I agree. I was corresponding with him back when that My Classic Car was barely a pilot and back then he was a just a guy with a dream trying to get the show off the ground. I think he's the real deal from what I've seen. -Bigchief.
Met him at a couple of shows......seemed like a nice guy and most importantly was very nice to my son. Like him or not you gotta give him credit for promoting the small town events where everyday folks and their rides are put into the spotlight. Beats watching Pimp my Ride................
If your working for a company and you invent/contribute something related to your work then the invention and the associated patents are the companies property. Your listed as the inventor/contributor, originator on the patent but the company owns the patent and reaps the rewards. Yes, you are usually cut a check by the company but royalites and huge mega dollars are not typically part of the picture.....unless you can prove that it is totally unrelated to your work and prove that you did it on your own.
He and his son ans another guy did a series for speed channel where they are riding motorcycles through some quebec and European countries. Trippin on 2 wheels or something like that. Pretty decent road and riding footage, and some great scenery. Couple shots of Dennis with moustache sans wax flapping in the breeze.
Like I said before- Dennis interviewed me a long time before & after during filming. Just a car guy to me. Now here's a comparison. At the 2009 GNRS- I was parked outside the doors of building 5, right at the fountain. 3 people approach me & say Chris Jacobs of Web Garage & Overhaulin' wants to interview me & talk about my car. They give me a business card. Cool! I guess. So- they all disappear for 30 minutes & come back. They are his assistants. One has a clipboard w/ a list of questions & asks for my answers. He writes them down. He then tells me Chris will be interviewing me soon, and to stick to the straight answers on the clipboard. Don't stare at him, don't ask any questions & look natural. Stay at the car & don't wander off- Chris's time is very valuable & he doesn't have time to hunt you down. I thought about it for a minute & walked into building 4 & 5 for a few hours. I guess my time don't mean shit. I should have told him to have his people contact my people.
thats basically what i was intimating. I know a few inventors working for the university here who own their patents outright because they were slipprier than the shiney arses in the legal department. If a company doesn't feel that the effort put into an invention is a part of that invention then they don't deserve to hold the patent. Any invention is 1% inspiration 99% perspiration.
Hey 'hound; Type: Find Chuck Norris in the google search box and read the first hit...............................
There are a few guys that have self esteem issues so anybody that has a little better job then they do they have to drag them down if they can! What a bunch of goof balls!!!
According to the patent, Pringles were invented by Chelsea Denman of Washington, Pennsylvania. Science-fiction-and-fantasy author Gene Wolfe developed the machine that cooks them.
Dennis Gage was nobody until he was part a scientific mission crew on the space shuttle in '91. Everyone remembers that...don't they?
His enthusiasm for the car hobby comes across on his show. On the show you'll see what is happening from coast to coast and even Canada, eh! A true character, Dennis ,(among others) helps the old car hobby by promoting it to the general public, making the hobby stronger. I've met him and he seems like the Real Deal. .......By the way, that handle bar mustache, is actually an antenna, that can find any Studebaker on the show n' shine grounds!!
Krooser knows whats up! Our crew 1st met Dennis "12" Gage Watson (his god given name) at a dice game on Milwaukees north side, I watched him roll 17 sevens in a row!! I turned to CheaterChris & said that dudes gonna be givin some lucky lady a moustache ride tonite!, then boom some ill base head busted in & tried robbin the game, before shit went south Dennis checked that fool w/a strong pimp hand, robbed his ass & we all bugged out of there like roachs when the lights go on. Point is I'd stab one of your mommas in the neck w/a butter knife for Dennis Gage! Fuck pringles, Doritos for life! (or chicken in a bisket crackers I'm a fan of as well). DFFD Love, Cheatercarl
Seems like a great guy but you do have a point. One thing that gets on my nerves is that constant laughing he does- when it's not funny. I have a coworker that used to do it a lot. Dennis: "Oh look- the motor's original ha ha ha ha ha ! "
I guess I would show him my car but I wouldn't let him drive it. He alot better than that guy on car crazy, Barry McGuire. That guy is just f@*king wierd and shouldn't be the host of anything.
"I saw him at Blah Blah Car Show and I ghasped like a teenage girl and pulled my unit out and jacked it around and tugged on my nipples and waved frantically to get his attention and he ignored me! What a dick!!!"
I think the thing that sticks out about him is he looks like a time traveler from like 1905, all he needs is the old-timey driving suit and a curved-dash Olds to pilot around.
I second that! have you ever notice when he interviews people they seem like their trying to get away from him.
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