Dog the Bounty Hunter
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By Julianna Willis, http://www.myspace.com/your_pop_tart





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    As a television viewer, I’m generally a network’s worst nightmare. I’m not loyal. I refused to watch shows that require long time and plot investments. I just want to turn on the TV and be entertained. The best show for pure entertainment: A&E;s Dog the Bounty Hunter. The reality show follows Duane “Dog” Chapman, his wife Beth, his “brother” Tim, and Dog’s sons Leland and Duane Lee as they bring righteous justice to Hawaii’s criminals.


    courtesy A&E
    Dog himself is the most dynamic of the show’s characters. A self-proclaimed former Hell’s Angel, once convicted of murder in Texas, Dog found religion and a calling in life. He hunts men. Okay, and women. He wears cowboy boots, a bulletproof vest, no shirt and strings of feathers in his hair. Dog’s voice is gravel… scratched by years of chains smoking (one episode of the show focused on his battle to quit smoking, thought it’s unclear whether he has been successful). Dog doesn’t just hunt criminals, he hopes to change their lives. Not that the hunt isn’t intense. When the Dog sets his sites on someone, they will be found, usually amid a barrage of yelling, profanity and sometimes mace. It’s after the thrill of the hunt that Dog starts dispensing his wisdom, along with plenty of cigarettes to the criminals he brings to jail. Some of his best advice: “Stay away from whores” and “I can’t beat on my woman, you can’t beat on yours.” Dog yells. Dog laughs. Dog cries. And he does it all unabashedly.

    Dog’s wife Beth

    Courtesy A&E
    is the kind of woman I dread tangling with but would love to be friends with. Beth is the bail bondswoman. She writes the bonds, Dog and crew grab the deadbeats. Don’t be fooled though. Beth gets right in the thick of the fights. Short fused, Beth loses patience with families faster than anyone else and always sees through the stories cute young girls give to cover for their bond-jumping boyfriends. We see Beth’s tender side occasionally. Stories about her past surface and they are always tragic. It’s clear that she’s had a tough life and is happy to have her Dog, her company and she loves Hawaii and its culture. Her physical transformation from the show’s first season to now is amazing. Her big blonde hair has given way to a sleeker, long, straight blonde hair. She’s curvy. Wait. She’s BUSTY. NO, she is super well endowed . The first season of the show, Beth wore mostly tank tops (with matching headbands) that made the eye go right to the ample dé colletage. She’s dressing a little more modestly now, but she’s sexy as ever.


    Courtesy A&E
    Tim, Dog’s “brother” is hardcore. If you’re the criminal the team is chasing -- you do not want Tim to find you first. Tim will mess you up. Not only is he not afraid to get physical, he seems to prefer it. He looks right into the camera and announces that he’d hunt down his own mother if she jumped bond. He means it. He’s not Dog’s blood brother, but they’ve known each other for decades and have decided that they’re brothers to the end. Tim tolerates Beth but it’s clear that their relationship is a tense one. They’ve had shouting matches on the show. Tim doesn’t care for drama. His world is black and white where Beth’s is full of vibrant colors. But looking into his steely eyes, you know that Tim has a soft side. We’ve met Tim’s wife and three of his children on the show. His wife is a Samoan goddess. Stunningly beautiful. It is obvious that Tim loves his children and that they are the joy of his life.

    Two of Dog’s sons are also on the team.

    Courtesy A&E
    Leland owns a bail bonds company on the big island. He’s young, tall and lean. He frequently changes out of his shirt giving his fans little glimpses of his six-pack abs. I think he does those cheesecake shots on purpose. Leland is quiet and is still learning the business, but it’s clear he knows what he’s doing.

    Courtesy A&E
    Duane Lee is a recent addition to the show. He’s an all-American boy with a great smile and a good sense of humor. We don’t know his history or even his experience in bail bonding or bounty hunting, but we like him.

