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This show picks young vehicle owners and drivers from Los Angeles or elsewhere in Southern California. An episode of Pimp My Ride generally begins with the participant showing his or her vehicle, and convincing MTV that it needs to be "pimped". After this segment, the host (normally rapper Xzibit, but there are occasionally guest hosts such as Chamillionaire) shows up at the participant's house, takes a look at the car himself, makes wisecracks about the particular things that are wrong with it, and promises the owner a complete makeover of the vehicle.
Each car is a custom "pimp", tailored to the personalities and interests of the owners. For example, a Need for Speed: Underground fan had his car painted to look like one specially customized in the Need for Speed video game series, while a bowler had a ball spinner installed in his trunk, a badminton player had a badminton net installed in the back of his Dodge Caravan, and a surfer got a clothes dryer in the back of his Volkswagen Type 2. Work usually includes new paint, accessories, chrome, tires, and rims, and internal electronics (DVD players, video games, large TFT screens, and other cutting-edge accessories). Most changes are only cosmetic, and mechanical work is generally only done to enable the car to run; the show has replaced entire engines with new engines. Both WCC and GAS are well known for putting their own whimsical touches in their work, such as the aforementioned tumble-dryer, or an electrical fireplace in this trunk of another vehicle.
"Pimp My Ride" premiered on MTV in 2004 with a straightforward premise that was beautiful in its simplicity: Take a kid with a beat up car and have the rapper Xzibit orchestrate a massive and ridiculous upgrade. The theme song explained it all in just a few lines: "So you wanna be a player, but your wheels ain't fly / You gotta hit us up, to get a pimp't out ride."
The Huffington Post spoke with three of the kids who got their cars pimped: Jake Glazier from Season 4 and Seth Martino and Justin Dearinger from Season 6. All three had previously done brief AMAs on Reddit about their time on the show. (It should be noted that each appeared on "Pimp My Ride" near the latter half of its run.) And for a perspective from the other side of the camera, co-executive producer Larry Hochberg responded to a few of the claims made by contestants.
From the onset here, it should be noted that Larry Hochberg says that "it's not accurate to say that we didn't work on the mechanics of the cars" and that the contestants on the show had a misconception of what had happened with their vehicles. As Hochberg explained to HuffPost, "Some of the cars were so old and rusted that they would have mechanical issues no matter how much work you put into them [and] the production team and the car shops worked their butts off to get parts for these cars." In one instance, MTV even sent someone all the way to a desert junkyard in Arizona just for a replacement hood on a car. But the show wasn't about saving cars from breaking down; it was about pimping cars.
Five years after the show, with extensive and expensive outside work done by Dearinger himself, his pimped car burst into flames. Dearinger was driving home with his girlfriend when smoke started flooding the car. Then the two jumped out on the side of the road and within just moments the car was destroyed. You can watch the aftermath in the video above.
Less real was the famous freakouts of contestants jumping up and down when their pimped out car was revealed. All contestants spoken to ended up having to do multiple takes of their reaction, with Justin Dearinger explaining, "I guess I didn't show enough enthusiasm." The director specifically told him to "be more energetic and jump around and scream."
The damage of the cars in the pre-pimped stage was also exaggerated by the show. Dearinger remembered that they added aircraft remover to help with the paint removal and made the bumper "look like it was falling off."
Jake Glazier remembered who he thought was one of the producers mentioning that breaking up with his girlfriend would be good for the show. As Glazier explained to HuffPost, the apparent producer said something about how it would play better into the storyline of him having a "shitty car" and needing the pimping to no longer be lonely.
Dearinger, too, enjoyed himself and said he'd be happy to do it all again. "Before then I was just a kid -- I was shy, I was really shy," he said. "And then it's sad to say, but being on the show gave me some confidence. And it made me the person I am today. I'm the most outgoing person you ever met." Dearinger said the pimping truly brought more attention to him from the opposite sex. "A lot of girls noticed me more."
As for Hochberg, he "loved working on the show." Hochberg further explained his memories saying, "There were so many great kids on the show, and it was fun to give the cars to all of them." Hochberg said one of his favorites was pimping an Ice Cream Truck, a creation that ended up being parodied by "The Simpsons."
