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''American Pickers'' is an American reality television series that premiered on January 18, 2010 on the History channel, produced by A&E Television Networks in collaboration with Cinefix Productions. The series' eighth season premiered on May 6, 2015. == Overview == The show follows antique and collectible pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz a couple that travels around the United States. Originally travelling in a Mercedes Sprinter van, and later a Ford Transit, they buy or "pick" various items for resale, or sometimes for clients or for their own personal collections. Danielle Colby runs the office of Wolfe's business, Antique Archeology, from their home base in LeClaire, Iowa, and later at a second, newer location in Nashville, Tennessee, while Fritz sells his acquisitions at his shop (and on his own website), Frank Fritz Finds, upriver in Savanna, Illinois.〔http://frankfritzfinds.com/The-Store.aspx〕 The men go on the road, not only following up leads that Colby has generated, but also "free-styling" - stopping at places that look like they might hold items worth buying. They also pick some places more than once. The series introduction is narrated by Wolfe and Fritz. The first three seasons used the complete opening. Beginning with season 4, a shortened version is used, with the portion in italics below removed: Wolfe and Fritz explore people's homes, barns, sheds, outbuildings, and other places where they have stored antiques and collectibles. They call upon casual collectors, hoarders, and occasionally people who have inherited overwhelming collections of apparent junk. Wolfe, who has been picking since age four, has a particular interest in antique motorcycles, air-cooled Volkswagens, old bicycles, and penny-farthings, while Fritz has a fondness for antique toys, oil cans, and old Hondas.〔"Mike's Breakdown" (season 2, episode 12)〕 They have purchased old advertisements and commercial signage, film posters, a rare 15-gallon visible gasoline pump, and a Piaggio Ape (pronounced: ''ah-peh'') that one of their friends told them is probably the only one of its kind in North America.〔( "American Pickers": The Inside Story of the History Channel’s Surprise Hit ) River Cities' Reader Quote: "The episode "Super Scooter" shows how the pair works together. Wolfe is nearly drooling over a Vespa Ape scooter."〕〔"Big Bear" (season 1, episode 1)〕 In December 2011, ''American Pickers'' revealed that Antique Archaeology had leased a former 1914 car factory in Nashville, Tennessee, which originally made the ''Marathon'' automobile, for a second business location to decrease the distance required to haul their finds from the southern states.〔(Antique Archaeology web page about Nashville location ) Retrieved 2012-01-03〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Pickers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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