Dog the Bounty Hunter.

[arnisador]

I started watching this for the usual reasons--hoping to see some fights for the info. on real how fights go--but it turns out most of those happen while the cameraman is in the wrong place (see http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/18/il/il03p.html), or behind. Still, I find it interesting.

The son, Leland, also does some extreme fighting:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/12/il/il01a.html

Anyone else watching this?

 

[Lisa]

Yup. I have caught a couple of episodes. I find it rather fascinating. Dog and his buds and their cans of mace. Cool.

 

[arnisador]

Yeah, that's a lot of mace they carry!

 

[rutherford]

Last time I heard about Dog he was getting arrested in Mexico and the US gov't had taken his high-profile capture.

He's got a TV show now?

 

[Zepp]

I think that incident in Mexico is what got him the TV show.

 

[arnisador]

What's the Mexico story?

 

[rutherford]

As I remember, Dog caught up with Andrew Luster (Max Factor heir who is a convicted rapist) down in Mexico. Luster was buying some tacos from a street vendor outside of a police station and Dog snapped the cuffs on him. Luster pitched a fit, the police arrested Dog, and Luster got shipped back to the US by some Feds.

Dog didn't get a cut of that bounty.

 

[arnisador]

As I remember, Dog caught up with Andrew Luster (Max Factor heir who is a convicted rapist) down in Mexico. Luster was buying some tacos from a street vendor outside of a police station and Dog snapped the cuffs on him. Luster pitched a fit, the police arrested Dog, and Luster got shipped back to the US by some Feds.

Dog didn't get a cut of that bounty.

I knew the Max Factor story, but not that Dog was involved! Did he write him a bond, or just go for the bounty?

 

[BlackCatBonz]

this is one of my favourite shows on tv

 

[Casey_Sutherland]

I first heard about dog through an article that I read in Playboy. The article was all about the mexico incident. It was a pretty good read. Here is a similar article about Dog and his mexico capture

http://www.acsblog.org/criminal-law-331-the-art-and-entertainment-of-bounty-hunting.html

 

[rmcpeek]

I've checked the show out a few times myself. I like it. I remember the Mexico incident as well. When I heard he had a show, I tuned in.

 

[arnisador]

I no longer follow the show, but a brief article yesterday said he'd signed for another 26 episode season at $100,000/episode ($2.6 million).

Another recent story said he has admitted that he wears special 3" heels to make him appear to be 5'10" tall.

 

[BlackCatBonz]

im still watching it........i think he's great!

 

[KenpoTess]

if they got rid of his wife...
*twitch*

I no longer watch it because she's just ..*bites tongue*

 

[arnisador]

Yeah, I found her...grating. I don't quite get that relationship.

 

[Drac]

Yeah, I found her...grating. I don't quite get that relationship.

Ditto..

 

[arnisador]

Duane 'Dog' Chapman arrested by feds

TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested Thursday in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping three years ago.

[...]
The charges stem from Chapman's capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Villarta, Mexico

 

[Hand Sword]

Yeah, I found her...grating. I don't quite get that relationship.

I believe that she has the money. I've watched a bit, and she seems to get referenced during the busts, by herself or the hunters about her being good enough to loan $ for the bond, getting disrespected, and how that was NOT going to happen.

 

[matt.m]

the few times i watched it i thought it was really cool

 

[Drac]

I still watch..My favorite is the one where she jumped into her Nephews **** about smoking in her SUV..They had a verbal argument and he "puffed" like he was ready to get physical..She went crying to Dog and the kid got kicked off the team..Big tough bounty hunter female....NOT...