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‘Pawn Stars’ Rick & Chumlee to Launch Podcast from Vegas Shop

Posted on: December 15, 2024, 03:16h.

Last updated on: December 15, 2024, 03:25h.

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“Pawn Stars” regulars Rick Harrison and Austin “Chumlee” Russell are about to launch a podcast capitalizing on their 15 years of fame from the History Channel reality TV series. “Pawn After Dark” — a play on the syndicated ’60s TV series, “Playboy After Dark” — will launch in January on most major streaming platforms.

Chumlee and Rick Harrison share a scene on “Pawn Stars.” (Image: History Channel)

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which broke the story, the podcast will feature interviews with celebrities who will each bring an item for the duo to appraise. According to the newspaper, the first batch of celebs will include Raiders owner Mark Davis, ZZ Top co-founder Billy Gibbons and BMX cyclist and TV host T.J. Lavin.

Fans line up to visit the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in downtown Las Vegas. (Image: *New York Times*)

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Harrison has known Chumlee since he befriended Harrison’s son, Corey (known on the show as “Big Hoss”), at Las Vegas’ Jon C. Fremont Middle School. Harrison hired Chumlee at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop when he was 21.

At left, a previously cast “customer” approaches Rick Harrison on the “Pawn Stars” set with an item to sell. Note the fake front door on the left and the real one on the right. The fake one is opaque, instead of clear, so viewers can’t see that it doesn’t open out onto the street. (Images: Scott Roeben/*Vital Vegas* and Pinterest)

It can safely be presumed that Corey was asked to be a part of the new podcast. However, he recently relocated to Tulum, Mexico, as reported by the Review-Journal.

“Pawn After Dark” will be recorded in a secret studio on the second floor of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. This is the same studio where Rick, Corey and Chumlee pretend to appraise items from customers who walk in off the street.

In reality, only the first season of “Pawn Stars” was filmed in the actual Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. After it began airing, swarming crowds of autograph- and selfie-seekers interrupted the shop’s business too much.

So, since Season 2, all transactions on the show have been filmed in the studio, after being worked out in advance with the actors cast to participate in them.

“Pawn After Dark” will not be produced by the History Channel.

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.