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This episode was a clip show featuring the sketchiest moments from all three seasons of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. I wasn't sure what kind of blog I could write about a clip show, but after watching it, I realized that I have tons of material to work with. Rob and Drama had some HILARIOUS commentary between clips. I don't want to write too much about their commentary because I think it is better when it is heard from Rob and Drama themselves rather than reading it. If you haven't seen the episode, go watch it after reading this blog. It has a lot of good laughs! In my opinion, this was the best clip show that has come out in all three seasons! The producers chose to use a lot of footage that has never before been seen. I love unseen footage!
The show opened with Rob getting pulled on his skateboard into the foam pit by Turbo on a motorbike, attempting to dunk a basketball in the hoop. This is sketchy because if there is not the perfect amount of speed leading up to Rob's launch, he could easily slam his body into the basketball hoop and hurt himself pretty badly. The first couple attempts were unsuccessful, but it was all worth it when he dunked the ball perfectly into the hoop on the last try. Shane Nickerson, the executive producer of Fantasy Factory makes his first appearance of the third season with one short sentence - "Maybe we'll just use that one." And then the opening credits start rolling.
Rob and Drama are sitting in the factory and Rob sets the show up by explaining that this clip show will be different from all the other clip shows. This one will be about sketchy moments. They cut to a short montage consisting of the tennis ball gun, the zip line, and a good amount of slams. The slam that made me cringe the most was a never before seen clip of Drama on his board, attempting to skate over the wild grinders bank. He had a good amount of speed and he lost it, slamming his body onto the concrete face first and sliding across the floor all the way to the red rail. You could tell that one hurt, haha.
Rob talks a little bit and they get into another montage of sketchy clips. It was mostly things we have seen before, but it was all stuff that was worth seeing again. Rob talks about how during this episode, instead of just showing the clips, he and Drama are going to give the viewers a little inside information on what was going on in their head during those moments.
The set up the first sketchy moment of the episode and that is - Shark Attack.
Shark Attack took place in season one during an episode titled "Shark Sugar." Rob and Drama were driving along and Rob came up with this idea for a new Wild Grinders character named Shark Attack. The only problem was, he didn't want to create the character until he actually earned the nickname. Rob found a place in the Bahamas that would let him get attacked by a shark and he set it up. He got himself a chained shark suit and him and drama flew out to the Bahamas. Once Rob got there, there were quite a few more sharks than he thought.
Rob proceeds to explain a little bit about how he felt during that shark attack day, and then they get into the clip. I've seen it tons of times, but it never gets old. The shark had such a tight grip on his arm, and he was yanking Rob all around. They showed some unseen footage of Rob explaining to the crew how terrifying it really was under the water and then Rob showed everyone the bruise on his arm from where the shark latched on. I was always wondering about Rob having a bruise after that. I know the chain suit is supposed to prevent the shark from penetrating into the skin, but after watching how much force the shark actually had, I knew it had to leave some sort of mark. I'm glad Rob cleared that up for me, haha.
After Shark Attack, they get into the next sketchy moment, Bobby Light opening for Blink 182. This took place in season two during an episode titled "Lights Out." When thinking about which moments they were going to include in this episode, Bobby Light really never came to mind. After Rob and Drama explained it, I can definitely see how it would be a little sketchy. If you aren't a natural performer, being on stage can be a terrifying experience. Rob skates in front of people all the time but skating is his passion. For Rob to go on stage in front of tens of thousands of people and perform "Lights Out," that must have been very scary.
The third sketchy moment featured in this episode was the Car Jump. Rob decided he wanted to try and jump a car during an episode in season one titled "Get With Your Power Animal." He met up with Ken Block, a professional rally car racer and the co-owner of DC Shoes. Ken showed Rob as much as he could about how to successfully jump the car, but things could have easily taken a turn for the worst. There were a couple of unused scenes here as well, one of which taught me something about the show I didn't know. The car jump was actually attempted twice. The first time Rob went for it, he missed his sweet spot and landed pretty sketchy. The in-car camera showed us how Rob and Drama's heads actually got whipped around and hit the sides of the seat. After that, they were running out of time and if Rob wanted to successfully make the jump, he had five minutes to try it again. Anyone who is a Rob Dyrdek fan knows that Rob doesn't give up. He went for it, and he made the jump perfectly.
