Vegas Pawn (pitch)

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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2007
  • Gold and silver pawn reality show pitch

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  • @TheRealSmendle
    @TheRealSmendle Před 4 lety +2168

    The only episode where you dont hear "Let me call a buddy of mine..."

    • @yjzep9922
      @yjzep9922 Před 2 lety +65

      Yeah, instead you get to watch them check ebay lol.

    • @jcmartinez7527
      @jcmartinez7527 Před 2 lety +28

      Calling an expert is the only reason they are on the history channel, the expert comes in and tells the history of whatever the object is, teaching the viewers a thing or two

    • @gregory7320
      @gregory7320 Před 2 lety +8

      I'm taking all the risks

    • @estebanvazquez1524
      @estebanvazquez1524 Před 2 lety +6

      @@yjzep9922 I swear they did a lot more of this in the first season and then they changed into more of a historian driven pawn show

    • @TheOMAR617
      @TheOMAR617 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jcmartinez7527 yup and if the customer ask $300 and it really value at $50k Rick tells the professional the customer asking $300 then the professional says it cost $600 and baaam they got the deal lol always stealing from ppl

  • @dustinf11
    @dustinf11 Před 6 lety +4560

    This is what the pawn shop actually is... more pregnant woman pawning Wii and electronics and less high class book dealers with fine art.

    • @alphabetsoup342
      @alphabetsoup342 Před 4 lety +113

      I think the show is what brought the book deals and stuff. People want to be on tv.

    • @Awesum
      @Awesum Před 4 lety +144

      It's the history channel. That turned a pawn shop in vegas into a show with alot of history coming thru it. Pretty crazy

    • @schizowallflower
      @schizowallflower Před 4 lety +68

      @@Sluicey They still deal like this all the time. My dad's side of the family has lived in Vegas since the 80's and my dad has been to this shop on a couple occasions when they weren't filming. They only put the good stuff on TV; you have to email them to explain what you have, send pictures, and if they think it's worth having on the show they'll invite you in when they're filming but you have to pay your own way and everything. Otherwise, the place functions like a normal pawn shop in the off-season.

    • @XSpamDragonX
      @XSpamDragonX Před 4 lety +67

      That wasn't a Wii, it was some shitty clone console called the "iWin".

    • @mariogamefreak1
      @mariogamefreak1 Před 4 lety

      Dustin Farnum although there was some history items in there

  • @dolfanchambers84
    @dolfanchambers84 Před 4 lety +3643

    Things I learned in this video:
    •Rick’s fake laugh has always been his real laugh
    •This show could have been WAY different and more like a depressing HBO series
    •The Old Man was 100% legit
    Thanks for posting this all those years ago, random CZcamsr!

    • @mariogamefreak1
      @mariogamefreak1 Před 4 lety +23

      dolfanchambers84 it was suppose to be like Taxicab confessions but with a Pawn Shop

    • @keywellcoinsmafiametals8726
      @keywellcoinsmafiametals8726 Před 4 lety +40

      Cool thing is. I work at a pawnshop in Detroit that was approached by HBO way back in mid 2000s probably a bit before this pawn stars pitch. They were very similar to Hardcore pawn back then and that's the way the show was gonna be, but the mother of the family didn't want them to do it since she thought it would make them look bad. And then rest is history when they went to vegas and they started their show and made millions.

    • @danielmontanchez6407
      @danielmontanchez6407 Před 4 lety +14

      Saw in another video rick was close to make a deal with hbo before history but because of creative differences between rick and the tv channel the deal didn’t last

    • @mariogamefreak1
      @mariogamefreak1 Před 4 lety +6

      dolfanchambers84 it was suppose to be a HBO show like Taxicab Confessions.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 2 lety +7

      I love depressing HBO series

  • @MOG0311
    @MOG0311 Před 2 lety +670

    This is real pawn life. If you've ever been to a pawn shop you already know what kind of people that business really attracts, never mind in Vegas.

    • @MOG0311
      @MOG0311 Před 2 lety +17

      @@silverkitty2503 I was a Broker in my early twenties in the High Desert of CA. Decent job some honest customers looking to make some extra cash with shit they don't need. Then you would have the ones with three teeth left trying to sell their shoes and a half empty bottle of mouth wash for 50 cents.

