Amish Mafia

[KG4CGC]

Anyone watched this show yet? Is this real or is it another fabricated "reality" TV show?

[KB3ZGV]

Looks fabricated to me

[W5GA]

I've been watching avidly. While some appears contrived, I have no doubt that there's more than a kernel of truth involved. At the very least, it's more entertaining than the latest sitcom.

[KG4CGC]

Cadillacs, Mercedes, super pick ups, supposed beatings of interlopers ... drunk parties, fighting matches, protection racket ... Jumping Jebus!
Oh and a twisted love story.

[KB3ZGV]

Like if you were really doing that shit, you'd let somebody film it.

[kb2vxa]

As many times I've been to the Amish country I've never seen one driving a car... reality? What on TV is real?

[NQ6U]

Clip clop. Clip clop. Clip clop. Clip clop.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Clipclopclipclopclipclop

(Amish Mafia drive-by hit SFX)

[suddenseer]

Clip clop. Clip clop. Clip clop. Clip clop.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Clipclopclipclopclipclop

(Amish Mafia drive-by hit SFX)Da Pope got the drop on me again, dammit!

[KB3LAZ]

Back home, I lived in an area highly populated by Amish. Seems a bunch of BS to me.

[N8YX]

On the northern edge of the little town of Wilmot, OH there once was a bar known as the Golden Buzz. The building remains but the establishment has long since closed its doors.

This is smack-dab in the middle of "-er" area. People familiar with the culture know exactly who and what I mean.

Though I never sampled its charms, I understand from a few patrons that the place was VERY popular with the rumspringa crowd, and that the girls were VERY willing Saturday night accomplices.

YMMV.

[KB3LAZ]

On the northern edge of the little town of Wilmot, OH there once was a bar known as the Golden Buzz. The building remains but the establishment has long since closed its doors.

This is smack-dab in the middle of "-er" area. People familiar with the culture know exactly who and what I mean.

Though I never sampled its charms, I understand from a few patrons that the place was VERY popular with the rumspringa crowd, and that the girls were VERY willing Saturday night accomplices.

YMMV.

During that period they are not obligated to follow their code of rules though.

[N8YX]

During that period they are not obligated to follow their code of rules though.

One of my buds who hails from that area (Millersburg, actually) chose to continue not following the code, moved to Akron...took up the English ways.

He and I look a lot alike.

Dude is an absolutely fearless tower and structure climber. I swear he's part monkey.

[KB3LAZ]

One of my buds who hails from that area (Millersburg, actually) chose to continue not following the code, moved to Akron...took up the English ways.

He and I look a lot alike.

Dude is an absolutely fearless tower and structure climber. I swear he's part monkey.

Lol.

[K7SGJ]

One of my buds who hails from that area (Millersburg, actually) chose to continue not following the code, moved to Akron...took up the English ways.

He and I look a lot alike.

Dude is an absolutely fearless tower and structure climber. I swear he's part monkey.

Hmmmm. Let me see if I have this right. He looks a lot like you, and you swear he's part monkey. I have to ask, what part?

[N8YX]

Hmmmm. Let me see if I have this right. He looks a lot like you, and you swear he's part monkey. I have to ask, what part?

The long legged, climbing part. We're both over 6 feet and tend towards a wiry build.

[K7SGJ]

Good save. :clap:

[W8XLR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg

[KB3ZGV]

You know Jimmy Hoffa was Pa Dutch on his father's side although I'm not sure what sect.

There were some Amish around here running around with the Pagans a few years back.

But as far as the TV show goes, it's total scripted bullshit.

[kb2vxa]

There are two, Amish and Mennonite but there's a lot more to PA Dutch than a couple of Christian sects. None are Dutch that I know of, that's a corruption of Deutch and they're not all German either, Poles, Ukrainian and Slavic are predominant. My mother's family is "Pennsylvania Dutch", mostly Sheperack and Skurda (Slavic) with a Sekulski (Polish) and his Schneider (German) wife for good measure. For what it's worth the food is Heaven on Earth with all those Old World recipes and if you're not into home canning the name to remember is Wos Wit.

I remember the Amish kid who got mixed up with the Pagans and got busted for trafficking drugs. Obviously once in a while one goes astray and not so isolated as it may seem with some running commercial establishments with all the modern stuff they mix with the "English" on a daily basis. The premise of them avoiding police involvement and settling matters through the church is true but as always TV "reality shows" are far from real life. Some are funny though, Operation Repo and clones are hysterical.

[KB3ZGV]

You forgot "Church of The Brethren" or "Dunkards"

[K7SGJ]

You forgot "Church of The Brethren" or "Dunkards"

Didn't they start AA?

