At Least Repo Games Made A Game Show Out Of It

How can there be more than one faked TV show about tow trucks?

Seems unlikely.  How many are there?

I know of at least four, and I think there may be more, but I'm afraid I would lose more faith in humanity if I actually tried to find out. 

The fact that these shows are all the same is, at the very least, confusing to me.  Here's the deal...a collection of portly, related tow-truck drivers drive around looking for vehicles with past-due payments.  Once they find them, they hook them up to a tow truck, miraculously just in time for the delinquent owners to come running out and cause a scene in some loud or violent way, ultimately to lose to the the recovery agents.  Pop Quiz!  Did I just describe "Operation Repo," "South Beach Tow," "Lizard Lick Towing," or "Bear Swamp Recovery?"  Careful, it's a trick question.  

Here's the sad part.  Not one of these shows is an actual documentary.  They are all showing "dramatizations" of auto recoveries, not the actual repossessions themselves.  All of the owners are actors and all of the situations are staged, sometimes even with fireworks or special effects added to enhance the drama.  I can almost see how one of these shows could be watchable for an episode and a half, but for four of these shows to exist and to repeat the exact same situations over and over and over is a form of hell I really wouldn't think would be allowed to exist.  

It also shows a phenomenal lack of creativity on the producers' part to watch a show like "Operation Repo" (I'm going to assume that was the first one, but I refuse to look it up) and think, "You know...what the world needs is a show exactly like this one, but with different people and in a different state.  Tow trucks are more interesting in New Jersey than they are in Florida."  (Note:  "Bear Swamp Recovery" takes place in New Jersey)  It would be astounding if any producer actually put their name to a full-on plagiarization like this, given the fact that there is absolutely nothing original or creative involved in taking somebody else's idea, blatantly copying it without changing a single aspect, and vomiting it onto television.  Nobody could possibly stoop that low, could they?

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