American Chopper
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| American Chopper: The Series | |
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 American Chopper: The Series logo |
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| Format | Reality television |
| Starring | Paul Teutul, Sr. Paul Teutul, Jr. Michael Teutul Rick Petko Jason Pohl Mike Rowe (announcer) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Discovery Channel(2003-2007) TLC(2007-) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | 2003 – present |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Video games
Due to its popularity during its first seasons, American Chopper inspired two video games, including American Chopper 2: Full Throttle for the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PS2, and the Xbox.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD Vol. | DVD release date (R1) | |
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| 1 | 14 | 2003 | 1 | May 10, 2005 | |
| 2 | 23 | 2004 | 2 | May 10, 2005 | |
| 3 | November 1, 2005 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 2005 | 4 | ||
| 4 | ? | 2006 | 5 | ||
| 5 | ? | 2008 | ? | ||
| Pilots, Specials & Other |
14 | 2003–2006 | |||
[edit] 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.[1] [2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Orange County Choppers website.
- Discovery Channel's American Chopper website.
- V-Force Customs
| American Chopper | ||
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| Main Cast | ||
| Paul Teutul, Sr. - Paul Teutul, Jr. - Michael Teutul - Rick Petko - Jason Pohl - Mike Rowe (narrator) | ||
| Bikes | ||
| Customer bikes | ||
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Davis Love III Bike • Dixie Chopper Bike • I, Robot Bike • Carroll Shelby Bike • Statue of Liberty Bike • Lincoln Mark LT Bike • New York Jets Bike • NAPA Drag Bike • Miller Electric Bike • Snap-On Tool Bike • Lance Armstrong Bike • Jay Leno Bike • Trim-Spa Bike • LearJet Bike • Hooters Bike • Bass Pro Shop Bike • Kansas City Royals Bike • Case Cutlery Bike • Caterpillar Bike • Gillette Bike • Discovery Channel Bike • Solid Works Bike • CRC Industries Bike • BlueLinx Bike • Jeff Hammontree/Sam's Club Bike • Air Force "Raptor" Bike • New York Yankee Bike • NASA Bike • David Mann Bike • Ole Miss Bike • Wendy's Bike • Sunoco Bike • Bill Murray Bike • Eragon Bike • Go Daddy Bike • Flowjet Bike • HP Bike • GoFast Bike • Peavey Bike • Russell Crowe Australia Bike • Iowa Farm Bureau Bike • My Name is Earl Bike • Gander Mountain Bike • Craftsman Bike • Die Hard Bike • Synyster Gates Bike • Klipsch Bike |
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| Theme bikes | ||
| Black Widow Spider Bike - Cody's Old School Project - Comanche Bike - Fire Bike - Christmas Bike - Christmas Sleigh - Mikey's Blues Bike - POW/MIA Bike - Jet Bike - Mikey and Vinnie's Bike - Rat Bike - Police Bike - Junior's Dream Bike - Lucy Bike - Military Bikes - Talladega Bike - Spider-Man Bike - Clown Bike - Flash Bike - True Blue Bike - Rick's Dream Bike - Army National Guard Bike - University of Michigan Bike | ||
| FANtasy bikes | ||
| Jeff Clegg's Corporal Punishment - Susan Morisset's Female Snake Bike - Joseph McClendon's Custom Hog - Bryan King's Vertebrae Trike | ||
| Related articles | ||
| Season 1 - Season 2 - Season 3 - Season 4 - Season 5 - Pilots & Specials | ||
