My experiences with “Reality” TV part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- I’ve worked on countless TV shows over the years and one thing I’ve learned, behind the scenes of TV is NOTHING like people think! This is just part one of my experiences working in TV, these are my personal opinions and may or may not accurately represent several unnamed major networks ;)
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Thank you Chris for standing up for those that have no voice. I absolutely hate anyone that abuses an animal. I hope you and Gabby had a wonderful Christmas. I’m sure Casper was on Santa’s nice list. He’s a good boy and so darn adorable. Look forward to Part 2.
Thank you!
I so glad you said it! think most people know that “reality tv” is anything but real. Some of it is so blatantly obvious that it’s laughable. What bothers me about it is that some of them build “credibility” from it and become a “trusted source” for information. People need to take all tv content with a BIG grain of salt. And not believe everything they see. Reality tv is cheap to produce and the networks can grind out show after show and they become disposable. And with animal content it’s even worse. The production costs are even lower, and the animals become expendable and replaceable. All ethics go out the window. The animals cannot speak for themselves so we have to speak for them. If people really care they need to stop watching, that’s the only way it stops. Thanks for speaking up Chris.
Yepppp exactly
Thank you for all that you do...I'm a total animal lover myself and I try to do what I can for them. I gave 2 dogs 3 cats and a whole slew of outdoor animals. I feed them all. Birds hummingbirds.squirrels chipmunks ducks geese raccoons fox deer and a snapungturtle under my dock.
This is insanity. Hate to hear it but thanks for opening our eyes to this.
Part two gets even more into it!
😭😭😭😭The one about the pig and the alligator made me emotional to where I know the feeling if I were to witness it I would get into a physical fight with the abusers also. I have worked with animals(mainly dogs.) And I am currently working at a zoo here in Nashville as a giftshop cashier; And so I am around animals all the time....and if something were to happen to the animals there I would be devastated. Also I have been watching your channel for a year; And I have grown and to love Casper(Even though he never love me back lol.) But he is too adorable ❤❤
Great video, I love how you DON'T sell out and stay true to yourself in the end stick to your goals educating the public about and wildlife conservation, I know what your saying their used to be such great old school animal planet educational shows like 17 plus years ago and they aired for a little while then they were cancelled for the "NEXT big show", Like how in the 1990's they had educational animal documentaries on National Geographic and much more that took a lot of work to produce, and now you have people building million dollar treehouse's tv show's on network's and stuff that has nothing to do with the animals awesome video explaining your thoughts on this topic of reality tv Chris 💙🐅🦒💪
I've quit watching regular TV - it's why I subscribe to folks on YT. Thanks for being an advocate for the critters unfortunately money trumps common sense and decency far too much of the time. Take care and hope you, Gabby and all the critters had a good Christmas (the Coatis opening their gifts was so fun!)
Thank you!
YES! I only watch 2 tv shows now, got rid of cable, and have replaced it with you guys and other herpers, gardening channels, and music channels. Don't miss them A BIT!
Great video, thank you for standing up for what’s right.
Thank you!
This makes so much sense. I like you loved catching snakes growing up and besides water snakes in the local canal, finding snakes in the woods is very difficult. I've spent 17 years in the military and have only come across a handful while training. The survival stuff is super interesting too. I enjoy it and plan to hunt one day, I do enjoy ethically hunted game and meat, but these survival shows always seems corny and too successful. Great vid. I've said it before and I'll day it again, this is the best nature content since Steve Irwin passed
Thank you for sharing with us. I always suspected some survival shows were staged and the same with animal shows. I mean the finds are just too perfect and especially given how camouflaged many reptiles are. I am excited to hear more and will think on questions. I just stumbled across this video, and I'm happy I did. I hope you and your family had a good Christmas ❤
Thank you!
Chris, ive watched 12 hour video essays and 30 part series. Make these as long as you need to and most of us will watch it because its important and extremely entertaining
Glad to know some people watch the whole thing!
