'The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man' review: He's a character
Cue the subtitles. Which weren't on my preview disc, and I done wished they were. Louisiana good ol' boy Shelby Stanga from "Ax Men" has got some ax-cent on him. And he don't enunciate none as good as Jed Clampett from "The Beverly Hillbillies," neither.
Shelby has a four-legged roommate named Willie-dog and a hurricane-wrecked houseboat. So, nice lady "Pud'n" Waller, ignoring all the bullet holes in the wall, helps him/them scout a new one. But it's in dolgurned St. Louis! Shelby has to get on an escalator (say what?) to get on a plane (hoo-wee!). And what does he find upriver? Oh, no -- that's the reveal. I'm just gonna mention skulls and swords and a naked lady and a pneumatic cannon.
So what do I really need to say here? Shelby's a character. He rides a jet boat and a forklift. He lays it on thick. There's the growly-voiced narration of some Western folk tale. And the producer is Thom Beers, the macho-reality mogul behind "Deadliest Catch," "Ice Road Truckers" and "Storage Wars." Can't imagine what else you'd need to know to decide if this is for you.
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