American Chopper

The family may still be split up, but that doesn’t mean that they still aren’t doing big things.  In this episode we get to see Paul Sr. take on the first diesel-powered Chopper while Paul Jr. debuts a dog park designed for the Village of Montgomery.  Mikey continues to take chances in different avenues when he gets on stage for the first time as a stand up comedian.

Monster Diesel comes in to discuss their product.

It’s early in the OCC shop, and Monster Diesel President & CEO, Mathew Zuckerman, comes in with his team to discuss an all diesel-powered bike.  Monster Diesel is a fuel product that adds an additional energy based molecule, and an additive component that turns the diesel gas into a premium.  When the CEO starts talking about the design of the bike, Paul Sr. jump in with a smile and a remark saying, “Do what you do best, and we’ll do what we do best.”  If you’re familiar with the reputation of OCC’s shop, you’d listen to Paul Sr. too.

Paul Jr. is out in the Village of Montgomery, NY where the Mayor, Steve Brescia, commissioned Paul Jr. Designs to conceptualize a Dog Park.  The dog park goes way beyond the standard yard-and-fence shop with additives like agility equipment, doggy treat dispensary machines, and even a do-it-yourself doggy wash.  Mr. Brescia concluded the ceremonial opening by giving a plaque to both Rachael and Paul Jr. for their contribution to the Village of Montgomery.  Mikey, although tardy, managed to make his way out to support his brother – still wearing shorts even in the cold weather.

The Mayor of Montgomery Presents a plaque to Paul Jr. Designs.

Back at OCC Headquarters Paul Sr. is meeting with Joe Maino – or “Tailgate Joe” if you will.  Tailgate Joe is infamous for his ultimate tailgate parties during the New york Jets games.  He hasn’t missed a home game since 2003, and now with a pull of 70 to 80 people, Joe is looking to upgrade his grill.  He pitches the idea to Paul Sr. to build a large grill for his NY Jets tailgate parties.  He hopes it can be used to create awareness for cancer.  Paul Sr., although hesitant at first, is willing when he finds out that it is being done for charity.  While the meeting takes place, the OCC team continues to make construct the Monster Diesel bike.

Mikey debuts as a stand-up comic

In New York City, Mikey holds a stack of papers as he prepares his jokes for his first stand-up comedy routine.  His comedy Coach, Brooke Van Poppelen, is a little hesitant to send Mikey up on stage with his stack of papers at first, but then she begins to think that it might turn him into a sort of character.  In the back sits Rachael, and Paul Sr., there in support of Mikey.  He takes the stage, papers in hand and rips out one joke at a time while tossing each piece of paper at the finish.  Mikey mentions that he hoped to achieve just one big laugh, but the night proves itself more successful with a few laughs than he expected.

Back at the OCC Shop life stays fairly busy.  The company has 6 bikes in production and even a grill.  Paul Sr. stays busy outside of work as well with his wife Beth, and her 2 sons.  Together the four help reconstruct one of Paul Sr.’s older designs.

Paul Sr. unveils the Monster Diesel Bike

This episode strays from the common riff raff of arguments and focuses more on the builds, and the positivity of the team in motion.  The Monster Diesel Bike manages to fire up and Paul Sr. takes it to the unveil with much success.  The bike was the first diesel powered bike for OCC, and Paul Sr. hopes to continue challenging his team by constantly stepping outside the boundaries of the everyday bike design.

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The GHI Team

The team arrives in Tasmania to investigate Port Arthur, a penitentiary that held the worst British and Irish criminals between 1830 and 1850.  Led by Robb DeMarest, the team heads to meet with Caitlin Vertigan, a tour guide at the Port Arthur Penitentiary. Caitlin shows the team around to several hotspots located all over the vast grounds.  The investigation seems to be a challenge worth taking after Caitlin describes the countless testimonies of paranormal activity that has been claimed over the past 100 years.  The claims range everywhere from physical apparitions and voices to physical contact and footsteps.  The team sets up shop and goes lights out.

