8.4 /10 1 Votes
8.8/10 Country of origin United States Final episode date 15 April 2008 | 7.9/10 IMDb Opening theme "Best Friend" First episode date 2 November 2006 Theme song Best Friend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Christopher "Big Black" BoykinJeff TremaineRob DyrdekRuben Fleischer Starring Rob DyrdekChristopher "Big Black" Boykin Cast Rob Dyrdek, Christopher Boykin, Chris Pfaff Profiles |
Rob & Big is an American reality television series that follows the lives of professional skateboarder/actor/producer Rob Dyrdek and his best friend and bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin. It premiered on November 4, 2006, and concluded on April 15, 2008, after three seasons. Reruns of the series air on the MTV sister network, MTV2. The series was followed-up with Fantasy Factory.
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Most episodes of the show follow a central task or event in the daily life of Rob and Big, such as: attempting to break Guinness world records, having their home exorcised, skateboarding, and random things such as buying 12 remote-control helicopters, and Rob's obsession with a net gun. Also, during the show the two of them purchased two animals, a mini horse named "Mini horse" and a bulldog named "Meaty."
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Fantasy Factory
A one-hour series finale situated around Rob learning that Big's longtime girlfriend is pregnant, and Big moving out of the house to focus on becoming a father. However, two years later in an interview with friend and fellow MTV star Johnny Knoxville, Dyrdek gave more reasons as to why the show ended.
Rob & Big returned to MTV with the reality television show, Fantasy Factory, which ended in 2015.