‘Pimp My Ride’ Team Launching Netflix Series ‘Resurrected Rides’
MTV’s Pimp My Ride, hosted by rapper Xzibit, was a hugely popular tv show about two decades ago. Now, the show is coming back. Well, sort of. An upcoming motor makeover series, Resurrected Rides from the original producers of Pimp My Ride is making its way to Netflix.
Resurrected Rides to put a spin on Pimp My Ride
According to Netflix, Resurrected Rides “fuses the early-aughts magic of the beloved MTV series with modern automotive artistry to help deserving owners transform their beloved beaters into roadworthy masterpieces.”
Actor and comedian Chris Redd, known from Saturday Night Live and Disjointed, is set to host the new series. Launching on July 24, the series will feature eight 40-minute episodes. Rick Hurvitz, who co-created Pimp My Ride, which aired on MTV from 2004 to 2007, serves as an executive producer on the series, along with Brandon Killion, Ari Shofet, and Mike Odair.
“We took the spirit and knowledge from the original and reimagined it with a hilarious host, brand new cast, plus the eye-popping technology and culture of today,” said Hurvitz in a statement.
People’s thoughts on the new series
Some people took to Reddit to share their thoughts on the new series. One person said, “Chris has a fun vibe; I think this’ll be adequate at worst. I can already picture him grinning and popping his eyes real wide while he describes upgrades like ‘tricked out rims’.”
Another person said, “Can’t wait for them to put a PS5 in the trunk for some reason.”
What happened to the original Pimp My Ride?
The original show premiered on MTV in 2004. The host Xzibit would find the owner of a ruined car and take it to the West Coast Customs team for renovation. The theme song explained all of this 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. They did note that each appeared on the show “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.
Although all of the people spoken to about Pimp My Ride ultimately had mostly positive experiences, many of them made claims about faulty cars, broken parts, customizations being the opposite of what the car owner wanted, and things shown on the show being taken away immediately after.
Here’s to hoping the new series doesn’t come with these kinds of claims or problems.
