The second season of Toy Hunter starts April 10. Here is the offical blurb for the second season.
In the second season of “Toy Hunter,” acclaimed toy dealer and expert Jordan Hembrough continues to travel across America buying and selling great iconic toys. As Hembrough’s reputation grows, his client list grows to include such celebrities as Gene Simmons of KISS and Danny Bonaduce from the Partridge Family – both to be featured this season. In addition to being challenged with more demanding clients and missions, Hembrough provides more pop culture history to better illuminate the toys’ timelessness and value. The scope of this toy hunter’s travels expands beyond basements and attics to include toy auctions, flea markets, and storage units.
“Toy Hunter” is produced by Sharp Entertainment for Travel Channel. For Sharp Entertainment, the executive producer is Matt Sharp, co-executive producer is Ashley McFarlin Buie and vice president of production is Dan Adler. For Travel Channel, the executive producer is Daniel A. Schwartz.
Now we are going to let you in on something I have been holding back. This past January, Laurie and I ran into two of Jordan’s friends at a show. They brought up about a goof that Jordan had made. In one of the episodes Jordan had attributed the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel to Barbara Billingsby! Barbara Billingsby was the mother on Leave it to Beaver. The correct answer is June Foray, who is also known for the voice of Granny on the Tweety Bird cartoons plus much more. Jordan realized he had made a mistake, but felt he could not fix the mistake.
On hearing this I went into full Stad mode with help from Laurie. I said to Jordan’s friends that if he did not correct that mistake one minute after it aired, I would email to Mark Evanier the mistake. Mark is writier, producer and director of the Garfield cartoons. Mark escorted June Foray when she won her Emmy award and had used her on a number of his cartoons. Two minutes after the show I would then email Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew ( since then Jerry has sold his interest in Cartoon Brew and now has the website Cartoon Research). Jerry has had many pleasant meals with June and would be upset as he considers it a great honor to know her. At three minutes, Scott Shaw would be next to get an email. He is another one who has an animation site. I was sure by the next morning the President of Travel Channel would have calls from some very important people in the animation industry about this goof. I said that the cartoon industry considers June a Goddess for her body of work and would do everything in its power to see that she would not be upset. Jordan would not be a happy camper.
Laurie and I left the show laughing almost all the way home on the fun we had with this goof of Jordan. When we met Jordan at Wayne Toy Show in February, I brought this goof up and Jordan quickly brushed it off by saying it had been corrected. I quietly smiled and left it alone, as my work had been done. Either on his own or through what we said a wrong had been righted.
I love this show. It is really cool, neat seeing Jordan find things that I recall as a kid.
Alot of nice memories!
I get a kick out of seeing his face when he finds something rare. His expression is great. I’m laughing my head off when he does that. Then I enjoy hearing him talk about the item he found. Lots of knowledge.
Great series. Glad to hear it’s coming back.
John
Glad you like the show. Jordan has a lot of fans, I am not one of them. The show gives wrong impressions about the hobby. So much is staged. If a dealer finds an item that is rare, the dealer is going to try to keep a straight face not to tip his hand. The information that Jordan gives is looked up as it nearly impossible for him to know all that he does. Most toy dealers are specialists and experts one area. I have expaned my knowledge due to selling on Ebay. My area of expertise is plastic toy soldiers. I will be reviewing the show once it returns on April 10.
I guess this is why “reality shows” can’t ever be really “reality”, since of course everybody is aware there’s a camera crew filming the whole thing. American Pickers also do the same thing —- they ooh and ah over every neat item they find, right in front of the potential seller. In the real world, this would obviously drive up the item’s value in the mind of the owner. And speaking of knowledge, have you ever watched “Pawn Stars”, also on The History Channel? People come in with all sorts of esoteric items, but the main pawn shop owner appears to be an expert on anything and everything. It’s obvious no one can have such deep knowledge on every conceivable historical periord, so I assume the interactions are somewhat staged with lotss of advance preparation.
Nevertheless, I still enjoy both shows, and my wife and I watch them. It inspires us to go to antique shows and flea markets ourselves, to see what interesting things are out there.
Don
Yes the reality of reality shows is they are not real. As I mention before on American Pickers they get pictures before hand so they can select things to have on the show. We enjoy watching pickers for the people they go to. It is just amazing some of these people and their stuff.
Pawn Stars I agree their knowledge is suspect. I am expert on plastic figures especially foreign. Other items I have a working knowledge and can get a feel on a price. I will walk away from items that I am not sure of.