What Cornfield Customs is saying is absolutely true. There is one show on TV now, Graveyard Cars, and when he first applied to have his shop on the show he was turned down because they were too "serious" about working on cars, not enough drama. So he came back to them and the stupid, goofy stuff you now see on that show is what the Producers wanted to see.
TV is a bigger wasteland than ever, I feel stupid for even watching some of the car shows, but I do it to MAYBE catch a glimpse of some cool car or some good workmanship. There are a few shows that aren't too tainted yet, hope they never let them screw those up.
One I like is Chasing Classic Cars, Wayne doesn't do stupid stuff and the old cars are pretty neat. On the other side of the scale, they are even screwing up Overhaulin'. Much more silliness and they have that dumb girl on there who wouldn't know a fender from a steering wheel. I guess they felt they needed a cute girl on there, but everytime she says "Let's do this !" I want to throw something at the TV. At least Courtney knew a little about cars or was willing to try.
I kinda watch Wheeler Dealers, even though the guy who buys the cars is annoying. The tall mechanic guy does seem to know a few things and they let you see how the repairs are done, but the end of the show is dumb, where they fake someone actually buying the car.
This new show Rods N Wheels was unwatchable, except for me wanting to see the Deuce. What a phoney deal it was that they "just happened" to take it to the Bobs show and of course win first place.
I think there is another new show premiering tonight with the guy who was a crew chief for some racer, hope it is somewhat better than the rest.
No wonder the internet is so popular any more.
Don