    The Chapmans are a colorful family and they’re real. When you watch Dog the Bounty Hunter you know that these folks are not acting. There may be times they play it up for the camera but, to me, this is the one reality show that captures how their subjects truly are. They swear. Their grammar is horrifying at times. They make literary allusions that don’t make sense. They fight. They throw tantrums (okay, mostly Beth and Dog throw tantrums). It’s real. It’s raw. And as a viewer you just can’t turn away. With each fight, with each censored swear word, you’re drawn into a world of good and bad, of evil and of redemption. You find yourself hating the lying criminal who has jumped a $75,000 bail but then Dog brings back the criminal’s humanity by asking him about his children or what led them down the road of drug addiction.

    It’s also just plain fun to watch Dog work. He uses all sorts of lies and stories to get criminals to come into the office or a McDonalds so the team can pounce. He calls pretending to be an old prison cellmate or says that they’ve won a free Kirby vacuum. The criminals (or their families) always fall for it. Dog gets the job done. I’ve seen one episode where Dog did not get the guy. The episode ended with him putting the criminal’s mother and brother in jail. A note at the very end of that show said that police caught the criminal two weeks later in a high speed chase.

    I’m not ashamed of my love for this show. Not only do I watch it, I DVR it so I can watch it again later.

    My friends and family know about my love of Dog the Bounty Hunter. In fact, I’ve converted many of them to Dog lovers. I don’t know how the filming of Dog works. I don’t know if people are paid for their appearances. I don’t know how much of it is set up for the cameras. I don’t care. I love Dog the Bounty Hunter and I hope they never change.

    Dog the Bounty Hunter airs on A&E network and on A&E on demand. Check your listings and watch!




    AUTHOR: Julianna Willis

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    Lccoco


    Lccoco says on 2008-12-24 17:12:15 about the whole crew
    First off ive watched Dog shows for the past few years. I think his children are adorable not ugle or stupid. Although he uses alot of perfanede or cuses he still a good man and hes trying to make our world better. Yes he his wife and a few of a kids have been to jail but I think we could all say that every one makes mistakes. If you cant itmit to that then you must be a very ignorent person(ignorent:Someone who wont change there thinking or synthisyzing).Its kind of like a spider they build spider webs to catch there food. If they didnt do that there would be an over populated amount of bugs. You could relate that to what Dog and Beth and the crew do. If they didnt do that we would have so many criminals. It wouldnt be safe for all of us. We would have to have our kids on LEASHES! I mean come on no im not saying we dont have to keep a close eye on our kids now. But we can atleast let them go in our back back yard for 5 minutes. I also think and i know some parents met not agree but I think with kids like me should watch this they could learn from this. I only think they should watch this if they can be mature anough. So with that said I encurage this show and I would thank the people upfront personly for putting it back on. So rock on Dog and the crew!






    LadiieBuck


    LadiieBuck says on 2008-08-19 21:13:52 about Leland
    i have been a dog fan since the show stared. i love dog to death. he is the sexiest old man i have ever seen! i got to meet him at a book signing, it was awesome :) he is my favorite person on the show, well, next to leland, of course. Leland is SOOOOOOOO cutee !
    i love the show, & i am so happy that it is back on the air. i dont know what i would do with out it! ♥♥♥♥






    boom


    boom says on 2008-08-09 10:23:42 about Dog the bounty hunter
    We all know mexico and the mexican government is all a joke. They dont know how to run a sound country and they think little girls at the age 12? should be moms? WOW
    And what is the US thinking when they gave the Dog crew to mexico?
    Us good americans would call the police to capture a bad guy if we saw him on the streets. The Dog family goes hunting for them.
    Sounds good to me...






    dog


    dog says on 2008-03-28 23:26:22 about yor show
    im your biggest fan you rule the fucking house






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    viewer


    viewer says on 2008-03-08 09:49:55 about dog & beth
    love watching and following the show.think they do great job.would love two find out more about there past etc






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