| MotoMan | |
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| Created by | Kythira Studios |
| Starring | MotoMan (host) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 38 |
| Original release | |
| Release | January 11, 2010 – present |
MotoMan (TV Show)
editMotoMan is a car show on the Internet and On Demand TV hosted by comedian, MotoMan. The show premiered on January 11, 2010[1] and is based on the concept of taking an ordinary car guy and putting him through a gear head's wish list . As a major car guy, MotoMan pairs up in each episode with a new or recurring co-host made up of car company CEOs, race car drivers and people behind the scenes in the car world.
Studio
editMotoMan is based out of the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo, California. Each episode begins and ends in the studio and is then shot primarily on location around the world.
Recurring Characters
editOne of the key points of the show is MotoMan's interaction with multiple car people throughout an entire episode rather than featuring one cohost throughout the series. Key people from within the car industry make up most of these cohosts. They include Bob Lutz most recently of GM, Ralph Gilles of Chrysler, Mark Fields of Ford, Hurley Haywood of Porsche and Vaughn Gittin Jr, 2010 Formula Drift Champion.[2] Lutz, Gilles and Haywood have made multiple appearances.
WINACHEE
editWINACHEE is a green car journalist that has been featured in a number of full episodes as well as the short films. His left leaning persona provides a foil to the main host's Type A personality. WINACHEE served as the co-driver throughout the Targa Newfoundland[3] story arc. His character's name comes from the town in which he resides, Wenatchee, Washington.
Short Form Content
editMotoMan produces two short form film types. The MotoMan Minute introduces new car models by focusing on three points. What the car is, why it's important and demonstrating one unique point about it. The Exhaust Note goes more in depth on a new car or a key figure in the car world. As of June 2012, MotoMan has produced 46 MotoMan Minutes, 34 Exhaust Notes, 12 Promotional Clips and 2 Music Videos.
Episodes
editSeason 1
edit| Ep.Num. | Overall | Title | Airdate | |
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| 1–01 | 1 | "What Is Luxury?" | January 11, 2010 | |
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MotoMan explores what's more important in making a luxury car, the brand or the car itself, using the then pre-production Hyundai Equus as a conversation starter with Los Angeles locals at a popular cruise in. | ||||
| 1–02 | 2 | "What Do Zs and Sharks Have In Common?" | January 18, 2010 | |
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MotoMan goes behind the scenes at Nissan Design America in San Diego, California to meet Randy Rodriguez, the designer of the 370Z. | ||||
| 1–03 | 3 | "Looking Into The Crystal Ball of Hydrogen Electric Cars" | January 25, 2010 | |
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MotoMan takes part in an experiment conducted by General Motors. He spends a week living with an Electric SUV that is powered by Hydrogen. | ||||
| 1–04 | 4 | "Camaros Past & Present" | February 1, 2010 | |
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MotoMan explores the new Camaro by looking at the mission of the original car from 1967. | ||||
| 1–05 | 5 | "The House That Henry Built" | February 8, 2010 | |
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MotoMan meets Freeman Thomas, Ford's Director of Advanced Design and goes behind the scenes at their Irvine, California Design studio. | ||||
| 1–06 | 6 | "David vs Goliath" | February 15, 2010 | |
| 1–07 | 7 | "Extremes" | February 22, 2010 | |
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MotoMan attempts to drive an Audi Q7 TDi from the hottest place in the US, Death Valley, California to the coldest place on record in the lower 48 on one tank of diesel fuel. | ||||
| 1–08 | 8 | "Ladies & Gentlemen, Introducing Pollie Porsche" | March 1, 2010 | |
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MotoMan meets Tom duPont, publisher of the the duPont Registry. They attend Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in the 1961 Porsche 356 Super 90 Tom had since college and just restored. | ||||
| 1–09 | 9 | "The Muscle Car Future of Ralph Gilles, Part One" | March 8, 2010 | |
