Gas Monkey Garage, but didn't see anyone that day...its literally 8 minutes from my office... ETA And I live 5 minutes from Collins Brothers Jeep... Sounds like I live right near you. I'm clueless though, are those places famous? |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 4:21:44 PM EDT
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I prefer Antiques Roadshow.
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