: TER General Board Discussion : Sounds like a euphemism

Jeff247 24 Reviews 2132 reads

posted 5 years ago

1 / 19

Because of the Pandemic I've watched more TV than ever. I don't watch much. Since most of it sucks I have looked around and found The Curse of Oak Island on The History Channel. I love looking for treasures. But WTF is this? 121 episodes over the last 6 years have turned up nothing but a knob, some logs and a few petrified turds? Six years and nothing? How does this crap stay on TV. But most TV is crap so I guess maybe I just answered my own question.

Does anyone watch this? Am I missing something? Thank you.

inicky46 61 Reviews 115 reads

posted 5 years ago

2 / 19

WTF does this have to do with TER? But, oh, well, I'll play.

I had the same reaction to Oak Island years ago, which is why I stopped watching it. Are you saying they STILL haven't found anything? What a bunch of dopes. But they're not the only ones. What about that TV guy Josh Gates who searches for stuff all over the world and NEVER finds a damn thing? And they rewarded him by giving him another TV show.
Here's a suggestion: just watch random videos on YouTube. Or porn.

BigPapasan 3 Reviews 103 reads

posted 5 years ago

3 / 19

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lester_prairie 12 Reviews 89 reads

posted 5 years ago

4 / 19

Long time searching

Actually various groups have been searching for the supposed Oak Island treasure for over 200 years, including FDR and John Wayne. The surface has been so disturbed, mined, pushed around, that they've actually lost the location of the supposed "money pit." The finds in recent years have been from the earlier searching tunnels and whatnot. However they have found some artifacts that date back before the first searchers. It looks like the island was used by the British Navy -- for what purpose is unknown. The show has become an archeological expedition rather than a treasure hunt. They are uncovering the history of the island which was apparently host to a lot of activity hundreds of years ago.

SnakePliskken 98 reads

posted 5 years ago

5 / 19

I’ve always have asked why...

Why do you watch those show’s because if they DID find something huge don’t you think it would be all over the news prior to the “next” season being released?

It’s an island. They been searching for over 100’s of years. Give it up. You can only dig up so much before it’s no longer an island and it just becomes water.

As far as Josh Gates goes, he’s more of an explorer that shows us different cultures and old legends. Once again, I too have noticed that he’s NEVER found a thing. At the beginning I was intrigued by him but after googling “Has Josh Gates ever found anything” and google came up with a big fat “No” then I knew I was wasting my time. But on the other hand he does have a couple things going for him. One belongs to an invite only, like the magic castle, to the most exclusive EXPLORERS/ADVENTURERS (notice I didn’t say discoverers or archaeologists) club that exists called yep you guessed it.... The Explorers Club. And secondly, god bless him for the ability (mentally) to squeeze in those small and claustrophobic underground caves and walk ways for miles and miles. No way!!!

Just adding to the conversation.

Snake 🐍

inicky46 61 Reviews 114 reads

posted 5 years ago

6 / 19

I am glad you didn't mean the "Super Adventure Club."

Here's what Wiki says about that episode of South Park:
"After leaving South Park to join the "Super Adventure Club", Chef returns and the boys quickly notice that he is acting strangely as he expresses a desire to have sex with them. They go to the Super Adventure Club headquarters and discover that the group is made up of explorers who travel worldwide, molesting children. When the explorers' leader, William P. Connelly, unsuccessfully tries to hypnotize the boys, they realize that the club has brainwashed Chef. In an attempt to restore Chef to his former self, the boys take him to a strip club. Chef returns to his old self, but the Super Adventure Club members appear, and kidnap him. The boys follow them back to their headquarters and rescue Chef.

As they are leaving, Connelly reminds Chef why he joined the Super Adventure Club in the first place, telling him that his life will be grand and eternal if he stays with them. Though the boys plead him not to, Chef walks back towards the club. However, the bridge that Chef is crossing suddenly gets struck by lightning and collapses, causing him to fall to his apparent death. As a funeral for Chef is held back in South Park, the Super Adventure Club members resurrect Chef as Darth Chef, now fully embracing the club's ethics."

team_rocket_qwerty 35 Reviews 110 reads

posted 5 years ago

7 / 19

Re: I am glad you didn't mean the "Super Adventure Club."

This has to be one of the weirdest ways to bring up/reference scientology in a thread that has nothing to do with it. Lol.

