Rick Harrison, son Corey and Austin “Chumlee” Russell are again wheeling and dealing for Season 23 of Pawn Stars. The three welcome property homeowners so as to add to the stock of Gold & Silver Pawn Store in Las Vegas.
The premiere noticed Rick meet up with Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties hit-maker Taylor Dayne to present the proprietor the chance to accumulate some wardrobe items and memorabilia from her excursions. Through the January 29 episode, Rick, a famous automobile man, takes a journey in a brilliant yellow 1975 Bricklin SV-1 and appears at a Shyvers Multiphone that will get him desirous about his late dad. The one on February 5 included every little thing from a Inventory Oil inventory certificates to a digital camera that shot the primary footage of Elvis.
Developing in the course of the February 12 episode the three check out an obvious outfit worn by Alice Cooper, a 7-foot tall Deadpool PEZ dispenser, MetaZoo playing cards and a 1988 Winter Olympics torch. By no means a uninteresting second on the proverbial workplace. Right here Harrison talks about this season’s gadgets, what viewers don’t see on TV, and the way filming the favored Historical past sequence helped him after his son Adam died.
One of many cool issues that occurred thus far this season was Taylor Dayne coming into the Pawn Store. How was it working along with her?
Rick Harrison: She was very nice. You neve know what you’re going to get with rock stars. I’m not going to say any names, however I’ve been round some rock stars that I didn’t like being round and weren’t the nicest folks. She was such a sweetheart. She was completely superb.
Who’ve been some your favourite well-known faces to come back by?
It’s an iconic present and airs everywhere in the world. So, folks prefer to get on the present. It’s a bit promotion for them. It’s nice TV, and I get to make a bit cash off of them. Billy Gibbons of ZZ Prime. That’s completely iconic. Steve Carell was on the present. There have been so many. These are two of the largest ones that come out.
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Through the February 12 episode, somebody brings in Alice Cooper’s worn gadgets. What’s the marketplace for superstar worn gadgets as of late and the way you assess them?
It’s sort of bizarre. For those who take stars from the Nineteen Forties and Fifties,there aren’t many who learn about these folks anymore except it’s a James Dean or Marilyn Monroe. These costs have gone down a bit. While you begin speaking about rock stars, Alice Cooper, folks shall be taking a look at his music 50 years from now as a result of it’s Alice Cooper. One thing like that I really like as a result of there may be at all times a fan base for that, at the very least for so long as I’m alive. There may be at all times a marketplace for one thing like that.
Gary returns to the store with sheets of MetaZoo playing cards. This is identical individual that [during a 2019] episode introduced Charizard Pokemon playing cards you handed on that jumped huge time in worth to the tune of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. Any regrets on not taking that preliminary deal and did that play into the way you determined with this newest provide?
No. If the deal shouldn’t be proper, it’s not proper. I can’t predict the longer term. On the time, the deal wasn’t proper. It’s like somebody asking me if I remorse shopping for Bitcoin when it was 25 cents. Bitcoin nonetheless doesn’t make sense to me by the way in which. I don’t remorse it. It’s a type of issues that it’s what it’s. I’m not shopping for stuff to spend money on it. I’m shopping for stuff to resell. If I purchased these Pokémon playing cards on the time and instantly resold them, I wouldn’t have made any cash anyway as a result of I didn’t plan on holding them for a few years.
Are you amazed how these playing cards have elevated in worth?
Yeah, however nothing goes up ceaselessly. I’ve seen this with the collectibles enterprise my total life. Baseball playing cards within the Nineteen Nineties, every little thing from Beanie Infants to Zippo lighters, World Conflict II bomber jackets to Levi’s denims. My recommendation is when they’re going up too quick or actually, actually quick, watch out. When there’s a glitch within the economic system, what’s the very first thing you’re going to promote, it’s the Pokémon assortment.
What can we anticipate this season?
We completed filming the season a few months in the past. It actually turns into a blur. I’ve accomplished about 700 episodes of Pawn Stars. I nonetheless take pleasure in filming. It’s at all times enjoyable. I’ve actually the world’s best job. I get to satisfy actually attention-grabbing folks. I’ve time doing it. On daily basis is totally different, and I make first rate cash.
