The Bizarre Culture of Pawn Stars

[@QuintonReviews]

There's a typo in this video's title but if I fix it KZbin literally will stop promoting it. So, yeah, what a BIZZZZARE thing that is. (we have a Justin Y comment so it's too late to repost as well lol) Go to BuyRaycon.com/quinton for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. My Twitter ➱ twitter.com/Q_Review My Patreon ➱ www.patreon.com/QReview Guest editor: Chris London, @Adustus twitter.com/ChrisLondonFilm Garfield Zine link: twitter.com/nomondayszine/status/1300907721961611264 Full Pawn Hub skit on Quinton Re2s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4TQXnd5lLKilZY

[@matthewb9621]

Very little point in this video. Literally nobody cares. Old news. Did you know when selling gold they had to reproduce the store in a studio? Long complicated reasons why, but that is what they had to do. Others have done this s 300% better . I won't be buying any merch.

[@PinkManGuy]

Hey Quinton, I haven't watched the video yet. It's spelled Bizarre.

[@riley9703]

Matthew B ???

[@matthewb9621]

@@riley9703 why are you confused? I think I was clear. Ask me a question!

[@orsonzedd]

Yeah I used to drink booze and watch Pawn Stars and I was little too

[@thiefqueenftw]

“I should probably make a stand alone icarly video and then never talk about it again” Oh Quinton . So young

[@patrickhunter9525]

loloolollololololol

[@HolarMusic]

I paused right at that moment wanting to make the exact same comment ahahahahh oh how the times have changed

[@NathanielBeall]

I was on the show in Season 4 and here are my notes... The "family" segments are entirely made up. Everything -- from them being in the store, ever, waiting for stuff to show up, to how many kids Rick has is fake. If you see them speaking dialog and it's not to someone selling something, it's fiction. The customer segments can be broken down into four types. Sellers, Found Sellers, Fake Sellers and Celebrity Encounters. Sellers (people like me) approach the production company with an item they would like to sell, and if they like it, they ask Rick if he wants to look at it. If he likes it they schedule you for a filming date/time. Most sellers know they aren't getting full price for their item and (like me) are willing to exchange that for a few moments of TV time. (I suspect some go on the show thinking they will get over on Rick and make more than they could elsewhere.) Found Sellers are usually people in the Las Vegas area who have listed something interesting on eBay, Craigslist, etc... and were contacted by the producers before TPS shows up. They almost never want to sell for TPS prices, but on rare occasions Rick will pay their asking price. Fake Sellers are people that have no interest in selling to TPS but have cool stuff that the producers want to showcase. Of note would be Jesse Amoroso and members of his staff at Cowtown guitars and the number of cars that showed up when they were filming Counting Cars. Celebrity Encounters are obvious and mentioned in this video. It started with Bob Dylan and slowly got more and more blatant and bad over every season. This video gets the "Seller" segment filming a bit wrong. On any given day the store is filled with tourists buying Pawn Stars logo merch. Shirts, coins, DVDs and autographed pictures, which, btw, I saw signed by interns on the back dock. When filming is about to start they empty the store, except for the seller and their guests. Those guests become the background customers - and if the seller has no guests, they will pull a few from the tourists lined up outside. That's when TPS walk into the shop and get set up for filming. Background people are not allowed to talk. The seller is asked to go outside and walk in with their item - which has been in TPS hands since the seller showed up over an hour earlier. My segment didn't have an "expert" but I'm quite certain that if one was called for, the expert would have been in back with TPS googling or otherwise getting info on the item. No doubt they were told what would be walking in the door before they showed up to film, but they do have hands-on time alone with the item before filming starts as well. My segment did have Chum - who is so smart her had to be fed his "dumb" comments from a producer. The segments where TPS and the customer talk about the item are largely unscripted. For me, Chum was fed "dumb" comments but my interaction with Rick was largely what you for to see in the episode that aired. The producers were also very clear that when it came to the price negotiation I was on my own with Rick. That part is 100% genuine and what aired was 100% what happened. After this they film some B roll footage (closeups, etc...) and I was directed to the cash register to fill out the sales paperwork. After that, they take you outside to film the bit about what you hope to sell it for. You ever see someone get that price exactly right? That's how they do it. I stopped watching around 2015 because they started focusing more and more on the family dialog stuff and they had less and less interesting items. As much as I enjoy Rebecca Romney nerding out over books, it was obvious they were just finding excuses to bring her into an episode because she was more fun to look at than... well, everyone else on the show. Oh and the item I sold... it's still at the shop. After my episode aired, people started looking around their homes and found so many copies of what I sold that the prices on eBay tanked. They can't sell my item without taking a loss over what they paid me. They could have offered me 10% of what they paid me and I'd have said yes just to make sure they used my segment! Oh and no - they do not pay to fly you to Vegas or stay in a hotel. Everyone always asks.

[@Jvnet10]

That was definitely an interesting read about the inner workings of the show, thanks for sharing.

[@aquanecromancer5776]

What was your item?

[@ArcMedicalResearch]

Not surprised by most of this but I can't help but be a little charmed that the haggling bit is real

[@kylemurray3526]

I worked on this show for about a year in post production and this account largely squares with the footage I had to work with (first in transcription, later in story editing). Particularly the part about Chumlee. Dude is definitely not an idiot and they just hammed it up for entertainment value. People have always given The Real World (another show I worked on) shit about it being scripted/contrived but it was actually far less so than shows like PS or anything on HGTV (also worked for their production company Sonicpool, awesome company).

[@NathanielBeall]

@@aquanecromancer5776 - Weird Al Book

[@meowmeowwoofwoof]

In a similar vein of shows with depressing natures; the original concept for “Storage Wars” involved tracking down the owners of the abandoned storage units. Inevitably they discovered that the units were abandoned through poverty or death, which made bad tv. So they reformatted in a way that ignores the depressing truth.