    • @AprehamLincoln
      @AprehamLincoln Před 2 lety +11

      @@silverkitty2503 Good people can certainly shop there though. Pawn shops are a great place to track down cheap gear that can be stripped for hard to find parts. Electronics, instruments and the like. Lots of cool hidden treasures too. I just try not the think about the circumstances that led to those items being in a pawn shop in the first place. That can be a downer.

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 Před 2 lety

      @Tim not judging those people

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 Před 2 lety

      @T im sorry i didn't mean to judge i am just too pass remarkable at times ..forgive me ..i should not judge

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 Před 2 lety

      @T yes i know ty x

  • @jamescarbon3853
    @jamescarbon3853 Před 2 lety +241

    Whoever took this pitch and turned it into a family friendly, addictive to watch, and educational show that it is today... is a damn genius

    • @pointblank2890
      @pointblank2890 Před rokem +9

      Honestly, I agree. It's certain that Pawn Stars cherry picks what they show on the show, but even from this pitch video alone, everyone feels very authentic to who they are, and the Gold and Silver pawnshop still feels like a "wow" place to be.
      They didn't even need to exaggerate too much to make the pawnshop shine--its already in Vegas and sees a ton of strange characters pass by that would make for interesting TV. Either way, its brilliant to see what History Channel did in steering the direction of the show.

    • @TurquoiseStar17
      @TurquoiseStar17 Před rokem +3

      Agreed, even if the drama is scripted as hell, it really is a fascinating show for the historical aspect. The concept's pretty much like a more hip, updated version of Antiques Roadshow.

    • @kevinfinnerty8414
      @kevinfinnerty8414 Před rokem

      "Hardcore Pawn" wasn't family friendly?? lol.

    • @kcguy8864
      @kcguy8864 Před rokem

      The entire evolution was several different groups of ppl.. Leftfield Pictures originally pitched an idea to HBO, which wanted it to be based on what happens at the night window.. ppl at the History Channel changed the format to what it became, while Leftfield ended up then pitching the name “Pawn Stars” for appeal, there was no single genius person..

    • @bs1820
      @bs1820 Před 5 měsíci

      “Educational” 😂

  • @Mavis308
    @Mavis308 Před 10 lety +902

    Oh man, rick had hair, Corey was big as hell, and the old man hasn't changed a bit.

    • @theraginggam3r679
      @theraginggam3r679 Před 4 lety +13

      jason buonocore don’t forget the fact that Corey has a “LOTSA LUCK” tattoo in the dead center of his chest 😂😂

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +3

      Also Corey's arms look normal

    • @swaglordthe1th597
      @swaglordthe1th597 Před 2 lety +23

      Idk man he looks a whole lot more dead now

    • @nillabeatsamples5292
      @nillabeatsamples5292 Před 2 lety +9

      @@swaglordthe1th597 damn that caught me off Guard 😂

    • @luiscalderon7383
      @luiscalderon7383 Před 2 lety

      @@swaglordthe1th597 rip

  • @Ares-5933
    @Ares-5933 Před 4 lety +1459

    4:06 imagine being a Japanese soldier in WWII, managing to survive the war and get home only to find out some GI stole your only porn mag

    • @LiverAndOnions69
      @LiverAndOnions69 Před 4 lety +13

      Lmao

    • @jewwyjones9760
      @jewwyjones9760 Před 4 lety +21

      Wholry shit!! Noooo!!! The exclamation marks make it ok lol 2020

    • @gromitpesley
      @gromitpesley Před 4 lety

      Jewwy Jones You added the “L” and the “R”. Interesting.

    • @jewwyjones9760
      @jewwyjones9760 Před 4 lety +3

      @@gromitpesley I had just watched Trey Parker doing the voice of the Chinese fella

    • @LiverAndOnions69
      @LiverAndOnions69 Před 4 lety +7

      @@jewwyjones9760 city wok

  • @NexusVerbal
    @NexusVerbal Před 7 lety +2168

    So the the original pitch for the show was something more like Hardcore Pawn. Interesting . . .

    • @mrnarason
      @mrnarason Před 6 lety +131

      Nexus Verbal The History side is better than the family drama and average low lives

    • @Awesum
      @Awesum Před 4 lety +22

      This is what vegas used to be crazy to see how it's all changed

    • @twitchosx
      @twitchosx Před 4 lety +53

      Yep. Except Hardcore Pawn is a bunch of pieces of human shit garbage so fuck them.

    • @stevenrodriguez763
      @stevenrodriguez763 Před 4 lety +3

      It’s mostly the same chemistry honestly.

