Duane Chapman Dog The Bounty Hunter

Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman (born February 2, 1953 in Denver, Colorado ) is an American bounty hunter and bail bondsman who lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. He starred in Dog the Bounty Hunter, a weekly reality television program which was broadcast on the A&E Network (USA), Bravo, Virgin 1 (both UK) and FOX8 (Australia) .

Chapman, a former gang member with 18 prior convictions for armed robbery, was sentenced to five years in a Texas prison in 1977 after being convicted of the first degree murder of Jeremy Oliver. Chapman maintains his innocence of murder but suggests he was a legal accessory for not reporting the shooting to the police. He was released on probation after 18 months

After serving 18 months in prison, Chapman was released and became a bail bondsman and bounty hunter. This began when Chapman was in court disputing child support. When he told the judge he did not have the money to pay, the judge offered him a deal to bring in a fugitive in exchange for the judge to pay part of Chapman's child support.

He started his first bondsman business in his hometown of Denver, Colorado before moving to Hawaii with his wife, Beth, and their children. Chapman operates his business as a family-style enterprise which includes long-time business partner, Tim Chapman; sons Leland and Duane Lee; his daughter, Lyssa; and his wife, Beth. A nephew of Chapman's, Justin, a former bounty hunter himself, was kicked out of the Chapman house and fired from the business for personal and business reasons. Chapman's business and family life are the subject of his own TV show, titled Dog the Bounty Hunter, on the network A&E.

Other bail agents have publicly expressed disapproval of Chapman's approach to bounty hunting. Penny Harding, the executive director of the California Bail Agents Association, said "He represents all of the things that bail agents are trying to get away from - the cowboy image, the renegade, bring 'em home dead or alive.

Extreme mullet-wearing Dog The Bounty Hunter Chapman went on Hannity and Colmes on the Fox Channel last night to beg in his idiotic drug-addled logic for forgiveness for his racist tirade over the phone. It sounds like he says he was using the "n" word as "a brother to brother" despite the fact that he was using it to tell his son not to date a black woman.

This tearful confession said that he thought he was able to "refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother"

I thought that I was cool enough in the black world to be able to use that word, as a brother to a brother. I'm not%u2026 I never realized that that's like stabbing a black person in the heart. I would never do that to any kind of person. I've always taken pride to be the white guy that can talk to the black people, that can refer to them truly as a brother from a different mother (voice breaks)%u2026

and I used to say 'I'm Black Too," my whole life I've been called a half breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that, I take that stand so when I stood there and said, 'I kind of know what you feel like, cause I've been there too, that I felt like that I could embrace and as brothers, even as black women say the word%u2026"

This is one of the hardest lessons ever I've learned in my life, even facing death. If I could kill myself and people would forgive me, I would do that. There's no excuse. I'm guilty and I will take my punishment, but the end of what I said is that I will do everything that is in my power to make sure people have forgiven me.

Hannity: How old is this conversation?

This conversation was done in March, so eight months old.

Hannity: And how much did they pay your son for this

Well, I think they gave him $15,000 that the alleged rumor.

[Transcribed from the highlight video available on TMZ of Chapman's appearance on Hannity and Combs last night on Fox]

While it's not funny that the guy says he would kill himself for forgiveness, you can tell by the way he's wording his statements that he's not going to shed his coat of slimy racism unless he undergoes serious therapy. He said "I would never do that to any kind of person" and he calls black people "them." He also seems to gloss over the pain he caused others and to focus on how he's feeling and how he wants forgiveness.

Dog the Bounty Hunter - Dog & Beth's Wedding, August 8, 2006

"Here comes The Dog, no longer on a Harley Hog" is how Duane "Dog" Chapman opens up this long-awaited episode in which he makes an honest woman of Beth Smith, his long term common law wife and fellow bounty hunter. If Beth were ever to smother dog (and she certainly does have the proper "natural" equipment to do that), it would have occurred in this episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter. Airing on Tuesday night, August 8, 2006 was the episode many have been waiting for -- "To Love and to Cherish: Dog and Beth's Wedding".