[@Topdoggie7]

My gambling dad lost the storage with my N64 and games so I wish they had found us lmao.

[@scaredfolks5923]

People that pay for storage to horse items they never use, I don’t feel that bad they are in Poverty. They wasted so much money they needed storage and thought their material possessions were more important than financial security.

[@SacredDaturaa]

@@scaredfolks5923 That's kind of spiteful and shitty tbh.

[@katevgrady]

@@scaredfolks5923 I kept almost everything I owned in a storage unit when I was homeless and living in my car.

[@cabbagecart-u3x]

@@scaredfolks5923 nah. we got a storage unit because we got kicked out of our rental, became so poor we never got our stuff back again. alot of irreplaceable things gone. sure, its definitely situational, but alot of the times the person loosing it has lost something worth alot more to themselves than anyone else.

[@eekeey]

I JUST got that "pawn stars" is wordplay on "porn stars." I'm an idiot.

[@christopherdonahue1066]

I guess that explains the way pawn stars was written in the thumbnail (a rip off of the porn hub logo)

[@katie7390]

there's also another show just like it- hardcore pawn. tell me that's not a play on hardcore porn

[@D0MIN0W4LKER]

@@christopherdonahue1066 You dont have to tell us what that logo is

[@christopherdonahue1066]

@@D0MIN0W4LKER just pointing it out

[@katie7390]

@@babywolfg I thought it was on A&E could be wrong though

[@PinkManGuy]

As someone with most of their childhood possessions either sitting in someone else's home or in a dumpster due to my family having to sell pretty much everything we own to a pawn shop just to keep our house, only to lose our house after we had nothing left, this episode resonates with me. Thanks for touching on the predatory nature of pawn shops and how this show disgustingly glorifies one of the worst times of my life that informs every action or opinion I've taken or made since.

[@ejopsal8919]

"Also all of the characters were on iCarly once." the sound of 1,000 pauses as we all take the time to find that episode of iCarly.

[@gianlucacolangelo6578]

I remember That episode Sam' s mom went to prison in las Vegas and they needed to find money. I remember that and the fact That they changed the Italian voice actor of Rick for this episode Is not the same in Pawn Star

[@devonrichardson44]

@@gianlucacolangelo6578 that was such a fun episode

[@clonemarine1]

@Alan J A teen/young-adult sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Was fun enough to watch when I was young.

[@seedlesspizza3877]

I remember that episode

[@Vicotinne]

S 5 Ep 12. I’ll never forget gibby and his moon rock

[@MicroBlogganism]

"The Chum Chum Room" might be the least sexiest name for a coke and strippers room

[@Laurabeck329]

for real it sounds like something from teletubbies

[@spongyoshi]

You get the fanboy & chum chum opening in loop in the background

[@Laurabeck329]

@@spongyoshi I lived in blissful ignorance of whatever the hell this is. Why did ypu have to mention it here

[@eruption257]

But thank god those h's are in there.

[@uzimyspecial]

eyyy sup

[@wyattcastle7225]

I can’t take the term “chum chum room” seriously. The name just makes me think of the nickelodeon character.

[@buranflakes]

Pawn Stars but awesome

[@Drizzable555]

there was Fanboy and Chum Chum... as bad as that show was

[@zacharyorbman3887]

pawnboy and chum chum

[@wyattcastle7225]

Zachary Orbman haha, good one.

[@billkormas3460]

@@buranflakes pawnsome

[@joeyclemenza7339]

According to Pat the NES Punk... the show literally just brought him in to show off those cartridges - as some sort of a historical, educational “show and tell” to the audience. He had absolutely zero intention of selling them. Same thing applied to that one guy trying to “sell” his ultra rare, $50,000 sealed copy of Super Mario Bros.

[@llamaboy1991]

Okay. Why is a copy of super Mario bros worth 50k? I'm sure it's not just because its sealed. A fuck heap of those games were made. Is it some sort of special edition?

[@magmavision2000]

@@llamaboy1991 If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's the only sealed example of a sticker seal* Super Mario Bros. *While Nintendo was test marketing the NES in New York in 1985, they sealed games by putting a sticker on top of the box instead of shrink wrapping them.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@Trevor Walker Lmao I was wondering if someone would come in with the info. Yeah it's basically another speculative bubble. It's in no way actually worth that.

[@dronessential]

Yup, speculative bubble. Watch the Karl Jobst videos all about it.

[@BCJacobe]

I didn’t know what the recession was at the time, but my family would watch pawn stars fairly often. A few years later my mom took us to a pawn shop trying to sell our great grandmother’s silverware, only to find out they weren’t silver. We were in a tough spot, and my mom started crying after hearing that. I didn’t watch pawn stars after that, it really is sad to think about the people going in there to sell stuff.

[@SaurAuteur]

"Hey sorry I can't pay you more, I have a business to run" Says the star of a wildly popular reality show

[@Ramsey276one]

Exactly

[@andreylucass]

He must be wise to keep his fortune, no?

[@tobimisa]

@@andreylucass taking advantage of people isn't "wise," it's greedy

[@pangalaxy2885]

Capitalism

[@tobimisa]

@@cristobalhansu people who are poor and desperate are still poor and desperate whether they turn this specific pawn shop down or not, Especially before the internet was more common place and selling online was easier. hell, even now if your issue is that you can't pay rent by the end of the month then you may not be able to Wait for your item to be bought for what it's worth. that's the trap of being poor, you lose out on options to make or save money because of short term need that can't be ignored if you look at the situation in a vacuum then yes, poor people aren't being held at gunpoint to sell to this specific person, but the criticism is not about this particular interaction or these particular people, it's about an industry that exists to exploit. All pawn shops exist to make a profit, and making a profit in this case is buying items for less than they're worth to sell them for more. pawn shops are predatory because they're an Industry, loans are predatory because they're an Industry, landlords are predatory because they're an Industry. saying that this specific transaction doesn't have to happen means absolutely nothing because poor people without any options are still poor.