    • @vika0194
      @vika0194 Před 4 lety +2

      twitchosx it’s very entertaining

  • @tmacfan824
    @tmacfan824 Před 5 lety +437

    "Gambling can be a disease just like alcohol or some ahh drug addiction, I don't gamble. (long heavy sigh) With my dysfunctional family and running this place that's enough of a gamble for me" - The Old Man Richard Harrison. Rest in peace sir, your honesty is a quality that is becoming pretty rare.

    • @chronic2001n
      @chronic2001n Před 3 lety +6

      I hope to have a gamble like that one day

    • @J_Caban
      @J_Caban Před 2 lety +3

      when tf were people honest though? youre gonna tell me people were more honest in the 60's and 70's? lmao hell no

    • @bryangaldamez790
      @bryangaldamez790 Před 2 lety

      Epic answer

    • @jess_n_atx
      @jess_n_atx Před 2 lety

      @@J_Caban its the persistent nostalgia of a bygone era that never existed. People said the same thing 100 years ago and will say the same thing 100 years from now and beyond

    • @shawnpagel4217
      @shawnpagel4217 Před 3 měsíci

      @@jess_n_atxwell put

  • @brendonkauffman4962
    @brendonkauffman4962 Před 9 lety +1912

    This is way more depressing then I thought

    • @clown3654
      @clown3654 Před 4 lety +49

      not depressing to me it seems fine the show has hanged its got a little more scripted i bet but this doesn't seem that bad either i still love the show either way

    • @johnnylebay2059
      @johnnylebay2059 Před 4 lety +15

      That' what pawn shops are...a bunch of opportunistic scumbags ripping off desperate people...

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +5

      @@johnnylebay2059 so the desperate people would be better off without pawn shops?

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 Před 2 lety +8

      its a pawn shop what do you expect

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 Před 2 lety +9

      @@johnnylebay2059 they are business men not a charity they have their own families to look after its mostly the clientele who are opportunistic

  • @FeistyST
    @FeistyST Před 2 lety +109

    The story of the guy pawning stuff from Walmart, making 50k that night and coming back for his TVs all because his mom was in the hospital with no insurance is one of the best stories I've heard in over 10 years of watching this show.

  • @NoFaceChase
    @NoFaceChase Před 4 lety +455

    Seems like a good show, maybe it will get picked up one day.

  • @TheTanelChannel
    @TheTanelChannel Před 2 lety +186

    Damn this is gold!! :D
    CZcams only took 14 years to recommend it out of the blue :)

  • @markj4226
    @markj4226 Před 5 lety +90

    Not what I expected. Rick has a more Vegas-like personality than what is on TV.

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 Před 2 lety +41

    The reason Pawn Stars works and has stayed on while Hardcore Pawn fizzled out is variety. Every episode has something different so it never gets old, even if the act itself feels old.

    • @shootem5568
      @shootem5568 Před 2 lety +1

      Hardcore pawn was TOO scripted

    • @mikekinsela7210
      @mikekinsela7210 Před 2 lety

      @@shootem5568 Hardcore pawn had those 2 snobby dooshbag kids thats why it didn't work..

  • @chrissyboi88b
    @chrissyboi88b Před 2 lety +453

    To the person who steered this series into an actual historical show deserves an award, because instead of going down the easy route of showcasing the depressing parts of desperate Americans we get to see really interesting historical artifacts and not someones silver grill they are selling to pay child support or their drug habbit. We go to Hardcore pawn for that hot mess.

  • @dakotacharming2176
    @dakotacharming2176 Před 7 lety +515

    well the niece would've been a popular character lol

    • @austinwitkowski1570
      @austinwitkowski1570 Před 4 lety +51

      Too slutty for history at the time i guess haha

    • @mikedawolf95
      @mikedawolf95 Před 3 lety +13

      Looks like she did paper work. Also you see a kid behind the desk in one scene, relative of one of them?

    • @anoobis745
      @anoobis745 Před 2 lety +11

      @@mikedawolf95 that was the younger brother Jake who recently got introduced as a teen workin at the shop

    • @ashishjadhav5169
      @ashishjadhav5169 Před 2 lety +3

      where is she now?

    • @Itsnoahscott
      @Itsnoahscott Před 2 lety

      Ikr

  • @NickB02
    @NickB02 Před rokem +13

    Man,i knew already that the old man had attained a state of wisdom i can only hope to attain,but this proves it even more. Rest in peace

  • @SkaYouth
    @SkaYouth Před 4 lety +59

    Holy crap! This could be an awesome depressing series. The style reminded me a lot of Jackass and many other 90s home video recording.

