Rob & Big
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| Rob & Big | |
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 Rob & Big title screen |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Creator(s) | Rob Dyrdek |
| Starring | Rob Dyrdek, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, "Meaty" (their pet bulldog) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ruben Fleischer |
| Running time | 21-22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | November 2, 2006 – Present |
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Rob & Big is a reality comedy series, produced by Ruben Fleischer, that premiered on November 2, 2006 on MTV. It follows the lives of professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his best friend and bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin.
The show has currently finished its first season, and has been picked up for a second season according to executive producer, Jeff Tremaine. [1] The show helped MTV2 achieve its highest rated day in channel history on January 15, 2007. The first full season reached over 70 million total viewers, and was ranked #1 in its time period.Superscript text2
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] The 1st Episode
In the first episode, Rob and Big set out to adopt a bulldog puppy. Shortly after a good hunt, they finally find the right one and later name it Meatbag (a.k.a. "meaty"). They later use the puppy as bait to gather women for their party. Two ladies ask if they are homosexual after finding out that they live with each other. They laugh it off. The women later attend the party, where Rob hired the Academy Award winning group Three 6 Mafia to perform. While getting ready for the party Big has Rob shave his back. After the party Big prepares a concoction containing Pepto Bismol, an antacid tablet, orange soda and possibly Sprite to fight off any hangovers that may occur.
[edit] The 2nd Episode
In the second episode, it is Go Skateboarding Day. Rob tries to get Big Black on a skateboard and buys him a Dogtown-style board that fits him. They then witness Tyson the skateboarding bulldog and try to get Meaty to skateboard. They make an appointment to meet with Tyson and his owner at a park later on.
Rob and Big go to the DC shoes skateboarding fair at the mall and gets pulled over by the police. They decided to drive to the mall and pull over because they are in the middle of traffic, while getting tailed by the cops they play Chamillionaire's "Ridin' Dirty" on the radio. Rob jokes that they were pulled over for "ridin' dirty."
Rob and Big then meet Tyson the skateboarding bulldog and his owner in an attempt to teach Meaty how to skate. This plan fails as Meaty does not seem to want to learn how to skateboard. Rob compares it to being like a child not wanting to follow in a father's footsteps. He throws Meaty's skateboard and appears to give up on the dream of Meaty becoming a skateboarding bulldog. However he does eventually ride.
[edit] The 3rd Episode
In the third episode, Rob and Big go to Vancouver to be motion captured for an EA Sports skating game (Titled Skate, coming out on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 consoles) as well as play a round of skateboard hockey with the game designers. Rob decides to visit his parents in his hometown of Kettering, Ohio. Rob, Big, and Rob's family also go to the skate park co-named (with DC Shoes) in his honor. Rob and Big also visit Kings Island theme park.
[edit] The 4th Episode
Rob sets out to help Big lose weight. Since normal scales are not able to weigh Big, Rob takes him to a Recycling Center. They find out he weighs 416 lbs. He gets hypnotized in order to help him stay motivated to lose weight, and they go to see a nutritionist, but Rob doesn't agree with the program she recommended, so he buys Big a bike. After a quick montage, he reweighs at the same weight. Rob is visually disappointed in Big's lack of weight loss. Big goes to see the "hot" Nutritionist again who gives him the same advice, and tells him to have a burger. The Nutrionist tells Big "Christopher Boykin" that he could feel free to a have burger once a month and only one burger.
[edit] The 5th episode
It is Rob's birthday. The show opens with Big, Bam Bam, and Drama putting a birthday hat and glasses on Meaty's butt, then laying Meaty on a sleeping Rob's face, backside first. Later, the boys notice a smell in the house that seems to be eminating from Meaty's "trapdoor", which culminates in Rob sending him to a pet groomer. The groomers cannot fix the smell, even though they have washed it multiple times. Rob and Big get tattooed. Rob gets the word "relentless" on his left arm and Big gets the "double B's" on his left . Big Black competes in a hot wing eating competition and loses. Then Rob and Big Black's friend Bam Bam steals the trophy by putting it under his shirt. They then go to a club for Rob's party and the episode ends with them having a food fight with Rob's birthday cake. Rob gets thrown into the pool 4 times in this episode, and he jumped in once himself.
[edit] The 6th episode
Rob decides it time to redecorate Black's bedroom. He and Big Black go and buy a new bed for Black, and while in the mattress store, Rob jumps on all of the beds inbetween play wrestling with Big Black. They then buy wallpaper to go in Black's room. Rob also buys a handcarved wooden tiger for Black's room as the final touch, much to Black's initial chagrin. Rob decides he wants a skate park in the backyard and has his friend build it for him. Rob wants to get a family portrait that imitates the famous Death Row Records picture featuring Tupac Shakur, Suge Knight, and Snoop Dogg. Meaty then eats a chicken bone out of the garbage and it gets stuck in his stomach. So Rob and Big Black rush him to the animal hospital where they find out that he had a stress-induced seizure and does have a chicken bone stuck in his stomach. The doctor keeps him overnight so he can pass the bone. The next morning Rob and Big Black pick up Meaty after the doctor gives Meaty a clean bill of health. The skate park is finished and they finally get Meaty to skateboard. The family portraits come back and Rob hangs them on the kitchen wall.
[edit] The 7th episode
Meaty begins the show by continuing his rebellious behavior. For the second time that day, he has defecated inside the house. Rob discusses this with Big, and they decide to bring in an animal psychic. She claims that Meaty is missing a mother figure, or a female presence in the household. Rob and Big decide to go to a matchmaker to find themselves two possible female companions (both for themselves, and for Meaty). They go to "Meet A Mate", and get set up with Annie [1] (for Rob) and Regla (for Big). They are both singers in a punk-rock band. As Big describes them, "they sound like duds." The girls arrive in a white stretch Chrysler 300, and the boys are immediately skeptical, but leave on the dates anyway. The boys first raid the limo's liquor to ease the pain of their experience. The first stop on the date is a mini-golf course. Next is a karaoke bar, where Rob and Big sing a rendition of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "Ebony and Ivory" while just slightly inebriated. The next day, Rob tells Big that Annie lied about her age to Meet A Mate. Though the boys thought she was 27 years old, according to her drivers license she was 37.
[edit] Episode 8 / Season Finale
Rob has a nightmare in which Big Black fails to protect him, resulting in his being shot several times while riding in his car. This causes Rob to think that Black isn't able to protect him. Rob goes to a lawyer and has a last will and testament written up to make sure his belongings end up with the correct people. Big Black is determined to show Rob that he still has his back so he takes Rob through a series of tests to prove it. First, he takes Rob to the LA County Raceway to show him that he can outrun the police if the situation arises. They then go to a karate school where Black shows off his martial arts skills. Finally, Big Black takes Rob to a paintball course because it's the closest to actual gunfire he could get. Rob and Black face off against two female instructors and Rob and Big Black beat them. When they return to the house Black pretends Drama (Rob's Cousin) was a burglar and shoots him with the paintball gun.
[edit] Trivia
In the UK, the show is entitled "Rob and Big Black". It is likely that the name was changed to exclude the 'Black' for the US release, but hasn't been done so in the UK.
[edit] References
- ^ Suicide Girls. Second Season confirmed by Executive producer Jeff Tremaine of Jackass..
2. http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/01/17201.php, "MTV Renews Rob & Big For A Second Season"
