APOCALYPSE NAZARETH, REALLY?

FROM ROSS NUNAMAKER

I had seen some references to Apocalypse PA on Facebook, but had no clue what they were about. I come to find out it is a new TV pilot that aired on the History Channel featuring a family that lives in the Nazareth area according to an entertainment post in the Morning Call.


From the post I learned, the family lives on a fairly large property, and the star of the show is a father who lives with his wife, son and daughter and is described as a modern day Franklin. Dad, Frank Belcastro, enjoys inventing and tinkering and the premise of the show is his being able to live a self-sufficient lifestyle.


I didn’t see the episodes that aired recently, so I can only respond to what was written on the post. Apparently, Belcastro owns a construction company that works on television shows such as Trading Spaces, which gives him the means to have a large plot of land in the area and this isn’t mentioned in the show. The show only says they live ‘somewhere in PA” without mentioning they are 60 miles from New York City and Philadelphia. If this develops into a full-blown show, the authenticity is at risk because one doesn’t typically view a successful businessman as a survivalist or the suburb of major cities as the wilds.


At any rate, I will try to catch an episode or two because the inventions and tinkering do seem like a good bit of fun and as the post notes, should be more the point of emphasis than the preparation for the collapse of society into a Road Warrior world.

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