  • @glenrad1027
    @glenrad1027 Před 6 lety +156

    Now that's a real pawn shop. Armpits of the world

  • @JoelPlay
    @JoelPlay Před 3 lety +142

    Holy shit, rick hasn't changed at all in over 14 years.

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, that's very impressive. No one in the world would recognize me from 14 years ago 🤣

    • @elijahgreybosh7882
      @elijahgreybosh7882 Před 3 lety +2

      Ways to preserve yourself..don’t cook yourself in the sun.. wear sunscreen to prevent sun damage and wrinkles.. seems like rick never tanned.. and if you have some money, you can get mini facelifts.. eye lifts.. neck sculpting, fat removal, Botox.. etc.. not to mention a lot of bald people look younger if they were always bald.. because hair thinning/ greying isn’t evident.

    • @GabGotti3
      @GabGotti3 Před 2 lety +3

      Yea, he’s looked like shit for 15 years

    • @JoelPlay
      @JoelPlay Před 2 lety +1

      @@elijahgreybosh7882 You can't get a tan if you have sunscreen on

    • @zx713
      @zx713 Před 2 lety +1

      Uhhh, yes, he has.

  • @WSFM_Rex
    @WSFM_Rex Před 4 lety +220

    I miss the old man 😢 rest easy mr. Harrison🙏

    • @puprilla
      @puprilla Před 4 lety +3

      100%

    • @davec1894
      @davec1894 Před 4 lety +4

      He was a riot! RIP

    • @alternator7893
      @alternator7893 Před 2 lety +2

      See you in Heaven old man

    • @WSFM_Rex
      @WSFM_Rex Před 2 lety

      This video just got recommended to me again and i don’t remember this comment😂

  • @trevorsteele341
    @trevorsteele341 Před 9 lety +781

    I'd rather watch this than that candy coated scripted crap they air on TV now. Strippers? Cory with CIGARETTES? Now that's Vegas.

    • @mikedawolf95
      @mikedawolf95 Před 3 lety +20

      I think he probably gave it up or stopped smoking on screen when they got green lit.

    • @oisindaly2669
      @oisindaly2669 Před 2 lety +4

      Bro just watch hard core pawn the show is great the way it is

    • @Ollie-lz5hr
      @Ollie-lz5hr Před 2 lety +1

      @@mikedawolf95 nah they still smoke when I went to Vegas to visit the place they were smoking inside before they opened

    • @thedon4188
      @thedon4188 Před 2 lety

      They got hardcore pawn for People that like drama like my wife & you

    • @drrightwing4435
      @drrightwing4435 Před 2 lety

      Yeah hardcore pawn is for all of the alt high dropouts lol

  • @NuclearAtoms
    @NuclearAtoms Před 4 lety +65

    Things that never changed is the Old Man, Corey's banter about his dad and Rick's iconic laugh!!!🤣

  • @RaytheonNublinski
    @RaytheonNublinski Před 11 lety +63

    Holy shit, Corey used to be bigger than my car.

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +3

      when he was born he was the size of a bus, but he's slowly turning into a human scale man

    • @MrPopples72843
      @MrPopples72843 Před 2 lety +2

      Why do you think he needed two harleys?

  • @jak3th3rak34
    @jak3th3rak34 Před 2 lety +9

    “I don’t gamble. With my dysfunctional family and running this place. That’s enough of a gamble for me.” 😂

  • @locks69
    @locks69 Před 4 lety +438

    I'll give you 500 for the niece and im taking all the risk here

    • @igo0di
      @igo0di Před 4 lety +19

      LMAO

    • @kcrossover4267
      @kcrossover4267 Před 4 lety +23

      And I still got to pay to have it framed and restored I won't go a dollar over $500

    • @TYLERVUESJJ
      @TYLERVUESJJ Před 3 lety +23

      Need a buddy to come check her out too...

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 2 lety +9

      Understand she's gonna take a lot of real estate.
      $500 is the best I can do

    • @jcambel6220
      @jcambel6220 Před 2 lety +2

      can I come to check her out first?

  • @lightspeed4173
    @lightspeed4173 Před 2 lety +14

    One of those interesting times that a show became more wholesome rather than going thr darker route.
    And it was in Vegas. What a trip

  • @kv1151
    @kv1151 Před 2 lety +7

    Pawnstars almost became one of those depressing Vice and BBC documentaries. Cant believe Corey really said the only way he moves up is if one of his family members dies. Cold as ice

  • @Plorxium
    @Plorxium Před 4 lety +129

    This would have been such a good show. I want more!

