Season 4 Episode 1 of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Here we are, the beginning of a BRAND NEW season of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. I am super excited that the show is back and I am also excited to begin writing my episode re-caps again. The first episode of season 4 aired Monday night and it was great. The episode is titled "Welcome, Big Black," and that is just what they did in the episode. They welcomed Big Black back into their life and into the Fantasy Factory. Just within this first episode, Big Black has already had some classic, hilarious lines. I can already tell that it is great to have him back, and the dynamic between him and Rob will be just how it was during Rob and Big.

There were also a few other really exciting things going on in the episode. I'll get to that in the re-cap. Don't forget, this re-cap IS NOT a substitute for watching the actual episode. There are hilarious moments that you can only understand from viewing the show, so if you haven't seen it yet, go over to mtv.com where they have the full episode available to watch.

The text in bold are memorable quotes from the episode.

This episode started off with Rob walking into the Fantasy Factory with Justin Bieber. For those of you who don't know who Justin Bieber is, he is a teenage singing sensation who has taken the tween world by storm. If you are a little bit older, think of The Beatles experience, and if you are in your twenties/thirties, think of New Kids on the Block meets *Nsync and Backstreet Boys. Then multiply the craziness by 10. That is what the Justin Bieber phenomenon is like right now.

Anyways, Rob walks into the Fantasy Factory with Justin Bieber and is greeted by Chanel. Rob and Justin tease Chanel about how she is blushing and she responds by saying "Oh my gosh, you guys are stupid!"

They walk into the factory and Rob begins to give Justin a pep talk on how he needs to be crazy and eccentric to get further in life. Justin agrees and Rob says that he got a gift for Justin, but before he can have it, Justin needs to prove that he can in fact be crazy. Bieber gets on a bike and starts riding around. Rob asks if he needs a helmet and Bieber says no.

Rob - "Hell no he doesn't!" "Bieber running wild! I've got a Wild Bieber in the Fantasy Factory!"

Then Bieber says he is going to jump the bike into the foam pit and Rob tells him that he is making him proud. Chanel comes in to watch and then Drama, being the voice of reason in every scenario, asks Rob "if he should maybe have a guard for that Beautiful little Bieber face?" Then Rob responds that he "has to believe Bieber's face is insured," haha.

Bieber jumps the bike into the foam pit and then we see a montage of Rob and Bieber doing Sketchy things. Bieber is making crazy basketball shots, skateboarding into the foam pit while being dragged by Rob in a go-kart, skateboarding on the mini ramp behind Rob's office, and driving the go-kart around. Then Rob asks Bieber if he thinks he can drive the go-kart into the foam pit. Bieber is down, and of course, he successfully drives it in, while Rob is yelling "Come on Bieber, fight that fear!"

Rob explains that since Bieber has proven himself, he can now have the gift that Rob got for him. Justin lifts up the tarp and sees a T-Rex, painted purple with the Justin Bieber logo. Justin looks SO EXCITED as Rob explains that the car is now his. Justin tells Rob that he will "Forever do crazy stuff in his life," and Rob and Justin take it for a joy ride through the streets of Los Angeles, and then the opening credits start rolling.

Rob - "Take this wealth and this fame, always stay humble, keep your family close, and do ridiculously crazy things."

After the credits we see Rob driving a fork-lift into the Fantasy Factory. The fork-lift is carrying a huge box, and Rob starts doing 360 spins. Drama and Big Cat peek their heads out of their offices to see what is going on and Rob just keeps spinning. He spins until the box falls off the fork-lift and glass shatters everywhere. Rob starts laughing and Drama and Big Cat approach. Rob explains that he was trying to surprise everyone with a gift.

Drama - "What is it?"
Rob - "It's a death box."
Drama "A death box."

Then Rob proceeds to explain that it is placed on the ground and tigers can attack. Rob is pissed off because he destroyed the box.

Drama - "You are telling me that it protects you from tigers, but it can't fall two feet?"

