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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Anpanman on July 19, 2011, 02:49:01 pm ---I think there's a big difference between someone who fills their house with a bunch of random garbage and a guy who's spend millions of dollars filling a warehouse with old arcade machines.  I was more shocked by the attitudes displayed by the woman and the guy moving the equipment than Randy.  I think he's just a guy who found an excellent way to advertise his upcoming arcade and tried to fill the role they required of him.

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I was actually surprised he came off as normal as he did in the episode (based what I have seen various forums ... one bad thread on KLOV about a machine sale comes to mind), aside from the Randykins and the bucket full of hoarded hair.

He had an arcade on the boardwalk before ... and got booted. I don't recall why, but I think he was demanding government funding or something, and he has since made his rant videos on YouTube private, so I can't check. Apparently the place was so bad that not even enthusiastic coin-op folks would go in.

EDIT: For an insider's take on the episode, including a mention that Randy isn't as crazy as they made him look, although he sleeps on a mattress under some pinball machines ...

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/hoarders/2011_Jul_19_behind-scenes-randyland
JRChristenson:
I've seen a lot of episodes of this show but I've never seen a meltdown like the one Vicki had in this one.
Anpanman:

--- Quote from: JRChristenson on July 19, 2011, 03:01:27 pm ---They're not movers, they're trash men.

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I must have missed that while watching the episode.  This snippet from the article linked above gives some insight into that...


--- Quote ---Matt’s crew were day laborers (just out of or on their way back to prison, Matt says, though he prefers working with those guys rather than, say, recent college graduates who won’t work as hard), and that was a source of major conflict. Although Randy applied for the show himself, he doesn’t consider himself a hoarder, and signed on for the moving services. That Matt didn’t hire professional movers irked Randy; part of their conflict was over whether Matt knew about that monstrosity of a horse racing machine beforehand, which Randy later proved to me that he did (it was mentioned in an e.mail; its scale was not). As I explore in Playboy, Randy felt very, very betrayed, as if the fight was set up (it was not; it was ultimately a misunderstanding). The crew had to adjust to Randy and were, well, very skeptical of him and unsure of how to interact with him, but they eventually all grew to trust each other. Fascinating stuff that a 40-something minute TV show episode can’t really cover.
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JustMichael:
I am sooo glad he isn't in England, open "Randyland" and I bet the police would show up to shut down a brothel.   :laugh2:
gabe:
I've seen exactly 3 episodes of Hoarders in my life, including this one. Under normal circumstances, I can't stand the show as it attempts to mask its exploitation of the mentally ill by offering false solutions to their complex problems.

That said, I had no problem watching this episode. Randy strikes me as an eccentric, not a hoarder. From what I gather, he exploited the ---smurfy--- cable show. Not the other way around. Free moving. Free publicity. Good for him.
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