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Old 08-07-2015, 10:55 AM
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and for no apparent reason, only involve women with tattoos and push-up bras.
Hey, what's wrong with push-up bras!?

I agree, this show made me sick, and I've totally lost all respect for the Discovery Channel. I now doubt all the shows I used to like but know nothing about, like Deadliest Catch.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:18 PM
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Default good advice

"I have to watch that show on mute"
Best answer to Discovery Chan. I have heard to date.
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Old 08-07-2015, 01:11 PM
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Say what you will about this show (and I don't disagree with anything said yet), it's the only show that made me sit up and say, "That's Jay Pratt's 'Borrowed Horse'....I've met that guy!"
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Old 08-07-2015, 02:35 PM
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The show is a train wreck, I feel used after watching. My only issue is that people think that's the way pilots operate, dumb and naive!
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Old 08-07-2015, 02:36 PM
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They tried to film an episode at a nearby airport. Just remember, in order to film on a city property you need proper permits. So everything filmed has already been scripted and ran though the municipality's film commission.

BTW, that airport turned them down. This show does a good job of making fun of an airport's security and adds no benefit to showing the public how safe the GA's community is.
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Old 08-07-2015, 02:40 PM
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Default reality shows - unreal

sadly this trend has encompassed our airplane enjoyment, but it's hardly a 'new' low..... back in the 90's, a neighbor living in NYC, hoping and waiting for a modeling call, would occasionally 'go on' the Likki Rake show ( not the real name!) and perform whatever part the script required....unwed interracial knocked-up teen mother...or some such nonsense.

I love the term someone coined for all things related....."chewing gum for the eyes"

ok, a little Rv tidbit.....there was a half-decent Discovery show in 2008, Jetstream, that followed a group of rookies going thru CF-18 initiation at CFB cold Lake Alberta. (410 cougar squadron)
One of the instructors, former Snowbirds team member 'Flailin' Mike Ayling' has an RV-4 stationed nearby!

( pardon if any of the above details are incorrect)
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Old 08-07-2015, 02:56 PM
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Yeah, I agree with all you guys. I really long for a really good, high quality true to life aviation based show like oh, maybe, Airwolf!
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Old 08-07-2015, 03:59 PM
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Hey, what's wrong with push-up bras!?
Absolutely NOTHING!
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Old 08-07-2015, 04:45 PM
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Hey, what's wrong with push-up bras!?
It's a subject that deserves close examination.

As for shows on Discovery or NatGeo, or for that matter most of the junk on History Channel any more... these shows are useful only in knowing for certain how things are NOT done, ever, by anyone. I may not know HOW an airplane repo or gold mining or crab fishing or alligator hunting is done... but I'm pretty sure I know how it's NOT done.

I can't even stand to watch Airplane Repo. It's way past my tolerance level for stupid. Ranks right up there with Dance Moms.
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Old 08-07-2015, 04:58 PM
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I have an old VHS player and a small TV in my shop and I enjoy watching old "SKY KING" TV shows while I work.

The airplane shots were used over and over in different episodes, and the plots were predictable, but that show takes me back to my childhood when I dreamed of being a pilot like Sky King!
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