After the Car Jump, we had Jockeying the Horse. Rob decided to purchase a race horse and jockey it himself during the season premiere of season two - "Dirty Man Horse." I don't think Rob really realized what he got into, because he explained how terrified he was from the time he agreed to race the horse until after the race was over. Rob explained how much he had to learn in order to jockey the horse and how everyone was telling him he couldn't do it. The words "Can't Do It" don't exist in Rob's vocabulary, and he proved everyone wrong. Not only did he jockey the horse...he finished in first place.
The show cuts back to Rob and he is explaining about how whenever he sees that footage, he feels the adrenaline from the race and he also realizes how good his "rump" looks.
Rob - "Let's take a look back at that footage and see my rump look incredibly stout and strong."
After jockeying the horse, they shared some humiliating footage of Drama that was never before seen. It was AMAZING! I don't know how this didn't make it into the episode. I know they only have about 21 minutes per episode and everything else that was put into that episode was hilarious and essential, but this really was so funny. Instead of Drama jockeying a horse, Rob had him do something called Reverse Donkey. We see Drama in a purple and white Young and Reckless jockey outfit, and he sits on a donkey, backwards. Basically he is facing the donkey's ass instead of it's head, so when the donkey starts to walk, Drama can't see where he is going. It was SO SO funny to see Drama riding this small donkey backwards. It needs to be seen by every fan of Fantasy Factory.
They cut to a commercial and when they come back Rob explains a more recent sketchy moment, the Skateboarding Car. This was a part of the season premiere of this season in an episode titled "This Is A Skateboard Car." Like I mentioned in my blog about the season premiere, this is a really difficult thing to describe. Basically, Rob gets behind the wheel of a full sized race car which has been specially modified to be able to handle grinding on rails and doing tailslides, etc. It is something that needs to be seen to understand. This was sketchy because once again like jumping the car, this car could easily be flipped if Rob landed the wrong way after doing a trick. Rob explained a little bit about the process of "birthing a sport" and being the first ones to do it.
After the skateboarding car, Rob is wearing Big Cat's neck brace and he brings Big Cat out to discuss the cat-astrophic shit whip. Back in season one during the episode "Get With Your Power Animal," the crew is attempting to be launched into the foam pit on a skateboard by dirt bike. Big Cat got speed wobbles on his way towards the ramp and the board slipped out from under him, causing him to fly into the ramp and land directly on his head when hitting the ground. Speed wobbles are basically when a person is going fast on a skateboard and their balance is a little bit off causing the board to start wobbling back and forth. It wasn't Big Cat's fault, he is a fantastic skateboarder. It was just an unfortunate event. If you are a fan of the show, I am pretty sure the image of Big Cat hitting the ramp is forever burned into your memory. No matter how many times you see it, it doesn't get any easier to watch.
I can't move on to the next subject before pointing out Big Cat's shirt. Big Cat is known for always wearing shirts that involve cats. Sometimes they are jungle cats, sometimes they are regular cats. Tonight he was wearing a shirt with what appeared to be a tabby (I could be wrong, I am more of a dog person) who was standing on his two back paws with a machine gun and the words "Thug Life" written across its belly. That shirt was a total win.
There is a commercial break and then Rob introduces the next sketchy moment, breaking the land speed record with Danny Way. This was during the "Extreme Timmy" episode in season one. Danny Way wanted to break the land speed world record which is fastest speed on a board being pulled by a car. He needed to break 70mph. Rob was really sketched out because he has had no professional training as far as driving and he could have ran over and killed Danny by making one wrong move. Danny Way did fall while attempting this record and his board actually went under the car and into the engine. Rob explains how terrifying that moment was, but Danny wanted to keep going. The sun was setting but that didn't stop them, they were clocked in at 74mph and successfully broke the world record.
After that, Rob and Drama are standing above the foam pit and as Drama jumps in Rob hits his back legs so he ends up falling head first into the pit. The camera pans down and we can literally only see Drama's leg sticking up. It was pretty funny. Rob explains how there are plenty more sketchy moments in episodes to come and they show a montage of the upcoming episodes. We have some pretty fun stuff to look forward to including a squid fight, some ninja moves, a mechanical bull, and more. The rest of this season looks like it is going to be insane, so don't miss an episode!
Next week we have Operation Save Patty, the episode that was filmed when I went to Ohio in February! Every episode that involves The Dyrdek Family is sure to be hilarious, so I am really looking forward to that one!
Also, go to youngandreckless.com to order your exclusive "Don't Be Sketchy" shirt. I already ordered mine and they will sell out quickly!
are those shirts for sale in any stores?
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