Thank you for bringing this to light, Thats one of many reasons why I dont like reality shows. There fake and the people doing then just dont care.
One of the reasons I started watching TH-cam regularly years ago is because TV is "too professional" for my tastes. Too much overproduction, sensationalism, loud music, and other fluff and nonsense. Most of the channels around here were just ordinary people engaging in their hobbies, having fun and sharing it with the world in low-def, and I really enjoyed that. Over time, most TH-cam channels have been going down the road of reality TV, especially when sponsors are involved, and it's pretty frustrating.
Thank you for keeping your channel simple, real, and informative.
I agree. I prefer people like Chris and Gabby over million dollar phony productions. I stopped watching that Hollyweird nonsense probably two decades ago.
Thanks Chris.
Unfortunately I’m not surprised by any of the stuff you mentioned. it’s all about the money for these networks. so so so sad , but I’m happy to see Casper ❤
Yeah I've already guessed that was the case with many of these shows and people also testify that they film these survival shows at the back of some gas station or whatever. Very few people bother with authentic and informative survival shows.
You're the boss, Chris! I appreciate knowing this information. I have never watched most of the reality tv, but animal shows have been one of my favorites throughout my life. I can remember people saying Steve Irwin was fake, and I don't know how much staging for television's sake was done on Crocodile Hunter, but I never doubted that he found the animals and worked with them...we all saw it! I can't say the same about certain other animal shows. But TH-cam is a better option these days for this kind of content, and I'm so glad you're out there doing it every day!!
Good on you for standing up for what you believe in, I can't wait to see part 2!💚
Thank you!
Very interesting. I like hearing the behind the scenes stories
More to come!
Hell yeah drop a part 2 bro
Hell I’d watch for a whole “series” 😂
Haha yea I’ve got enough stories to make a few episodes 😂
Haha Chris showing off movie magic secrets love it . Keeping it real 🙌🏼🙌🏼💯good episode. Blows my mind how chill Casper is
I'm familiar with what you are talking about. I've done shows too. Although it's cost me, I've never allowed unethical treatment of animals. My respect for you standing up to the producer. That takes guts when you don't know if you'll get a trip home. Thanks for going into detail about the staged discovery of "wildlife." Certainly much of it is domesticated captive and often cooled reptiles, for instance, so they were more easily handled and wrangled, etc. Many of the predators capturing and eating prey are staged too. Those are rare shots to find by photographers by scouting, observation and happenstance. They occur, but are rare unless the prey is released near the predator. Then you often have them use multiple cameras and splices of totally different times of approach, etc... Anyhow, I subscribe and speak for others who doubtless would like to see you do a mini series on this topic. That's one way you can archive your past experiences for other's benefit.
Yep absolutely!! It’s crazy how many animal interactions are carefully orchestrated and staged
Thank you for sharing. Showbiz is very lacking in morals and its a shame the ones who lack it the most seem to make it big time.
That’s crazy! Thank you for sharing your experience!
Thanks!
Makes me glad that I consume my content through TH-cam. I find that there is a wide variety of good keepers and mediocre keepers , but they all hold eachother acountable and are willing to call one another out.
Very interesting, thanks for this video, Chris! Yes, pls do a part2!
(And I agree with George: it's scary when Casper is "creeping" under water!)
Thanks for watching!
I believe everything you said
Its all about the ratings and money
I remembered as a kid I’ll watch a show with my dad called “naked and afraid” . I wonder if it was staged as well. I remembered one episode they killed baby birds and the mother was looking for them it was so sad it made me stop watching the show. If they forced them to do that, that is just so cruel.
An eye opener. The extent to make it look 'interesting'.
Thank you Chris for standing up for those animals. I have been rescuing for years and it is the only reason I do not buy a gun because I need to be here for them and not in jail. Way to many people are monsters when it comes to animals. You have to have humanity to be human and I sincerely appreciate you for that. Wishing you Casper a very safe and happy new year.
