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Posted on 12/21/24 at 2:33 pm
Posted by FAT SEXY
California
Member since Jun 2020
1385 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 2:33 pm
Did any of y'all watch this show back in the day? Random thread, but I was feeling nostalgic.

They did some tacky stuff, but I still found it entertaining (HS kid at the time)
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
37902 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 3:09 pm to
Of course
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32077 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 3:18 pm to


Used to love this show.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115573 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:12 pm to
I believe they did a big oral history a few years ago and most people that went on that show got royally screwed.

Producers would spend a fortune to put a goldfish tank in the back but ignore the oil leak in the engine. There were tax complications with it too and sometimes they would remove equipment after filming (like they would rip out the play station and tell them they had to buy their own)
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 4:13 pm
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
72202 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 4:30 pm to
This is funny, because I was telling a friend this past week how Pimp My Ride was one of the few shows I could remember watching as a teen.
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9492 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

Producers would spend a fortune to put a goldfish tank in the back but ignore the oil leak in the engine. There were tax complications with it too and sometimes they would remove equipment after filming (like they would rip out the play station and tell them they had to buy their own)



Some of the cars that they pimped were mind boggling. Thanks for putting a $10,000 TV/DVD/Stereo in my ‘86 Corolla, but the engine just blew up…now what?
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
22769 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 5:55 pm to
My college roommate and I never missed an episode. I am not shocked to hear that they screwed the people who appeared on the show though.
Posted by JS87
Member since Aug 2010
17607 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:38 pm to
Those MTV days of the early 2000’s had some fun shows with this, Room Raiders, Next, True Life, etc.
Posted by PenguinPubes
Frozen Tundra
Member since Jan 2018
11706 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:55 pm to
Pimp my ride and next were staples back in the day

When they busted out that black light, it was over
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7207 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

This is funny, because I was telling a friend this past week
This is funny, because I was telling a friend this past week how I got some nice socks to put in my wife’s stocking and made a pimp my ride joke.

“Yo dawg, we heard you like stockings so we put stockings in your stocking”

First time I’ve thought of this show in years.
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 8:15 pm
Posted by Kenny Wu
Member since Feb 2014
526 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:18 pm to
That was Room Raiders!
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20190 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:22 pm to
Was interesting as a teen.

It wasn’t until becoming an adult that I looked back and realized how horribly impractical that shite was.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
43054 posts
Posted on 12/21/24 at 9:59 pm to
Got a beater car from my dad in high school and he said I’d have to pimp my own ride
Posted by Jack Daniel
Gold member
Member since Feb 2013
28654 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 8:26 am to
Don’t forget Date my Mom
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
27163 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 11:24 am to
quote:

Thanks for putting a $10,000 TV/DVD/Stereo in my ‘86 Corolla, but the engine just blew up…now what?


Sell the stereo to pay for the car repairs?
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 11:37 am to
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True Life


True Life was a good show.

I do remember the one episode about teens addicted to energy drinks, that was wild.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115573 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 11:37 am to
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Sell the stereo to pay for the car repairs?


Probably not a huge market for a custom fitted car stereo system for a 94 Volvo
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115573 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 11:40 am to
Lotta classic True Life episodes

The Jersey True life episode is what started the whole Jersey Shore phenomenon

I’m not sure if anyone still has the thread handy where Joey Cheeseballs from that episode was posting here and threatening to fight posters on here - I think Maximus was the main one he was trying to fight


Then you had an episode about small time MMA that followed a very young Frankie Edgar when he was fighting in ball rooms and making 200 bucks a fight
Posted by gringeaux
DFW
Member since Oct 2008
1993 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 11:45 am to
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This guy bought the van that was on Pimp my ride and tried to fix it back up. It was awful.

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
465627 posts
Posted on 12/22/24 at 12:04 pm to
quote:

I’m not sure if anyone still has the thread handy where Joey Cheeseballs from that episode was posting here and threatening to fight posters on here - I think Maximus was the main one he was trying to fight


No he respected Max because Max was a "warrior" for playing football (because Max's avatar was JDR in P/G)

Tommy threatened a famous recruiting reporter with the ching a lings, bc he allegedly called Mrs Perna

You're all welcome for the real Tommy and the fake one
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