[NA4BH]

Didn't they start AA?

Amish Airlines?

http://www.jokedujour.com/fly/amish_air.jpg

[K7SGJ]

Amish Airlines?

http://www.jokedujour.com/fly/amish_air.jpg

Whoa, that's gonna leave a mark.

[NQ6U]

Whoa, that's gonna leave a mark.

More like a grease spot.

[N2CHX]

Worst "reality" show ever. Saw it on Hulu last week and decided to watch an episode just because it seemed so unbelievable. Obviously, Americans will believe and watch anything. This crap is so bad it doesn't even merit a South Park parody.

[KG4CGC]

Worst "reality" show ever. Saw it on Hulu last week and decided to watch an episode just because it seemed so unbelievable. Obviously, Americans will believe and watch anything. This crap is so bad it doesn't even merit a South Park parody.

I've seen worse. South Beach Tow and Lizard Lick Repo and way worse.

[NY3V]

I've seen worse. South Beach Tow and Lizard Lick Repo and way worse.

You left out NASCAR! ;)

[N8YX]

You left out NASCAR! ;)

'GPL might take exception to that remark...

[kb2vxa]

Lizard Lick has its moments, Ron comes up with some cool "southernisms" but he really needs to change his barber. I wonder, are they insured by Geico?

[KG4CGC]

OK. I'm convinced that the show is 100% fake. Even the bad acting is so bad that we are to believe that this is how the Amish talk.

[NQ6U]

OK. I'm convinced that the show is 100% fake. Even the bad acting is so bad that we are to believe that this is how the Amish talk.

And since the Amish don't watch TV, there's no one to call "bullshit!"

You've got to hand it to the producers, it's a pretty clever idea.

[K6CPO]

Anyone watched this show yet? Is this real or is it another fabricated "reality" TV show?

I haven't watched it, but it's most likely scripted BS, just like the rest of "reality" television.

You want reality? Set your cameras up in my house. I promise you'll be bored to tears in short order...

[KG4CGC]

Recap. The show was real and the crimes are real but they really are as stupid as they seem if they are going to go thuglife out in the open.

http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/04/amish_mafia_reca_season_3_fina.html

Although I have to say, there are a lot of sick people in the Amish world. More per capita, it would seem, than the "English" world. Could this be as a result of inbreeding?

Could the Amish be a blight on America? We have to blame someone. Let's blame the Amish and move past all of our other prejudices towards Arabs, Mexicans and African Americans. (oh and gay Arabs too. didn't mean to leave them out)

[kb2vxa]

KG4CGC:
"Even the bad acting is so bad that we are to believe that this is how the Amish talk."

I admit to watching an episode to find out what an Amish Mafia could possibly be and was amazed at the lack of the regional Pennsylvania Dutch accent and peculiar expressions I'm so familiar with. While not Amish my mother's family being from "the Dutch country", her brother Glen in particular had the accent and used those expressions frequently. Mom lost hers from living in New Jersey since she was 19. The Amish have their ways to "remove the evil from among you" by shunning, and in severe cases by banishing sinners. So what need or use do they have for police or a Mafia?

That "Mafia" is clearly evil and has no place among the Amish or in ANY society, so knowing their customs so well I authoritatively call BS on this one. Right, the producers surely did come up with a good idea of entertainment with no real Amish to say they're full of donkey dust. They came up with another great idea, a promotional gimmick disguised as an interview complete with film clips on channel 13 (NY) last night. They overstepped the line following Levi and a couple of others around and feared for their lives? Cummon fellas, that's the camera crew's JOB, if they didn't follow them around you wouldn't have a show!

Bottom line here: the show is a sick joke but the "interview" was more fun than a barrel full of monkeys!

[KG4CGC]

Did you see, "Breaking Amish"?

[W3WN]

Sorry. It's BS.

[W5BRM]

Did you see, "Breaking Amish"?

What is that about? An Amish guy gets a bit sick and becomes an illegal wood furniture and cheese manufacturing kingpin?

[KC2UGV]

Did you see, "Breaking Amish"?

Yes, and it broke my spirit when I found out it too, is contrived.

[NQ6U]

What is that about? An Amish guy gets a bit sick and becomes an illegal wood furniture and cheese manufacturing kingpin?

No, he becomes a kingpin in the clandestine Amish button manufacturing demimonde.

[KG4CGC]

Yes, and it broke my spirit when I found out it too, is contrived.

Corey, if it's on TV or the internet, it's true.

[KG4CGC]

Sorry. It's BS.

Their arrests would be a matter of public record. Where to look? Where to look?