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TV Review: Take This Job ...
Tue August 5, 2003 03:02 AM ET
By Ray Richmond
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Now here is a cool reality show with a refreshing take that has nothing to do with dating or marriage or squashing fellow competitors. "Take This Job ..." is a new weekly A&E series that gives viewers an insider's look at an unusual line of work -- balancing the daily employment lives of people who make their living every which way.
In the opener, it's people who hunt for human prey: a bounty hunter and a paparazzi agency. In the second installment, it's a sexologist and a matchmaker. In the third, it's people who work in jobs that have "bite": alligator wrestlers, world-class anglers and a dentist who pitches in with identification of the dead.
Sharp, breezy and informative, "Take This Job ..." provides a true fly-on-the-wall perspective that never feels contrived or staged. The opening hour deftly combines an overview of seemingly unrelated occupations, emerging with a surprising respect and appreciation for jobs that we might well dismiss as hopelessly sleazy. It tails famed bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, who famously nabbed Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, as he makes his busting rounds on the big island of Hawaii. It also follows celebrity shooters/stalkers Randy Bauer and Frank Griffin and their staffers as they go about the business of pointing lenses at the famous in and around Hollywood.
It's fascinating to ride shotgun (almost literally) as Dog Chapman and his no-nonsense wife (his fourth) work to pull in drug dealers and various lowlife fugitives from justice. And we get a front-row seat as paparazzi chase Madonna's motorcade, tail J.Lo's Bentley to the home of her personal trainer and snap covert shots of Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini on the set of their latest film. The show surely underscores the adages that every job has its price -- and every Dog, his day.
Take This Job ... (Wed. (7), 10-11 p.m., A&E)
Tue August 5, 2003 03:02 AM ET
By Ray Richmond
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Now here is a cool reality show with a refreshing take that has nothing to do with dating or marriage or squashing fellow competitors. "Take This Job ..." is a new weekly A&E series that gives viewers an insider's look at an unusual line of work -- balancing the daily employment lives of people who make their living every which way.
In the opener, it's people who hunt for human prey: a bounty hunter and a paparazzi agency. In the second installment, it's a sexologist and a matchmaker. In the third, it's people who work in jobs that have "bite": alligator wrestlers, world-class anglers and a dentist who pitches in with identification of the dead.
Sharp, breezy and informative, "Take This Job ..." provides a true fly-on-the-wall perspective that never feels contrived or staged. The opening hour deftly combines an overview of seemingly unrelated occupations, emerging with a surprising respect and appreciation for jobs that we might well dismiss as hopelessly sleazy. It tails famed bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, who famously nabbed Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, as he makes his busting rounds on the big island of Hawaii. It also follows celebrity shooters/stalkers Randy Bauer and Frank Griffin and their staffers as they go about the business of pointing lenses at the famous in and around Hollywood.
It's fascinating to ride shotgun (almost literally) as Dog Chapman and his no-nonsense wife (his fourth) work to pull in drug dealers and various lowlife fugitives from justice. And we get a front-row seat as paparazzi chase Madonna's motorcade, tail J.Lo's Bentley to the home of her personal trainer and snap covert shots of Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini on the set of their latest film. The show surely underscores the adages that every job has its price -- and every Dog, his day.
Take This Job ... (Wed. (7), 10-11 p.m., A&E)
