Alaskan Bush People

The first two episodes were somewhat believable, but when daddy Brown was so ill and recuperated within hours, to find that the town's people he had just met came and completely built the cabin they filmed (for five grand, ha)...well it was just too much.

That's when I decided to do a search and found their official website. To say the least I was a bit surprised to find out they own their own publishing company, and that Billy Brown has written dozens of children's books and several others on his adventures (and to think I was suckered into feeling bad that his kid had a toothache).

This last episode that closes with them grieving over their capsized boat, while several of the boys are trying to poke inside of it with sticks to salvage anything they can find, including a poor, sopping wet pink teddy bear takes the cake. As they close the episode the patriarch of the family announces "we have lost everything we own" and "now we are homeless". It made me question why anyone would chose to live like they do.

Now I know why. THEY DON'T. They have a mountain home with a greenhouse, and each of the seven kids has their own bedroom, the mother is getting ready to publish her cookbook.

And they bartered some salmon for a tooth filling? They lost everything they own? The brand new generator that was sitting in the junk yard pretty much gave it away.

Like I said, I feel like a sap.

ROTFLMAO! This show is actually campily entertaining. Yeah, probably the fakest thing in reality TV, even nudging aside Hardcore Pawn and Amish Mafia, but the fact that the old man is currently staring at some serious hard time along with the adult sons makes this must-see TV! I can't wait to see how the fraud charges are portrayed, probably a plot by some neighbors who resent the helicopters.

Only thing is that Discovery was once known for quality. Sad. TLC was once known as The Learning Channel, too.

Here's hoping that Nat Geo doesn't turn into trash-TV too. We need some of these networks to keep churning out actual quality, no matter how much fun these fake-fests are.

I watched a little of this show. I know some people claim it's fake, but I would be far more concerned if it was real. The kids have speech defects. They don't appear to have social connections outside the family. Some of the children are old enough to be married. The whole thing seems like a desperate attempt to control one's children and keep them at home. It looks like a cult. Is this really legal?

Alaskan Bush People is another of Discovery Channel's totally fake shows. Discovery has realized that the money is NOT in the actual "reality" of these "reality" shows, but in the show itself. As ExecProducer of GoldRush, the fakest phoniest show that started it all for Discovery, "Christo"pher Doyle said, "The gold is in the SHOW."

What Discovery has done with Alaskan Bush People is throw every fantasy about living "free" and building your own little society away from rules and has added in the "family" element. It's very clear that, despite the opening description from Discovery, these people were not just suddenly discovered after living secluded in the AK bush for over 30 years. BillyBrown and his wife Ami and a few of their kids are being sued by the State of AK for fraud.

The reality is that one of the "boys," Matt, has or had a girlfriend who had two children... and they broke up because he was necessary to the "family" show.

There is a great explanation and back up research of it all by MsSH at StoopidHouseswives. The court documents are included as are photos of the fake girlfriends. One is a Hoonah Police woman.

Discovery should be called the TotallyFAKE"Reality"Show Channel for bringing us GoldRush and it's "star" ToddHoffman; Amish Mafia; and now Alaskan Bush People! You should watch this show for its comedy element... as nothing about it is real, but it's great fun to watch!

Phony show written about ficticious family living off the land in Alaska. It took me two years to convince a friend that this show was totally scripted. This family has not owned land in Alaska and when not filming live in the lower 48. This got them in trouble with the State of Alaska when it was determined they took advantage of a state program that is only available to full time residents. Crooks they are.