[@nutntubear]

"I should probably just make a standalone iCarly video and never talk about it again." please quinton, please

[@blondieYorkie]

PLEEEEAAAASE

[@boogrlovr]

please please please

[@chewychibi03]

I was weirdly obsessed with that show lol

[@cassiewright1297]

Its not a standalone 😂

[@brysonlambes7175]

More than a year later we have 8 hours of icarly content.

[@JustinY.]

The History Channel's fall from grace is like meeting someone you used to love 30 years down the line, only for them to be completely unhinged.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

That’s a great way of putting it

[@kebshot]

I hope you're not speaking from experience lol

[@mimief7969]

I don't remember it ever being that good.

[@QuintonReviews]

welcome god

[@Ma_ksi]

Hi

[@adrianpaul1985]

My mom used to think chumlee's name was "chun li" and i couldn't get the image of chum in chun li's outfit out of my head

[@magmavision2000]

I'm so sorry.

[@notjohnbruno1522]

I was playing Street Fighter with my brother who doesn't normally play fighting games, and he asked who I was picking. I told him Chun Li and he thought I said Chum Lee, and it led to a lot of confusion since I didn't know what Pawn Stars was at the time. we still laugh about it every now and again.

[@vanillaseahorse4228]

Two years later and this video is still great. I want to share an anecdote about the Old Man: I live in a small town in North Carolina. About ten years ago (give or take) I was at church when my mom said we would have to leave a little early because there was some kind of family reunion going on in the fellowship hall. We usually leave through the back entrance that goes through the fellowship hall so when I went through there were big posterboards everywhere with lots of family photos and stuff, think like a science fair. As we were getting in the car, my mom’s niece calls her and says the Old Man was on the other side of the parking lot and it was his family reunion. It was really weird to leave church and see a celebrity while driving by, he was smoking a cigarette and was snuffing it out as we left. Several months later I had History channel on while I was doing my homework and the Old Man wasn’t in an episode, and Rick said it was because he was “at a church in North Carolina for a reunion”. Absolutely wild.

[@Aaron-mj9ie]

"I'm about to lose my home, my family hates me, and my wife is about to divorce me. So I have to sell this priceless family heirloom." *wheeeeeze laugh*

[@rip_city_and_ptfc_fan]

Lol

[@KeyToAeris2024]

Guffaw LMAO that laugh that fucking laugh seriously who has the worst laugh in history Rick Harrison or Darksydephil

[@Amelia_Whitevoid]

HAHAHAhaHa sO fuNny 🤣

[@myettechase]

“Best i can do is $5.”

[@PersianPrincessify]

my relationship to this show is that one time my grandpa referred to it as “porn stars” and that memory is seared into my brain.

[@mikeackworth1871]

"Hey son wanna watch porn stars with your grandfather" " No Grandpa I don't want to watch pornstars with my grandpa" "I meant pawn stars" "Sure I will watch pawn stars why not im bored"

[@magnuskallas]

My English accent can be a bit rough on the edges since it's my second language, anyway... I used to work in this small office in London and came in on Monday, a colleague asked how was my weekend... I know how I sounded since everyone blushed... "I went to the "pooon" shop and got some DVDs, watched some nasty stuff!"

[@ExperimentIV]

@@magnuskallas are you swedish/norwegian? i've noticed it with a lot of swedish friends, haha

[@magnuskallas]

@@ExperimentIV Close, Estonian :)

[@ExperimentIV]

@@magnuskallas makes sense! your surname seemed kind of estonian to me but i wasn't sure.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I'd like to see a deep dive like this on Cake Boss. Another really weird reality show about a schlubby and macho but uniquely talented white guy that spawned many imitators

[@thesinfultictac5704]

That's why I preferred Ace of Cakes, Duff seems like genuinely good dude, even if hes a sassy weirdo

[@dangerjoe8911]

Why does this have to be about race... ?

[@ottodavis-octane3839]

I mean, he and his team actually make the cakes. There's no scam there

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@ottodavis-octane3839 I never claimed it was a scam? I think you might have misread my comment.

[@ottodavis-octane3839]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Oh, OK.

[@princessadrigirl6774]

This video made me remember all those storage-unit auction shows that were really popular around the same time. Those kinda shows also tried to be funny while totally ignoring the really sad parts (like the people who lost all their things) while focusing on overblown personalities of the buyers, fake drama for the show, and “oh look, cool stuff!”

[@colinharter4094]

The original pawn Stars was antiques roadshow. none of the stupid sensationalized scripted b plot, just cool items getting appraised, giving the viewer an opportunity to learn the history about them. this is why we need public television.

[@theotherauthor740]

as someone who watched icarly religiously in middle school, i would LOVE if you did an in-depth episode on it, including all the strangeness revolving around the....... creator.

[@fruitygarlic3601]

And the feet. Dear god, the feet.

[@commentmanwhoeatsgahbage3022]

@@fruitygarlic3601 More feet than Ben Shapiro's wet dreams featuring AOC

[@peterprime2140]

@@commentmanwhoeatsgahbage3022 I believe you mean dry ass dreams.

[@algi1]

@@stayskeptic3923 I don't remember who exactly on the crew had foot and other fetishes. That's why you can see the girls playing a lot with their feet or with their bellies and do similar stuff.

[@KH0LRA]

F E E T

[@valmoonglow7179]

What I could have NEVER expected is Chum Lee becoming so popular he appeared in Little Witch Academia

[@oskoldir]

EXPLAIN IS THIS REAL

[@FakeSugarVillain]

@@oskoldir It is, the owner of the magic shop/coffee shop is literally Chum Lee

[@eLleSnDee]

@@oskoldir Oh my god, it is... little-witch-academia.fandom.com/wiki/Café_Proprietor

[@oskoldir]

Woah.

