Clayface
08-19-2002, 04:00 PM
Yep, that's right, your favorite rocker, and mine, is going to be co-hosting a show on TLC. Here's the info from the e-mail update sent out by Rollins:
"Full Metal Challenge"
Still awake? Moving on. Last April I was contacted by Cathy Rogers who co-hosted and co-produces "Junkyard Wars." She told me about a new show she was working on called "Full Metal Challenge."
In short: Twenty-seven three man teams from all over the world are given one month and three thousand dollars to build a full-on endurance vehicle that will have to withstand the rigors put to it by the FMC vehicle breaking courses. At the end of twelve episodes, there’s only three teams left and they battle it
out.
Cathy asked me if I was interested in co-hosting it with her. I met with her and she showed me the sketches for the courses the cars will have to drive on. The whole thing was to shoot in England over a five week period and there was well over two hundred people building at the site. It looked totally insane. I
was very interested. I screen tested with Cathy at the "Junkyard Wars" site and the two channels carrying the show, Channel 4 in England and TLC in America, gave it the green light.
We did it. I got back here from five weeks in England two days ago. The show is really good and they let me say whatever I wanted so for the most part, I was winging it up there. The show hits TLC in October 2002 and the UK in early 2003.
So, you stateside types, check it out this fall. When it gets closer to the first broadcast, we’ll let you know. It was a good time and I think the show holds up.
"Full Metal Challenge"
Still awake? Moving on. Last April I was contacted by Cathy Rogers who co-hosted and co-produces "Junkyard Wars." She told me about a new show she was working on called "Full Metal Challenge."
In short: Twenty-seven three man teams from all over the world are given one month and three thousand dollars to build a full-on endurance vehicle that will have to withstand the rigors put to it by the FMC vehicle breaking courses. At the end of twelve episodes, there’s only three teams left and they battle it
out.
Cathy asked me if I was interested in co-hosting it with her. I met with her and she showed me the sketches for the courses the cars will have to drive on. The whole thing was to shoot in England over a five week period and there was well over two hundred people building at the site. It looked totally insane. I
was very interested. I screen tested with Cathy at the "Junkyard Wars" site and the two channels carrying the show, Channel 4 in England and TLC in America, gave it the green light.
We did it. I got back here from five weeks in England two days ago. The show is really good and they let me say whatever I wanted so for the most part, I was winging it up there. The show hits TLC in October 2002 and the UK in early 2003.
So, you stateside types, check it out this fall. When it gets closer to the first broadcast, we’ll let you know. It was a good time and I think the show holds up.