Port Arthur Penitentiary

Robb DeMarest starts off the night with Ashley Godwin and Brandy Green by his side.  The three step into the Parsonage where Reverend George passed away back in 1870.  Since then, there have been claims of full body apparitions.  As they are investigating the bottom floor, they suddenly hear footsteps coming from upstairs – the area where the Reverend passed away.  Ashley puts a high tech recorder on the steps as the team moves to the upstairs corridor.  They hear another set of footsteps before deciding to leave.  The team can only hope that they captured the sounds on their recording device.

Meanwhile, Dustin Pari and Paul Bradford explore the Commandant’s House.  The Commandant has been seen in the house near his bed.  Paul and Dustin begin to try and spark up conversation with the Commandant.  Although the two don’t get any verbal response back, they did manage to pick up a sound of a bang – almost as if something had been dropped.

It is 5 hours into the investigation and Paul decides to investigate the Parsonage on his own.  While in the house alone, he hears a sound, and discover the front door to be open.  He locks the door, and continues his investigation.  He hears the same sound and discovers the door to be ajar once again.  Although the activity seems paranormal, he mentions that it could have been that he didn’t shut the door well enough.  It being an old house makes it difficult to prove this particular incident as being paranormal.

Paul and Dustin walk around the outer area of the penitentiary.  There have been claims of a full body apparition dressed in a guard uniform.  As the two walk through the area they hear a musical bass sort of sound.  They find it to be the wind moving through some pipes that line the top of the open structure.

Barry and Joe discover paranormal evidence.

Joe Chin and Tech Manager, Barry Fitzgerald are taking 30 second exposures of the church in the area when they suddenly capture what looks to be a man in stride toward the church.  Barry reiterates that this is nearly an impossible image to capture when taking a 30 second exposure.  Shouldn’t the subject be streaked if he/she is in fact in stride?  Especially over a 30 second period.  He sends Joe down to walk the path in attempt to recreate the photo, but there is little success.  The photo is unexplainable when you take paranormal out of the equation.

Dustin and the girls head over to the C wing of the prison where a prisoner named John Gould once settled his last days for attempted rape on a minor of the age of 10.  In this particular area there have been claims of physical contact.  The three are in John’s cell and don’t get any sort of feedback until Dustin and Brandy decide to leave Ashley in there alone.  She attempts to ask John a question and a response is heard later on during the reveal.  Ashley claims also to having been prodded in the knee.  She leans against the wall as she begins to feel faint.

Ashley investigates alone in John Gould's prison cell.

Barry Fitzgerald does an EVP on Surgeon Slab.

Barry and Joe move into the Surgeon’s basement where there is rumors that the surgeon once dissected the remains of deceased inmates.  Barry decides to lay on the Surgeon’s table and suddenly the temperature in the room begins to fluctuate by extreme 20 degree intervals.  Barry also begins to hear sounds through a 360 degree microphone, and even feels scratches near his feet.  Joe waits outside the room as Barry finishes his solo investigation.  Just before Barry leaves, he gets up and feels someone touch the small of his back, and it wasn’t Joe.

Robb and Dustin bring many of these claims to Caitlin and determine that the Port Arthur Penitentiary is in fact haunted.  The team leaves feeling accomplished, but I think some of the investigators are glad to be out of there – mainly Ashley in regards to the John Gould incident.

Robb DeMarest and Dustin Pari reveal the evidence.

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Mike in the Michigan locks.  The main channel that is used to move freight from Canada to the U.S. and vice versa.  It’s winter time and Mike Rowe is in town to help clean out the locks.  They have been drained, snow exists as far as the eyes can see, and Mike is complaining about being cold even though he’s completely bundled up.  Needless to say, it’s cold!

