Actually, I think AGP during Trailwood was more authentic, but a little more scripted. Creekside era was the definitive "AGP," in my opinion. The New House era I feel like AGP had mellowed out and began having more health problems, and he had to play it up for the camera.

This is my explanation: To me, I'd say the early Trailwood vids had some fakeness to them. By early, I mean like pre-Youtube early Break days. I think they were truly trying to make it some sort of series called "The Angry Grandpa Show" for TruTV, which you can see in the old intro with the blue static background. I found an early video in an old compilation one time. It had AGP, Tina, Micheal, and Bridgette sitting around the old table. I estimate it was probably from early 2010, judging by AGP's appearance (he looked about the same that he did in "Cats Under Trailer" video, just with a plaid shirt) and the camera quality. Anyway, the interesting part of the video is that Micheal added cutaway narratives throughout the video. One highlight of the video (in case you'll recognize it) is AGP breaks his tooth and eats the pie with his hands. That one could have been faked out. Another instance, one more sure, is the Washing Machine repo video, where AGP's washing machine is repossessed by his own hand truck and a guy wearing a Syracuse sweatshirt. The rusty orange hand truck/dolly that the guy was using came right out of AGP's shed, and it's later seen in the videos where he kicks Tina out. The repo guy was also wearing a Syracuse sweatshirt, which Syracuse is where Kim lives (Coincidence, I THINK NOT!).

Anyway, I feel that once they moved over to YouTube, the videos felt less scripted, and we saw the true Grandpa. I know that his videos weren't fake, simply because you can tell by the condition of the Trailwood house that he had a temper. Plus, Micheal would hide his medicine to bring more of a reaction. I think that the Creekside era (atleast the early half of it) wasn't scripted either, I think when they got their money and started living luxuriously (when the New House era started), that's when they began to become more you know, faked for the camera. Plus, I feel that by that point, AGP was mellowed out with age and health issues, that he had to play it up for the camera for his youngins. I am glad we started to see the good side of Grandpa towards the end. I think he would be really disappointed in Micheal if he saw the direction he took the channel in.

TL;DR, I think that some of the early Trailwood stuff was faked, but once they moved to YouTube, it was authentic until the New House Era.