Rob asks them to help him put it back together and once they get it somewhat into one piece, Drama says "Dude, this wouldn't protect you from Meaty." The camera pans to Meaty with an adorable look on his face. Chanel comes over and asks what it is. Rob explains and Chanel asks why they don't just buy another one. Rob responds "Because it is 15 thousand dollars," haha.

Rob says that this should be a lesson to them all. "You start out on a journey and you have a big misstep right from the jump, you have got to persevere."

Drama - "You have got to BACK OUT!"

Rob begins to explain the reason why he wants to get attacked by a tiger. He says that while he was teaching Bieber a life lesson on how to be crazy, he realized that he hasn't done anything crazy in awhile. He has been spending so much time being an "office donkey," that he hasn't felt that feeling of fear and excitement. Rob tells them that he's found a place that will let him get run down and attacked by a tiger, and he asked if they would come along for support, if he can get the box repaired. They all agree. He turns to Big Cat and asks, "Did you ever wonder what it's like to look into the eyes of a big cat, into the eyes of a big cat?" That line had me laughing out loud.

In the next scene, Rob, Drama and Big Cat are having a skate session and then there is a loud pound on the door. Rob opens it up and Big Black appears in the doorway of the Fantasy Factory. He gives Rob one of those manly "Handshake/Hugs" and says hello to Big Cat and Drama. Big Black then walks into Rob's office and is greeted by Meaty and Beefy. He sits down at Rob's desk with Meaty.

Big Black - (referring to Meaty) "He's like 'this guy used to sneak me food, I GOTTA know him,'" haha.

Rob asks Black what he is doing back in LA and if he is here to stay. Black tells him he is here to stay and he is looking for an office to launch his clothing line. Rob offers him an office in the Factory and Black says that he doesn't want to intrude. Rob tells him it's no intrusion.

Rob - "Call it a vacation at a friends house. Like, it only gets weird if you start dumping with doors open and start walking around the house naked."
Big Black - "I don't think I'll be doing that here."

They decide that Black will stay there for awhile, and Rob brings him up to Corpo to check out his new office. Rob explains that if Black is staying here, he might need his help with some stuff, and Black agrees. Rob tells him he will be getting attacked by a tiger and he might need Black to act as a tiger and practice.

Big Black - "Who'd want to get dry humped by a Bengal Tiger..for thrills? Just piss off a big chick. Have her rush you down"
Rob - "That's not quite the same thrill,"
Big Black - "Yes, it might be."
Rob - "Big chicks don't kill."
Big Black - "Hey..right weight?"

Then Rob starts laughing and it cuts to commercial. When we get back, Drama is sitting in Rob's office, and Rob is going through a box next to his desk. He pulls out an athletic supporter, also known as a "cup" and attempts to put it down his pants. He explains to Drama that they could possibly attack.

Drama - "You might want to be in private for that. I just caught happy trail.."
Rob - "Things are going terribly wrong," as he struggles to get the cup in place.
Drama - "Dude! Adjust your junk in private!"
Rob - "It is all about preparation!"

With that, Rob calls up to Big Black's office and tells him it's time to get started. Black says he will be right down. Rob gets on the floor and tries to get Meaty and Beefy to attack him while he is wearing his protection, similar to how he tried to get them to bite through his chain suit in season one for Shark Attack.

Drama - "Dude, these two little hippos are not going to do anything."

"Little Hippos," was a hilariously perfect description of Meaty and Beefy. Beefy didn't really care too much, but Meaty was getting into it. Drama told Rob that Meaty attacking him is nothing like a Bengal, then Big Black appears at the door to Rob's office, dressed in a lion suit. The lion suit was spot on, even equipped with a tail!