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Ralph Gilles, CEO of Dodge and Head of Chrysler Design visits the studio and brings along a Viper and a Challenger SRT8. They discuss Ralph's early life and career. | ||||
| 1–10 | 10 | "The Muscle Car Future of Ralph Gilles, Part Two" | March 15, 2010 | |
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Ralph Gilles, CEO of Dodge and Head of Chrysler Design talks about the future of Chrysler with MotoMan. | ||||
| 1–11 | 11 | "The Essence of Concepts Cars" | March 22, 2010 | |
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MotoMan visits with Shiro Nakamuaru, Chief Creative Officer of Nissan & Infiniti. They discuss what goes into creating concept cars by looking at the Infiniti Essence concept. | ||||
| 1–12 | 12 | "The Ultimate Car Guy, Part One: The Early Years" | March 29, 2010 | |
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MotoMan heads to the General Motors Heritage Center to meet with Bob Lutz just before his retirement. They talk about the early years of his career amongst the cars from the GM Heritage College and while driving the 1938 Buick Y-Job around the General Motors Technical Center. | ||||
Season 2
edit| Ep.Num. | Overall | Title | Airdate | |
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| 1–01 | 13 | "The Fine SUVs Guide to Four Wheeling" | September 20, 2010 | |
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MotoMan travels to Nissan's Arizona Test Center to take a US$70,000 Infiniti QX56 a place its intended owners never will, off road. | ||||
| 1–02 | 14 | "The Meaning Of Lotus" | September 27, 2011 | |
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MotoMan drives the Lotus Evora | ||||
| 1–03 | 15 | "The Ultimate Car Guy, Part Two" | October 14, 2010 | |
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MotoMan and Bob Lutz continue to their conversation while driving the 1938 Buick Y-Job around the General Motors Technical Center. They discuss Bob's career at BMW and his impact on the BMW 3 Series. | ||||
| 1–04 | 16 | "Design Inspiration" | November 15, 2010 | |
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MotoMan celebrates Range Rover's 40 Anniversary and debut of the Range Rover Evoque by heading to London to meet Gerry McGovern, Land Rover's Design Director. Gerry demonstrates where he gets his design inspiration from. | ||||
| 1–05 | 17 | "Z Generations" | November 30, 2010 | |
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Randy Rodriguez, designer of the Nissan 370Z, visits MotoMan's studio and brings the designer of the original 1970 Datsun 240Z, Yoshihiko Matsuo. | ||||
| 1–06 | 18 | "The Power of Dreams" | December 13, 2010 | |
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MotoMan meets Michelle Christensen, designer of the Acura ZDX. | ||||
| 1–07 | 19 | "Help with Hurley" | December 21, 2010 | |
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Hurley Haywood teaches MotoMan to heel toe in a Porsche 911 GT3 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. | ||||
| 1–08 | 20 | "Green with Envy" | February 10, 2011 | |
| 1–09 | 21 | "Curb Appeal, Part One" | February 22, 2011 | |
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MotoMan goes behind the scenes at Hyundai Design in Irvine, California for a nine month period to build the Hyundai Curb for the 2011 North American International Auto Show | ||||
| 1–10 | 22 | "Curb Appeal, Part Two" | March 6, 2011 | |
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MotoMan goes behind the scenes at Hyundai Design in Irvine, California for a nine month period to build the Hyundai Curb for the 2011 North American International Auto Show. In part two he helps build the car at concept car builders, Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters. | ||||
| 1–11 | 23 | "The Benz Salon" | March 16, 2011 | |
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MotoMan test's the Mercedes-Benz AirCap system and E350 Cabriolet with the help of two Cosmetology students from the Vidal Sassoon Academy. | ||||
| 1–12 | 24 | "Lotus Crown Jewels" | March 25, 2011 | |
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MotoMan visits Lotus Cars headquarters in Hethel, England to meet Matthew Becker. Becker is the second person since Colin Chapman to determine how a Lotus drives. They drive the Evora on the factory test track. | ||||
| 1–13 | 25 | "Cayenne Can" | April 7, 2011 | |
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MotoMan and Brazilian race car driver, Daniel Eastman, take a Porsche Cayenne S off road, on an autocross and on a skidpad all on the same tires. | ||||
