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From: Michele
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:44
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On 12/8/2011 9:03 PM, Geoff Gass wrote: > 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. I haven't the foggiest. Could be that he got into the habit of narrating because all of his stuff used to be low budget. Think Monster Garage and Monster House.
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From: Michele <really@areyoukiddingme.net>
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Subject: Re: Johnnie B on WGN
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