One from the Storage Locker

It was hot. Very, very hot. Laurie and I sat in our car on the Frisco field, not really knowing what to expect. A van pulled up next to us. A buzzard spontaniously combusted overhead. It was time....

Except that it wasn't. The long day of waiting had actually just started. I guess it really started a few weeks before when Jack Sprague mentioned that he had been approached by Storage Wars Texas to help with an episode. He knew that Laurie and I had experience with the crazy world of storage auctions (actually, they are boring and a TON of work....just sayin') and he wondered if we might be interested in showing to watch and possibly help out.

We said, "Sure!" and that lead to us sweating the day away while all the while trying to stay out of the way of the cameras and production folks. It became quickly obvious that they wanted Jack as their star, and even Suzy needed to be invisible, so we literally hid behind things as filming occurred. Still, it was fun to watch when we could peek out.

A few random thoughts: It takes a long time to film even a short segment. It takes a whole lot of folks to do it. The production team was pretty nice. The stars from the show didn't say much to us (although Bubba seemed to like to talk a bit more). I really don't think they knew what to expect out of the rockets. Yes, I said rockets, as in more than one. They actually flew a couple.

So, all in all, I think it went well. We had fun (in a hot, slightly dull way), and we got to see a side of reality tv that a lot of folks don't. I think Jack represented us well, and even though on the episode they were putting out "nerd alerts" because of the rockets, we came off looking pretty darn cool!

By the way, if you missed the episode, here ya go!

http://www.aetv.com/storage-wars-texas/video/excuse-me-i-think-you-re-stupid-64645699873

 

Jack and the crew setting up. That's a lot of folks you don't see on the show!

More settin' up goin' on!

 



You might think that this screen grab is a picture of Jack. You would be wrong. The real reason I put this in here is the tree in the upper right hand side of the background. If you could chop that tree down you would find Laurie, Suzy, and me hiding there. We missed stardom by that much!


 

When Jack cautioned the camera guy about possibly frying his camera to get this shot, he was informed that "cameras are cheap" Ok, so donate a few to the club!


 

The three amigos!