Product Details

• Actors: Mike Wolf, Frank Fritz, Danielle Colby
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2010
• Run Time: 453 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0038M2AUA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,407 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #74 in Movies & TV > DVD > Reality TV
• For more information about "American Pickers: The Complete Season 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Standing tall as one of the best reality shows on television...The idiom one man's trash is another man's treasure is the perfect fit for [this] highly entertaining History Channel series... --Pittsburgh Tribune Review

American Pickers will have you looking at old barns, dusty attics and cluttered yards in a whole new light. There's something magical about watching two grown men digging through heaps of garbage and coming away with a van full of vintage Americana. The downside? Hoarders will suddenly feel justified in hanging on to everything. --In Utah This Week

American Pickers, the terrific new reality series from History, is particularly good family viewing, giving young adults an understanding for hard work, self-reliant hustling, an appreciation for the old and the used and the forgotten things in this world, as well as for the quirky, independent citizen-individuals that populate this great land of ours, and most importantly, a hankering for some good old-fashioned American capitalism, in its purest form. I highly recommend American Pickers. --DVD Talk

Product Description

Product Description

In small towns, and along America s back roads, treasures are waiting to be uncovered--valuable relics from our history that are hidden in junk piles, buried in barns and stacked in garages. It takes experts to find them...and turn rust to riches. Season One of AMERICAN PICKERS on HISTORY follows highly skilled pickers Mike Wolfe, owner of Antique Archaeology in Iowa, and his business partner Frank Fritz, as they hunt down objects with historical, collectible and pop culture value that have been long forgotten by their owners. From a vintage Harley to a one-of-a-kind Ferris wheel, each treasure hunt uncovers weird and wonderful Americana, offering a glimpse into a little-known side of the antiques business. Along the way, Mike and Frank meet people whose own stories open a window into American lives and history.

DISC 1 (4 episodes, approx 180 min): Big Bear / Super Scooter / White Castle on the Farm / Invisible Pump

DISC 2 (4 episodes, approx 180 min): Back Breaker / Mole Man / Frank s Gamble / 5 Acres of Junk

DISC 3 (4 half-hour episodes, approx 92 min): Bigfoot in Alabama / Know When to Fold / Fill er Up / Leland s Cafe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American Pickers...A TOP Pick, May 21, 2010

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A.K.A. Me (The Great Southwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Pickers: The Complete Season 1 (DVD)

From the moment I saw a teaser for American Pickers in December, I couldn't wait to see the first show. As a former flea market and yard sale addict, I miss the days when you really could find some amazing pieces of American history or pop culture at such venues. But those days were gone decades ago. So the thought that I could enjoy that vicariously through this show was pretty intriguing.

And it did not disappoint. American Pickers is everything I hoped for and more. Mike and Frank really know their stuff, and the people they come across in their travels are a breed of American which is quickly disappearing...along with the treasures they have hidden in barns, garages, old opera houses, and even tunnels!

One of the charming attributes of this series is the way Mike and Frank relate to each other. There are none of the insane ego dramas which plague-no, make that completely destroy-other reality shows. And over the time that these two have worked and traveled together, they have developed a language all their own-something I have experienced myself with my business partner. It's very real, and quite funny at times. (I especially like when the guys are freestylin').

The pieces of history they unearth are truly amazing! Bicycles, scooters, motorcycles and sidecars. Visible gas pumps, a giant advertisng character with a movable arm. And don't forget Frank's favorites...oil cans, big little, round, square and beautifully kept or beautifully rusted. They even found a man who collects BUILDINGS! That's right, he has a White Castle hamburger joint in his front yard, and the General Store he shopped in as a boy in his back yard-fully stocked, of course-along with quite a few more buildings from his home town.

I love this show. I hope it comes back for many more seasons. One disturbing thing I noticed at the end of the first season was a switch to 1/2 hour shows. PLEASE, DO NOT MESS WITH THIS NEARLY PERFECT JEWEL OF A SHOW! Keep 'em an hour, and keep 'em coming!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great companion piece to "Hoarders" as therapy!, September 7, 2010

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Haunted Flower (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Pickers: The Complete Season 1 (DVD)

American Pickers: The Complete Season One
12 Episodes on 3 Discs, released on June 8, 2010

"American Pickers" is a show in the History Channel that really ought to run back to back with "Hoarders" on A&E. Mike Wolfe and business partner Frank Fritz call themselves "pickers" and are the owner of Antique Archaeology in Iowa where they hunt for unique, old, rusty antiques in hopes of flipping them for a profit.

Mike and Frank do not go for the obvious choices, but really dig deep through piles of junk to find relics like a saddle, metal signs, an old cigarette vending machine or soda pop machine, or their favorite pick-ups involving "man-tiques" like motorcycle parts and relics. Meeting the people who have collected (or hoarded) this stuff for generations always is a story in itself when they reveal how they obtained certain items in the first place. Mike and Frank love to delve into American history by learning about rare pieces.

It is an educational and interesting show and I bet it stirred the pot for a lot of people sitting at home to wonder what their stuff is worth. But as you can see on the show, sometimes your stuff is worth zip, especially when it can be turned over to reveal a $9.99 sticker! Assuming your junk has value could really initiate and aggravate hoarding symptoms and watching the show does not develop the skill of how to find pieces worth something since they seem to "pick" some of the most unlikely items.

While antiques themselves are not my bag, resale and flipping is very alluring and fun to watch. Not as much as the psychologically hypnotizing "Hoarders" show, but pretty cool nonetheless.

Bonus Features: None

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably entertaining!, February 12, 2011

By 

Kevin F. Tasker (Athens, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Pickers: The Complete Season 1 (DVD)

American Pickers succeeds due to both the chemistry of its leads and the diverse diamond-in-the-rust locals they investigate. Mike and Frank, our guides through virtually infinite untapped resources of iconic antiques and mangled auto parts, have a brotherly rapport. Mike is the natural leader, charismatic but not afraid to get his hands dirty. Frank is his trustworthy and can-obsessed Sancho Panza. They are immediately likable, down-to-earth and just all around friendly.
The places they visit throughout the course of the season vary immensely, and take them across the continental US, through decaying out-buildings and the homesteads of collectors, eccentrics and at least one gun-totting Southern gent. Sometimes it feels very much like the houses these men scour for odd, stylish antiques (and their rugged cousins "mantiques") could be contenders for the show Hoarders. Unlike that depressing program, however, the people who graciously allow their lives to be picked through by our heroes are presented as unsung salt-of-the-earth folk. Real people whose amassed wealth lingers in the objects they have spent their years storing. The stories of the objects add intrinsic value beyond the appraised monetary worth. Through Mike and Frank, the audience becomes a part of the legacy of battered farmhands and auto-part enthusiasts alike. This is the reason the show exists on the History channel. It is a piece, or rather, hundreds of scattered pieces of vintage Americana, soulful and rich. Surprises abound in overgrown yards, in dilapidated trailers. After continual viewing, American Pickers might very well lead one to consider with a more meticulous eye their own storied objects, to foster an appreciation for the life on shelved dolls or a gear for a childhood bicycle. While most American TV is preoccupied with the ills of materialism, American Pickers takes viewers down a path less travelled. Treasures await in the tall grass, in the rotten squalor of a thousand forgotten realms.