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Storage War fans check-in (Original Post) LynneSin Aug 2012 OP
When I think of how much I disliked him in the beginning, and how much I now look forward Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #1
Mrs. Mopar is quite smitten Mopar151 Aug 2012 #2
Dave Hester is a douchebag LynneSin Aug 2012 #3
Yea-up. Yea-up. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #4
Hester is an asshole...........I think the show mrmpa Aug 2012 #9
But you need someone to hate to make the show work LynneSin Aug 2012 #10
Barry's easily the best on the show. Scuba Aug 2012 #5
But Brandi and Jarrod are great too LynneSin Aug 2012 #6
Barry is HOT. pipi_k Aug 2012 #7
Barry evidently enjoys life. hobbit709 Aug 2012 #8
It is my favorite of the storage shows Duer 157099 Aug 2012 #11
Barry on this week's show Kingofalldems Aug 2012 #12
That pottery scene was straight out of 'Ghosts' LynneSin Aug 2012 #15
Barry is why I watch Callalily Aug 2012 #13
That is definately Daryl's son. They are like the new Brandi & Jarrod LynneSin Aug 2012 #14

Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
1. When I think of how much I disliked him in the beginning, and how much I now look forward
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:27 PM
Aug 2012

to his comments. Yeah, he's the best thing on that show. Would love to know more about where he stores this stuff. Maybe we'll see him on an episode of the hoarders?

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
3. Dave Hester is a douchebag
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:34 PM
Aug 2012

but one I actually enjoy watching on TV. There were a few weeks where Hester wasn't on the show and the guy they had replacing him was boring.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
9. Hester is an asshole...........I think the show
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:00 PM
Aug 2012

would be much better without him. He deliberately bids, just to screw others.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
10. But you need someone to hate to make the show work
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:08 PM
Aug 2012

And to be fair the other bidders know what he's doing and a few times they've dropped bad lockers on him.

I think that's why Storage Wars: Texas hasn't been as good because there is no really well defined douchebags and thus we lose that 'let's root against the bad guy' thrill of the show.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
6. But Brandi and Jarrod are great too
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:41 PM
Aug 2012

I know they tried really hard to do the same thing with Storage Wars: Texas but they just didn't find the right combination of personalities to make the show interesting. The original worked because they had the clearcut hip guy (Barry), bickering cute couple (Jarrod and Brandi), Douchebag (Dave) and Darryl to boot. I can't figure out who has those roles on Texas. I think the guy originall from Long Island is the douchebag but sometimes that Uncle/Nephew pair act like it. And the 'hip guy' they brought in is just a clown. No one can touch Barry Weiss.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
7. Barry is HOT.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:43 PM
Aug 2012

and funny.

Jarod and Brandi piss me off.

Dave can be a bit of an ass, but he doesn't really bother me.

Darryl...I always feel like hitting him.


Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
11. It is my favorite of the storage shows
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:31 PM
Aug 2012

I even like the Texas one.

But I wonder if Barry really owns all those crazy vehicles, or if the show gets them for him or if he borrows them for the show or what.

And I don't understand why Barry doesn't team up with say Jarrod and Brandi, since 99% of the stuff he is not interested in at all.

Kingofalldems

(38,440 posts)
12. Barry on this week's show
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:17 PM
Aug 2012

Doing pottery: 'All you have to do is gently massage it and watch it grow'---and they left it in. Funny.

Is it true that Brandi was a stripper?

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
15. That pottery scene was straight out of 'Ghosts'
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:59 PM
Aug 2012

Barry will do just about anything for a laugh.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out Brandi was a former stripper. First she does have really big um, you know those things. And Jarrod looks like the type of guy that spent time hanging out at strip clubs. But those 2 have been together for ages and have 2 kids now.

Callalily

(14,889 posts)
13. Barry is why I watch
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:29 PM
Aug 2012

the show. Brandi and Jerrod? Some times funny and engaging, sometimes not so much.

I feel sorry for Darry's son . . . well, I think that's his son.

http://storagewars.wikia.com/wiki/Barry_Weiss

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
14. That is definately Daryl's son. They are like the new Brandi & Jarrod
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 03:57 PM
Aug 2012

Always bickering with each other.

One of these days that kid is gonna tell his dad to 'F##%% Off'

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