The camera’s on us: Reality TV turns the spotlight on Maine, its people
By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News, Maine | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Now, the hot reality TV spot appears to be Maine.
Maine? Us? Really? We're used to hanging out here in the far northeastern corner of the country, not being paid attention to on the pop culture front unless there's lobster to be eaten or
There are three reality TV shows being filmed simultaneously in the state. Who knows what other people and places producers are scoping out. What gives?
In truth, it shouldn't surprise anyone that TV producers would be attracted to Maine. We have a definitive regional culture, vast swaths of unspoiled wilderness to explore, and plenty of hard-working entrepreneurs, artists and performers, rugged outdoorsmen and women, and "different" people.
"I think the region is a help, but I think of our show as more of a microcosm of the country as a whole. People are working to make ends meet, and they get creative about it," said
Just look at this list of Mainers that have appeared on reality TV over the past decade -- from "Survivor" winners (and losers) to circus performers, game wardens and eligible bachelorettes -- and you'll see that there's plenty out there already.
Some of them generally haven't wanted to pursue further time in the limelight, such as
"The most important thing that I have learned from being on reality TV is that it's exciting to have been picked for these shows and to have enjoyed the journeys, but they are shows, and they are not real life," said Scheer, who still operates the Great Maine Lumberjack Show each summer in
Downeast Dickering -- OK, so they aren't from Down East. Cast members hail from
North
Cold
"Timber"
The Pelletier Family -- "American Loggers" may have felled its last tree after three seasons on the Discovery Channel in 2011, but the subjects of the show -- the Pelletier family of
Sam
Pie Moms of
Cousins Maine Lobster -- Cousins
Morninghead Bed Head Remover --
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