Down East Dickering

Down East Dickering
Created by	A&E Networks
Starring	Various
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	45 – 48 minutes
Release
Original network	History Channel
Original release	April 2, 2014 – January 21, 2015

Down East Dickering is an American reality television series on the History Channel. The show, made by A&E Networks and filmed entirely in Maine, premiered in 2014 and ran for two seasons.

Cast

• Tony Bennett (and his Jack Russell Terrier, Duke) (season 1)
• Stanley (Christopher) "Codfish" Cordwell (season 1 and 2)
• Clint Rohdin (season 1 and 2)
• Bruce Thomas (season 1 and 2)
• Nate Knight (season 1 and 2)
• Roland "Yummy" Raubeson (season 1 and 2)
• Mitchell Raubeson (season 1 and 2)
• Owen "Turtle" Mercon (season 1)
• Johnny Awesome (season 1)
• Walt "Captain Two-Stroke" McNeil (season 1)
• Tim Morin (season 2)
• Greg Morin (season 2)
• Jason Mottram (season 2)
• Shane "Speedy" St. Onge (season 2)
• Greg "Tinman" Bannon (season 2)

The groups, based on their geographical locations, are: Tony, his cousin Codfish and Duke; Clint, Bruce and Clint's son-in-law, Nate; Yummy and his son, Mitch; Turtle, Johnny and Captain; twin brothers Tim and Greg and their friend Jason; and Speedy and Tinman.

Format

Several groups of bargain hunters (dickerers) search through that week's edition of the Augusta-published Uncle Henry's in order to buy, sell, swap and trade items. Although it is titled Down East Dickering, none of the show is filmed in that part of Maine. For example, Tony and Codfish are based in Bethel; Clint, Bruce and Nate work out of Sangerville; Yummy and Mitch are in Minot; and Speedy and Tinman are in southern Maine.^[1]

The show is narrated by Bennett.

Episodes

Both seasons were filmed in the summer and fall of 2014.

Webster's Trading Company in Auburn, Maine, a pawn shop owned by Donald "Donnie" Webster, is featured in several episodes

Season one

• "Dickering 101"
  • Tony, Codfish and Duke do business with Kenny "Crazy" Connell, picking up a John Deere Spitfire snowmobile ($150) and a bucket of car badges, hub caps and hood ornaments ($50). They went on to sell one hood ornament for $400, giving them a credit of $200. They pick up vintage signs and a Coca-Cola machine for $400, but after a few purchases they manage to sell two snowmobiles for $550, some collectibles for $400 and the signs for the same amount, giving them a $750 profit.
  • Yummy and Mitchell build a walking bridge in a lake in Hebron. As part of a trade, Mitchell is allowed to pick blueberries and Yummy gets a CD player installed in his pickup truck, for $620 all in. He gets the bridge sections from Donnie in a $150 trade for fixing his tractor.
  • Clint and Nate need to cut down a tree. They pick up a chainsaw in exchange for a snowmobile and get $100 for the job, plus $300 for selling the wood. Clint puts some of his profit towards a car for a demolition derby. Bruce finds him a Ford Explorer for an engine and scrap metal trade.
• "Risky Business"
• "Not So Fast..."
• "Mine Your Own Business"
• "You Can Take It With You"
• "Franken-Stuff"
• "Dicker-Fest!"
• "Blood, Sweat and Dickerers"

Season two

• "Let's Make a Deal"
• "All Jammed Up"
• "Mantiques Roadshow"
• "Used Cars and Old Guitars"
• "Born to Be Yummy"
• "Dickering Daze"
• "Back in Black"
• "Have Your Cake and Dicker Too"

Cancellation

The show was cancelled after two seasons.^[2]

References

1. "Reality show ‘Down East Dickering’ has bargains, but nobody from Down East" - Bangor Daily News, April 26, 2014
2. "Maine fans of ‘Down East Dickering’ working to rescue reality show from scrap heap" - Portland Press Herald, 30 April 2015

External links

• Down East Dickering at History.com
• Down East Dickering at the Internet Movie Database