We see the Chapmans in the week leading up to their nuptials, and Beth is obsessed (like most women) with buying new shoes, fitting her wedding dress, and getting her hair done. Basically, her head is in the veil and not in the Bounty. It couldn't be more removed from the thoughts of Dog, which focus around catching a slew of fugitives, including a former Navy seaman named Brice. Brice is being hunted down for jumping bond after a criminal history that includes theft and drugs. Dog amplifies the risk of this bounty by saying that Brice is a "trained killer" since he was in the Service at one point.

Of course, Beth is ticked off that her intended is focused on grimy criminals instead of diamonds and roses, but this is Dog and we know he always pulls through in the end. If he doesn't, rest assure Beth will make his life miserable for a long time. The woman is ruthless, and Dog is whipped. In the words of his son Leland, "Looks like Dad's going to fold like a tent again" when Beth gives Dog a hard time. Decked out in leather, covered in prison-issue tats and always packing mace, Dog is Beth's to kick around. This episode is no different.

Beth has picked out a classic tux for Dog, who will have no part of that, thank you very much. Dog insists he is wearing a bulletproof vest with no shirt, jeans and a can of mace. He tells Beth that he has been in prison before and there is no way he is going to trap himself in the prison of a suit.
"I'd rather just get married as the Dog," he says. If not, he said he's not looking forward to the funeral that is his wedding. Poor Beth, marrying the Dog in his stinky old vest and a can of pepper spray. So, how does she cope? She goes to the local stripper store - to buy her wedding shoes. After trying on several pairs of plastic do-me-pumps, she settles on a pair while stating every
brides golden rule: "When you go shopping where the strippers and ho's go, you'll always score."

Not to be outdone by Hollywood starlets, Beth flies to Hollywood for a custom made dress. If you have ever seen Beth, you'll know what stands in the way between Beth and a standard fit dress. Here's a hint: there are two of them. It is a beautiful dress actually, and should go well with her plastic stripper shoes.

The first bounty goes pretty well, and they catch Brice with a window puncher in his pants. The fugitive tells Dog he had just found it in someone's apartment. We all know Dog ain't no Harvard grad, but when it comes to Criminals 101 you can't get anything past him. Dog can't resist pouring a bucket of salt into his wounds, telling Brice he'll be called Bo-Peep in prison. But then Dog's heart of gold takes over and he gives the fugitive a cigarette and lights it for him. This is a rite of passage for anyone who gets apprehended by the DOG; you'll always get a cancer stick as a reward. Thanks Dog!

The nuptials are a day or two away and Dog apprehends another fine citizen who claims to just have some "jewelry" in his pocket. Turns out it's an ice pipe. I guess he wears it in his mouth. Iceheads, crackheads, basketball size breasts and stripper heels, sigh. Brings back memories of my own nuptials. Honestly, who other than the Chapmans host a gala affair in the midst of such an odd assembly of characters? Of course, it all makes for good TV and for the more sentimental of us, it all does the heart good.

While Dog is out hunting down these characters he misses his own wedding rehearsal. But it's all good; he makes it for the party afterwards, which looks like a blast. Full Hawaiian garb, fragrant orchid-laden leis, tables of food and Dog in his conch-shell braids. Beth is looking forward to her wedding day and forgives Dog for missing the rehearsal. She puts it into perspective, saying "Today Big Daddy got his man, and tomorrow I get mine."

After such a happy night, the morning of the wedding brings somber news for the Chapman family. Dog's daughter, who lives in Alaska, was killed in a car accident; his daughter died on his wedding day. The family's tremendous faith and love for one another enables them to go through with the wedding, though he cries throughout the day for his daughter. Dog says, "There is a time to mourn and it's not right now. If God wanted to stop the wedding he wouldn't have killed my baby. That's not God." In true Dog style, he follows this tender moment with one of his cheesy (but heartfelt) expressions, "This blood don't run."

The sun comes out, a legless woman arrives in a wheelchair and Dog and Beth say "I Do".
Finally - after all these years we have Mr. and Mrs. Dog Chapman, joined by handcuffs and hair bleach forever.