End of the Road: American Chopper Chopped

[MadDog70]

Sad to learn that American Chopper is going to end soon .....

 

It's been a long time coming, but celebrity gossip site TMZ reports that American Chopper has finally been canceled. A spokesperson for TLC, which picked the show up after its first few years on The Discovery Channel, said, "The Teutuls will always be a part of the Discovery family and we congratulate them on a tremendously successful series run." The final episode will air February 11 at 9:00 PM.

 

It wasn't tough to see this one coming from a mile away. The hit show has seemingly been just a shell of its former self since two of the original Teutul trio have stopped speaking to their father and disappeared completely from the Orange County Choppers shop.

 

Recall also that Paul Teutul filed a lawsuit against Paul Teutul Jr. for over a million dollars a couple of months ago and it's easy to see that things have been going south for quite some time. Finally, now that the crew has built customs that run on everything from gasoline to ethanol, diesel, compressed natural gas, electricity and even a hybrid, there just don't seem to be any more alternative fuels left to conquer.

[Rollagt]

A nice show..used to watch it frequently yrs ago.

 

GUess they got richer and richer ..hence no need rely on media to get famous.

[Throttle2]

I dont know what happened but something similar happens when you let money get in the way of family ties.

 

is it the case here?

[Ahtong]

American Chopper was watchable when they were still a small business with only the 2 Teutels and Vinnie.

 

When they became famous, the episodes became like a 1 hr commercial endorsement of whoever was sponsoring them that episode. It was also quite distasteful to watch Vinnie and Rick do all the sai kang while the Teutels were enjoying themselves and showing off their new found wealth.

[MadDog70]

Sad that Vinnie left OCC, he is a very nice and hardworking guy.

Love to see him in the show.