Fast N' Loud

[Clockwork Cupcake]

BrabusMog said:

lemmingjames said:

Isn't it Justin(?), who took over from Aaron effectively, a pebble beach winning mustang builder?

Yes, he was the lead mechanic / builder (don't know correct term) until Bass came in. He's also quite good at managing both up, and down, unlike a few others that have been on the show.

Jason, surely?

I was under the impression that he continued to be the Foreman even after Bass joined.

[BrabusMog]

That’s the guy! Think he came on to do the 1 & 2 Firebirds and then stayed around?

[aeropilot]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

BrabusMog said:

lemmingjames said:

Isn't it Justin(?), who took over from Aaron effectively, a pebble beach winning mustang builder?

Yes, he was the lead mechanic / builder (don't know correct term) until Bass came in. He's also quite good at managing both up, and down, unlike a few others that have been on the show.

Jason, surely?

I was under the impression that he continued to be the Foreman even after Bass joined.

Yes, he was good as a project manager (probably better than AK in that regard) but pure 100 point restoration experience isn't the same as hot rodding and kustom stuff.....they are almost polar opposites, and that could be seen often in the shows.
He would be perfect if GMG just does muscle car restorations or buying and flipping them, rather than what they have been doing.

I'll stick to watching Brian's youtube vid's to watch his metalwork skills.

[MG CHRIS]

It was mentioned in one of the later episodes that Richards father has dementia and is getting on in life so maybe now he has made the money he can now concentrate in spending time with his father. Lets be honest the series has run its course now.

Anyone else watching the new show GAS got 2 guys from west coast customs they did shelbys pantera which was a cool story one I didn't know about. Seems its more about the cars and the stories over being a reality based car show.

[BrabusMog]

MG CHRIS said:

It was mentioned in one of the later episodes that Richards father has dementia and is getting on in life so maybe now he has made the money he can now concentrate in spending time with his father. Lets be honest the series has run its course now.

Anyone else watching the new show GAS got 2 guys from west coast customs they did shelbys pantera which was a cool story one I didn't know about. Seems its more about the cars and the stories over being a reality based car show.

Just watched that ep with the '55 Crown Vic. I thought it was a really nice thing he did. his dad seemed to absolutely love it.

I think I counted 9 Cartier bracelets on his wrist, and he's wearing a different watch pretty much every day, he's definitley made his bank over the last 10 years

[MG CHRIS]

BrabusMog said:

MG CHRIS said:

It was mentioned in one of the later episodes that Richards father has dementia and is getting on in life so maybe now he has made the money he can now concentrate in spending time with his father. Lets be honest the series has run its course now.

Anyone else watching the new show GAS got 2 guys from west coast customs they did shelbys pantera which was a cool story one I didn't know about. Seems its more about the cars and the stories over being a reality based car show.

Just watched that ep with the '55 Crown Vic. I thought it was a really nice thing he did. his dad seemed to absolutely love it.

I think I counted 9 Cartier bracelets on his wrist, and he's wearing a different watch pretty much every day, he's definitley made his bank over the last 10 years

Yep was a nice episode, considering he was brought up by his dad and sister I bet he has a lot of time and is caring for his father in his end of years. He also raises huge amounts of money for various charities so maybe his priorities are changing and let be honest the brand can keep itself going even without the tv show.

[RemaL]

As with most car mod/build shows over the years they do less about the build, engineering and into the lives of the people, make mini parts of the how about visiting a horse race, how RR spends his money on other projects.
Ive been watching since the start, 2018 took the family for a lovely 800 mile round trip from Orlando to Key west for a long weekend to see the sights but also visit the GMG bar and grill, drink his tequila which was planned just the family did not know

Also F&L used to be on a good few weeks every 8 to 12months. now your lucky to get it in 18 months it seems.

Much like OCC things start, you get into it then it fades.
Just glad I have motortrend on demand for Roadkill, Dirt every day, Roadkill garage etc... Which I have preferred watching Roadkill to most regular TV car build shows in the past few years

[ZX10R NIN]

Here's what Dennis has been upto.

https://youtu.be/uxqeqXSKGmU

[BrabusMog]

ZX10R NIN said:

Here's what Dennis has been upto.

https://youtu.be/uxqeqXSKGmU

That is very cool! Didn't know he had a YouTube channel, that's my day taken care of in between calls

[The Hofff]

RemaL said:

Just glad I have motortrend on demand for Roadkill, Dirt every day, Roadkill garage etc...

2nd that for sure! I recently signed up for more Roadkill but now into many more of the shows that are available. Even the other half is enjoying the B itchin Rides extra show where they have setup the competition for a new employee.

[Killer2005]

ZX10R NIN said:

Here's what Dennis has been upto.

https://youtu.be/uxqeqXSKGmU

Enjoyed that. He really knows his stuff.

[jonwm]

Killer2005 said:

ZX10R NIN said:

Here's what Dennis has been upto.

https://youtu.be/uxqeqXSKGmU

Enjoyed that. He really knows his stuff.

