While the work can be grueling, there's definitely an upside to doing restoration work for Rick Dale of Rick's Restorations in Las Vegas -- and it's not just being on television. In this exclusive clip from the coming episode of "American Restoration" (airing Thurs. June 5 at 10:00 p.m. on History), funk legend George Clinton drops by with a 1923 Chickering quarter baby grand piano. It's water damaged from a flood, but it holds four decades worth of memories for Clinton, who wrote and recorded some of his most memorable songs on it. In this exclusive clip, he proves that a piano doesn't have to be in tune to bust out some P-Funk awesomeness. The show, which will air back-to-back half-hour episodes for six weeks, is just the beginning. Dale is bringing in some big jobs this season, including a knife throwing board from David Copperfield’s Museum of Conjuring Arts,...
- 5/29/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
What screams America more than baseball, Coca-Cola and Dodger Dogs?
"American Restoration" on History celebrates its 100th episode at 10:30 p.m. Et Tuesday (June 18) when Rick Dale gets an assist from former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda.
Dale takes an old Coke cooler and restores its luster. The trickier part is turning the cooler into a hot dog machine -- for Dodger Dogs, naturally -- that must retain heat.
"It was masterfully done, and I think it's going to be a big hit," Lasorda says. "I was very, very surprised to see the word 'Dodgers' and how beautifully that hot dog stand was made."
The episode leading up to the show's 100th airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday and features singer and songwriter Jason Mraz. He and his dad, Tom, want to restore a sign reading "Frank D. Fixer" that belonged to Jason's grandfather.
"When we look at these signs,...
"American Restoration" on History celebrates its 100th episode at 10:30 p.m. Et Tuesday (June 18) when Rick Dale gets an assist from former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda.
Dale takes an old Coke cooler and restores its luster. The trickier part is turning the cooler into a hot dog machine -- for Dodger Dogs, naturally -- that must retain heat.
"It was masterfully done, and I think it's going to be a big hit," Lasorda says. "I was very, very surprised to see the word 'Dodgers' and how beautifully that hot dog stand was made."
The episode leading up to the show's 100th airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday and features singer and songwriter Jason Mraz. He and his dad, Tom, want to restore a sign reading "Frank D. Fixer" that belonged to Jason's grandfather.
"When we look at these signs,...
- 6/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The “American Restoration” crew got a visit from Billy Joel this week and, surprisingly, he didn’t want them to restore a piano. Instead, he needed them to restore a vintage motorcycle.
It was a 1967 Bsa bike -- just like the first motorcycle Billy ever rode. Billy said the bike he brought to the shop was the closest he’s ever come to that original motorcycle, and he wanted to relive the glory days. Billy has his own bike shop, but he didn’t want to mess up the hard-to-find classic chopper. That approach paid off, because Rick Dale made Billy’s dreams come true.
Joel was quite pleased with the work. “Oh wow!” he exclaimed. “When that thing first came out in the mid-60s, they were beautiful bikes. I don’t remember them looking that good. That looks great ... “It’s hard to believe it is the same bike.
It was a 1967 Bsa bike -- just like the first motorcycle Billy ever rode. Billy said the bike he brought to the shop was the closest he’s ever come to that original motorcycle, and he wanted to relive the glory days. Billy has his own bike shop, but he didn’t want to mess up the hard-to-find classic chopper. That approach paid off, because Rick Dale made Billy’s dreams come true.
Joel was quite pleased with the work. “Oh wow!” he exclaimed. “When that thing first came out in the mid-60s, they were beautiful bikes. I don’t remember them looking that good. That looks great ... “It’s hard to believe it is the same bike.
- 5/29/2013
- by Alex Moaba
- Huffington Post
American Restoration, the History Channel show that seeks to “bring a bit of history back to life,” is returning with new episodes this summer, beginning with special hour-long show featuring Billy Joel. The episode, which airs May 28, will follow Joel as he takes his frozen-motored British Royal Star motorcycle to the show’s expert, Rick Dale, to be restored at his shop in Las Vegas. Promo clips show a very warmly dressed Joel bundled up in a coat and sweater while he talks parts with a sleeveless-shirted Dale. The 64-year-old musician proves that he knows a thing or two about...
- 5/20/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Tune in alert for Billy Joel and Jason Mraz, who both enlist the services of Rick Dale this season on History.s American Restoration. From History The Piano Man brings in a rare Bsa 850 motorcycle, which has deep ties to his storied motorcycle past. Jason Mraz, known for the chart topping hits .I.m Yours. and .The Remedy,. needs Rick to restore an a sign from his grandfather.s old shop. Rick had an amazing time digging into the backstory of these two celebrity.s items. American Restoration tells the story behind things you just don.t see any more. A barber shop towel steamer, a 1964 Ducati Falcon, a Gatling gun arcade game.oddball artifacts like these are part of America.s cultural...