    • @senatuspopulusqueromanus5626
      @senatuspopulusqueromanus5626 Před 4 lety

      Plorx was that a joke

    • @Plorxium
      @Plorxium Před 4 lety +12

      @@senatuspopulusqueromanus5626 I'm exaggerating a little. This kind of raw show where they show a real pawn shop probably wouldn't work as a TV show but as a documentary it would have been quite interesting. Something like the Canadian documentary Broke which is about a pawn broker would have been good.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 2 lety +5

      @@senatuspopulusqueromanus5626
      No joke, I also wanted to see a TV show with meth addict moms pawning their kid's Wii to get their next fix because they're too old and damaged to work on the streets.
      That would have been hilarious 😂

    • @chibbacurley62
      @chibbacurley62 Před 2 lety +3

      @@alainportant6412 that's hardcore pawn you wanna watch

    • @Unknown_Source
      @Unknown_Source Před 2 lety

      @@alainportant6412 it would be fun for a season of two maybe but if has its limits and is depressing. I like how they make an enjoyable show with more of a showcase on old items and the history and it overall feels like a lot more variety thats overall better

  • @artemiocortes8556
    @artemiocortes8556 Před 4 lety +140

    I love pawn stars but if it were actually like this I’d love it even more

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +18

      you'd love watching crackheads selling stolen tvs? yeah, super exciting

    • @artemiocortes8556
      @artemiocortes8556 Před 3 lety +16

      @@mesofius of course ,since when aren't crackhead funny?

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +6

      @@artemiocortes8556 I bet you're from the suburbs

    • @nillabeatsamples5292
      @nillabeatsamples5292 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mesofius your thinking about meth heads, those are some fuckin t-800 batshit crazy shells of human beings, crackheads are usually just tryna find a way to hide that there on crack

    • @BeastReview
      @BeastReview Před 2 lety +8

      It would get old after awhile, maybe a few episodes would be definitely be cool. But once you’ve seen one crackhead sell stolen items, you’ve seen them all. But going into the history of those different unique items, that’s a show you can build 20 seasons of

  • @bluedeskfan2754
    @bluedeskfan2754 Před 2 lety +17

    Wow, they've come a long way since then. Would love to see a gritty series like this.

    • @patstaysuckafreeboss8006
      @patstaysuckafreeboss8006 Před 2 lety +1

      Same. This would be way more interesting. Think of all the crazy things crackheads could’ve brought in, all the genuine arguments…

  • @shamanicrevolution2204
    @shamanicrevolution2204 Před 4 lety +30

    inspirational to see how far they took it.

  • @JuanGarcia-bd1rm
    @JuanGarcia-bd1rm Před 4 lety +30

    “Wanna pawn the grill?” Lmao dead

  • @rociomorales94
    @rociomorales94 Před 2 lety +16

    Gotta love Ricks smokers laugh, never gets old.

  • @rythianblacktheblackemporium

    Corey looks older here than he does in the show now

  • @redsox258
    @redsox258 Před 4 lety +18

    If pawn stars was like this would watch it every single day. I knida wish we could've seen a little more R rated version of The Old Man on Paw Stars, he was an absolute sound byte machine! R.I.P

  • @lolwat5418
    @lolwat5418 Před 4 lety +14

    After watching over 100 episodes on tv, it feels so weird to watch this lol

    • @jackiechan_wtf4041
      @jackiechan_wtf4041 Před 4 lety +3

      Well yeah, when your desensitized to the candy-coated fake shit that they put out, and see the RAW dealings of a pawn operation.
      It would be "weird". 💁‍♂️

  • @philipbay1548
    @philipbay1548 Před 2 lety +14

    5:44 wow, that guy is a legend

  • @jeffr6062
    @jeffr6062 Před 3 lety +10

    I wish they kept the little crackhead window for midnight pawns in the show

  • @williamrulestheworld
    @williamrulestheworld Před 2 lety +9

    The old man is such a G for real

    • @Ervinabrahamian
      @Ervinabrahamian Před 2 lety +1

      He is, shame his son and grandson are so hateable

  • @mikedawolf95
    @mikedawolf95 Před 2 lety +23

    Rick, Corey, and Old man were already rich and I wonder how much richer the show made them.

