The Untold Truth Of American Pickers

The cast of American Pickers is known for finding treasures inside mountains of garbage. And just like the Pickers themselves, we've scrounged through the lives of Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and Danielle Colby, as well as some of their more notable guests. Sit back and enjoy some behind-the-scenes facts from American Pickers. You won’t even have to get your hands dirty...

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Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz have humble beginnings | 0:21
Mike is an author | 1:01
Mike doesn't want to be a star | 1:27
Frank was taken to court | 2:04
Danielle Colby wears more than one hat | 2:47
Danielle may also be a tax dodger | 3:22
Hobo Jack is an author too | 3:53
Prince Mongo has political aspirations | 4:22
Cashing in on "Mole Man" Ron's fame | 5:03

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[Looper]

Which American Pickers find do you wish you owned?

[BenRollman]

History Channel needs to have Storage Wars buy a unit, American Pickers go through it, and then try to sell their findings at Pawn Stars.

[sunking]

This is my favorite TV show. I believe I've seen every episode. To me the show has a warm All-American feel to it...seeing all the items from the past...American history of how people used to live. I'm old enough to remember lots of the picked items.

[katiejomascellani]

I love love love Daniel. Her style is awesome. I love American pickers too. Great programme. Warms my heart every time. ♥️

[MrMikebutkus]

Pickers visited a closed amusement park just down the road from where we go to the mall. They bought some very old posters to help the guy re-open the park. As of Sept. 2016, it's still closed. When we drove by, the grass was cut. The place is clean, so someone is keeping the place together. I was visiting an antique store in York, PA Aug, 2016. Walk in and there is a photo of the pickers and the store owner ! In asking, they stopped at the owners' friend's location. After, they visited her store. She said they were the nicest people ever. The crew and all were all so nice. So nice to see a reality show that real !

[pebear]

I don't really see much controversy here. Frank was sued and probably did not know about it. A guy bought something off Frank but Frank never cashed the check so He probably never got the check. Daniel had some minor tax issue to the tune of 6K? Really that much dirt, wow. Seems like a pretty clean and decent bunch of folks....

[williamreed]

I met Mike at his shop a few years ago. He is the real deal, what a genuinely nice guy, just like in the show.

[nicktopinoplus]

"They rip people off by buying things cheap and selling it for a profit..." That's called "a business"

[stonecole]

2:12 best episode. Forget the guy's name but he and Frank's banter was hilarious, with Mike in the back trying to keep a straight face.

[lexbeltran]

I love the show. Mike & Frank are hillarious!

[brandonio_granger]

It's impossible to not like American Pickers !!!

[haroldgrey]

Btw, Robert "Prince Mongo" Hodges is the real deal. I interviewed him for my high school paper around 1981-1982. Which was when he first tried to run for mayor - not in 1991 as the video states. By the early 2000s, I was working in the grocery business in his neighborhood. The kids were always freaked out by Prince Mongo, since he was not in the news as much by then.

[badguy]

Mike is a regular guy. I wound up sitting next to him, in a bar, and struck up a conversation. I didn't know who he was because I had never watched the show. He was a good conversationalist and I was surprised when he told me what he does. I thought ALL TV and Movie stars were AH's. He, evidently, is an exception.

[ogenmatic]

Mike & Frank always seem genuinely enthused.

[myworstenemy]

A reality show with decent people who really are what they claim to be?
What's the world coming to?

[RBeeMedia]

*"World Renowned Hobo"* I hope that one day I can have a title nearly as prestigious as this one !

[skipmichaels]

The pic of Mike Wolf as a kid at 00:32 is hilarious. He never grew out of that childlike zest for life that you can see in his pic.

[edwardfarrar]

Love the show, it's one of the few shows you and the kids can watch together.

[rubedogg]

Noah: How much will you give me for the Ark? Frank: It's has alot of water damage plus the shipping costs, how about $5.00?

[clayguy]

I was dating a comedian back in the early 90s.. She was an opening act at the High Sierra Hotel on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, for Tempest Storm.. Though Tempest was very old.. she had a body a 20 year old would of died for...
It was Christmas Eve and My Girlfriend and I were invited to Tempest Storms suite at the High Sierra Hotel. Man that's a Christmas I'll never forget. I was the only male, in a room full of Tempests.. back up dancers... Just so beautiful... on the wall were pictures of Tempest's past friends.. including Elvis.. I sat next to Tempest on one side and my GF on the other.. I looked at her arms.. and they were smooth till you got to her wrists where her age really showed...
All I can say.. is that night and that party is one I'll never forget.. To see her in this video was a jaw dropper for sure.