This previous yr was a difficult one for you in some ways. How would you say your work helps you get you thru a tough time like dropping a member of the family? Has this develop into an escape?
It was good with the ability to begin work proper after my son handed away as a result of not like most TV reveals the place each season you could get a special cameramen, sound guys. One of many stunning issues about Pawn Stars is I sort of mandate having the identical manufacturing crew yearly so we’re form of like a household. We’ve been doing it collectively for therefore lengthy. My producer and showrunner has been on for 11 years. I’ve bought sound guys who’ve been round for greater than 10 years. They’re all good associates. It was good to work all of them and keep busy day by day.
Followers had been excited to see images posted by Brandi Passante of Storage Wars on Instagram that included Chumlee. Any speak of any crossovers? Do you wish to do any crossovers?
I’d take pleasure in doing it. We did issues with American’s Pickers earlier than. Again within the day we did Counting Automobiles, American Restoration. I’ve no drawback doing something like that. I’ve enjoyable simply filming my job. It’s simply enjoyable. I get to speak, educate folks. Chum makes folks chortle. Not often, is there ever a foul day.
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Something you’ve discovered extra about lately that has develop into an curiosity of yours?
I’m actually that nerd you see on tv. Ask me something about popular culture, I’ll know nothing. I’m presently studying in regards to the historical past of the vacuum tube. That’s the sort of stuff I examine. I feel accumulating a couple of uncommon vacuum tubes is an excellent nerd factor. The brand new factor I’m form of in love with is bizarre vacuum tubes.
Is there something you’ve been available in the market for?
So far as the store goes, it needs to be one thing that’s common and resalable. Personally, my assortment is so bizarro. I’ve a NASA rocket engine that was piloted by Neil Armstrong. I’ve the oldest stained glass window hanging in my home. That’s the form of bizarre factor I accumulate. It’s in all places.
What do you suppose it’s in regards to the present that has been capable of preserve recognition?
It’s by no means been a present with a practice wreck. Like that Detroit [Hardcore Pawn] present was at all times a practice wreck. Ours is a household present. I’ve heard this for years and years from followers. Folks inform me it’s the one present the place they will sit down with their youngsters and fogeys and sit down to look at it and have time. I name it chortle and study TV. I’ve at all times thought folks like to study, however don’t wish to study it from a professor trying down his nostril at you and getting all technical and hoity-toity. They prefer to study from their uncle. That’s me.
What do you suppose is the largest false impression in regards to the present or one thing viewers don’t see?
You’ve seen loads of reveals. I’m actually a non scripted present. We don’t set something up. It’s actually me. When somebody walks in and also you see them put an merchandise in entrance of me, that’s the primary time I’ve seen it actually. The one factor I could have seen is that this two-inch-by-two-inch image on a bit sheet of paper of one thing the particular person thinks they’ve. That’s all I get earlier than the present. The remainder is all me. That’s one of many causes I feel the present is so profitable. It’s simply nerdy Rick speaking.
So that you’re not getting this checklist of things coming in. It’s simply they arrive in and also you simply draw from your individual information at that second? That’s spectacular.
It’s like I stated. I’m actually that nerd. Don’t ask me about something popular culture although. Like if one of many Kardashians walked in my retailer proper now I’d not know who they had been. I’d not acknowledge them. I’ve accomplished the tv enterprise sort of dangerous. I don’t watch tv mainly in any respect I simply learn books every night time or work on my previous vehicles or do some woodworking. Issues like that.
Pawn Stars Do America, can we anticipate extra of that spinoff?
We’re speaking about one other season attempting to see how we’re going to get it accomplished.
What do you wish to inform folks about the remainder of the season?
It’s Pawn Stars. It’s at all times enjoyable. One of many issues about different reveals like American Chopper, there may be solely a lot you are able to do to a bike. My present is genuinely totally different each single present. You don’t have any thought what will probably be about. That’s why you’ll take pleasure in watching Pawn Stars each episode.
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