I knew i was right abour those survivor shows! Im glad i always hated them with good reason! Thank you for standing up for the animals! It broke my heart hearing about the Alligators. Thats so heartbreaking. I wish you could expose them all too! It sucks theyre allowed to do this.
An excellent video as always Chris. Thank you for standing up for these animals, that story with the pig is so sad. Looking forward to part 2.
Thank you!
I would have never thought about all this , daamn, and I remember when I was a child I used to love watching that type of stuff ,, oh well, a new day a new thing to be learnt. cheers
I thought the animals were supposed to be protected. I do not want to watch these shows again. It breaks my heart. 💔
I know many ppl know this is what goes on but really cool you've been in the position and just open about it. The stars of the show are the ppl in the background doing the work not the producer or the "guy" finding the animals in the wild.
Very enlightening! Thank you for the heads up on this!
Thanks! Part two will have more!
Look forward to all your new videos!
Looking forward for part 2. Hopefully more people know about this so they can stop watching those shows. Thank you Chris at always for sharing.
Thanks! Part two will get into more specific stories
I grew up on Animal Planet. But when Reality TV started happening, I knew it was BS. I fell for it for a while when I was a teen because I was trying to be cool, but luckily I had a friend who woke me up to that BS.
Funny enough, his name is ALSO Chris, and honest, when I first saw you, I was like, "Is that chris? (My friend)". Because you look almost identical to him. You're taller and speak differently than him, but it was uncanny. So yeah, thanks Chris, but not-Chris for teaching me better to be skeptical xD
That's what I love about you and Abby is that you're skeptical and actually realistic
Those ethical issues are so scary! 😢Thank you for standing up to that awful producer!
Thank you for sharing this with us! It's super important to raise awareness on this topic!
Thank you!
Kudos to you for standing up…it took courage and caring. That would have been a monstrous thing to do. My father taught me to understand and love and be in nature safely. There are hunting farms where they use animals, like lions, who’ve been in captivity and are drugged so that rich idiots can say they went on safari in say, Texas. It’s disgusting. I’ll leave my experiences to things I’ve seen and fought over out of this but I am so glad you are doing this. If you get syed I’ll start a GoFundMe for your costs. And your show is one of a very small list of animal shows I watch. Don’t get started on rough handling of the magically appearing snake, for example.
Thank you for all the education work you do, and exposing all this information!
You’re a very brave guy . More power to you
Good afternoon Chris I hope you and gabby had an amazing Christmas. Thank you for sharing because alot of people need to know what TV is really about and I am so happy that you stood for what's right and gave that up. But I ain't gonna lie gator Boys was one of my favorite shows on TV, I watched that religiously and now I watch jersey shore
Like I say in the video I can’t name names, but there’s a good reason I quit that horrible show season two. Absolutely couldn’t stand the overwhelming BS
Casper going under water looking for that nasty producer who wanted to hurt the pig... and only finding George 😂. Thanks for this series Chris I'm glad to have your voice on this subject. (And tell George to stop wearing that bacon cologne that those gators find so tempting😉)
Great video never liked reality TV . Sooo fake
TH-cam has its flaws, but the benefit is it does allow independent creators to make a living, without having to sell out to the major networks.
Really interesting. Keep 'em comin
This is amazing I had no idea any of that goes on very interesting I can’t wait for the second one
More to come!
You’re my fave TH-camr 🙏 ♥️
Love that video and you have a very important message for us. I did 'nt know al that stuff but Of cause it makes sense TV is all fake.
I’d love a part 2 for this! Super important stuff you are talking about, love you!🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
Merry Christmas to you qnd Gabby .
Merry Christmas!
After hearing that I’m glad Dual Survivor isn’t on the air anymore
Thank you for sharing this information
This video gave me inspiration to film the luxury life style of Dubai in the Ghetto. THANKS CHRIS!!
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Nice one 🤘
I sooooo admire you. We are like-minded when it comes to animals. Thank you for being who you are.
Thank you!
