South Beach Tow is an American television series that portrays dramatized reenactments of the day-to-day business of South Beach Towing Company airing on the American cable channel truTV. Although the program is fictionalized, Tremont Towing is a real Miami towing company. The series premiered on July 20, 2011.
Inception
According to cast member Christie Ashenoff, the idea for the program came after Tremont towed the car of Simon Fields: "He tells us that a few days later a light bulb went off in his head that if he lost his mind, that everyone else must too". Jennifer Lopez produces the program through her production company, Nuyorican Productions.
Plot
The show's scenes generally center on the cast towing vehicles and facing different levels of opposition from vehicle owners. South Beach Tow also portrays Tremont Towing engaging in several disputes with a rival towing company called The Finest Towing. The Finest is shown to employ very corrupt drivers who go as far as stealing tows, injuring Tremont drivers, and once putting sugar in several of Tremont's trucks' gas tanks. The drivers at Finest responsible for the latter were arrested on camera, although those scenes were part of the staged script. Tremont Towing continues to rival with Finest, now named "Goodfellas" - which is now part of Tremont. On the last episode of season three, Christie and Perez planned a partnership between R&P and Tremont, which goes haywire when the R&P Towing office explodes (due to a towed person throwing his cigarette in the building while they were in the middle of an exterminating process), but they were able to get this back on track.
Beginning of season four, South Beach Tow has moved to Miami, located at the former Goodfellas lot, which is now called "South Beach Towing". Meanwhile Bernice and her mother, Reva, start a food truck business.
Staged performances
Although the show is officially classified as a reality television program, it depicts actors performing reenactments of events. When questioned on the program's veracity, a spokesman said that the show "features real people and is based on real situations. Due to production needs, some scenes are reenacted". At the end of each episode, during the credits, a disclaimer is now posted "The stories that are portrayed in this program are based on real events".
Prior to TruTV's admission that scenes were reenacted, several news outlets reported evidence that the show was not a true "day in the life" documentary. Rumors persisted about the obvious use of wireless microphones by everybody with a speaking part in the show and the over the top nature of much of the program's content. The celebrity gossip blog Radar posted a video of actors politely awaiting the start of a violent scene.
Cast
South Beach Towing Office Managers
- Robert Ashenoff Jr.- General Manager
- Perez - Co-Manager
- Christie Ashenoff - Co-Manager
- Lakatriona "Bernice" Brunson - Assistant Manager
- Dave Kosgrove - Dispatcher (Former Health & Safety Inspector)
- Due To Robbie's Signing To Perez Perez Took Over The Control Of South Beach Towing
Drivers
- Robert Ashenoff Jr (Senior Driver)
- Eddie Del Busto
- Jerome "J-Money" Jackson
- Lakatriona "Bernice" Brunson
- Davy DeSoto
Other Cast
- Reva Brunson - Bernice's Mother, Co-owner of Hood Tacos Food Truck
- Constellation - Davy's personal trainer, known for her temper
- Tony Santiago - Health & Safety Inspector for Miami-Dade County and former Co-Worker of Kosgrove's
Former cast
- Robert Ashenoff Sr - founder of Tremont Towing (left at the end of season two)
- Wanda - ex wife of Jerome "J-Money" Jackson (left midway through season three)
- "Donkey Booty Stalker" - stalker of J-Money (left midway through season four)
- "Mini-Money" Jerome's nephew (appeared on numerous episodes in a row as the star. Joined and left in season four)
Episodes
Season one (2011-12)
Season two (2012-13)
Season three (2013-14)
Season four (2014-15)
References
External links
- South Beach Tow at the Internet Movie Database
- South Beach Tow truTV website
- Official Website
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