Rob started slowly jogging the length of the Fantasy Factory and Big Black in his tiger suit came around a corner and started going after Rob. It's really hard to explain exactly how black was running. In my opinion, it was more of a prance than a run, haha. Either way, it looked so funny. He then body slammed Rob into the mats on the floor. After that, we see a montage of Big Black in his lion suit scaring Rob when he least expects it, pouncing on him from doorways, as Rob is walking through corpo, scaring Rob as he exited the washroom, and my favorite, as Rob was skating into the foam pit. Because of Big Black being so much bigger than Rob, we couldn't even see Rob in the foam pit! It was funny.

In the next scene, we see Drama in his office and all of a sudden a large black bear chair appears at the doorway. Rob starts growling from behind it and Drama asked if it was a real bear.

Rob - "Well, it feels like a real bear. If real bears are soft and cuddly and warm."

Rob explains he had it made for Big Black. As Rob was explaining this to Drama, he was sitting in the bear chair, and he looked hilarious. It's hard to explain, but Rob looked SO TINY compared to this massive chair. He had a few feet of chair above his head and his feet were dangling off the bottom.

Drama - "Your feet don't even touch the bottom"
Rob - "I swear to god, I feel like Goldilocks right now. I feel so pretty and dainty."

Rob had me rolling with "Dainty," haha. Rob told Drama that he got the chair for Big Black because BB loves bears and it's been so much fun having him at the Factory, he wants him to stay and keep the office upstairs.

They cut to commercial, and in the next scene we once again see Rob driving a fork-lift with a death box into the Factory, only this time instead of doing 360s, he gently places the death box on the ground. Drama says this box seems a lot safer, and Rob says he wants to see if they can all fit in there. (Big Black, Drama, Big Cat and Chanel.) Drama says he feels a lot safer crammed in there with Big Black and then the four of them get in. They close the box and Rob hops up on top. He starts jumping and Chanel screams. Then Rob pulls his pants down slightly and sticks his bare ass up against the glass of the death box, haha. Everyone is grossed out and they quickly open the door and run out of it.

Big Black - "Abort! Abort mission!"

Then Rob asks the crew if they are as excited as him, and they all have this look on their face that shows how NOT excited they are, haha. Rob goes to Big Black and says "You trained me! You know I'm ready! I took 400 pounds of THIS," and he points to Big Black. "You think I can't handle some aggressive, vicious tiger?!" and then Big Cat chimes in "I don't think so." It was funny.

In the next scene Rob is in his office, and the phone rings. It's Big Black calling downstairs and he wanted to let Rob know that he found some permanent office space somewhere else. Rob seemed a little upset and said that he wasn't trying to rush Big Black out. Big Black said he promised Rob that he would be out within a couple weeks, and he didn't want to impose any longer. Big Black said he would be looking at the new place tomorrow and then Rob said that he can't tomorrow, tomorrow is the tiger attack. Big Black said he would put it off for a little while so he could be there for the tiger attack. Then, Drama entered Rob's office and Rob was visibly upset. He told Drama that Black was considering leaving, and he said he doesn't want him to leave. He thinks Black likes it here. Rob said they are going to take the bear chair, and decorate Big Black's office, so there is no way he could turn it down.

After that there was a commercial, and then it was time for the tiger attack. They leave the Fantasy Factory and we see Rob, Drama, Big Cat, Big Black and Chanel in the car. Rob is explaining how they will be safe in the box, because basically you are fucked if he spots something and makes a run for it.

Chanel - "They don't like, tranquilize it or anything?"
Big Black - "If you tranq a tiger, he's still got about 3 minutes of good ass whoopin in"

They pull up to the spot and Rob introduces everyone to the tiger trainer. The trainer walks Rob through what will happen and tells Rob that he will have to taunt the tiger.

Rob - "Why must this big beast need to be taunted?"
Trainer - "You gotta let her know that she is coming after you. You have to get her focused on you and only you."

The truck with the tigers pull up and one of the tigers took a look at Rob and the crew and licked it's lips, haha.

Now, Big Black might have had the funniest quote in the entire episode.

Big Black - (referring to the tiger) "He's like that dark meat over there looks pretty tasty."

