What did happen that first season of Storage Wars? Sidekicks, pukes, trash talk, and oh, for course, the over paying for storage units.
Dan Dotson kick started each show by stating where the auction was held. Laura Dotson did not become vocal until midway or so through that first season. Dan made an error on one episode and sold a storage unit to Dave who wasn’t even bidding at the time.
Oops!
Hey, it was Dan’s first year. We’ll cut him a break.
The cheapest storage unit was bought by Darrell for $3 (yes, you read that right). The most expensive locker purchased by Hester’s son, Dave Jr., for $5,550! That was almost his entire life savings. Was it a good buy? Hester will tell you it was, but if you look at the episode (#19), Jr. might have broken even or not.
Dave Hester, what a character full of pomp (and that’s saying it nicely). I bet you thought that his “Yuup” was his standard bid during auctions.
“Nuup!”
In the first season he shouted “Yuup” only 103 times. I know, you think that’s a lot, but it’s not considering how many bids went on that first year. Midway through the season he had “Yuup” embroidered on the back of his hat in small letters.
What about “Pukes?” That term also became synonymous with Dave Hester. Believe or not, he said “Pukes” only 3 times during season one of Storage Wars: 3rd, 4th, and 10th episode.
Yuup and Pukes would become a standard later on.
What about Darrell sheets? Darrell had life changes – divorced, moved out, and found new love. It was a rough year for “The Gambler.”
Brandon Sheets stirred the pot when he wore a t-shirt that mocked both Jarrod’s and Dave’s thrift store. However the thunderstorm of trash talk didn’t come until Brandon wore a hat that bashed Dave’s consignment store. Oh, my, the heated argument that came after between Brandon and Dave, not a pretty sight or sound.
Barry Weiss did start his shenanigans that first episode by bringing a sidekick on stilts. But in the entire series he had only two sidekicks. His second sidekick, the two psychics, pissed Hester to no end that Dave walked out of the auction.
No one missed you Dave!
Barry’s method on how to clean a locker by “tossing everything out the door” happened about midway through the season. He also drove only one unique car to auction which was a 1937 customized Cadillac.
Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante agreed and disagreed. When Jarrod sidestepped her spending cap on a locker… he knew he was in for a kick, push, punch, and what he called a “Brandi headache.”
They fight a lot but they do love each other.
Aw…
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