Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
OT Rough week for reality TV guys
Dick Coers
I saw that Gabe Rygaard from Ax Men died in a 3 car accident, he was not wearing a seat belt and all others walked away. Also, Darrell Ward of Ice Road Truckers died in a private air plane crash. He was the pilot. I can usually only watch a few minutes of these shows before changing the channel, but had watched both off and on over the years. RIP guys.
Re: OT Rough week for reality TV guys
John C Lucas
Im always sorry for anyones death especially when it could be prevented. I dont watch any reality TV. Its about as far from reality as there is. I mean how many of us would act normal with a camera in your face and a producer saying ratings go up when you cry or fight.
Re: OT Rough week for reality TV guys
John K Jordan
>>> I dont watch any reality TV.
But John, imagine what you might be missing!
I have no idea what I'm missing - it's been over 10 years since I've watched TV. I don't even know what a reality show is like. I feel so ashamed.
But any death from a crash is terrible. Condolences to their families and the families of the other 3000+ people killed in wrecks each day. Yikes.
JKJ
No wonder why you post on several forums
Dick Coers
A guy needs some kind of distractions, so with no TV, that's why you post on all those woodworking forums! LOL
Re: No wonder why you post on several forums
John K Jordan
I thought it was the 4 hours of sleep per night.
Maybe 7 years ago I even bought a big flatscreen TV for the bedroom thinking I might watch something. After a couple of movies it hasn't been turned on.
My wife, though, does love her cooking and crime shows so that, plus her vision issues, put a 5' (or 6', can't remember) TV downstairs. I have watched a few blu-ray movies on that. The picture is incredible.
JKJ
I could watch "How it's made" all day
Dick Coers
So the Science Channel is a must for me. I can't get enough of watching machinery working. I constantly marvel at the speed of which "food" machinery works and the quantities each factory makes in a day. From wrapping taffy to canning soup. The engineers of these machines are wizards. I could watch the hot dog making episode every day, if the color and consistency of the "meat", and the big hose for adding high fructose corn syrup to the mix, didn't make me ill!
Re: I could watch "How it's made" all day
John Jordan
Is Gabe the old man or the son? Too bad. I really like the swamp log recovery parts of the show.
No doubt there is a lot of setup for drama and conflict on some of these shows, but the tree cutting and recovery from rivers is real-and scary-and dangerous as hell..
I like American Pickers-again there's plenty of staging etc, but the people and their collections and stuff and stories are real. Really interesting stories. And I like the How its Made and similar shows, too, Dick!
John
Gabe was the son, but....
Dick Coers
The article I read said Gabe had recently taken over the business after the passing of his Father. Lots of grief for that family to endure!
Edit: I misread the information about his father Craig. Craig is still alive, but had previously passed along the business to his son Gabe. Sorry for my error.
"How it's made"
John K Jordan
Did you know the episodes are on YouTube?
I could binge watch these amazing shows too. What I dislike the most is being tied to the network schedule or dealing with the commercials (the DVR is full of cooking shows and Razoli and Ives or something!) It is far easier to find 5 minutes for a YouTube "diversion."
You could go to the All Episodes list on YouTube and play them all day! There are almost 200 videos under All Episodes Part 1. One click should play a continuous 16 hours of wizardry.
JKJ
I have a friend who used....
Barry Irby
to go all over the world setting up those machines. His real job was setting up aluminum can manufacturing lines, but when things were slow his company would loan him out. His descriptions of "when things go wrong" ranges from hysterical to gut wrenching. I would love to see a show on that. Crayons flying around and empty labels going in the boxes. Pie filling falling between the pies, ice cream patties not frozen and drooling, on and on. Its all in the timing.
One was a copper foil rolling mill. A huge ingot goes in one end and passes between rollers. As it goes forward it gets longer and must go faster and faster to stay ahead of what's coming behind. At the end its going over fifty miles and hour. It missed the take up roll and blew the end out of the building. Fortunately, no one was standing there. Anybody want a ton or two of terribly wrinkled copper foil?
Re: "How it's made"
Bob Macgregor
"It is far easier to find 5 minutes for a YouTube "diversion." "
Now THAT'S a laugh! It takes a lot more discipline than I have to avoid getting sucked into at least a half-hour of "diversions" when I aim to view a single 5-minute clip.
"How it Fails" episode
John K Jordan
>>>His descriptions of "when things go wrong" ranges from hysterical to gut wrenching.
The worst I heard of was at a poultry processing plant. Evidently the device that "dispatched" the turkey before steam scalding and defeathering was the part that failed....
JKJ
The show I would like to see
Clifton C
The show I would like to see would be at the sawmill for those sinkers.
I would love to see the boards and turning blanks as cut, fresh from the log.
A new show is born...
c
I miss Mike Rowe dirtiest jobs *LINK*
john lucas
If you ever get to see the episode where they artificially insaminate turkey's I laughed so hard I hurt. I found it. Here it is for those who are crazy enough to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuTuJcyb2EI
Re: "How it's made"
dick hines
I love Dives and Dinners. I have been trying to get my wife to tour the country on the motorcycle and eat at all the places. She said she had rather starve than ride the motorcycle. 
