Pawn Stars and Kayfab

I know people are still talking about Total Divas and the weird straddling of the kayfabe line and what it all means, but I think a better example of kayfabbing weirdness is Pawn Stars right now. Ever since they've started doing the wacky skits between segments, it's getting harder to take the show seriously as anything but totally scripted entertainment, even though they're still kind of trying to maintain the illusion that they're not. For instance, the last two episodes featured a storyline with Chumlee being forced to walk around with a sandwich board advertising the store to "drum up business", even though the store has already been acknowledged as basically being a tourist destination more than an actual pawn shop at this point. Not to mention that having the #1 show on cable TV is far better advertising than some guy walking around the strip. And then the other one featured Rick and Corey selling the Steve McQueen car at an auction, and then buying a '69 Roadrunner with the store's money while they were there. This was presented as a situation where Corey would have to "work out a payment plan" or some nonsense, even though it's readily acknowledged that even Chumlee is basically a multi-millionaire who is set for life at this point and they could probably buy and sell all the cars at that auction with their pocket change.

I dunno, I guess it just goes to show that wrestling is as unique with their problems of "telling stories" as we'd like to think sometimes.