[rellimpank]

--having spent the productive part of my life in mining, both underground and surface, I watch "Gold Rush" with much shaking of head and slapping of forehead--

--the clip of Dakota Fred I remember best was the time he dug so deep in that melting permafrost gravel bank that he couldn't swing the backhoe--

--those characters all get away with stuff that would make any safety director cringe---

[ozzymandus]

Like most “reality” shows, this one is also a total fake. Maybe not as bad as the storage locker show with the planted valuables, or the picker show, where they brag about how they cheated some sucker out of his junk (and the little fat guy gets mad if the suckers won’t take the pittance he offers and trashes them behind their backs), but they’re all fake as hell. And I still watch them when I can’t find a better show. I have been watching a lot of old TV shows and movies on YouTube lately, though.