    • @duncreg
      @duncreg Před 2 lety +2

      "By 1989 the city's population reached that number and after some legal struggles, the Harrisons obtained their pawn license. That year Harrison and his father opened the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop less than two miles from the Las Vegas Strip. By 2005, Harrison and his father were loaning out about $3 million annually, which brought them about $700,000 in interest income."

  • @Rudster14
    @Rudster14 Před 4 lety +80

    The part with the pregnant mother was heartbreaking

    • @StukaSteven
      @StukaSteven Před 4 lety +39

      dont get knocked up if you arent stable enough to afford to raise a child

    • @Rudster14
      @Rudster14 Před 4 lety +29

      @@StukaSteven you have no idea what her story is

    • @StukaSteven
      @StukaSteven Před 4 lety +12

      I just made a statment, i see this shit happen all the time

    • @austinw2098
      @austinw2098 Před 4 lety +6

      @A.A.Ron Davis you ever hear of rape or emotional abuse?

    • @austinw2098
      @austinw2098 Před 4 lety +4

      @A.A.Ron Davis you're a fucking idiot.

  • @sololegit
    @sololegit Před 2 lety +15

    The music selection is also really good in this. I wonder what year this was filmed. Has more of a 2001 feel to me than 2007.

  • @BG.........
    @BG......... Před 2 lety +6

    Bro.
    I would definitely watch this Trailer Park Boys style show but based in Vegas in a Pawn Shop.

  • @artkingofwholefoods74
    @artkingofwholefoods74 Před 3 lety +12

    That was the BEST episode for sure!

  • @ViaCristero
    @ViaCristero Před 2 lety +12

    Wow. This made me love the show even more.

  • @cristobalgrip
    @cristobalgrip Před 2 lety +4

    this is like the adult version of this show, and i love it

  • @cracklasco
    @cracklasco Před 2 lety +12

    2:55, hopefully that lady is doing much better nearly 20 years later

  • @SCREENBOT
    @SCREENBOT  Před 9 lety +20

    This is us still growing into what we will become

  • @Cazamalos
    @Cazamalos Před 2 lety +2

    Wow the raw cut of people really needing some money and pawning some old stuff is much more documentary than the entire tv show run.

  • @marcoronigootz9138
    @marcoronigootz9138 Před 2 lety +12

    I wish they had a raw version of this show, would be freakin awesome!

  • @dustinf11
    @dustinf11 Před 6 lety +56

    I can see why they originally thought it would be an HBO show...
    Man.. i would love to see the HBO version.
    I bet it would be as sad and depressing as this video was.

  • @Qusin111
    @Qusin111 Před 4 lety +28

    lol the crap rick said at the beginning would have killed this show in todays world, personally I think people should be able to say whatever they want.

    • @baracksays9401
      @baracksays9401 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Carl_McMelvin Are you gonna kill people Gary

    • @thorjhonson1721
      @thorjhonson1721 Před 2 lety +2

      It was Corey, not rick

    • @muckymucks
      @muckymucks Před 2 lety +2

      People can say whatever they want but there can be consequences. As long as you understand that say what’s in your heart.

  • @shea2680
    @shea2680 Před 2 lety +3

    Love the dead Kennedys track in the intro, wish the actual show was more like this; the rawness is palpable

  • @roberto125919
    @roberto125919 Před 9 lety +185

    So the real show is fake and the reality is a bunch of junkies and people having money troubles actually come in to pawn their stuff.

    • @QuickStix26
      @QuickStix26 Před 4 lety +30

      It took watching this for you to figure it out?

    • @thefutureisnow7696
      @thefutureisnow7696 Před 3 lety +8

      Literally every pawn shop. An that was before the fame. The crackheads probably cleared up by now

    • @thorjhonson1721
      @thorjhonson1721 Před 2 lety

      Jajaja guy's apparently didn't know what a pawnshop is 🤦

  • @maxpower2511
    @maxpower2511 Před 2 lety +6

    I miss old man. He came to PA and was playing poker at the Mt Airy Casino when they had an appearance there. Played with him for about an hour

  • @christinesommerfeld9815
    @christinesommerfeld9815 Před 2 lety +4

    Some network should pick this up and make a TV show out of this. It is very interesting and I believe it would do well.

