I get a kick out of this show. Our family of 5 kids and 2 parents took a photo on a 1970 vacation camping from Santa Barbara to Surrey, B.C. Canada to visit our grandparents and this show reminds me of that though certainly not exactly. Everyone in the family had their distinct personality and contribution to the traveling and camping routine. The veracity, i.e. how real is this TV show and are they really 100% bush people, I'd guess about 50/50. I think they rather are survivalists and do whatever necessary to survive. I like the interaction between the family members and their personalities. I like that they can survive in the bush with varying degrees of modern assistance. Re. the pending lawsuits about public fund benefit fraud, I tag that to their survivalist nature, neither condemning nor agreeing with it. It could be a misunderstanding of qualification requirements. It could be deliberate. No doubt they are paid for the TV show. So the lease for where they built their Brown Town is probably payment for filming rights. To me, this is just survivalist. I think patriarch Billy is very savvy and knew how to market his family's interesting way of living. I don't think that's fake, I think it's survivalist. Summary: I'd much rather watch this show than stupid Real...(i.e. completely fake)Wives or Husbands of Wherever or Whatever. If you remember that TV is entertainment and that TV "reality" is never 100% real you'll have a good perspective. All I have to do is look at the condition of their teeth for me to determine how real it is.
Review of Alaskan Bush People