[@thezootbox]

@@eLleSnDee voiced by Joshua Tomar no less. That's some incredibly powerful energy.

[@JDLaney-zk4wb]

Customer: this is Abe Lincoln’s hat, the one he wore when he was killed. He was my great great grandpa. Please, I need to pay off my medical bills. Can I get $75 Pawn Guys: seems legit. hmmmm best I can do is $12.99. Customer: can you do $14? Pawn guys: HMMMMMMM

[@agiammarco94]

Let me call a friend of mine

[@theminecraftNinja152]

ARGiammarco 27 the friend: this seems legit it is probably worth $100 Rick: I’ll give you $20 because it is rare and hard to sell and I need to make a profit Customer: understandable and I will take it

[@austinschmidt8228]

It’s a joke, I know. But I don’t understand the origins. I’ve never felt that the pawn star crew is ripping anyone off. Only the customers who think the rusty tin can from WW2 is worth 10,000 feel like they’re ripped off. There’s even times Rick offers more than they’re asking bc he is specifically trying to give them a fair deal. People just don’t seem to understand that the pawn shop is the most convenient option of making money, not the most fruitful. They go to the store that’ll buy anything, and then think the pawn crew should be begging them for it.

[@pickedceasar1216]

Austin Schmidt I remember one episode about a golden Mario cartridge that's like super exclusive and rare that they tried to undervalue

[@richyrich6099]

@@austinschmidt8228 I dont think what you said is the case in most instances. The pawn shop owners very clearly and often devalue rare and expensive items brought in. Case and point is the guy with the Charizard Pokemon cards, who not only got lowballed but was continually disrespected during his interview with the pawn shop owners. Ended up selling his cards for millions while the pawn shop owners were severely low-balling him down to the thousands and repeatedly ignoring his and the person they brought in to authenticate the cards' claims. Its honestly ridiculous that these guys stay in business considering how often they low-ball customers.

[@MrrQuackers]

I was in Vegas walking through a casino and saw Chumlee walk by with a gorgeous woman that was at least a foot taller than him (guessing escort). What a life changing event for him.

[@MrrQuackers]

@Chris Merck you live a sad life.

[@wool578]

@@MrrQuackers what happened?

[@EmilyKveldulv]

Hmmmmmmmm

[@teapillarVA]

"I should probsbly just make a standalone video about iCarly and then never talk about it again" Quinton's videos honestly age like wine in the best way

[@DeadpoolandTgwtgFan]

To me the entire appeal of the show is the weird objects that people bring, the interesting history behind it and the expectation of the price reveal at the end, everything else is a waste of time and i couldn't care less about it

[@seanathans103]

that's what antiques roadshow is for

[@MrAskmannen]

Im Shrek Harrison and this my pawn swamp. I live here with Donkey, and my wife, Fiona. Every bug here has a story, and a culinary use. One thing i've learned after 40 years in the swamp is you never know WHAT magical creature is gonna come to my swamp!

[@NinjaGamr64]

This comment is gold

[@infinite5540]

What aaarrrd you doin', in my SWAMP!

[@jasonbolding3481]

reminds me of *oddities*

[@kleyperr6113]

Prawn, not pawn

[@elliotm7833]

I would absolutely kill for a stand alone iCarly episode

[@oskarsodergren7033]

im a new subscriber why does he hate icarly? it was my favorite show as a kid lol

[@Gloomdrake]

I would watch the heck out of that 6 hour video

[@JChung407]

My guess is he didn’t grow up watching ICarly

[@pigslaundry5593]

@@JChung407 Tbf, I like iCarly fine, but it's definitely not everyone's taste. It's very odd and over the top, to put it mildly

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

@@JChung407 Quinton did grow up watching iCarly, he mentions that in his Fallen Titans segment on Fred.

[@eddie-roo]

This show was called "The price of history" in Latin America to make it seem like it was actually educational.

[@myettechase]

That title deserves a better show honestly.

[@rubikthegeek2138]

That's a killer title, TBH.

[@GumSkyloard]

Weirdest thing is that that doesn't apply to Brazil, but it *does* apply to Portugal. Over here (Portugal), it was also called "The Price of History" (O Preço da História).

[@simoneidson21]

I mean, isn’t that the entire reason it’s a History Chanmel show? I know the History channel has fallen but at the very least, PS is one of the few modern shows with at least some educational value

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Honestly I've found American Pickers to be the better of all these shows. You can actually tell Mike and Frank actually like what they do unlike the Pawn Stars which are at the day scumbags

[@Zach-h2l]

hell yeah, that show was so cute and sweet and I feel like I did learn a few things

[@Nobody-zl3kk]

Btw, almost no relation with what you said really, i was kind of confused about what show you were talking about when you mentioned "American Pickers" and i just realized, History shows have a tendency to have their names changed when translated to something kind of unrelated or simplified, and for some reason this really surprised me, although it happens with movies and games sometimes; In Latin America, at least, was translated to "Treasure Hunters"

[@Bilboswaggins2077]

At least in that show you actually learn historical facts in between and mike and Frank throw trivia around. Sure a lot of it is scripted but the show has honestly taught me a lot about what people owned and valued back then

[@maggielovestoads]

American Pickers has been and always be the better show. I love Mike and Frank & they know what they’re talking about, will offer more money for stuff if they know it’s worth more than what the seller says, and there’s no like reality tv moments apart from when they’re in the van

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

@@maggielovestoads it also helps that they have to find everything themselves, and that they have to understand the value of items to even make the show work

[@YuriKitsune897]

Chunlee even got to be an anime character in this anime called Little Witch Academia.

[@VicEntity]

He also got a role in Street Fighter II and its sequels. What a guy

[@BoredGhostInk]

You’re kidding right? Which character was he?

[@KellyJoule]

I thought this was a joke so I looked it up and oh my god...

