“Awesome, baby!” “Rip it!” “Sick!” Such are the typically lyrical responses to the custom-built bikes featured on TLC’s “American Chopper”.

Thanks to the relationship between openly antagonistic Paul Teutul, Sr. and his easy-going son, Paul Jr. - better known as “Paulie” – as well as their abundant talent with acetylene torches, a reality show about a family-run motorcycle business evolved into something that transcended personal combat and transportation. In between profanity-laced tirades and tool-tossing tantrums, the Teutuls magically turned motorcycle after motorcycle into works of art. Six years of epic familial agony ended last season with Paul firing Paulie, the company’s chief designer and fabricator. They haven’t communicated since.


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Whether Paulie’s exit is a bad thing for the family business, Orange County Choppers (OCC), remains to be seen. But it’s turning out to be a very good thing for camping and outdoor gear company, Coleman…and for guys who like cool BBQ grills. Coleman is the first client of Paulie’s fledgling company, Paul Jr. Design, hiring him to do for its RoadTrip Grill what he did for OCC’s choppers. “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior," debuts August 12th. Separate crews are shooting at Paulie’s new design and bike shop as well as at OCC. “We don’t communicate. The film crews don’t communicate. We’re filming two different shows and TLC is going to integrate them. How, I don’t know.”

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