I've always liked Dennis, always seemed knowledge even in the early days of F&L. I've always like RR too, will miss it if it's not coming back.
Never got what "big Chris" did with Dennis, he always seemed to be at gas monkey at one time too, I remember seeing his London place on one show I'm sure.

[Fonzey]

Thread Necro, watched the first couple of seasons of this "real time" back in the day but then drifted away from it. I recently binged the lot (even in the terrible order that series link/catchup seems to have it catalogued) and I'm wondering what the score is now with Gas Monkey garage now that the show has finished, particularly with this quote in mind:

Blue One said:

Sorry to pop anyone's bubble, but I visited the FnL garage in July and it is purely a studio set - yes it is a functioning garage/workshop, but seems only to be active when they are filming. There is a big souvenir shop selling branded merchandise at the front, all the series' cars are parked out in the lot and the place is overrun with tourists.

It kind of makes sense, RR has his bar and grill down the road, is now selling GM branded cruises and doubtless has many other businesses and Aaron apparently also runs his own garage business. Like a pub rock band, there's no doubt the team does get together and works on cars in the garage during series filming, but it's basically like a TV soap all the trips out to buy cars, selling them and the auctions etc. are all staged for the filming even if they are actually happening (if that makes sense).

It still looks like from various social media feeds that GMG is very much a functioning garage still, with RR still posting on FB about going out and flipping cars. Does the premises still exist for fans to visit/buy merchandise etc and is it now a fully functioning garage now that the TV crews have moved on?

I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting the older stuff, but it's probably ended at the right time as the format can only be regurgitated so many times.

[h0b0]

This is around social media and merchandising. When the contract was signed social media was not a big thing and all the people on TV shows like GMG signed away their social media and gave ownership of merchandising to the network. Now that the Kardashians can make $1M/post, everyone wants their social media rights back. For many, the networks will not play ball so they have to find a new home.

It is not a petty small thing. Racheal Ray has earned hundreds of millions more as a result of fighting to own her social media and merchandise.

[V8covin]

h0b0 said:

This is around social media and merchandising. When the contract was signed social media was not a big thing and all the people on TV shows like GMG signed away their social media and gave ownership of merchandising to the network. Now that the Kardashians can make $1M/post, everyone wants their social media rights back. For many, the networks will not play ball so they have to find a new home.

It is not a petty small thing. Racheal Ray has earned hundreds of millions more as a result of fighting to own her social media and merchandise.

I take it Rachael Ray is somebody famous, somewhere ?

[generationx]

V8covin said:

h0b0 said:

This is around social media and merchandising. When the contract was signed social media was not a big thing and all the people on TV shows like GMG signed away their social media and gave ownership of merchandising to the network. Now that the Kardashians can make $1M/post, everyone wants their social media rights back. For many, the networks will not play ball so they have to find a new home.

It is not a petty small thing. Racheal Ray has earned hundreds of millions more as a result of fighting to own her social media and merchandise.

I take it Rachael Ray is somebody famous, somewhere ?

Googled her, still no idea.

Incidentally for the benefit of this thread Richard Rawlins announced on the Joe Rogan podcast recently that "Fast'n'Loud" as a television entity is no more. Where this leaves all his other properties and assets: who knows?

[V8covin]

generationx said:

Googled her, still no idea.

Incidentally for the benefit of this thread Richard Rawlins announced on the Joe Rogan podcast recently that "Fast'n'Loud" as a television entity is no more. Where this leaves all his other properties and assets: who knows?

I read somewhere his bar/grille cum music venue was either struggling or had closed down

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I'm sure that re-runs will keep the brand alive for merch purposes for years. Some of the t-shirt designs are pretty cool.

Dunno how viable the Bar & Grill is though.

[h0b0]

V8covin said:

h0b0 said:

This is around social media and merchandising. When the contract was signed social media was not a big thing and all the people on TV shows like GMG signed away their social media and gave ownership of merchandising to the network. Now that the Kardashians can make $1M/post, everyone wants their social media rights back. For many, the networks will not play ball so they have to find a new home.

It is not a petty small thing. Racheal Ray has earned hundreds of millions more as a result of fighting to own her social media and merchandise.

I take it Rachael Ray is somebody famous, somewhere ?

Yeah, I should have given details on Rachael. She is a celebrity chef in the US that bucked the trend for signing away social media and merchandise and made a fortune. Everyone else is trying to replicate. The issue is that when you step away from the network that made you, it is difficult to get set up with another network. Rachael made it. I suspect Richard will struggle.

[aeropilot]

V8covin said:

generationx said:

Googled her, still no idea.

Incidentally for the benefit of this thread Richard Rawlins announced on the Joe Rogan podcast recently that "Fast'n'Loud" as a television entity is no more. Where this leaves all his other properties and assets: who knows?

I read somewhere his bar/grille cum music venue was either struggling or had closed down

Its still listed as existing although closed at the moment because of Covid rules at a guess.

I would guess, while the show gets repeated on a regular basis, the 'brand' still has some worth in terms of T Shirts and bar n grille......but I would guess that will diminish over time. Last show was filmed about 2 years ago now I believe...?