Ozarks Gonna Be Featured On Discovery Channel

[Al Agnew]

Some of the very best people I've ever known were Ozarkers...and some of the most worthless as well. Same could be said for city people. People are people, and each group tends to believe they are somehow superior to the others. As an Ozarker myself, I'm not immune to that...I think I'm a lot better off than the average city person.

Things have been changing for many years, though, and we're all getting more and more homogenized. The old time beliefs and values (which weren't all good ones) have been going by the wayside since TV came onto the scene, and it's accelerated with the advent of the internet. It seems sometimes that the bad parts of the old Ozark values and beliefs are hanging on longer than the good parts. Shows like this seem to glorify the bad parts as much or more than the good.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Reality shows collect an audience and sell advertising. They are all partially scripted, that should be a given, but finding something to mold around is different then fantasy.

I was surprised at the information about the shine because they're generally more vague then that. This one won't go far because the story is shallow IMO.

I liked the Mountain Men. The only one I thought might be a stretch were the guys in NC. I understand that his reason for living as a mountain man is more for the tourist he entertains.

You want to watch one that seems pretty real, watch Naked and Afraid. Getting dumped off in some of the places they do with nothing but one chosen item makes my skin crawl. I can't imagine starting with nothing in the great outdoors, especially barefooted. The first one I saw was in Africa and the thorns almost had the guy calling uncle. According to the disclaimer they can get help, but it ends the show for that person.

[Mitch f]

Why are reality shows so popular? I think it's partially because nobody actually gets outdoors and does anything anymore. They sit at home on their computers and/or smart phones and text or browse all day long. The only way to somewhat experience the outdoors is to watch someone else doing it. Doers are a lost breed......sad

[Wayne SW/MO]

That might be part of it Mitch, but I think it's because more and more people live in urban settings and never really see what goes on 50 miles into the sticks. I've always thought there was a different outdoor connection between people who grew up where they could fish and hunt anytime they were free of school and chores compared to those who had to be transported by adults when it could be arranged.

I find some of the outback reality shows interesting, but some resemble neighbors I've had.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Why are reality shows so popular? I think it's partially because nobody actually gets outdoors and does anything anymore. They sit at home on their computers and/or smart phones and text or browse all day long. The only way to somewhat experience the outdoors is to watch someone else doing it. Doers are a lost breed......sad

I think you have a point as well.. I do find a lot of these shows interesting, including this one, although I know this show is not reality.

[Old plug]

Boy i say its not reality.I have seen a couple of admissions about the bootlegging that could get someone ten years. It is a wonder the feds have not moved on the moonshiners all over the country. I do not like the damage the reality shows do. to country folks. Now the Amish the reality show of that can wreck the whole amish cult thing as far as I am concerned.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Boy i say its not reality.I have seen a couple of admissions about the bootlegging that could get someone ten years. It is a wonder the feds have not moved on the moonshiners all over the country. I do not like the damage the reality shows do. to country folks. Now the Amish the reality show of that can wreck the whole amish cult thing as far as I am concerned.

While they hinted at selling it they haven't owned up to any. Making shine isn't illegal up to 50 gallons I believe. Selling it is. Remember the couple of cases they had early were destined for the party.