[@vonPeterhof]

Probably shows how out of touch I am with reality TV more than anything, but LWA is literally where I learned of his existence..

[@Ramsey276one]

@@KellyJoule I am afraid to check...

[@SIDEKICKDUSTY]

Hope no one already said this, but it was adorably innocent the way Quinton got the benzodiazepine Xanax mixed up with the antacid Zantac.

[@Ramsey276one]

I think that is a good thing... IF HE CORRECTED THE SHOW HOWEVER... 0_o

[@K.Marie119]

I pointed it out... as a pharmacy tech I just couldn't resist.

[@cwestrephx]

I'm just imagining a whole black market for an antacid now. "Duuuuude, it makes your stomach feel just so, so............... placid."

[@MarsOneBeatz]

Haha that was the sole reason I came to the comments section. I had to rewind it when I heard it the first time.

[@K.Marie119]

@@cwestrephx Guess what, there is....sort of. Only it's for loperamide (Imodium A-D, Diamode, Ultra AD) and cimetidine (Tagament) not ranitidine.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

I remember when Pat The NES Punk was on Pawn Stars and “I” knew he knew exactly what a NWC cart was and was worth and never would sell it. And I realized how it was just a vehicle to talk about random historical tidbits.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

I remember when I saw that. I was a kid at the time, and I thought Pawn Stars was real, so I was shitting my pants at the idea of Pat wanting to sell his Nintendo World Championship cart

[@raycearcher5794]

OH HI PAWN STARS WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME FOR THIS FILTHY OLD BED SHEET WELL SEE FELLA WHAT YOU GOT BRO IS THE SHROUD OF TURIN, ITS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS CURIOSITIES IN HISTORY WITH A SPIRITUAL AND MONETARY WORTH I CAN'T EVEN NAME BUT THE BEST I CAN DO IS NINETY BUCKS WELL I DIDN'T KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT WAS I GUESS I WILL HOLD ONTO IT FOR NOW THANKS GUYS

[@llamaboy1991]

@Rellik that was Ian Ferguson. Pats channel used to be pretty cool. Flea market madness is still cool. But that podcast pat and Ian have is straight up cancer.

[@simoneidson21]

That is I believe the primary aim of the show. It’s purely a vehicle to show off cool historical shit. That’s why it was created by the History Channel

[@shinysylveon6984]

The dude joking about using his sword on his wife makes me anxious, as does the the general trend of "war collectors hating their wives"

[@justnoah2073]

You call this a knife, this is a knife!

[@justsomelochnessmonsterony8265]

Seems more like a joke no, but hey I don't know much on these war collectors.

[@joeyyoung2952]

They likely hate their hobby and tries to get rid of their stuff.

[@Swordsman99k]

It's a boomer humor joke. They apparently all hate their wives.

[@paulpierce1001]

Why would that make you anxious? 0.o lol

[@TomMcKee33]

15:37 lol I’m assuming you meant “Xanax” and not “Zantac’s”. Unless he was selling some illegal antacids with meth and weed

[@caitlin8274]

Lol came here to say this. He was selling crystal meth and recalled heart burn medication?

[@TheJanitorIsIn]

Searched for days to find this

[@MrDarthT]

Is Pawn Stars over? I thought "The Old Man" was dead and Chumlee was in jail, or something.

[@lcmiracle]

since when was an actor dying a problem for TV shows?

[@gegabw]

The old man died, so to honor him they stopped the show. Chum got some illegal gun possession charges but the family paid and he never went to jail. The only one that keeps being active is Chum having a KZbin channel focused on Pokemon Trading Cards

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@gegabw Cute

[@ph7956]

Chumlee is definitely not in jail, he is seen all the time at Pokemon events

[@digdan3]

Actually the show is still going on. Chumlee was never really put in prison, he was sentenced to 3 years probation however for charges of attempted drug possession and felony weapons charges. The show is in its 17 season as of now.

[@widgetfilms]

5:15 Did this dude really just slip in a summary of the emu war in a quick gag? Well done.

[@Adustus]

I'm glad someone noticed.

[@skraegorn7317]

“Socialism is like heroin... great...” -Rick Harrison

[@r.p.4756]

"my employees love it"

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

The man isn't wrong

[@JakeGeremia]

LoveTrueMusic1 Speaking facts

[@ajdoman317]

@verifyyouare18or Socialized healthcare and a full-blown socialist country are 2 very different things. Look at Venezuela and Cuba for instance.

[@thechin024]

verifyyouare18or Lmao, those countries get to play pretend in their artificial utopias because America’s defense budget covers their ass. Don’t kid yourself, socialism kills just like communism, and no I’m not confused about the two.

[@moredetonation3755]

Still probably the History Channel show with the most actual history content

[@CalmClamFam]

@Lex Bright Raven I definitely liked American Pickers more than Pawn Stars. American Pickers had two guys buying other people’s “junk” and was a lot less depressing than people pawning off their treasured, sentimental items in desperation.

[@J0hnzie]

I noticed this pretty hard when i was watching the show. The longer you watch the show, the more you notice the dry acting and 'Ive got a friend who knows alot about this' and they always happen to be nearby. Its so grating.

[@456puff]

I saw a meme about this that's been in my head ever since. I'll do my best to do it justice with just words and no pictures. Customer: "I came into the pawn shop today to try to sell the car that J.F.K. was assassinated in." Rick: *To camera* "I think this is the real deal but I can't be sure, so I'm gonna call in my buddy who's an expert in cars J.F.K. was assassinated in."

[@esmekrohn5371]

I won’t stand for this blatant Antiques Roadshow erasure.

[@frislander4299]

I didn't even know there was an American version of it, but I'm absolutely not surprised that Pawn Stars is the more popular in the US

[@RalphInRalphWorld]

Six fifty! Six fifty!

