January 02, 2008
New Love
So, I was watching tv with someone who is a chronic channel-flipper*, and CMT's Trick My Truck came into view. For some reason, it stayed on the screen for more than a split second.
It was enough to pique my interest, and the channel-flipper was instructed to turn it back. "What is this?" I inquired. Apparently they take big rigs and trick them out (a blatant ripoff of Pimp My Ride, I'm sure, but who cares?) for drivers who are down on their luck.
I was intrigued.
Not necessarily because of the premise**, but because of a towering, tattooed, freakily-goateed vision. One Kevin Pickett. Yowsa. I'd link to a picture, but none of the 3 pictures online of him do him justice. You can check out short PSA vids if you are so inclined.
Anyway, he wears a wedding ring, so feh. Still might have to watch the show, though. ;-)
* Actually, I wasn't so much watching TV as trying to read a book, because I am not into the whole channel-flipping thing. Plus the Big Ten sucked yesterday.
** Not at all because of the premise.
UPDATE: Pickett Custom Trucks website.
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Anywho, Happy New Year, all!
Posted by Jenelle at January 2, 2008 06:08 PM | TrackBackOne truck that they tricked out is local to the Nashville area. I often see it tooling around on I65. They did a hell of a job on it. We were channel surfing one evening and see that there is now a companion show - Trick my Trucker. It is like a 1/2 hour combination of biggest loser and what not to wear with truckers.
Posted by: Pete at January 3, 2008 01:04 PM