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Antique Roadshow.
Now here's a laugh...
The US show is based upon the oringal BBC (ie British) show.
The differences are interesting however.
In the British show you often see lots of real antiques. I believe the official age of something must be over 100 years for dealers to consider it a real antique, but no matter. The [v]average[/b] age of the items is older. That's to be expected, because it is the "Old World" after all.
The most amusing difference though is in the valuation. In the British show it's almost like it's an afterthought. It's mentioned at the end of the discussion (99% of the time), after they've talked about the provenence, history and any associated anecdotes related to the item. It seems that the people themselves are usually almost embarrassed to bring it up (which they don't actually, as it's the assessor who does).
In the US show?
A little Treasure Chest appears on the TV screen and the dollar value is shown with lovely little sparkles and tinkling sounds...
ROFL
How cheesy and shallow can you get?!
Mr Mephisto
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