Hey Chris, I love watching these blogs. A question I have for you is I sometimes see in documentaries of Alligators and Crocodiles having birds hanging out on top of their heads just relaxing. I was wondering your input on why these gators allow these animals to hang out with them without trying to eat them. Or if there were any animals that form some sort of “relationship” with an alligator and what are the benefits for the alligator.
What are your thoughts on swamp people?! Or can you not talk about it?! I really would like to know!
hey Chris, have you ever worked with wolves if you have what was it like and have you ever been bit by one how strong are they
When they have a documentary that is not filmed in the assumed location do they have in the credits “special thanks to…” and then whoever is in that Florida area?
14:04 Casper probably thought "This is beneath me"
In all seriousness this was an eye opening video. I knew reality shows were not 100% real and they staged a lot of things, but I did not know they had no semblance to reality whatsoever.
LoL wasn't aware anyone actually believed "reality" TV was truely random and shot spontaneously. LoL especially when they're wearing the same shirt, hat,pants etc in every episode and how it's obvious they're just repeating lines that someone thought would be good for that scene. but yeah it's not real, all the drama and bs isn't surprising & the actor or host is the one getting screwed usually
In my years of experience working in this field, I have found the vast majority of people believe that all animal shows are real.
@@GatorChris_ lol that's surprising especially because it isn't like they're filming & posting it all live as they go. Hey to each their own, people still believe the earth is flat, bigfoot is real & Tupac and Biggie are alive on an island somewhere bc they saw a hologram image of Tupac at Coachella 😂 so I guess it shouldnt be that surprising
Hi Chris, are you aware of the "wally the emotional support alligator." The guy puts his hand directly inside of his mouth and does not bite. is this a level of training you achieve regularly with your gators. Is this just a time bomb waiting to happen as in the video this gator is swimming with several children. Interested to hear your thought if possible?
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Tell them Chris to talk to your agent
lol I’ve never had an agent, I represent myself
@@GatorChris_ that's like being your own lawyer
Honestly Chris, I don't think you have to be in the water with Casper for your chat to be informative and interesting. Since I've heard you say it's cold enough to warrant the wetsuit, I now would rather you sit out of the water and stay comfortable. You're still giving us the same education - so as long as you're not demonstrating something with him, by all means be comfortable!
I appreciate that but I like being in the water too! At least on warm days 😂
@@GatorChris_ fair then!
8:50 I used to wonder that about the BW channel, always thought it might be staged alot of it
So a lot of animal documentaries I watch have someone tell the audience facts about the animals. Are those facts fake?
It’s depends on the show, I’ll mention in part two video how I’ve fought with producers about the info presented
@@GatorChris_ how can you tell if the information presented in the documentaries is true or not
If you're told "not to believe everything you see on the internet", why would you believe everything on tv?🤔
We can tell
Dommage que l'on puisse pas traduire en Français 🤔
Are you talking about Bear Grylls? :D cos ... yea ...
You are amazing for standing up for ethics! Donation link, now. We all need to donate to this guy!
I'd like to see you comment on the what I think are setups on nature shows of animal v animal, not just the talent. There is no way they're sitting in the wild waiting for a snake to eat a mouse, or a tiger to catch a whatever they catch. I've always suspected setups, but can't confirm in a court of law.
I'd also like to see you comment on zoos. I refuse to go because I think they're prisoners for animals, and the people who go need to get off their butts and go into the wild.
A LOT of the animal vs animal stuff is staged, it’s really sad.
You mean to tell me the aliens 👽 on the history channel are not real, I’m not buying it Chris?
Naked and afraid is fake. What is life now..😅😂😂
These guys earn residuals and you don't , bet that if you had an agent they could get you a better gig and take acting lessons etc and being able to interact with dangerous animals on camera would be an advantage that most actors don't have. Don't know if You and Gabby care for any of that. ( I mean more fiction/fantasyscifi rather than reality TV which sucks)
They just put everything CGI now so there’s not really a place for that on TV