  • @MrFish691
    @MrFish691 Před 4 lety

    This is so awesome to see this footage

  • @wickedflame2000
    @wickedflame2000 Před 2 lety

    Nobody nobody at all me 14 years after this video came out laying on the floor in my room and scroll across this lmao to know how far this show has gone and rip old man crazy how time flys was 4 when this came out I'm 18 now it's crazy

  • @damiansevant2145
    @damiansevant2145 Před 2 lety +17

    Ok we DEFINITELY need "Pawn Stars: After Dark" haha

  • @magmavision2000
    @magmavision2000 Před 4 lety +20

    This show's never gonna catch on.

    • @531ff
      @531ff Před 2 lety +1

      Oh I get it , because it did .

  • @alainportant6412
    @alainportant6412 Před 2 lety +16

    They should do a spinoff like that.
    I really wanted to see a TV show with meth addict moms pawning their kid's Wii to get their next fix because they're too old and damaged to work on the streets.
    That would have been hilarious 😂

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 2 lety

      thats dark and mostly sad , I shoudln't hve typed that

  • @rufus3549
    @rufus3549 Před 4 lety +95

    Pawn Stars Now: George Washingtons Suit
    *Pawn Stars then: 200 year old hentai **4:05*

  • @user-fw3sw7qx1u
    @user-fw3sw7qx1u Před 5 lety +11

    Rip old man

  • @thepoptropicashow
    @thepoptropicashow Před 6 lety +135

    Should've kept the niece on the show instead of Chumlee.

    • @BuuhBlocks
      @BuuhBlocks Před 4 lety +9

      Hell nae

    • @Tj-ve4gu
      @Tj-ve4gu Před 4 lety +13

      @Rocco Dimeo chum lee is class

    • @user-fr4cg2xj2w
      @user-fr4cg2xj2w Před 4 lety

      Rocco Dimeo come on now he is goated

    • @Slice2099
      @Slice2099 Před 3 lety +1

      No wtf

    • @lou5368
      @lou5368 Před 3 lety +4

      @dafuqawew show is already boring now and chumlee's not really funny or even witty

  • @ZombieProdigyUS
    @ZombieProdigyUS Před 4 lety +1

    This was so cool to see them before fame 😌

  • @merkabababy6740
    @merkabababy6740 Před 2 lety

    this is amazing.

  • @marcovillareal6163
    @marcovillareal6163 Před 2 lety +6

    The Old Man's voice sounded different here than the way he sounded later in the show and GOD DAMN Rick's got a smoking hot niece! 😍❤️

  • @bruceanderson1715
    @bruceanderson1715 Před 2 lety +3

    Rick's laugh will never change....

  • @Beeman2892
    @Beeman2892 Před 2 lety

    Wow to see this video is Gold!

  • @davemurphy7300
    @davemurphy7300 Před 2 lety

    Just watched the pawn shop a Canadian documentary. Very real well worth a watch

  • @butterboydan
    @butterboydan Před 2 lety +3

    You gotta respect how comftorable Rick is in front of a camera

  • @jeuneroi3069
    @jeuneroi3069 Před 2 lety +11

    Dang, these guys where already making serious money before it was made into a show

    • @muckymucks
      @muckymucks Před 2 lety +1

      That’s what running your own business does. You’ll never get rich working for somebody else.

    • @101trus
      @101trus Před 2 lety

      Before the show started they were raking in 700,000 dollars of interest payments apart from the stuff that people wouldn’t come back to reclaim/ flat out sold to them that they would resell for profit.. old man and Rick had a 50/50 stake in the business so they probably made 150-250k each while Corey probably made 60-100k

  • @Therockstar-eu2pd
    @Therockstar-eu2pd Před 2 lety

    A legend was born

  • @rylanclarkson3296
    @rylanclarkson3296 Před 2 lety +2

    This is the pawn stars we all wanted

  • @bobbyboucher1096
    @bobbyboucher1096 Před 8 lety +248

    This would have been a way better show, more depressing, but better. What's even the point of a reality show when it's all scripted?

    • @Brycereigle2000
      @Brycereigle2000 Před 6 lety +11

      Very true

    • @Ram-2112
      @Ram-2112 Před 4 lety +7

      Unfortunately all reality tv is bs. This real life stuff would be so much better

    • @lou5368
      @lou5368 Před 3 lety

      exactly

    • @Ryan-xh7pe
      @Ryan-xh7pe Před 2 lety +3

      It’d be good if we had both, the actual show has given me so much knowledge

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Před 2 lety

      Mind numbing feel good PROGRAMMING

  • @METALMAN4Wii
    @METALMAN4Wii Před 4 lety +19

    Wow the pilot was depressing.

