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“Pawn Stars” seems to tally the aforesaid docket arsenic the metropolis successful which it is set. The amusement has go a 24/7, Las Vegas phenomenon.
“Honestly, erstwhile I look backmost 13 years ago, erstwhile this each started, I though we’d beryllium done by now,” Austin “Chumlee” Russell says of his years with the History amusement astatine Gold & Silver Pawn. “I thought, if anything, I would beryllium disconnected doing immoderate dumb amusement of my own. But we’re inactive making ‘Pawn Stars,’ and I’m loving it. Every twelvemonth is amended than the twelvemonth before.”
Chumlee has entertained his ain spin-off projects, but thing has made it to History. He’s not funny with competing with the occurrence of “Pawn Stars.”
“I’ve been connected the producing side, I thought I had a amusement that sold that didn’t enactment out. People similar the amusement arsenic it is,” Chumlee says. “I don’t cognize wherever a spin-off of maine would acceptable successful connected History. I don’t deliberation they privation maine to spell anyplace (laughs). Plus, who wants to bash each that work?”
Filming the amusement is surely a much streamlined process than erstwhile it started.
“It’s gotten to beryllium similar a well-oiled machine. It’s gotten easier,” Chumlee says. “What utilized to instrumentality america 4 oregon 5 hours, we tin bash successful an hr now. We cognize what is expected, and that makes it fun.
“Even erstwhile I’m distant from ‘Pawn Stars’ for a period oregon two, I’m acceptable to travel backmost to it.”
“Pawn Stars” is backmost for is caller play astatine 9 p.m. Saturday. It volition beryllium the 19th season, though adjacent History has astir fixed up connected counting each circumstantial season, with the amusement airing aggregate seasons simultaneously astir the world.
More impressive, “Pawn Stars” is inactive aft its debut successful July 2009, with archetypal formed members Rick Harrison, Corey Harrison and Chumlee carrying the series. The amusement has survived the decease of the fashionable formed subordinate and household patriarch Richard “Old Man” Harrison. A mates years ago, “Pawn” expanded from 30-minute to hour-long episodes.
“Pawn Stars” is present is chugging toward its 600th show, expected to aerial successful aboriginal 2022. Such celebs and superstars arsenic Roger Daltry, Billy F. Gibbons, Steve Carell and George Stephanopoulos have made cameos implicit the years. Even Bob Dylan demurely signed a transcript of “Self Portrait” for Chumlee aboriginal successful the show’s run.
The formed gives recognition to shaper Tracy Whittaker, who started her tenure with the amusement successful 2014, for revitalizing the production. “She is the brains of the operation,” Rick Harrison says.
Harrison besides says determination is inactive caller terrain for the amusement to traverse. Filming for the adjacent play (No. 20) begins adjacent the extremity of this month.
“I’d similar to get immoderate Raiders connected the show,” helium says. “I’ve got to support it fresh. I don’t person an thought astir it close now, but I should telephone Mark Davis and inquire him astir it, earlier we commencement filming. He’s told maine helium loves the show.”
Davis is hardly alone. “Pawn Stars” airs each implicit the world.
“The biggest accommodation for me, successful my life, is everybody successful the satellite seems to cognize who I am,” Harrison said. “I’m successful Kuala Lampur, and I”m mobbed. That’s nary joke. That’s really real. ‘Pawn Stars’ conscionable keeps connected going, keeps connected going, and I inactive emotion doing it.”
‘Backstory’ back?
Usher’s “Backstory Pass” pre-show astatine the Colosseum astatine Caesars Palace is readying to beryllium backmost on with the nonmigratory superstar from Dec. 28-Jan. 1. Co-producer Andrew Katz (no relation) says the program is to instrumentality the show, and conscionable a fewer details are being worked out.
On the taxable of immersive concepts, possibly we volition spot immoderate akin pre-show acquisition tied to Katy Perry’s residency astatine The Theatre astatine Resorts World. I’d surely enactment such.
Kidding around
Jett Trammel, aka Jett Monkey, made his debut astatine Steve McInelly’s “Las Vegas Smokin’ Comedy Showcase” astatine Rick’s Rollin’ Smoke Barbecue astatine Pawn Plaza connected Wednesday night. Jett is the lad of Vegas amusement mates Joe and Jessica Trammel (whom we featured a twelvemonth agone aft their RV location went missing portion parked successful beforehand of their Las Vegas residence).
Jett is but 7 years aged and, we believe, the youngest comic headliner ever successful a ticketed show. The nine says it wants a instrumentality date. As Jessica Trammel noted, “And, helium got paid!”
And similar his father, the kid’s making a splash. That’s an wrong gag for you longtime Las Vegans.
Cool Hang Alert
Brandon Godfrey and Sean Stewart of NPerson are backmost astatine International Bar astatine Westgate Las Vegas from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Wednesday night. The joined mates are besides co-stars successful the Soul of Motown amusement astatine Westgate Cabaret. They are large fun, and grooving is (literally) beforehand and center.
John Katsilometes’ file runs regular successful the A section. His “PodKats!” podcast tin beryllium recovered astatine reviewjournal.com/podcasts. Contact him astatine jkatsilometes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @johnnykats connected Twitter, @JohnnyKats1 connected Instagram.
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