First of all, I find a lot of reality TV to be fairly boring, extremely stupid or just plain garbage. Once in a while a show is pretty good. I wasn't sure how this show was going to turn out but I'd have to say that after working on the show as the stunt tester and a key set production assistant, the show turned out to be pretty damn entertaining. And I'm not just being biased here.
As the stunt tester, I had all the fun of testing out every single event the contestants went through to work out all the kinks and to see if they would work or not. That was a lot of fun and some were a bit of a pain in the rump. Some never made it into the show. As a production assistant(There were a handful of us and everyone was cool) We got to get our hands dirty in a lot of aspects of making this show. All sorts of duties. Very fun. I was fortunate to work with an exceptional group of people that were the crew of - WANTED:TED OR ALIVE!!
Uncle Tedly and Big Jim, these guys are priceless. I had a few very fulfilling conversations with Ted and although he is definitely a wild man, he is extremely sharp, witty, articulate and is armed with an extensive vocabulary. A wildly entertaining human being. One night Ted pulled up to the set with a freshly killed deer. So I even got to gut the deer with good Ol Ted! Made for one hell of a picture! He smoked it dead square in the heart! I couldn't wait to tell my dad about this! Big Jim is Ted's ranch hand and very great friend. They are pretty much 2 peas in a pod. I got along with Big Jim very well. The only way I can describe Big Jim is well..he's one of a kind, he's Big Jim.
This might contain a very small spoiler but I had to comment because of someone else's comment on this. As far as the 'meat shakes' are concerned, the contestants did not blend and drink any type of hazardous fly infested meat or anything of that nature. The piles of meat on the table in front of the blenders was just there to scare the $hit out of them and gross them out. The blenders were already filled with some type of mixture that only the producers and art department know of the contents, but it was edible. The rotting meat on the table was rank as hell but nobody consumed any of that.So nobody should worry about that.
The live concert was pretty damn cool. Ted can certainly jam. What I really enjoyed about the Nug is the fact that he doesn't get caught up in all the ridiculous shenanigans. He doesn't give a rat's a$$ what someone thinks about him. When I was talking to Ted, he told me some valuable lessons that I have remembered ever since. He's plain and simply Ted Nugent. Like he mentions, you don't have to like him but you certainly can't ignore him!
Even though I've grown up in a family of hunters and fisherman, Ted proceeded to open my eyes even further to really and truly understand the 'Spirit of the wild' and how one can be more appreciative of all our surroundings and be true to oneself.
This was a great experience and I thank Ted Nugent, Big Jim and the rest for all of it.
As the stunt tester, I had all the fun of testing out every single event the contestants went through to work out all the kinks and to see if they would work or not. That was a lot of fun and some were a bit of a pain in the rump. Some never made it into the show. As a production assistant(There were a handful of us and everyone was cool) We got to get our hands dirty in a lot of aspects of making this show. All sorts of duties. Very fun. I was fortunate to work with an exceptional group of people that were the crew of - WANTED:TED OR ALIVE!!
Uncle Tedly and Big Jim, these guys are priceless. I had a few very fulfilling conversations with Ted and although he is definitely a wild man, he is extremely sharp, witty, articulate and is armed with an extensive vocabulary. A wildly entertaining human being. One night Ted pulled up to the set with a freshly killed deer. So I even got to gut the deer with good Ol Ted! Made for one hell of a picture! He smoked it dead square in the heart! I couldn't wait to tell my dad about this! Big Jim is Ted's ranch hand and very great friend. They are pretty much 2 peas in a pod. I got along with Big Jim very well. The only way I can describe Big Jim is well..he's one of a kind, he's Big Jim.
This might contain a very small spoiler but I had to comment because of someone else's comment on this. As far as the 'meat shakes' are concerned, the contestants did not blend and drink any type of hazardous fly infested meat or anything of that nature. The piles of meat on the table in front of the blenders was just there to scare the $hit out of them and gross them out. The blenders were already filled with some type of mixture that only the producers and art department know of the contents, but it was edible. The rotting meat on the table was rank as hell but nobody consumed any of that.So nobody should worry about that.
The live concert was pretty damn cool. Ted can certainly jam. What I really enjoyed about the Nug is the fact that he doesn't get caught up in all the ridiculous shenanigans. He doesn't give a rat's a$$ what someone thinks about him. When I was talking to Ted, he told me some valuable lessons that I have remembered ever since. He's plain and simply Ted Nugent. Like he mentions, you don't have to like him but you certainly can't ignore him!
Even though I've grown up in a family of hunters and fisherman, Ted proceeded to open my eyes even further to really and truly understand the 'Spirit of the wild' and how one can be more appreciative of all our surroundings and be true to oneself.
This was a great experience and I thank Ted Nugent, Big Jim and the rest for all of it.