- 5/16/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
"American Restoration" is back with new episodes, and they're packed with more drama and celebs than ever before, promises the show's star, Rick Dale. Of course, the heart of the show is still the meticulous work Dale and his team do at his Las Vegas-based shop, Rick's Restorations.
The show began as a spin-off of "Pawn Stars," after Dale proved to be one of the most popular reoccurring experts popping in and out of the Silver and Gold Pawn Shop. Now Dale is a bona fide TV star in his own right, as "American Restoration" continues to attract legions of loyal fans who love watching him breathe life back into weathered antiques and vintage swag.
HuffPost TV caught up with Dale to chat about working with rock star/restauranteur Sammy Hagar, what he's learned from Pawn Star Rick Harrison and why we'll be seeing more family drama this season.
What...
The show began as a spin-off of "Pawn Stars," after Dale proved to be one of the most popular reoccurring experts popping in and out of the Silver and Gold Pawn Shop. Now Dale is a bona fide TV star in his own right, as "American Restoration" continues to attract legions of loyal fans who love watching him breathe life back into weathered antiques and vintage swag.
HuffPost TV caught up with Dale to chat about working with rock star/restauranteur Sammy Hagar, what he's learned from Pawn Star Rick Harrison and why we'll be seeing more family drama this season.
What...
- 1/22/2013
- by Annette Bourdeau
- Huffington Post
The History Channel’s quest to capitalize on our nostalgia for classic Americana has led them to a few memorable series in American Pickers, Pawn Stars, and the like, but American Restoration takes it a step further by taking the treasures those other shows highlight and making them look brand new. Where the show trips up in its concept, which sounds neat for anyone interested in antiques or restoration, is that the final delivered product isn’t always respective of the item’s age. On top of that, unless you’re very interested in show host Rick Dale, his crew, and the handiwork required to make an antique look brand new, chances are most viewers will favor a very abridged form of each episode.
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- 11/15/2012
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
By Allen Gardner
Pier Paolo Pasolini’S Trilogy Of Life (Criterion) Pier Paolo Pasolini was Italy’s last Neo-Realist, a product of post-ww II Europe who was fervently Catholic, openly gay, defiantly Marxist, and one of the most original voices of the 20th century’s second half. Before his brutal murder in 1975 (after the premiere of his still-controversial swan song, “Salo”), Pasolini directed a trilogy of films based on masterpieces of medieval literature: Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales,” and “The Thousand and One Nights (also known as “The Arabian Nights”). The three films celebrate the uninhibited, earthy, raw carnal nature of the original texts, leaving little to the imagination, but also offering Pasolini’s own very unique and pointed views on modern society, consumerism, religious and sexual mores (and hypocrisies), and an unexpurgated celebration of the human body, both male and female. Extraordinary production design by Dante Ferretti and another evocative,...
Pier Paolo Pasolini’S Trilogy Of Life (Criterion) Pier Paolo Pasolini was Italy’s last Neo-Realist, a product of post-ww II Europe who was fervently Catholic, openly gay, defiantly Marxist, and one of the most original voices of the 20th century’s second half. Before his brutal murder in 1975 (after the premiere of his still-controversial swan song, “Salo”), Pasolini directed a trilogy of films based on masterpieces of medieval literature: Boccaccio’s “The Decameron,” Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales,” and “The Thousand and One Nights (also known as “The Arabian Nights”). The three films celebrate the uninhibited, earthy, raw carnal nature of the original texts, leaving little to the imagination, but also offering Pasolini’s own very unique and pointed views on modern society, consumerism, religious and sexual mores (and hypocrisies), and an unexpurgated celebration of the human body, both male and female. Extraordinary production design by Dante Ferretti and another evocative,...
- 11/14/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Would you ever think being an antique restorer could land you and your business in front of millions of television viewers each week? I'm sure when Rick Dale of American Restoration began fixing up things as a business; he never considered his face would become a household name.
What started as a small role on the popular television series Pawn Stars would eventually spin off to his own reality series, well... Dale had to wonder... how did I get here?
Now one of History Channels hit series on collecting, his restoration business is booming! Dale was kind enough to take a break from beautifying things to tell me more about his passion for restoring Americana items and to give me a little sneak preview of an upcoming show...
