Stupid me-—— but what IS a ‘ reality show’ ? How real is something when a camera is following someone around, and you are posing for a camera? Since I’ve never watched one, I shouldn’t judge, but they border on unreality to me.
“Barter Kings” makes me chuckle. They take a worthless object and trade up and up and up until they get a motorboat just in time for a planned late afternoon boating trip. I have been doing barter for years and in REALITY it is much more subtle. You have to trade for things of approximately equal value. You can do good on barter but it doesn’t happen near as fast nor with items of such obviously unequal values as on the show.
Talking to Willy-dog: Maybe we'll make enough money to buy you a pistol and a pocketknife, ha ha, here we go!**

http://www.history.com/shows/ax-men/videos/meet-the-swamp-dog