Rob & Big is an American

United States

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 reality television series that follows the lives of professional skateboarder

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...

/actor/producer Rob Dyrdek

Rob Dyrdek

Robert Stanley "Rob" Dyrdek is an American professional skateboarder, actor, entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist, and reality TV star. He is best known for his roles in the reality shows Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness .- Personal life :Rob Dyrdek was born in...

 and his best friend and bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin

Christopher Boykin

Christopher "Big Black" Boykin is an American bodyguard, best known for his role on MTV's Rob & Big, which followed him and his co-star, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek.-Career:...

. Over 70 million viewers watched the show's first season, and it was ranked #1 in its time slot for its target demographic among other cable TV shows.

Produced by Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Fleischer

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, the show premiered on November 4, 2006. After 32 episodes, it ended on April 23, 2008.

Synopsis

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

Guinness World Records

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, having their home exorcised

Exorcism

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, 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 the purchased two animals, a mini horse named "Mini horse" and a bulldog named "Meaty."

Cast

Regular cast

• Rob Dyrdek
  Rob Dyrdek
  Robert Stanley "Rob" Dyrdek is an American professional skateboarder, actor, entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist, and reality TV star. He is best known for his roles in the reality shows Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness .- Personal life :Rob Dyrdek was born in...
  
   - professional skateboarder
• Christopher "Big Black" Boykin
  Christopher Boykin
  Christopher "Big Black" Boykin is an American bodyguard, best known for his role on MTV's Rob & Big, which followed him and his co-star, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek.-Career:...
  
   - Bodyguard
• Christopher "Drama" Pfaff
  Christopher Pfaff
  Christopher "Drama" Pfaff is an American music producer and clothing designer. He is best known for appearing on the reality shows Rob & Big and Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. Pfaff was given the nickname "Drama" by his cousin, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek.Pfaff lived in Akron, Ohio for the majority of...
  
   - Rob's cousin and assistant
• Rashawn "Bam Bam" Davis - 2nd Bodyguard

Irregular cast

• Patricia Dyrdek - (Rob's mother)
• Gene Dyrdek - (Rob's father)
• Otis "Big Zeus" Walton  - (A member of Big and Bam Bam's rap group, The Chunky Boyz)

Demise

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

Johnny Knoxville

Philip John Clapp , better known by his stage name Johnny Knoxville, is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, stunt performer, best known for being the co-creator and principal star of the MTV reality series Jackass, with the catchphrase "I'm Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass."-Early...

, Dyrdek gave different reasons as to why the show ended.
Dyrdek's new MTV reality television show, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an American reality television series starring Rob Dyrdek. The first season premiered on February 8, 2009 on MTV.-Summary:...

, premiered on February 8, 2009. The Pfaff brothers, Meaty and Beefy (Rob's bulldogs) are featured in the show, and Black returned for the fourth season of the show.

Episodes

The show ran for three seasons and consisted of 32 episodes. The series premiered on November 2, 2006 and featured eight episodes in each of its first and second seasons. Season 3 premiered on January 8, 2008. It featured fifteen regular episodes and one mid-season special.

External links

• Interview with Big Black after the season 3 finale.