The Helmetcam Show
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The Helmetcam Show is a television series created by Gary Gray. The series ran for four years on Playboy TV
Playboy TV
Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...

 from 1996 to 2000. A total of 80 episodes were produced during the show’s run, ending with the final live broadcast on July 19, 2000.

As a live call-in adult-oriented talk show, each episode featured host Gary Gray as The Helmetcam Man, interviewing adult film stars of the day. Guests included Juli Ashton
Juli Ashton
Juli Ashton is an American pornographic actress and television host.- Education :After Ashton graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Spanish and History, she taught Spanish at a junior high school for a year.- Adult film career :In 1994, she moved to Florida, and began appearing...

, Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...

, Devinn Lane
Devinn Lane
Devinn Lane is an inactive adult model, pornographic actress, writer, director and producer. She is sometimes credited as Devin Lane or Devon Lane. She was chosen Penthouse Pet of the Month October 1999.- Biography :Lane became pregnant at 16 and began stripping to support herself and her child in...

, Tera Patrick
Tera Patrick
Linda Ann Hopkins, better known as Tera Patrick is a former American pornographic actress.-Early life:Tera Patrick was born Linda Ann Hopkins in Great Falls, Montana. While at Boise State, Patrick earned an AAS degree in nursing and a BS in Biology.-Career:Patrick moved to New York City and her...

, Chasey Lain
Chasey Lain
Chasey Lain is an American pornographic actress. She became a stripper as a young adult, and later pursued a career in California as an adult film actress...

 and Kevin Elston.

The show also included clips of other programming airing on Playboy TV, and traditionally featured show-specific guests. Live phone calls into the show from viewers, often intoxicated, were another component of the show.

As Helmetcam Man, Gary Gray traveled the globe shooting remote roll-in segments for the live show and the other series he hosted on Playboy TV, Stripsearch. International locations included Switzerland
Switzerland
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, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

, Jamaica
Jamaica
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 and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, while domestic segments were shot in Manhattan
Manhattan
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, the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip
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, South Beach
South Beach
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 and Boston
Boston
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. The remote segments featured Helmetcam exploring such events and locales as Hedonism Resorts
Hedonism Resorts
Hedonism II and Hedonism III are vacation resorts in Jamaica, operated by SuperClubs. SuperClubs is the operating name of Village Resorts Ltd. The stock holders of Village Resorts Ltd...

 in Jamaica, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine . The 2010 AVN Awards show was held during the Expo at the nearby Palms Casino Resort. The AEE is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United...

 in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, interviewing drunks in SoHo, exploring Waikiki with a pack of local strippers, flirting in Kona with the Vivid Girls,

The show’s theme song “Helmetcam’s Got It” was written by Grammy Award winning rapper and producer Sir Mix-a-Lot
Sir Mix-a-Lot
Anthony Ray , better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an emcee and producer based in Seattle, Washington. The founder of the Nastymix record label, he debuted in 1988 with Swass...

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