"Is that Wontkins?"
"Rudy Bear" in the episode "Another Christmas Story"
Pawn Stars is a reality series airing on the History Channel since 2009. The series is filmed at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, operated by the Harrison family.
Mentions[]
- In the season eight episode "Truly Trivial," Austin "Chumlee" Russell uses a book of trivia to try and stump shop owner Rick Harrison. One question concerns Cookie Monster's real name. Rick responds, "Sid," to Chumlee's bewilderment.
- The 23rd episode of season twelve, "Pawn Brothers," features a man named Chris looking to sell a Wilkins puppet found at an auction in Pennsylvania. He's hoping to get $650 for it. Rick Harrison offers some information about the Wilkins Coffee ads, but admits he has no idea how much it's worth, so he brings in Johnny Jimenez, owner of Toy Shack in Las Vegas. Johnny claims the piece is worth $150, Rick offers Chris $100, but Chris declines. The episode also features a trivia card about Jim Henson originally having been offered the role of Yoda, and ends with some banter between Rick and his sons about which grumpy Muppet he'd be: one of the old guys in the balcony, Sam the Eagle, or Oscar the Grouch. (video)
- The season eight episode "Another Christmas Story" features a man named David selling "Rudy Bear," a puppet he claims was built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop for a TV series he had pitched (the man also claims Henson built Yoda, which is not true). David wants $10,000 to pawn him, but Rick tells him he can only offer $500, due to the fact that he's not an original Muppet. David and Rick agree on $1,000. (YouTube)
- Nicole Goldman appears in the season twenty episode "There's No Crying in Pawn Stars" to comment on a fish sculpture claimed to have been created by Jim Henson in 1974. Goldman consulted with Henson archivist Karen Falk and the Henson family to confirm that the piece was not in fact created by Jim Henson.
- In the season 21 episode "Chum Goes to Hollywood," a customer brings in a Fraggle Rock guitar and banjo and asks $350 for the set. After bringing in an expert, who says the banjo is worth $150 and the guitar is worth $200, Corey declines to buy them as he thinks they'll be sitting in the shop for a long time.
References[]
- "Prawn Stars" is one of several shows that Fozzie Bear pitches to Scooter in the Muppets Now episode "Fever Pitch."