GREAT PICK! American Pickers fans beg bosses to hire ‘awesome’ show guest permanently after Frank Fritz’s firing and low ratings

AMERICAN Pickers have shared their appreciation for show guest Pat Regis, who they want to be hired permanently.

Antiques store owner Pat has appeared on the History Channel show several times over the past decade and made another cameo in Wednesday night’s episode.

Host Mike Wolfe bought a colorful tin lithograph sign from the antiques expert during the show.

Pat said the piece is “top of the line” and in “really good condition,” before admitting he’d had it for more than 40 years.

Mike’s jaw dropped and he said: “Really? That’s why you’re my hero!”

Turning to business, he asked: “What are you thinking on it?”

Pat replied firmly: “Two grand.”

Mike exclaimed: “That’s what I was thinking! I was thinking two grand!”

He then gestured at the connection between the two of them and joked: “Look at what’s going on here!”

Pat quipped back, “Are we related?” and burst out laughing.

Mike agreed, “Yeah. Might be!” and went to shake his friend’s hand.

He shared the sweet exchange on Instagram, where fans flooded the comments with their praise for Pat.

One wrote: “Could have Pat on every week, guy’s awesome.”

Another added: “Always a joy watching episodes with Pat and seeing his collection.”

A third posted: “One of my favorite episodes is the one where you bought the motorcycle from Pat’s living room!

“I always remember you saying it is a motorcycle like that keeps collectors up at night!”

The fan was referring to a 2013 episode, in which Mike found a century-old Royal Pioneer motorbike in Pat’s home.

Pat appeared on the show again in 2019, when the now-fired Frank Fritz visited his store to pick up an ultra-rare cycle car.

LOW RATINGS
American Pickers episodes featuring Mike, his brother Robbie and Danielle Colby returned on July 5.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that ratings dropped by another 100,000 viewers for episode three of the new season.

Just 713,000 people tuned in to the installment, compared to 918,000 for the premiere episode.

Fans have vowed to boycott the show after the firing of fan-favorite star Frank, 59, in 2021.

One commented on the premiere episode: “I’ll only watch American Pickers if it’s a rerun with Frank. Carry on.”

A second said: “The only episodes of American Pickers I watch is WITH FRANK.”

A third asked on the show’s Twitter account: “Why did you screw Frank over?”

FRANK’S FIRING
Frank last appeared on American Pickers during a March 2020 episode, as he took time off to recover from back surgery that left him with 185 stitches and two rods in his spine.

During his time off the show, Frank lost 65 pounds.

He also told The U.S. Sun that he entered rehab for alcohol addiction in Iowa for 77 days.

Frank revealed his feud with co-star Mike during the 2021 interview with The U.S. Sun.

Frank said: “I haven’t talked to Mike in two years. He knew my back was messed up, but he didn’t call me up and ask how I was doing. That’s just how it is.

“The show is tilted towards him 1,000 percent. I can’t even bend that far down to show you how much.

“That’s fine. It’s like you’ve got Aerosmith and there’s Steven Tyler and he’s the frontman. I found my spot, I’m second and he’s number one on the show. That’s no problem with me, maybe he does have a problem.”