Ax Men on History Channel

Anybody watch this show about Oregonian lumberjacks? I guess it's following in footsteps of "Deadliest Catch" and "Ice Road Truckers."

(Cue the Monty Python photo and lyric posts.)

 

<img src="http://dawnsearlylight.blogs.com/graphics/Monty_Python_lumberjack.jpg">
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.
I sleep all night and I work all day.

MOUNTIES:
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER:
I cut down trees. I eat my lunch.
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'
And have buttered scones for tea.

MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch.
He goes to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he goes shopping
And has buttered scones for tea.

He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER:
I cut down trees. I skip and jump.
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars.

MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps.
He likes to press wild flowers.
He puts on women's clothing
And hangs around in bars?!

He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER:
I cut down trees. I wear high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie,
Just like my dear Papa.

MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He wears high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra?!

[talking]
What's this? Wants to be a girlie?! Oh, My!
And I thought you were so rugged! Poofter!...

[singing]
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

He's a lumberjack, and he's okaaaaay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

 

Seen it advertised and also available On Demand, but haven't watched it. Something about the whole "we have a dangerous job" documentary is appealing, but — and I know this sounds sick and twisted — it gets a little old when the guys don't actually get hurt. At that point, it's just watching people go to work and bitch about their co-workers.
Now, when Ax Man No. 1 drops a chainsaw from the top of a tree and cuts Ax Man No. 2 in half? I'm there.

 

Slight threadjack here:
But does anyone know if and when a new season of Deadliest Catch will air?

 

I've only seen the commercials, but having met a few loggers in my time, those guys are nuts.

 

The FULL skit

Just the song as it appeared on the show:

LIVE (sung by Eric Idle):

a different version with the Pet Shop skit as a lead-in:

 

But then it wouldn't be Ax Men. It'd be Chainsaw Men.

 

I opened the thread and thought it would be a documentary on executioners.

 

True. So call me when they play a rousing, drunken game of "catch the ax"

 

It could be a great show, but why is this on the History Channel?

 

A song about logging in the late 1800s...

BREAKFAST IN HELL
by Slaid Cleaves

In the melting snows of Ontario where the wind'll make you shiver
'Twas the month of May up in Georgian Bay near the mouth of the Musquash River
Where the bears prowl and the coyotes howl and you can hear the osprey scream
Back in '99 we were cutting pine and sending it down the stream

Young Sandy Gray came to Go Home Bay all the way from P.E.I.
Where the weather's rough and it makes you tough, no man's afraid to die
Sandy came a smilin', thirty thousand islands was the place to claim his glory
Now Sandy's gone but his name lives on - this is Sandy's story

Young Sandy Gray lives on today in the echoes of a mighty yell
Listen close and you'll hear a ghost in this story that I tell, boys
This story that I tell

Now Sandy Gray was boss of the men who'd toss the trees onto the shore
They'd come and go 'til they'd built a floe 100,000 logs or more
And he'd ride 'em down toward Severn Sound to cut 'em 'up in the mills for timber
And ships would haul spring summer and fall 'til the ice came in December

One Sabbath Day big Sandy Gray came into camp with a peavey on his shoulder
With a thundercrack he dropped his axe and the room got a little bit colder
Said "Come on all you, we got work to do - we gotta give 'er all we can give 'er
There's a jam of logs at the little jog near the mouth of the Musquash River"

With no time to pray on the Lord's day, they were hoping for God's forgiveness
But the jam was high in a troubled sky and they set out about their business
They poked with poles and ran with the rolls and tried to stay on their feet
Every trick they tried, one man cried "This log jam's got us beat!"

But Sandy Gray was not afraid and he let out a mighty yell.
"I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, or it's breakfast in Hell, boys
Breakfast in Hell!"

Now every one of the men did the work of ten and Sandy scrambled up to the top
He was working like a dog heaving 30 foot logs and it looked like he'd never stop
They struggled on, these men so strong, 'til the jam began to sway
Then they dove for cover to the banks of the river, all except for Sandy Gray

Now with thoughts of death they held their breath as they saw their friend go down
They all knew in a second or two he'd be crushed or frozen or drowned
They saw him fall and they heard him call, just once and then it was over
Young Sandy Gray gave his life that day near the mouth of the Musquash River

But Sandy Gray was not afraid and he let out a mighty yell
"I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, or it's breakfast in Hell, boys
Breakfast in Hell!"

East of Giant's Tomb there's plenty of room, there's no fences and no walls
And if you listen close you'll hear a ghost down by Sandy Gray Falls
Through the tops of the trees you'll hear in the breeze the echoes of a mighty yell
"I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, or it's breakfast in Hell"

But Sandy Gray was not afraid and he let out a mighty yell
"I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, or it's breakfast in Hell, boys
Breakfast in hell!"

 

I watched it last night. It was a little too dry for me.
But I don't really care for 'Deadliest Catch.'
I watched a little bit of 'Ice Road Truckers' because I had never heard of the subject before. Bering Sea fishing and logging are less interesting because they're much more familiar.