Re: Johnnie B on WGN

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From: Geoff Gass
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:03

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Michele <really@areyoukiddingme.net> wrote:
> On 12/8/2011 4:19 PM, Geoff Gass wrote:
>> Bruce Esquibel<bje@ripco.com>  wrote:
>>> Several years ago, both Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men appears to have created
>>> a whole new genre of shows, but it's hard to define what that genre is. They
>>> aren't really documentaries, they aren't really reality shows either.
>>
>> I think the progenitor there is Deadliest Catch.  All 3 of those are from
>> Thom Beers' Original Productions.  And you're right, somewhere between
>> documentary and reality.
>
> Not too hard to figure out a Thom Beer's production.  He narrates almost 
> all of them.

I've wondered about that.  He has a decent voice (though I like Mike Rowe
better in Deadliest Catch), but is it because he's in love with his own
voice?  Or because he's a cheapskate and doesn't have to pay someone else?
Probably started as the latter.

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