So today on Animal Planet, yes that’s correct I said Animal Planet (a subsidiary of the Discovery network) there was a show that debuted entitled Meet the Preppers. The show is centered on a family in Utah. Now your guess is good as mine as to why Animal Planet would have a show about preppers. I watched the episode and the only animal featured was a hog that got slaughtered and processed.
What is of interest to me is that this is the THIRD network “reality” TV show whose central theme is prepping. First there was Nat Geo’s Doomsday Preppers, then there was Discovery’s Doomsday Bunkers, and now Animal Planet’s Meet The Preppers.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining Lord knows there could be worse subject matter for the networks to brainwash the masses with however I hold them all suspect at this point.
Edit: One of the father’s buddies who was a kidnaping “expert” that was involved in several different scenes had a different color shemagh on in every scene and a paracord “survival” bracelet, I wanted to give him a nudge and say “pssst hey buddy. . .YOU’RE TRYING TO HARD!”
I expect this to be a growing trend with TV networks. There’s money to be made on this stuff. Plus the hidden agenda of making preppers seem like lunatics to the masses.
Pretty soon the Kardashians are gonna be filming their hoe-bag lifestyles from a retired military bomb shelter. “Kim meets Kenny the buck toothed varmint” should be out soon.
I started to watch this series but soon realized it was simply more “sons of dumb” drama and did not even finish the first show and then deleted my timers for same.
I swear I’m about to permanently attach my palm to my face! This asshatery has got to stop at some point. The people that keep volunteering to be filmed, have me wondering if they aren’t paid fed actors, there just to make “preppers” look absolutely silly.
For some time now (after certain DOJ pamphlets were circulated) and now the onslaught by the “educational” TV networks of prepper themed shows I have no dought our lifestyle is under attack here in the home of the brave and land of the free. . .
This trend of “prepper” shows has had my radar up lately as well and for the most part it makes a mockery out of the subject.
I imagine if I was in the towing or repo business Lizard Lick Towing would probably piss me off too.
I watch the prepper shows for a good laugh though. Just when you think one of these people or groups might have their shit together one of them pulls out their home made self defense bow and arrow. Not to mention the fact that they’re exposing themself, they’re contigency plans, tactics, storage, supplies and weaponry to the world.
I welcome these kinds of shows. Imagine this, a whole herd of average americans seeing this show, becoming interested in prepping, going out and buying tons of gear, then losing interest after a while.
At that point, the true preparedeness oriented people, such as myself, will have a chance to snag up all this barely used gear and supplies, for pennies.
The same thing happened during the Y2K crap. I got a new Honda generator for 125, and a bunch of MRE’s for 20 bucks a case.
I say bring on all the junk TV.
Brandon
OTOH, these shows are getting the idea of preparedness out to the general public, which might:
Get the general public to think of preppers as “tolerable eccentrics” rather than as militia-survivalist-seditionist-insurgent scary, dangerous, evil people; and
Get the government thinking the same way, rather than as
anti-government militia-survivalist-seditionist-insurgent hoarders who are dangerous, evil people who need to be locked-up and/or terminated.
The new show truly shows how prepper crazy some of the people are, but if their is a market for the network to make $$$ on it I am sure they will keep popping up.
Television reality shows don’t gain viewership from following sane, rational people around and filming them. You can be sure that they want your “prepper” shows to make people shake their head just as they do in their shows about hoarders, Jersey Shore goofballs, and the Kardashians.
I’m right there with ya. I remember when The History Channel had shows on it about <gasp> historical events. Now it’s “Pawn Stars” and “American Pickers” all day.
Did you see the episode of Doomsday Creepers were the lady had 170 condoms in her bug out bag in case she had to “trade unsavory acts” for some survival items ?
I also like how they use real weapons in the show, like the 300 pound guy that was pointing an M1A at the camera all nutcase style .
Has anyone heard of the guy that is going to jump off the cliff in Arizona at sunrise of December 21 st 2012 ? He has people sending him thousands of dollars so when he jumps into the portal he can make sure they are saved :suicide2: LOL , Yes people are losing there minds, I agree with being prepared and knowing how to survive but wow some of these people need to get a grip …
There is a thread about the Nat Geo show, the girl with the condoms was on another blog and she stated that the producers of the show made a bunch of shit up. Living in Houston she is prepping for Gulf Coast hurricanes but the show’s producers told that was boring and to go with the peak oil crisis. They also wanted to pay her $1K to shoot one of her cats on film. I think A LOT of this show is staged, written, etc. There is not much reality in “Reality TV”.
The big guy with the M1A had the state come in and try to commit him and take away his land and guns after the airing of that episode.
They are working to turn the term ‘prepper’ into a pejorative, much like they did with the term survivalist in the 1970’s and 80’s. This time around they are getting willing help from these reality tv morons.