Rh: I'm curious, were you a collector or a restorer first?
Dale: I started as a restorer. I got my start in 1983 doing excavation business.
What started as a small role on the popular television series Pawn Stars would eventually spin off to his own reality series, well... Dale had to wonder... how did I get here?
Now one of History Channels hit series on collecting, his restoration business is booming! Dale was kind enough to take a break from beautifying things to tell me more about his passion for restoring Americana items and to give me a little sneak preview of an upcoming show...
Rh: I'm curious, were you a collector or a restorer first?
Dale: I started as a restorer. I got my start in 1983 doing excavation business.
- 3/6/2012
- by Reyne Haines
- Aol TV.
Top tip for anyone standing next to a cannon. If someone looks like they might be about to fire it, stand waaay back.
Not everyone did that on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), and so there were some frayed nerves by the end of Wednesday night's episode
Rick Dale and his crew had restored a 19th-century cannon, only to discover that "it actually came from the Civil War." After the guys had finished with it, the owner said she'd never seen the cannon look so good.
She asked if they could fire it. So they did and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"American Restoration" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
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Not everyone did that on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), and so there were some frayed nerves by the end of Wednesday night's episode
Rick Dale and his crew had restored a 19th-century cannon, only to discover that "it actually came from the Civil War." After the guys had finished with it, the owner said she'd never seen the cannon look so good.
She asked if they could fire it. So they did and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"American Restoration" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
- 2/9/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Huffington Post
Here's a tip for anyone standing next to a cannon: If someone looks like they might be about to fire it, stand way back.
Not everyone did that on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), and so there were some frayed nerves by the end of Wednesday night's episode
Rick Dale and his crew had restored a 19th-century cannon, only to discover that "it actually came from the Civil War." After the guys had finished with it, the owner said she'd never seen the cannon look so good.
She asked if they could fire it. So they did and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"American Restoration" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
Not everyone did that on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), and so there were some frayed nerves by the end of Wednesday night's episode
Rick Dale and his crew had restored a 19th-century cannon, only to discover that "it actually came from the Civil War." After the guys had finished with it, the owner said she'd never seen the cannon look so good.
She asked if they could fire it. So they did and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"American Restoration" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
- 2/9/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Aol TV.
Rick Dale and his team of restorers decided to take a well-earned break from work on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), so they hit the paintball range.
The guys had a lot of fun running around in the Nevada sunshine firing paint at each other, but some of the shots looked like they hurt when they landed.
Rick's son, Tyler, summed it up: "I guess this is a good day off work. Nice 'cause we're not in the shop. Bad, 'cause the whole left side of my body is hurting."
Watch the crew at work on "American Restoration," Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
The guys had a lot of fun running around in the Nevada sunshine firing paint at each other, but some of the shots looked like they hurt when they landed.
Rick's son, Tyler, summed it up: "I guess this is a good day off work. Nice 'cause we're not in the shop. Bad, 'cause the whole left side of my body is hurting."
Watch the crew at work on "American Restoration," Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
- 2/2/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Huffington Post
Rick Dale and his team of restorers decided to take a well-earned break from work on "American Restoration" (Wed., 10 p.m. Est on History), so they hit the paintball range.
The guys had a lot of fun running around in the Nevada sunshine firing paint at each other, but some of the shots looked like they hurt when they landed.
Rick's son, Tyler, summed it up: "I guess this is a good day off work. Nice 'cause we're not in the shop. Bad, 'cause the whole left side of my body is hurting."
Watch the crew at work on "American Restoration," Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
The guys had a lot of fun running around in the Nevada sunshine firing paint at each other, but some of the shots looked like they hurt when they landed.
Rick's son, Tyler, summed it up: "I guess this is a good day off work. Nice 'cause we're not in the shop. Bad, 'cause the whole left side of my body is hurting."
Watch the crew at work on "American Restoration," Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Est on History.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
- 2/2/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Aol TV.
Everything old is new again at Rick.s Restorations.as History's Hit Series American Restoration Returns with New Episodes, Jan. 11 at 10 p.m. It takes plenty of know-how to transform a piece of rusty trash into a valuable historic treasure. Rick Dale, owner of Rick.s Restorations, a Las Vegas restoration shop, is up for the challenge . and History viewers love to see him in action. This series is currently averaging 2.5 million total viewers and boosting the Friday 10-11 p.m. time slot by more than 140 percent. American Restoration returns for new episodes starting Wednesday, January 11 at 10 p.m. with back-to-back episodes on History. Rick.s customers bring in a brand new batch of oddball artifacts .
- 12/19/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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