I agree PS is scripted too. IIRC, that pawn shop has about 70 employees these days (huge for a pawn shop), so the chances of one of the 'stars' of the show being behind the counter when someone walks in with an item worthy of airing on the show is pretty remote. And yet, on the show they are always just standing there, waiting to help a customer. IN reality, if Chumlee, the old man, or the dad (forget his name) were standing behind the counter like that, people would be swarming them for autographs and crap.
Also Ive noticed that the situations often go smoother/faster than they should irl. For example, how often have you seen someone bring an item in, the shop employee says "I need to call in my expert friend to appraise this later today", and the item owner says "ok thats fine" then simply picks up the item and walks out of the store. I guess in reality tv world, people dont ask questions like "when should I come back to meet the expert" or "do you want my phone number to call me when you are ready for me to come back". I think the items are real, the sellers are real, but often times (most times) the actual interaction for the transaction is set up ahead of time.
In fairness, once a famous tv show is based around your local business, it would HAVE to affect how the business is run. If Chumlee or one of the other stars were always standing behind the counter waiting on regular customers, the shop would just become a tourist attraction, not an effective operational pawn shop.
Has anyone here ever been out to the shop in Vegas? Im curious if my assumptions here are correct.
