MTV / CMT Cribs (the name depends on which channel it airs) is a franchise reality television program on the MTV Networks' MTV and later its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000. As of April 26 , 2005 , Cribs has featured tours of the homes of over 185 celebrities, musicians, actors, and athletes over the course of 13 seasons. The show was originally narrated by Ananda Lewis and is now narrated by SuChin Pak of MTV News. It was developed by Nina L. Díaz, who has gone on to develop My Super Sweet 16 , also for MTV.
The most watched and replayed episode of Cribs was a special one-hour edition touring Mariah Carey's New York penthouse. In 2005/2006, MTV Canada produced a series of Canadian-made Cribs episodes.
A new season of Cribs , filmed in High Definition, started in August 2007 with a new format, title sequences, and on-screen graphics. The show is also no longer voiced by SuChin Pak. A 'Priciest Pads' special was created to kick off the new season, hosted by Kimora Lee Simmons.
The show was put into syndication in September 2008, to be offered by local television stations on a weekday basis in the United States by Litton Entertainment. However, the Litton versions of the program have been severely edited and changed. Any references to MTV have been scrubbed out, and the program has received a new logo referring to it as just Cribs , while all music that was played in the original episodes has been replaced by production music to avoid royalty fees. Although Lewis and Pak are still listed in the episode credits as narrators, all narration has also been stripped in the re-edited episodes, and 'coming up' segments are either silent or voiced by an uncredited announcer.
On January 24, 2009, Cribs moved to CMT (MTV's sister channel), dedicating itself to country music and Southeastern United States culture figures. New episodes are being taped to air on CMT with the CMT Cribs title.
All episodes
Controversy
- Several celebrities either have been accused or willingly used other people's property and claimed them as their own.
Trivia
- MTV Cribs is referenced in the song "Rockstar" by Nickelback, and in the song "The Warning" by Eminem.
- 50 Cent, Shaquille O'Neal, Mariah Carey, Hugh Hefner (the Playboy Mansion) and Russell Simmons are the only five celebrities to have an entire MTV Cribs episode dedicated to their home.
- In the episode "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" on The Simpsons , the show spoofed MTV Cribs as PADZ .
- Half the members of Glam Metal band Motley Crue have appeared on the show including Tommy Lee and Vince Neil. Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx are yet to appear.
- Gorillaz and Tony Montana(Scarface: The World is Yours) are the only people to have a fictional Crib.
- MTV Cribs is parodied in the 2007 film Epic Movie as "Kribbs".
- In the Adult Swim show The Boondocks Thugnificent describes his lavish lifestyle, and does a walkthrough of his house on a fictional episode of Cribs.
- New Kids On The Block member Joey McIntyre is responsible for creating the catch-phrase, "This is where the magic happens".
- Chelsea Handler did an MTV Cribs parody on a 2008 episode of her show Chelsea Lately ; the show has also been spoofed by Dave Chappelle on Chappelle's Show , as well as Howard Stern showcasing the homes of Wack Packers, and by Gina Yashere on the 2004 incarnation of The Lenny Henry Show .
- Denny Hamlin had his 2008 Lexus LS 460L profiled on an episode of the show, and the car was stolen shortly afterwards.
External links
- MTV: Cribs
- CMT Cribs
- Cribs at the Internet Movie Database
- Cribs at TV.com
References
- ^ http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/0-202-259408-00.html
- ^ http://www.freakgirl.com/blog_archives/2003_01_19_freakgirl_archive.html
- ^ http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2007/11/topic/topic/news/50-cent-flossing-whips-that-arent-his-on-mtv/
- ^ http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/07/10/video-bow-wow-rents-luxury-cars-for-mtv-cribs-episode/
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