[@drewgehringer7813]

@@frislander4299 its on PBS, the U.S.'s public television service, so you can watch it for free but conversely it's not Advertised at all

[@zzbaby228]

I love that show, no lie

[@jaceladag]

@@drewgehringer7813 Wait, PBS? I thought it was another History property. At least over here (Guatemala) it's aired on History. Guess they licensed the foreign dubs or something.

[@sudevsen]

I fell in love with The Chumster I fell out of love with Chuminator What a rollercoaster of a video.

[@frenchtoast2319]

For doing coke and strippers? Please.

[@CoyoteKnight]

If you do end up talking about icarly, PLEASE, highlight that episode where she and the others make fun of someone because he had a hobby, a harmless hobby. The only reason I know about it is because my nephew used to watch that show when he was a wee lad.

[@ardvark3131]

What was the hobby?

[@CoyoteKnight]

@@ardvark3131 stuffed animal collecting, they had some strange name I can't remember to make it seem like it was bad.

[@ardvark3131]

@@CoyoteKnight ok, thx

[@stormbreak7003]

@@CoyoteKnight the name is pee wee babies. The name is supposed to be a parody of beanie babies.

[@justsomelochnessmonsterony8265]

@@CoyoteKnight Yeah now that I look at it, that was prett messed up. Doesn't Carly end up destroying a ton of them too.

[@cessactdm]

12:50 "I should probably do an iCarly video." boy and did he do it. almost 5 hours of it. madman.

[@zero4337]

And that video was just part 1.

[@SuchDoge4242]

You mean almost 9 hours w/ part 2!

[@eliasmg9144]

Victorious: I'm going to ruin this videos whole career

[@gen8760]

pawn stars is so surreal to me because the store is right near my high school.

[@rommdan2716]

Wait... There are CHILDRENS in Las Vegas?!!!!

[@catandogclone7880]

I have Jesus Christ’s robe and a vile of his spit. Best I can do is 5 bucks.

[@rip_city_and_ptfc_fan]

Lol Seller: HOW ABOUT 1,000,000,000,000,000

[@catandogclone7880]

Rip_city_ And_ptfc_fan how about we meet half way and say $2.50

[@arnox4554]

As a Christian... Both are absolutely worthless. lol

[@Andreas4696]

@@arnox4554 Doesn't mean it is to collectors.

[@tidepods5506]

@@arnox4554 As a normal commenter passing by, it's a joke lol.

[@karenelizabeth1590]

Indeed, Pat The NES Punk still has his Nintendo Championships carts and has them in a safe deposit box at a bank, not his home, according to the last time he mentioned it.

[@Exigentable]

You mean xanax? Zantac is a heartburn med pulled off the shelves.

[@chrisdorn3676]

I had to turn captions on and Google "what drugs Chumley had" to make sure I wasn't going crazy xD

[@LycoLoco]

Gotta keep Big Heartburn down somehow.

[@NegativeCR33P]

I thought I was the only one that heard that

[@frenchtoast2319]

No this is real. He was selling Zantac because it was pulled off the shelves.

[@Exigentable]

@@frenchtoast2319 lmfao

[@mythbuster43]

I think we all know iCarly is going to get a reboot in 15 years once Zoomers are old enough for nostalgia marketers.

[@michaelmilam7285]

*Zoomers seeing this comment now 👀*

[@philipalexander2762]

Off by 14 years.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

I’m a young millennial and we watched icarly. Lol born in ‘94.

[@sonerec725]

@BlackWatchAmbush i mean, its not so much the show itself but since its ended its come out that Dan Schneider is a creep and likely used scenes in the show to play into his foot fetish and knowing that makes parts hard to rewatch now.

[@TheGabrielryu]

@BlackWatchAmbush not trying to defend some creepy shit from tarantino, but c'mon, he at least just did that with grown women, in dan's case, they were literal children being fetishized

[@GhostRiderUK]

This brings back some golden memories of my childhood. My step dad constantly watched this before I was fostered. We used to sit for hours in silence watching this and it was brilliant! Thanks for making this video I'm sure you're bring back some amazing nostalgic memories

[@connorbeith3232]

Some say you'll get a "brain freeze" when you're in The Chum Chum Room.

[@questioningsleep8326]

im

[@RLACDC2000]

how dare

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

Congratulations boy you just triggered a vietnam flashback.

[@caramelcomplx9518]

*BRAAAIIIN FREEEEZE-UUUAAAGHHH*

[@ThePonderer]

8:40 did you- did- you just- did you just say *”juxtapise?”* Sir. Sir please.

[@patrickrichardson2518]

Yup yup I heard it.....

[@snoozley853]

Came to the comment section solely to hopefully find this comment.

[@hoshmoggen1746]

At 15:37, he says "Zantacs" instead of Xanax. I guess chum chum had acid reflux from all the coke.

[@hoshmoggen1746]

He also said "real-tail" during the reycon ad.

[@patrickrichardson2518]

@@hoshmoggen1746 That's funny - I actually thought he just fucked up "Zantac" since that whole thing with ranitidine (sp?).

[@jah5886]

My dad and I wouldn't talk to each other a lot, but when we both watched this we would bond a lot, especially in gas monkey. I thank this show for helping me build a relationship with my dad.

[@Loe7]

People absolutely didn’t realize how smart Chum was. There’s an episode where he rips up this sneaker head trying to oversell a baseline pair of jordans. He makes such quick work of the kid and it’s absolutely savage.

[@El_Omar2203]

Honestly, as a kid I only watched the show for the parts when they talk about the historical background of an item.

[@bijhanvalibeigi9205]

"Zine" is pronounced "zeen" because it's the last half of the word "Magazine".

[@shocknawe]

But "magazine" pronounced the English or the French way?

[@vi_cesario]

bold of you to presume i don't pronounce "magazine" as "magazyne"

[@twicethemegapower3995]

Also, people still xerox and distribute zines?

