South Beach Tow

                Recently I have found a new TV show that I am hooked on. It is called South Beach Tow. I just cannot get enough of this show. It is so overly dramatic but at the same time it is funny. This show is on TruTV. It is produced by Jennifer Lopez’s production company, Nuyorican Productions. It is said that the idea for the TV show came from Simon Fields after he got his car towed.

                This show is based on the real Miami towing company, Tremont Towing. It features actors that reenact the day-to-day business of Tremont Towing. The events that happen in the show are real events that happened to Tremont but are reenacted in an overly dramatic way. Most of the show is centered on the cast towing vehicles and their interactions with the people who own the cars they are towing. Most of the people get very angry that they are getting towed and try to argue with the cast. Sometimes these confrontations will even go so far as turning to physical violence. Tremont Towing also has several bad interactions with a rival towing company called The Finest Towing. This towing company steals Tremont’s tows, injures their drivers, and put sugar in Tremont’s gas tanks.

                One of the reasons I like this show so much is because of how overly dramatic it is. Sometimes it gets so overly dramatic that it almost gets to the point where it’s dumb. However they do this very well and even though it could be considered dumb at some points it is still incredibly entertaining. Some of the show is hard to believe that it is based on real events. For example, one time Tremont is moving to a new tow yard and their building explodes. They are in the middle of an extermination process and someone throws a lit cigarette into it.

                My favorite characters on this show are Jerome (J-Money) and Bernice. I like these characters because everyone else on the show is kind of sketchy and doesn’t really seem to like each other. Everyone seems to get into fights with each other except for J-Money. He just sort of sits back and does his job. He seems to mostly stay out of the drama however he is still very funny. J-Money often tries to pick up girls when he is on the job. He is actually often successful at doing this but sometimes finds some crazy girls. One of the best things about J-Money is his laugh. His laugh is very distinct and easily recognizable.

                Bernice is not someone that you would want to mess with. She is built like a tank. She gets angry very easily and is able to knock anyone out. One time she got mad at someone for breaking her sunglasses and so she tilted the guy’s smart car on its side while he was in it. Another time someone backed their car into her. This caused her to fall off the second story of a parking garage. She falls to the ground and sprains her ankle but is still able to stop the person trying to get away. Bernice and J-Money are also the only people that seem to be fully committed to Tremont. Everyone else either has a secret side business or leaves Tremont at some point.

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