Can somebody explain why so many logging shows?

[tabasco]

Did Weyerhausen buy all the channels? I mean wtf?

I'm assuming it's just corporate propaganda.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. There seems to be a spate...

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...of "tough job" shows of all sorts (the one about the King Crab
boats is fantastic, IMneverHO -- at least it was last
year when I spent close to a week in the hospital and it was daily
fare for a coupla hours -- not usually a big TV watcher).
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I've never watched more than a coupla minutes at a stretch of any
logging show (and I assumed it was the same one), so I don't know
how much is "propaganda" and how much is current trendy interest
levels in the viewing public.
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[gmoney]

2. Probably vicariously fills a need for those with desk jobs...

Or barbers...

"I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xToPCaNxaow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clPYfaTvHT0

[tabasco]

6. I suppose you're right

but I'm flabbergasted by the number of these shows.

American Loggers, Swamp Loggers, Heli-loggers, on & on :puke:

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Deadliest Catch is a great show.

I think those crabbers are much more tough than the logging guys, plus timber doesn't taste nearly so delicious as king crab.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. I worked with woodchucks, Madame Senator...

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...and you are obviously no woodchuck.
.

[hunter]

3. So we won't feel so stupid cutting down trees. See, everyone is doing it!

But there's really no good reason to cut down so many trees. Paper can be made from crop wastes and homes can be made from lightweight concrete blocks, recycled metal, and so on.

We could get plenty enough wood to make long lasting well crafted our-great-grand-children-will-still-be-using-it furniture, floors, and other woodcraft from recycling, storm fall, and garden plantations.

[old mark]

4. Everyone loves to watch big dumb guys with sharp objects....

Don't you?


mark

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. I watch 'em...

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...and the bigger they are, the dumber they are, the sharper
their objects are and, perhaps most importantly, the closer
they are, the more I watch 'em.
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I watch 'em REAL good.
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[old mark]

10. "White people at night..." (Richard Pryor)

These guys are like the GOPers at work.
All I know is from the ads - I'd rather read a book I have already read a few times than watch these guys do whatever iit is they do.

mark

[Mopar151]

9. Actually, no

I like to watch smart guys with very sharp objects - that's why I'm a fan of the Pelletier's (American Loggers), the other guys, not so much. Some people dote on conflict, drama, angst, and failure - that's why, IMHO, some of the other shows find an audience.