BarryWright 41 Reviews 129 reads

posted 5 years ago

8 / 19

these sorts of shows are dirt cheap to produce

I'm sure they aren't paying those two guys much, and the action consists of them talking about where they're going to try to dig stuff up and then digging and not finding anything. There are no scripts, almost no production costs, and as long as some small audience continues to watch it will break even. These cable channels have hours and hours of airtime to fill.

The costs of dubbing a foreign language soundtrack are also minimal, so they can sell it overseas as another income stream.

Similar to the paranormal-themed shows on Travel Channel, where they just send some random dudes out in the woods with hand held cameras and night vision equipment and have them run around and pretend like they are hearing/seeing stuff.

There must be a demographic that these appeal to.

DeClemente 48 Reviews 103 reads

posted 5 years ago

9 / 19

I gave this TV show a try.

About a year ago, I tuned to in based on the title, I thought it might have something to do with the real location behind some Leonadro di Caprio movie of a similar title. I'm not a di Caprio fan, so I haven't seen his movie, I had only heard of it. As I began to watch, I read a synopsis of the TV show to learn more about it. Of course, by doing that, I soon found out that my assumption about their connections was incorrect, and it only took about ten minutes of further watching to be completely bored out of my gourd. I haven't given it another look since then.

impposter 49 Reviews 146 reads

posted 5 years ago

10 / 19

Re: these sorts of shows are dirt cheap to produce

I think that Thom Beers was a pioneer in this field of A&E. His first "reality" show was Extreme Alaska (1999) and he's been cranking them out ever since.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Productions
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Hmmm ... "Ice Road Fuckers"? "TER Smackdown"? Or are we back to the "Would you do porn?" thread?

Posted By: BarryWright

Re: these sorts of shows are dirt cheap to produce
I'm sure they aren't paying those two guys much, and the action consists of them talking about where they're going to try to dig stuff up and then digging and not finding anything. There are no scripts, almost no production costs, and as long as some small audience continues to watch it will break even. These cable channels have hours and hours of airtime to fill.

The costs of dubbing a foreign language soundtrack are also minimal, so they can sell it overseas as another income stream.

Similar to the paranormal-themed shows on Travel Channel, where they just send some random dudes out in the woods with hand held cameras and night vision equipment and have them run around and pretend like they are hearing/seeing stuff.

There must be a demographic that these appeal to.

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trex44 9 Reviews 102 reads

posted 5 years ago

11 / 19

Lots of crap on TV

A lot of it goes away, but much of it sticks around. This has become especially true during the pandemic, as there's very little new production of currently popular shows.

It still amazes me how there are still "search" shows about ghosts, paranormal crap, Bigfoot, space aliens --well, you name it, some bozo is "searching" for it.

Kinda like OJ spent all his time "searching" for the real killer.

NOVADATYGuy 5 Reviews 108 reads

posted 5 years ago

12 / 19

Boys Playing with Their Tonka Toys

Let's face it. The Curse of Oak Island is nothing more than big boys playing in the sand with their Tonka Toys -- with somebody else paying for it. Once you come to that understanding, its no worse than any of the other "reality" shows where nothing really happens. After all, remember "Al Capone's Valut?" HA HA.

There's really very little "history" on the History Channel -- Ancient Aliens, in Search of Hitler, the Pawn Stars, American Pickers, Nostradamus, etc. They really aren't of any substance and you can't expect anything of any consequence. Its just more of the same thing that a. The only "real" one I've seen is the Pawn Stars (been to the store in Vegas) and even then, none of the stars were working -- just a continuous line of people moving around the store -- in an out. Nothing like the show though -- although it does exist.

Nothing new -- back in the 1960s (I think), somebody (can't remember who) referred to American commercial television programming as a " vast wasteland." 70 years later, not much has changed.

inicky46 61 Reviews 162 reads

posted 5 years ago

13 / 19

You just reminded me there used to be a provider in the Carolinas who called herself Tonka Toy.

I have no idea why. She didn't look like a little dump truck at all.

Stogiemanedu 43 Reviews 134 reads

posted 5 years ago

14 / 19

Re: You just reminded me there used to be a provider in the Carolinas who called herself Tonka Toy.

Good Ole Tonka. She told me she picked the name because "all boys like to play with Tonka Toys" She was and is right. Loved her platinum hair. Reminded me of SEKA. Oh boy dating myself now.

Snotty 120 reads

posted 5 years ago

15 / 19

She's still around in NC

And I agree, she looks NOTHING like a dump truck at all.