The locks have been drained and Mike is brought down into the tunnel system that runs below the locks.  The environment is dangerous everywhere you turn.  It’s wet, slippery, and there are gaping holes in the ground that you must bridge to get over.  They approach one of those gaping holes, but this time they ladder down it.  It’s a tight squeezed tunnel that forces Mike and the rest of the crew to squat just to get through it.  This is the tunnel that runs below the lock floor.  It’s time to be cleaned.  Muck has been caught in its drains.  Everything from sticks, to old cables off of freighters.  An old canoe was even trapped down there at one time.  At first glance it merely looks like a pile of snow trapped in the corner of the tunnel’s end, but Mike starts working first by shoveling away the snow.  After the snow is removed a pile of old wood and debris is discovered and Mike continues shoveling it away.  The debris is glued together with ice making it difficult for it to be separated and removed.  Mike’s boss, Bill, prepares to bring out the steam.  A technique they use to melt the ice, and make it easier to remove the debris.  Bill leaves to get the steam prepared and it isn’t longer than 10 minutes before Mike and the rest of the crew decide to leave the tunnel system.  It’s cold, and uncomfortable.  They’re out of there.

On to the next job in the lock for Mike.  He meets with Jan and her snow machine.  A motorized device used to clear snow off the road.  Not too dirty of a job,  but it gets a bit dangerous when Doug the cameraman slips on a patch of ice.  The next 5 minutes of the scene is a replay of this accident.  Doug is fine in the end, but one can’t say the same for the camera.

Mike meets Charlie down in the deep well of the lock.  It’s basically a room full of pumps in charge of removing water from the lock.  They aren’t in the pump room long before they decide to go down below into the piping system.  Similar to the first job Mike performed, he finds himself in a very cold and wet environment, and he gets to shovel more muck.  He falls in with the cleanup crew and starts shoveling away.  Thankfully Doug makes it out of this location safe, and his camera does too.

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DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S WORLD PREMIERE ORIGINAL SERIES ‘WORST CASE SCENARIO’ GIVES VIEWERS URBAN SURVIVAL SKILLS TO USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S WORLD PREMIERE ORIGINAL SERIES ‘WORST CASE SCENARIO’ GIVES VIEWERS URBAN SURVIVAL SKILLS TO USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

- Bear Grylls Second Act For Discovery Provides Tips Everyone Can Use -

Imagine a moment when the unthinkable happens. An elevator ride… a drive to work… a walk in the park… when disaster strikes. Most crises arise close to home, in everyday life. You never know when a simple task could turn deadly. Knowing exactly what to do in these situations could be the difference between life and death.

Heart-pounding and informative, the world six-part series WORST CASE SCENARIO premieres this spring on Discovery Channel. Survival expert and MAN VS. WILD host Bear Grylls puts himself into potentially life-threatening situations to show the how-to, hands-on, step-by-step instructions on everything you may need to know when faced with a worst case scenario. In each hour-long episode, Grylls teaches viewers the skills needed to succeed in urban survival situations that could arise without warning, from escaping a high-rise apartment fire to fending off a shark attack to escaping out of a sinking car.

“Bear Grylls demonstrates resourcefulness in the face of adversity,” said Clark Bunting, president and general manager of Discovery Channel and president of Science Channel. “Grylls teaches the audience at home that you don’t have to be a Navy Seal or a stuntman to survive these intense situations – you just have to be prepared, use basic common sense, and learn how to not panic.”

Relying solely on advice and instruction from experts, Grylls escapes a multitude of deadly circumstances, proving that anyone equipped with the right knowledge can survive even in the worst of scenarios. Other dire situations featured on the show include how to get yourself out of a frozen lake, what to do if your breaks give out while driving down a hill, how to prevent a mountain lion attack and how to fall down a flight of stairs unharmed.

WORST CASE SCENARIO is produced for Discovery Channel by Pilgrim Films & Television. Craig Piligian and Eddie Barbini are co-executive producers for Pilgrim Films & Television and Josh Berkley is executive producer for Discovery Channel.

About Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (DSC) is dedicated to creating the highest quality nonfiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which reaches 99.8 million viewers in the U.S., can be seen in over 170 countries, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres, including science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.