Everything about American Chopper totally explained
American Chopper: The Series is a
Learning Channel reality television series produced by Pilgrim Films & Television Inc. The popular series is based around the founder of the company,
Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son,
Paul Teutul, Jr., also known as
Paulie or simply
Junior, as the two run a business creating
custom motorcycles in their
workshop,
Orange County Choppers. The workshop is based in
Montgomery,
New York.
The contrasting attitudes of the men and their propensity for sulking often lead to fiery but humorous verbal exchanges as they meet unusually short schedule deadlines for building distinct custom
choppers.
Originally a show on the
Discovery Channel, the series moved to Discovery's sister channel,
TLC, on
December 28,
2006, starting off with an 18-hour marathon. Its first season on TLC premiered on January 18, 2007.
Featured staff
Typically Paul Jr. works alongside fabricators and mechanics such as Rick Petko, Nick Hansford, Christian Welter, and former employees Vinnie DiMartino (who left OCC to start V-Force Customs in 2007) and Cody Connelly (a
BOCES student intern who has joined DiMartino's business), to create dozens of custom motorbikes. Paul Sr. supervises the builds and has built motorcycles himself.
Michael Teutul, commonly referred to as
Mikey, serves as the shop's custodian and webmaster, and provides comic relief to the show. He has been seen doing metal work occasionally, as one of his early jobs was working at Orange County Ironworks.
The show also documents their personal and promotional activities ranging from magazine photo shoots to family holidays and custom bike shows.
Video games
Due to its popularity during its first seasons,
American Chopper inspired two video games, including for the
Nintendo GameCube,
Sony PS2, and the
Xbox.
FANtasy Bike Contest
During 2005,
Discovery Channel sponsored a
contest
in which four finalists won OCC motorcycles. Bike features were specified by the winning
fans, who sent in videos expressing their reasons for wanting a bike. The contest winners were (in episode order): Jeff Clegg (
Corporal Punishment), Susan Morisset (
Female Snake Bike), Joseph McClendon (
Custom Hog), Bryan King (
Vertebrate Trike). Each winner's bike appeared in a single episode, since each build took only 2 days.
Seasons
Parodies
American Body Shop, an improvisational
comedy shown on
Comedy Central, is a parody of
American Chopper, as well as other similar shows, such as
Monster Garage and
American Hot Rod.
Further Information
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