Going RV TV Show

drsteve wrote:
I don't find it very interesting myself. People discussing irrelevant stuff like will two fit in the shower and what color is the dinette. Last time I watched, the guy was upset because the fridge was stainless and the stove wasn't. Seldom if ever do they mention anything that an actual RV buyer would be concerned with, like tank sizes, weights, and whether the behemoth (because they all are) will fit anywhere but a high end RV resort.

Or how accessible the bathroom and refrigerator are with the slides in or the dump valves with the slides out...

How about the guys that always have to climb inside the storage compartment!

I don't find it very interesting myself. People discussing irrelevant stuff like will two fit in the shower and what color is the dinette. Last time I watched, the guy was upset because the fridge was stainless and the stove wasn't. Seldom if ever do they mention anything that an actual RV buyer would be concerned with, like tank sizes, weights, and whether the behemoth (because they all are) will fit anywhere but a high end RV resort.

We watch this show just to mock the fakeness. Eye roll worthy at best. We just bought a new camper last Saturday. Every unit we looked at, my husband would suggest we both get in the shower like on the show, and then asked where his clothes would go because I obviously would claim the whole closet. Oh and let's fold down every spare bed. No California king? Deal breaker. And we have to say "that's fantastic" like a thousand times. He's lucky I didn't slap him!

This was discussed in another forum with a poster that was actually involved in an episode. In the episode he was involved with the buyer actually did buy the unit ... a year earlier. They brought him back and created the show with the unit he had bought. The buyer had to sign several documents that basically stated he could not sue or in anyway disagree with the scripted statements he was required to say even though they were not necessarily true or factual.

We are one of maybe 4 couples in Bermuda who own RVs. Of course there are NO RVs in Bermuda. Not even little pop ups. Bermudians generally have no clue what RVing is all about. They gulp TV shows like this down as if it is the gospel truth. They think everyone drives around in a 45' tag axle Motorhome. I can't count the number of times I have explained to friends what a 5er is & what the reality of RVing really is, i.e. the vast majority of us travel around with a towable of some sort or a class C of some variation.

tracyb-oh wrote:
I was watching one where the man wanted outdoor speakers. They showed him a really nice unit but no outside speakers was the deal breaker. I thought really dude? That is the deal breaker?

Its a HIGHLY SCRIPTED STUPID "made for TV reality" show..

The lines and outcome are written BEFORE the show is even recorded, with FAKE "buyers" cast for each show, the "results" are already known, it is 100% MADE UP with lots of video takes hitting the cutting room floor..

IT IS A INFOMERCIAL FOR THE RV INDUSTRY and nothing more..

And yet folks continue to watch this pretend trash thinking it is "real"..



The lines of "reality" have been blurred for so long that folks think the junk put on TV is actually real..

I was watching one where the man wanted outdoor speakers. They showed him a really nice unit but no outside speakers was the deal breaker. I thought really dude? That is the deal breaker?

This has been a most interesting thread!
Wife and I watch it a lot, and laugh and yell at the same time....we just like to see what other rigs offer. I really can't believe those folks pay MSRP!

Don't you just love some of the salesfolk....they just stand there most of the time...and it's amazing how the nubbies know how the beds and dinettes work. I like the idea of a follow-up series.

We had distant relatives that were on House Hunters...they had already bought their house and the other 2 houses were just shown to make the show look somewhat realistic.

It's all light entertainment.

MACHZER wrote:
Thanks for the responses, I just like looking at the rigs and it really is funny at times!

Yeah, I'm the same way....enjoy looking at the MH. A guy who works for me was on House Hunters a few years back, and that show was highly scripted. I'm sure Going RV is the same way.

Al

Thanks for the responses, I just like looking at the rigs and it really is funny at times!