American Chopper is riding off into the sunset for good.
The TLC reality series is closing shop after six seasons, with the series finale airing Thursday, Feb. 11 at 9/8c.
Chopper premiered in 2003 on the Discovery Channel before moving to TLC in 2008. The series followed founder Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son, Paul Jr. (better known as Paulie or Junior) and the drama behind the scenes at their custom motorcycle shop, Orange County Choppers. "The Teutuls will always be a part of the Discovery family and we congratulate them on a tremendously successful series run," TLC said in a statement.
Watch a preview of American Chopper's series finale
Paul Teutul, Sr., said he anticipated "another two or three years" of the show in an October interview with the New York Daily News. However, Paul Jr., left the company — and the series — briefly earlier this season and was then sued by his father over company stock in December, according to TMZ.
"Exercise restraint and discipline, only responding to posts from legit customers and those with constructive positive intent, you will find that the handgrenades explode harmlessly. You have many satisfied customers who are happy to have the parts you've made. My suggestion to you is keep making good parts, keep getting more customers, take care of them and let them speak for you."
Former Gov'r Pataki was so pleased with himself about the groundbreaking of the new facility, hoping it would be a boost to the area. Now, when you pass by on I87, there is a huge building, a hotel and a vast parking lot, never really that filled. The family certainly padded their pockets with the show, but were there any other positive consequences for the area, or the mid-Hudson Valley economy?
It's also interesting to see some OCC bikes on eBay selling for pennies on the dollar.
I have never seen the show....just seen a gazillion ads for the show on Discovery, Science, History, History International channels....guess they are all owned by the same company....never saw why anyone would watch that show so I never did. I was mildly curious as to the demographics of the people who did watch it....wonder who watched it and why.
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Only one left not in captivity.
Anytime someone elevates themselves from the crowd, there will always be those shooting arrows at their ass.....
For me the show had some entertainment value, more-so in the beginning, only to fade in later episodes as it became more of a soap opera show. The rise and fall of nepotism in middle American business.
"Exercise restraint and discipline, only responding to posts from legit customers and those with constructive positive intent, you will find that the handgrenades explode harmlessly. You have many satisfied customers who are happy to have the parts you've made. My suggestion to you is keep making good parts, keep getting more customers, take care of them and let them speak for you."
Actually as gay as it was it really was kind of cool to see what they would come up with.....and how stupid some people really were to pay thousands of dollars for that shit!
I actually enjoyed the series on occasion, I wasn't a regular watcher but did catch more than a few episodes. I might be nuts but I think their existence kind of legitimized that whole Chopper Inc type shops around the country, not saying that's good or bad but at least they made some of the builds mildly amusing to watch.
American Chopper is no more
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