"Pimp My Ride" (2004) TV series 2004-????

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Creators:

Bruce Beresford-Redman
Rick Hurvitz

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

4 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Plot:

Xzibit finds the owner of a ruined car and takes it to the West Coast Customs for a renovation.

Plot Keywords:

Special Interest | Motor | Car Restoration | Car Modification

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Mad Mike	...	Electronics / ... (25 episodes, 2004-2006)
Toy Holmes	...	Promo Announcer (16 episodes, 2006)
Xzibit	...	Himself - Host (11 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jason Ewing	...	Jason / ... (9 episodes, 2006)

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Music Television (MTV)

Trivia:

The show now takes place at GAS (Galpin Auto Sports) Garage instead of West Coast Customs with all new mechanics, although Mad Mike still stays on the show.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Screenwipe: (#2.3)" (2006)

How did this last for one season?

The format for an episode of Pimp My Ride is always the same so here is the basic rundown of the show- Xzibit visits the home of a person that sent a video showing their old car and asking for it to be pimped. He really doesn't do much other then driving the car and telling bad jokes (and supplying his own annoying laugh to tell you when something he says is funny). The person will usually start screaming and making a fool out of themselves on television until Xzibit drives the car to West Coast Customs.

There, he will leave and does not appear until the end of the show when the person comes back to pick up their car. The West Coast Customs workers will then sit around and discuss what they are going to do to the car. Then they will spend about 30 seconds fast forwarding through the "pimping" and destroying of the car prior to that.

They will usually go over-the-top when "pimping" the car, adding at least 4 TVs per car and other expensive and unneeded items you would not use while in your car. I guess that the car looks better after they are done, but that isn't saying much. They rarely ever do anything to the engine so even though you have car that has a TV in every seat and a stereo system that could cause permanent hearing loss, you are still driving the same old car underneath.

After, the person will come back with Xzibit and they will scream some more until they drive the car home. Then there are about 50 before-after shots of the car in every angle possible.

Overall, they might as well just show some before and after shots of the car for a few minutes and open up some time slots. I would much rather just look at the car after it is done and not waste a half an hour of my time. I would much rather have a car that has a nice paint job and a new engine then a bunch of unnecessary things that make my car the perfect target for a thief.