Driving Rentals for Months While Car Was Pimped
Since it took the show about six to seven months to pimp out rides, Seth Martino used a rental to get around while his car was in the shop. Martino posted on Reddit that he went to a "really small, shady company off the freeway by LAX because they were the only ones willing to rent to me because of my age." MTV paid for his rentals for a few months, then he had to take care of the bills himself. Two years later, MTV finally reimbursed him. We give Martino kudos for hanging on to his receipts that long.
The IPT held that the words 'PIMP' and 'RIDE' have suggestive sexual connotations and that PIMP MY RIDE as a whole could be perceived as meaning 'to pimp a prostitute', which is vulgar and obscene, and thus contrary to public order or morality. The IPT dismissed Viacom's arguments that:
Viacom filed an appeal to the Patent Court. In these proceedings, Viacom strongly emphasized that PIMP MY RIDE, either taken as a whole or divided into its separate elements, does not contravene public order or morality. Further, Viacom argued that for the Korean consumer, the 'PIMP' element represents a difficult English word that is not immediately recognizable. Viacom also argued that PIMP MY RIDE is famous in various countries, including the United States and Korea, as the name of a popular television show, which has been regularly broadcasted on television in Korea. Additionally, Viacom pointed out that 'pimp my ' has become a catchphrase that is prominently used by several other global companies to convey the idea of improving an item (eg, Hewlett Packard ran a 'Pimp my Printer' promotion). Accordingly, the phrase could not be seen as an obscenity.
To support its arguments, KIPO submitted a print-out containing search results for the word 'pimp' from Google. From this extensive list, KIPO highlighted the fact that 'pimp' was mainly used to refer to matters of a sexual nature and, thus, it could be assumed that more people understand it to mean the conventional meaning (ie, a man who brokers sexual services of women for profit) and not to mean 'improving' or 'changing' an item.
The Patent Court overturned the IPT decision. The court held that PIMP MY RIDE may have a dictionary meaning that contravenes public order or morality. However, it recognized that the word 'pimp' also means 'to be decked out'. Further, the court found that:
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You know him as Xzibit. The Feds know him as Alvin Joiner; a guy who owes them nearly $1 million in delinquent Federal taxes. Joiner blames the cancellation of Pimp My Ride for his financial woes. From The Detroit News: "Xzibit no longer enjoying a pimped lifestyleFormer "Pimp My Ride" host Xzibit, a double-threat Detroit-born rapper/actor, owes more than $959,523 in delinquent federal taxes, according to public records.A lien filed last month is the fourth tax problem in recent years for Xzibit, real name Alvin Joiner, who had a cameo as a lunch-line linguist in Eminem's "8 Mile."Xzibit traced the roots of his financial problems to the cancellation of his MTV show and the imminent foreclosure of his Woodland Hills, Calif., home in July 2009, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court records.He's filed bankruptcy twice since 2009, but both filings were dismissed for various reasons. On July 29, 2009, he listed assets totaling $739,433 -- mostly homes in California and New Mexico -- and more than $1.4 million in liabilities, according to court records.For a man who reached mainstream fame through an MTV show about pimping vehicles, Xzibit didn't own one. He was leasing a 2006 Range Rover for $2,230 a month, according to bankruptcy court records.The bankruptcy filing provides rare insight into the volatile fortunes of an entertainer. In 2007, he earned $497,175 starring in "Pimp My Ride." But after the show was canceled, his income plummeted to $67,510 in 2008, according to court records.In the 2009 bankruptcy filing, he acknowledged owing the IRS and said he had a verbal agreement to pay $250/month.What's owed:-The IRS filed a $22,196 lien against him Nov. 2 with the Los Angeles County Recorder.-The IRS filed a $435,487 lien July 21, 2009, with the Bernalillo County Clerk in New Mexico, where he owns a home.-The IRS filed a $205,485 lien Feb. 4, 2009, in Los Angeles County. He owes income taxes from 2007, according to the lien.-The IRS filed a $296,355 lien April 17, 2008, in Los Angeles County for unpaid income taxes from 2006, records show.The address on the most recent lien is a public accountant's office in West Hills, Calif. But here's his former 7,650-square-foot house ( ) in Woodland Hills, which was sold last week for $610,000:His side:Xzibit could not be reached for comment. His lawyer Arnold Ogren also could not be reached this morning."Source: The Detroit News ( )
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