| 1–14 | 26 | "Makin' A Moggie, Part One" | May 23, 2011 | |
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MotoMan travels to Malvern Link, England to meet Charles Morgan and build a Morgan sports car from start to finish. | ||||
| 1–15 | 27 | "Makin' A Moggie, Part Two" | May 26, 2011 | |
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MotoMan test drives a Morgan Aero Super Sports without its body, paints the car and stitches the interior before taking the car to the concept lawn at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. | ||||
| 1–16 | 28 | "Lighter Than Air, Part One" | June 10, 2011 | |
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MotoMan learns how to pilot the Goodyear Blimp. | ||||
| 1–17 | 29 | "Lighter Than Air, Part Two" | June 17, 2011 | |
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MotoMan goes behind the scenes at Goodyear's Airship operations in Carson, California and flies over Long Beach, California. | ||||
| 1–18 | 30 | "Up The Hill" | June 30, 2011 | |
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MotoMan meets Lord March at Goodwood Festival of Speed. He then goes up the hill in a Jaguar XJ SuperSports. | ||||
| 1–19 | 31 | "Lutzland" | July 14, 2011 | |
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MotoMan drives the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu to visit Bob Lutz at his house to discuss his book Car Guys vs Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business. They also check out Bob's personal classic car collection, which includes Citroën Traction Avant. | ||||
| 1–20 | 32 | "The Fun Table" | August 12, 2011 | |
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MotoMan and WINACHEE explore what you can do when you save money by not buying an expensive car. They use a Nissan Versa as an example. This is WINACHEE's first full episode on the show. The Furniture Girls perform from inside the car. | ||||
Season 3
edit| Ep.Num. | Overall | Title | Airdate | |
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| 1–01 | 33 | "The Telegram" | September 7, 2011 | |
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Ralph Gilles invites MotoMan to join TeamSRT to compete in Targa Newfoundland. Ralph names WINACHEE co-driver. | ||||
| 1–02 | 34 | "Sideways" | October 10, 2011 | |
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. teaches MotoMan how to drift in a Ford Mustang. | ||||
| 1–03 | 35 | "GS Stage One, Part Two" | October 19, 2011 | |
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McKeel Hagerty of Hagerty Insurance compares a 1970 Buick GS Stage One to the 2012 Buick GS. He and MotoMan drag race at the end. | ||||
| 1–04 | 36 | "Targa Newfoundland, Part One" | April 4, 2012 | |
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MotoMan, WINACHEE and Ralph Gilles arrive in Newfoundland to compete at Team SRT. Ralph drives a 2010 Dodge Viper ACRX and MotoMan drives a 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392. MotoMan and WINACHEE attend a rally school.[4] | ||||
| 1–05 | 37 | "Targa Newfoundland, Part Two" | May 7, 2012 | |
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MotoMan, WINACHEE and Ralph Gilles compete in the Gander stage of Targa Newfoundland. WINACHEE explores Newfoundland.[5] | ||||
| 1–06 | 38 | "Most Excellent Order of the British Empire." | May 16, 2012 | |
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MotoMan explores the history of Bentley with the 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. The 'Weld Man' character is introduced through an experiment in bending metals. | ||||
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Hustvedt, Marc. "Quick Clicks: Unbreakable Phone, 'MotoMan', 'The Guild' Theme Remix". Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ DesMarais, Christina. "10 Great Apps and Sites for Dad". Retrieved 06 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Chambers, Nick. "SRT's Vision for the Future Unfolds in Canada Read more: http://m.motortrend.com/featuresSRT's Vision for the Future unfolds in Canada". Motor Trend. Retrieved 06 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|title= - ^ Bowman, Zach. "MotoMan Gives Targa Newfoundland the Documentary Treatment". Autoblog. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ Bowman, Zach. "MotoMan At Targa Newfoundland Part Two". Autoblog. Retrieved 08 May 2012.
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