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American Chopper The Series - Second Season

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This set is the second season of American Chopper. I am pleased to say I don't think there was as many screaming matches in this series as there was in the first. Although they still do have a couple of doosies and in one episode you have to wonder why Vinnie doesn't quit in disgust! There did feel like there was a couple of "filler" episodes with this series, in particular the Football Bike and Mikey Special. The Mikey Special was just a wrap-up of what we have already seen in the last two seasons so I felt it was a waste of space. Regardless of that, still enjoyed the second series immensely and am hanging to buy the third!

Disc One:
Tool Bike (Snap On tools bike, very very cool seeing the Snap On factory)
Tool Bike 2
Football Bike
POW/MIA Bike

Disc Two:
POW/MIA Bike 2
POW/MIA Bike 3
Miller Welder Bike
Miller Welder Bike 2

Disc Three:
Celebrity Bike (awesome bike for Jay Leno!)
Celebrity Bike 2
Liberty Bike (not as good as I thought it would be...)
Liberty Bike 2
Mikey Special

If compared to the specs listed at discoverychannel.com, there are 3 episodes missing from this box set. These are "Christmas Bike" & "Dixie Chopper Pt 1 & 2". If you want to add these to complete the season. prepare to shell out another $57 + s/h from discoverchannel.com to get them. Why, oh why were these not added? I would have gladly paid another $20-$30 for this set to have the COMPLETE 2nd season! $50-$60 is still WAY better than the stupifying $144 Discovery Channel want for this season! Here's hoping that season 3 will be complete w/ all the episodes that aired.

First of all im a big fan of the series. Finally the guys at OCC and the Sony Picture company did something great for their fans. They made box sets open for the public to buy. The first season is a great grab at the price. You pay little under 25 bucks for the entire season I bought from discovery channel for 75 bucks. Then comes the second season. The only problem I have with season 2, is that you are missing bikes out of the season. There is no dixie chopper, I robot, police bike and more. These bikes are are equally impressive with the rest of the bikes. Why not have these in the set? Should have made season 1 as is, then if you had to raise the price on season 2, to 50 bucks that would been worth while than the 150 bucks at discovery channel's store.

Oh Mr. Grizzly. Six times? What overkill! First of all, Sr. owns the business. He doesn't have to build the bikes; he has employees for that. His job is MANAGING, which involves paperwork and bossing people around. Regardless, he has built bikes on the show. In the first season he built the old school bike with Cody and a bike for Miss Lucy; in the second season he built the Christmas bike and the POW bike. As far as people who don't own motorcycles buying OCC merchandise: what a ridiculous statement. Do I have to be a doctor to enjoy ER? Do I have to be a SPY to enjoy Alias? Do I have to be dead to enjoy Six Feet Under? Of course not.

American Chopper is not just a show about motorcycles. It's about family dynamics, work, friendship and craft. Most of the bikes built are ART; and the Teutuls themselves admit that the ones with the huge turning radii aren't meant to be ridden, for the same reason you wouldn't hang a Degas over your couch.

As much as I love the show, I do have a problem with the box set not including all the episodes of the season. There seems to be no good reason for the omission, but I'm not going to throw a hissy SIX TIMES over it.

To CDI Grizzly ?? Sounds like sour grapes to me... American Chopper is an amazing series and it shows the talent and drive of a couple hard working Americans who did well for them selfs... Whats a matter, are you jealous of these guys. ?? I am not a Biker but I did re-build a 66 Corvette Big Block Roadster
(frame off) and I do know a thing or 2 about how much work it is...I would even pretend to assume I have the talent of these guys.. As for the "old man" I am Paul Srs age and he looks great, I wouldn't mess with that big gorilla !! The show is great, the comedy is refreshing, and I highly recommend this DVD collection to anyone who like bikes and want to get a real feel of how much work goes into one !! If your so jealous of these guys don't watch the show and don't write a review just to vent your jealousy !! Bravo Discovery and Paul Sr. & Jr. (and Mike & Vinnie as well !!) - Pete C.

I just ordered the first and second season. I am impressed at the creativity that is put into OCC's bikes. If I rode a panhead for 25-years and rebuilt it twice, I would be jeolous of the teutle's success too. Panhead's, welcome to the 21st Century.

excellent season this season is just the bomb my favorite episode is the miller bike.I love welding and i cant believe occ made a welding bike.ive always wanted to see a welding bike.because i love welding and motorcycles so i wanted to see them alike.The tool bike is awesome tool i love tools.I think that thats cool too.

This is when the episodes list starts to get messy. The 3-Disc set only includes 13 episodes of AC show, meaning by this that it's not the complete second season. Although it includes the original aired sequence of the episodes, which is good, the "OCC Holiday Special (Santa Bike)" is not included. Also contains as the last episode the Mikey Special which belongs to season one. As a DVD description, it has nice intros, episodes selection and special features. Unfortunately for people interesting in other languages, it does NOT include any subtitles (spanish,french,...), but it includes closed captions.

I have to say season two is just as excellent as one. The Teutuls haven't changed they still love to argue about as much as they love to build bikes. The POW/MIA Chopper Sr. creates along with the help of Rick, Cody, Mikey and Campo is incredable. The custom paint job designed by Justin Barnes is far beyond awesome. The same goes for the Snap-On bike and the Miller Welding bike, Paul Jr and Vinnie out done themselves with the creation of these bikes and of course Justin's paint work was bitchin as usual. I understand an agree with Sr's desire to keep the shop presentable however, I was pissed Sr. placed the responsibilty of shop cleanliness on Vinnie, this is really where Jr's work ethics come into question as a shop foreman he should have shouldered the responsibilty in ensuring everyone who works in there cleans up after themselves. It did say alot about Vinnie's character and commitment to the company that he not only took the brunt of Sr's anger over shop cleanilness he aggressivly worked to clean it up and got back to working on the bike without missing a beat. Overall again I believe most people who watch American Chopper or Motorcycle Mania will be forever hooked.

Nice bikes, talented builders, and some comedic moments. By the way, the Dixie Chopper episodes are on season 3...it's right there on the cover of the box.