[@dxsmachina]

@@twicethemegapower3995 It’s became a thing on Kickstarter but it’s more high quality printing and less hand crafted to the point that I’ve seen people associate Zines with glossy full color square bound books rather then it’s cheap copier origins.

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

Shock N Awe Or the German way. Magazin. I will never stop saying “zeen”.

[@grapeshot]

History Channel used to be one of my favorite channels back in the 1990's but then they want full reality TV and I had to file for divorce.

[@theivoryclaws7275]

My wife was one of my favorite people in the 90s. Then she went full in with the milk man and I had to file for divorce.

[@grapeshot]

@@theivoryclaws7275 oh I bet it sucked to be you. Well I hope at least she kissed you first. Getting married is basically like you have some kind of neurotic pleasure of giving away half of your possessions when it doesn't work out.

[@Keyboardeater1]

The interesting bit of Pawn Stars is the bits where they talk about the items and the history is interesting. The rest you just kind of cringe through. Also I don't know the host of the quiz show, but he looks like an off model Joel McHale? Not trying to be mean, he just looks similar.

[@mcteethinator]

He had his own sitcom about dysfunctional and abusive families called "Titus" that ran for 3 seasons from 2000 to 2003. I loved that show as a kid cos my family was also dysfunctional and abusive, and I rewatched it as an adult and it still holds up beyond some misogynistic jokes.

[@Jo-sv9io]

If the only part you like is the bit with the items and history I'd recommend Antiques Roadshow. My parents love it and it's pretty much just person after person coming in with a semi-rare item and they have a specific expert talk about it.

[@werisekk3]

I would love to see similar video-essay about Storage Wars. I know that it's likely a 100% bullshit but my mum stumbled upon that and this series just now (living overseas) so I am pretty curious about the history of that.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I was a massive fan of Storage Wars back in 2011 or so. It was scripted and staged af. More so than Pawn Stars.

[@gatergates8813]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep I know someone who bought a storage unit full of absolute junk because of the hype that scripted show made them believe lol

[@heraclitusblacking1293]

Customer: I have the authenticated diary of Jesus Christ himself. Rick: I'll give you a nickel and a used Nickelback album.

[@halikarnak1862]

The show reminds me of Storage wars on A&E but in a good way

[@bcddpitsme]

Yeeeeeeppp!!!!!

[@Ramsey276one]

I heard someone there thought a DS Phat was actually THE FIRST DS EVER MADE! XD

[@Ramsey276one]

I got a mobile game based on that... Then it glitched to wait FOR THE BIRTH OF LUKE SKYWALKER XD

[@programman5927]

Here in latino America was a History show

[@LegendLeaguer]

@@bcddpitsme remember how Dave was dropped from the show because he made a fuss about producers planting interesting things in storage units?

[@therealmrmago9077]

looks like will have to take the h out of chum lee

[@wademarshall2364]

15:38 "xantax" oh Quinton, never change.

[@dane2379]

Must have been acid reflux from all the munchies after smoking some bowls.

[@c0ded56]

I was shocked how far down I had to scroll to find someone else who caught this. Zantac is a heartburn medicine. Lol

[@leifthesilly]

"I should probably do a standalone iCarly video and never talk about it again" This is a hilarious line when we having discovered this channel after the iCarly retrospectives lol

[@WarhammerGeek]

I legitimately never knew what pawning was until now. I always assumed that pawn stores were just as you put it "douchey" Goodwills or any other type of thrift store really. I just assumed that the items and clientele were different. And that was that.

[@spleeble]

Qman: Mispronounces "zine" Me: Can't poke fun at it without revealing how old I am

[@chrisk5985]

Either you're old or you're an art student, haha

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I don't know about that. 'Zines are certainly still a thing in LGBT+ and lefty spaces

[@fruitygarlic3601]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 Absolutely. I'm an actual foetus planning to get one off of the ground for those same reasons.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Or you're really into punk/noise/DIY cassette culture.

[@CloudyObsession]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 also in some fandom circles, there's a regular furry fashion zine and last year there was a Miku fanart zine sold at a PWYW price for charity

[@pulpted9937]

I love how Quinton uploads this while I’m on a pawn stars binge. It’s almost a guilty pleasure. I love watching it for the history aspect, but the reality aspect is always a little wrong.

[@dragonetafireball]

I was literally talking about pawn star being a glorified merch shop today and I’ve never even watched this so the timing of this video spooks me

[@bentramer682]

It was really weird watching the Star Wars episode, everything in that episode would have sold faster than lightning and they didn't buy it, or know anything about it.

[@vailissocool]

15:37 “They found zantacs” you man Xanax. Zantac was a heartburn medication 😂

[@Ghoste616]

Lmao hey man, Chumlee is a big dude. Prolly had a Zantac stash too.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

At least they didn't find Semtex...

[@BowserwithaShotgun]

I remember my grandparents on my father side once went to the pawn star store for a vacation, however they were treated like crap and only got a picture with Chumley after they asked. And then they were basically chased off because how DARE they be fans of the show. Needless to say I always got a sour taste in my mouth whenever I think about this show.

[@weaseljay469]

"oh wow i wonder what high school quinton reviews looked like" (he walks in looking exactly the same)

[@SapientGalaxy]

Another reason I loved Pawn Stars as a kid was because it was one of the shows on the History Channel with the most history. At that point in time, the only time they had historical documentaries and stuff on was from like midnight to 7 am. At least with Pawn Stars they would show some really cool items and have experts come talk about it briefly.

[@Bosslayer123]

I love watching old videos of youtubers I just discovered, cause you can catch these foreshadowing stuff they end up doing in the future. "I might just make a video about Icarly and Number talk about it again"

[@guillermoherrera9860]

I’m South America, pawn stars was named El Precio de la Historia (“The Price of History”).....cause you know.....history

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

In Brazil, which is also in SA, it’s called Trato feito, “done deal” or something like that...

