Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment Certificate: Not Rated | NTSC | Region 1
Available to buy Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Xzibit,
The West Coast Customs Team (Ryan, Q, Big Dane, Ish, Mad Mike and
Alex)
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Pimp
My Ride is the MTV show
featuring hip-hop star Xzibit
that takes peoples cars and
"pimps" them up, turns
them into masterpieces in fact,
the hard work is done by the
West Coast Customs Team (like
Queer Eye each of the gang from
West Coast has their
specialities, Ish looks after
Interiors, Mad Mike looks after
the electrical bits and pieces,
Big Dane is accessories, Q looks
after the whole shebang, Alex
looks after the wheels and
tyres) and every car is a one
off extravaganza.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
Whilst
it seems there are more make-over reality shows on the box than you can
shake a stick at, Pimp My Ride has something pretty important going for
it
auction
house, Piper a student chef at a restaurant called The Quake and Phoebe
never really settling in one job. Key aspects of this first season
include the girls discovering that handyman Leo is actually a White
Lighter (a guardian angel for good witches) and their protector, Pru
telling her former boyfriend Andy, a cop, about their powers, this leads
to a tragic end for the character by the end of the season.
Whilst
the series never belies its glossy Aaron Spelling origins and there is a
little bit of a Monster of the Week tendency but Charmed is a nicely
entertaining series with a good looking cast that in this first series
laid the ground work for more to come. Worth a look despite the lack of
extras.
