Hmm.... Interesting...

Hmm?

Scrapheap Challenge <=> Junkyard Wars ?

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Well, what do you know, searches for both on imdb results in the same show: "Scrapheap." I wonder where each name is used. They regularly say "Junkyard Wars" on the program when I see it...

Scrapheap challenge was made by RDF for Channel 4 in the UK. The format was sold to the Americans under the name Junkyard Wars (possibly to emphasize the competetive side). As far as the first series goes, I think it was filmed with the same crew and location but the rather excellent Robert Llewellyn was replaced by some American nobody. I prefer the UK version.

I don't understand what's interesting about your link, Trevor?

Unless the point of your link was to accuse Scrapheap Challenge of ripping off Junkyard Wars, when in fact they're the same show renamed.

I'm not sure about that. We also got the British guy (both hosts were Brits). The other woman was Cathy Rogers, if I remember correctly. I liked her, and I definitely didn't like the American guy they got to replace him. Then Cathy got lured away to do that show with Henry Rollins That lasted one season, I believe.

Anyway, I'm suprised it would still be listed under its old name everywhere. Is it still called "Scrapheap" in England?

Maybe he was suggesting that there be an empeg team Hell, Patrick could probably win the whole thing by himself

Hell, Patrick could probably win the whole thing by himself

He applied and was turned down. You need to be a group that's got a specific TV-friendly "gimmick", such as you're all policemen, or you're all part of the same club, or something like that.

That's so absurd, but no doubt it's true. He'd definitely whip most of the people I've seen on there. Most know basic welding and how engines work, but Patrick could probably build machines twice as good as the ones that get made on there...with half the materials.

Of course, my roommate and I always suspect that everything in there is placed there on purpose. There are far too many good things in there (like motorcycles missing a single part - which is findable in another part of the junkyard - to make it work). Then there was the time they were building monster trucks, and they actually placed $10,000 a piece tires in the junkyard. That was a little more blatant

I saw a behind the scenes show, and the 'experts' are allowed to request specific things to be in the scrapyard for the specific show.

They do still need to find them however, this is how they manage to always seem to 'find' the last piece of their machine.

Clearly they will know the challenges in advance too.

Cheers,

Paul.

Clearly they will know the challenges in advance too.

That makes sense. It would explain the general "fake excitement" when they announce the challenge to them at the start of the show, and how little info about the actual challenge they're given.

And if that shocking news startled anyone here, we'd also best avoid discussing "pro wrestling" while you're still around..

we'd also best avoid discussing "pro wrestling" while you're still around..

Heh.

I remember an old Saturday Night Live sketch... I forget the setup, but basically you've got a character who ends up at the Pearly Gates talking to Saint Peter. He's asking Peter all of the unanswered questions from his life on earth:

"Wow that's amazing! I wonder what the most surprising fact that I don't know right now is."

"It would be too much for you."

"Okay, what's the 1000th-most-surprising fact?"

"Professional wrestling is real."

That was a funny bit.

"What was the grosest thing I've eaten and didn't know it?"

Nah. As others have mentioned, it's about them doing a new series and asking for teams.

Sheesh, I was just trying to help.

Paul.

If you look close enough, especially in the older versions of Junkyard you can see banners and logo's for Scrapheap. Most of the time Junkyard blurs out the Scrapheap logo's however... The one that comes to mind that had a great big banner was the challenge where they had to make the human powered vehicles and ran them at a running track....

Sean in NC