[Seattle Sam]

Early seasons of American Chopper showed all the yelling, angst, and drama and left you thinking that these people could not get along. Later episodes show the yeling followed by the horseplay and laughter, proabably all over-exaggerated for the camera. That said, the AC crew seems likeable, and they appear to have their hearts "in the right place" as my Dad used to say.

Some of Boyd's guys are also likeable (Machine shop Mike, Thomas from Sweden, Beetle Bailey) but others appear to be real jerks - Duane the foreman, Blue Bear when he was there, and Boyd himself. Did you see the episode when the intern was leaving, and went to say goodbye to Duane? Duane took that opportunity to completely ridicule the guy and then told him not to let the door hit him in the a$$...