  • @parth6615
    @parth6615 Před 2 lety

    Man this is very cool hope they will get lots of buddies along the way.

  • @brigido81
    @brigido81 Před 4 lety +2

    I wish the Harrisons the best... my favorite History Channel Show... and honestly, Like the sons... I will miss they're ol man... they made that man very proud before he left this earth... Im sure...

  • @scyanks7
    @scyanks7 Před 10 lety +83

    Damn this is back when the shop had Grit and Character. Damn this would have been a better tv show, now its been completely pussified and made for families, seeing drug addicts come in at 4 am would have been better than a 50 year old with a rolex

    • @kylekyger7735
      @kylekyger7735 Před 3 lety +7

      To each their own. I prefer the bright family friendly stuff to watching crackheads pawn their moms vcr.

    • @mesofius
      @mesofius Před 3 lety +6

      You must be from the suburbs, I know those people have a hard on for anything gritty. I'd rather hear a history lesson on a 1740s cabinet than watch crackpots

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Před 2 lety

      @@kylekyger7735 you prefer mind numbing feel good TV programming 🐑 📺 congrats

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Před 2 lety

      @@mesofius nah fam people just don’t want obviously staged actors in a soundstage recreation of the real store lol

  • @theodorusruiz3343
    @theodorusruiz3343 Před 4 lety +4

    I cant get over the Kennedys intro

  • @0ptimal
    @0ptimal Před 2 lety

    This is incredible

  • @jasonsierchio1167
    @jasonsierchio1167 Před 2 lety

    Love this!

  • @Tony-my3sy
    @Tony-my3sy Před 2 lety +4

    5:45 damn that is balsy! Glad for the guy who made 50k

  • @nb-mf1tw
    @nb-mf1tw Před 4 lety +5

    these dudes were set up nice before they even got famous. i wish the show would have stayed like this, a real look into a real pawn shop

    • @rake1087
      @rake1087 Před 2 lety

      I mean the pitch was golden. A 24/7 Pawn Shop on the Strip? The Content would basically write itself. People coming all over the world who need money instantly, just imagine the crazy shit you'd see, without having to script it.

  • @parashgiriofficial
    @parashgiriofficial Před 2 lety

    Senior Harrison was always a real OG i miss him . Rest in peace old man ❤️

  • @ylemscalamity
    @ylemscalamity Před 2 lety +4

    When Corey said it’s hard to go to work everyday with your dad and grandpa lol I laughed because it’s so true I worked with my dad and grandpa doing construction we had our own business and let me tell ya things got messy and now I work in a ware house lol

  • @opusliveson
    @opusliveson Před 12 lety +29

    Chumlee sigthing ay 6:24; far right :)

  • @DaBirdman1989
    @DaBirdman1989 Před 4 lety +3

    That's really cool they used the dead kennedy's cover of Viva Las Vegas.

  • @jamalsowell3650
    @jamalsowell3650 Před 2 lety +2

    Damn, you would think Pawn Stars has been on TV since the early 90's from the looks of this.

  • @bhanujchaudhary6969
    @bhanujchaudhary6969 Před 2 lety

    Amazing!

  • @joeg5414
    @joeg5414 Před 2 lety +15

    When was this filmed? I went to the window one at night when I lived in Vegas back in 2005. Pawned some cheap jewelry lol. Saw it on TV years later and was like hey I know that place 😂

  • @aswarrior6365
    @aswarrior6365 Před 2 lety +3

    This is the pawn stars we need. Real stuff, real people and all the Las Vegas weirdos you can handle.

  • @richardquiroz4808
    @richardquiroz4808 Před 2 lety +2

    They used The Dead Kennedys vein of Viva Las Vegas! That's awesome!

  • @michaelmcneill6516
    @michaelmcneill6516 Před 9 lety +1

    Love it

  • @PsychoHF
    @PsychoHF Před 9 lety +15

    This pitch is way better than Pawn Stars. Too bad.

  • @fernandotario8819
    @fernandotario8819 Před 4 lety +6

    Imagine if true tv picked this up instead of that Detroit pawn show

  • @hassanawad4065
    @hassanawad4065 Před 2 lety

    They came a long way. RIP old man

  • @UnicowBoySlots
    @UnicowBoySlots Před 2 lety +1

    Rick: let me call a friend of mine
    Rick James: yeah…that’s pure crack cocaine