[@SamucaGamer100]

@@marcoantoniogarcia38 more like DONE Plate

[@gab_v250]

In Italy is called "Affari di Famiglia" (Family Deals), but I cannot see the link...

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

As a title, that also has a weird cynical edge to it. Like, these shlubby losers from Nevada are trying to put a price, (typically a greatly reduced one) on historical artifacts.

[@simoneidson21]

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormickThey would if it wasn’t clearly staged

[@221B-x3r]

There was a time when someone was trying to sell them a WWII USA memorabilia and the guys were just like "Wow, can you believe that one of the GOOD GUYS used this?"

[@BugsyFoga]

Knowing the History Channel's lineup , Pawn Stars doesn't seem too insane.

[@elbarto6668]

It's so funny, as well as extremely sad.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@elbarto6668 SAME

[@gwendolynstata3775]

"here's the ufo that Hitler flew off in after he faked his death" "Best I can do is fifty bucks."

[@Extinctanimals22]

I always found it among the least offensive of debatable history stuff that really kicked off in the late 2000s and has continued. It has some degree of connection to history and at bare minimum wasn't pseudo-history like Ancient Aliens, Nostradamus Effect and Hunting Hitler.

[@pineapples1751]

Expert: I'd say it's worth about $700 Guy: I'd like $500 Rick: I'll give you $20 and a used napkin

[@emanbeltran5190]

So far I haven't seen the PEZ community joke in the comments. This is an insult to the PEZ-Community-Meme Community

[@BirdAntlers]

The way highschool Quinton walked into frame, so tall his head didn't fit in the shot, only for the camera to slowly try and pan up to catch his face was so funny

[@radicalpasta7040]

It’s nice to watch another Quinton video on a show from The Used To Be About History Channel

[@Ramsey276one]

That is PAINFULLY accurate...

[@Ramsey276one]

Seeing weapons made is entertaining to me... THEN THEY START CHOPPING STIFF WITH THEM... or the break to pieces! XD

[@cheeseburgah563]

Jesus Chum Chum from Fanboy and Chum Chum took a dark turn in his life. I use too look up to him :(

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

Lord help us we have raised children to look up to Fanboy and Chumchum no wonder 2020 is like this

[@cheeseburgah563]

@@LoveTrueMusic1 yeah no wonder 2020 is like this, chum chum isn't here anymore 😔. Kids nowadays don't have a hero to look up too 😔

[@pacoromes]

I only saw one episode of this show and it was one where a gentleman came in with a very old book. With expert consultation the book turned out to have been printed by Benjamin Franklin himself on his personal printing press. They were like, "Well, the pages are torn so best I can do is like $50." Or something. The gentleman left with his book hopefully to sell to some private collector for the thousands it was worth. And yeah it's hard to believe pawn shops still exist in the era of eBay.

[@kevinal]

13:30 "Was this made by Channel Awesome?" That was my first thought too LOL!!

[@AnonyDave]

One thing missed (that might've just been lack of time), some of their "experts" were scam artists on the side. Their signature guy especially was notorious for fake authenticity certificates, to the point I think they had to get rid of him when it came out.

[@lucashlicata]

Fun fact: my stagecraft professor was the set designer on pawnography

[@lewiswilliams3347]

“The show hasn’t changed” then proceeds to talk about several ways the show has changed from the earlier seasons

[@rolandverde8771]

Thats what happens when you dont edit the fluff from your script lol

[@H4rppy]

My uncle and i referred to this show as "The Fat Scammers"

[@IantheKid125]

Regardless of its faults, I love the show. As a history nerd, It helped me get that way. RIP Old Man

[@jackkraken3888]

Part of my ich has definitely been scratched by Forgotten Weapons on KZbin.

[@dustmybroom288]

I have been in the shop once. It is essentially a big tourist attraction. On the other hand I have also been in Jeff’s liquidation shop from the A&E show the Liquidator. That shop has no indication in and around the shop that a tv show is filmed there.

[@TessFrost-SynthWorks]

How is it that you're the only youtuber I get on-time notifications for?

[@belygorod8368]

I have never watched any video from this guy but somehow it turned up in my feed 10 minutes after he uploaded it. What the fuck You Tube?

[@QuintonReviews]

Yeah KZbin what the fuck

[@GreaterSeraph]

P R A I S E T H E A L G O R I T H M

[@Mason-is1yn]

PLEASE do an icarly video, that show was my whole childhood

[@zackary6278]

I lost my shit at the chum chum room

[@28pinkdancer]

going back through your videos after watching iBinged, i'm completely convinced that iBinged is the unofficial prologue to your entire channel cannon

[@dweebmcbeebs]

"i should probably do a stand alone iCarly video and never talk about it again" - a man soon to become insane

[@UnfortunatelyTheHunger]

"Pawn Stars UK" Don't you mean Antiques Roadshow?

[@QuestionableObject]

I would groan and roll my eyes whenever I saw Pawn Stars was up next. I wanted to learn about where aluminium cans went to be recycled or something, y'know?

[@Powersd451]

Sweet pfp, can I get a source?

[@QuestionableObject]

​@@Powersd451 I made it with a Picrew avatar maker called "Aloha Sushi Core" The website's Japanese so you'll need a browser translator or something unless you can read kanji.

[@terryqiu17]

I think what’s brilliant about pawn stars is that it’s not only entertaining, but it also always teaches us something.

[@anaerobic]

I went to their 'live' show when they went on tour several years ago; each guy had a table and laptop set up on stage. You would bring an item, sit with one of them, and see if they were interested in purchasing. They opened with a talk and I think very short q&a, then invited people to line up at the stage. The guys were all mic'd so we were able to hear the info and potential negotiation, and a camera would focus in on the more interesting item. If an item was sold they would play a noise and graphic to highlight it. Overall it was very low-key. We stayed for a while, it was fairly interesting.