Just the quote itself, and the way he said it, it was classic Big Black. At this point it was evident that Big Black was back and fitting right in like the old days. My whole family started cracking up. The trainer said that everyone, including Rob, should get into the box and they will let the tigers go, just so they can see what it is like. They all pile into the box and the trainers take the tigers out.

Big Black - "That's a big ass damn cat."

Now, I was still laughing from Big Black's previous statement, but once he said this I just lost it. The tigers come over to the box and everyone is terrified. One hops on top of the box and Chanel freaks out. Rob tickles it's foot a little and the crew just takes in the experience. After that, Rob gets ready for the attack.

Drama - "Good luck man, we love you."

Once Rob leaves the box, Chanel says "I'm really scared for him," and they all agree. Rob is standing outside the tiger's cage and he turns to the trainer and shakes his hand.

Rob - "I really appreciate this."
Trainer - "Of course. I just hope I can shake your hand after."

Rob starts taunting the tiger and pacing in front of him. Big Black says that it looks like Rob pissed the tiger off, and then the trainer opens the door and the tiger lunges at Rob, knocking him to the ground. After he knocks him down it looks like he took a nice bite out of Rob's arm.

Chanel - "That fool is biting him!"

The trainers come and quickly leash the tiger up, and Rob gets up off the ground. The crew claps and Rob tells them all that he got bit.

Rob - "It's a good thing I had that cup on. The tiger pawed my balls SO hard."

In the next scene, they are back at the Factory and Rob and Black are walking up to corpo. Rob tells black that he knows he found office space somewhere else, but they want him to stay at the Factory. He tells Black not to make any decisions until he sees his new office. Big Black LOVES the office and he sits down in the bear chair. Just to get an idea of how big that chair is, even Big Black looks small while sitting in it. Rob tells Black that he has one more surprise for him, but he wants to bring everyone in before he shows him.

Everyone enters the office and Rob proceeds to explain about how Big Black was "One of the greatest male exotic dancers of all time." We then see a flashback that I'm sure is burned in every Rob and Big fan's brains, Black Lavender. If you haven't seen that episode of Rob and Big, I recommend watching it. It is by far one of the funniest episodes of the entire series.

Anyways, Rob then reveals an oil painting of Big Black, in his purple "Black Lavender" jumpsuit. But wait, that's not all. The jumpsuit is removable, so underneath it, you see Black Lavender in all his glory. So hilarious. I swear, ONLY Rob Dyrdek would come up with an idea like this. Everyone is cracking up, especially when Rob removes the piece to reveal Big Black's tiny purple thong with the BB's on it.

At this point Rob looks back to Big Black and asks him again, if he would consider sticking around for a permanent office at the Fantasy Factory.

Big Black - "I can't say no, I've got my family here dude."

Then Rob gives Big Black a hug and says "Welcome back."

Very touching moment for Rob and Big fans. Rob and the crew start clapping and singing a "Welcome back, Big Black" song to Big Black, and that concludes the first episode of the 4th season.

There is also a deleted scene on mtv.com which I thought was SO FUNNY. It is when Rob, Big Cat, Drama, and Chanel are sitting in the broken death box, and for some reason Big Cat and Drama are sitting kind of close, with knees touching. Rob says it's a "Pfaff puzzle," and Rob starts to tease them and say that when you are brothers, personal space doesn't matter. Then he went on to explain how weird it must've been when they were kids, and they just coddled each other. Rob had some line about how they had to say "No Scott, it's mom's turn to breast feed now," and I just started laughing hysterically at that. Then he said something about confusion at the Pfaff house, and it was just so funny. Definitely worth checking out.

Overall, I thought it was a great episode. So many hilarious scenes, and like I said, it is great to have Big Black back. It feels like he never left. Tune in next week to see Drama become a male model. It looks like it will be great! Mondays at 10:30/9:30pm Central on MTV!

If you are interested in any of the Young and Reckless clothing featured in the episode, head over to http://www.youngandreckless.com

Also, if you are a fan of Big Black's clothing line, check it out at http://www.dowork.com