Ramona Interview

1. Why Did you decide to make the show?

The original idea for Rad Girls began as a series of jokes between friends—sometimes it still blows my mind that our project made it onto tv! I think I really wanted to make Rad Girls for FUN (of course), but also because I felt that it was time to see a different kind of female on t.v.; someone tougher and more down to earth than a lot of the women already popular on the boob tube, the kind of girl that my friends and I would actually want to hang out with.

2. Who come up with the name for the show?

I did! [Ramona] We had some pretty dumb/funny runner up choices in the summer of 2005, when my partner Jason Martinez (the other Co-Creator of the show) and I first began to put our heads together. “Rad Girls” was really an homage to my friends, a group of the most amazing, smart, fun, down, caring girls ever.

3. If you could do a stunt with anyone in world who would it be and what stunt would it be?

Wow! Great question. Let me think about that. I’d love to do something with Danica Patrick. Or Dave Chappelle. Although both of those guys are so untouchably famous that that’s probably out of the question. Ha.

4. What was your favorite moment from series one of the rad girls?

One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in my life was the three of us on the side of an entire eight story building in lower Manhattan in New York. We were doing a shoot for Maxim.com and the director of the shoot thought it would be cool to take photos in front of what was essentially a gigantic billboard promoting Rad Girls. It was two days before our show premiered in America and we were just like, “Holy F*CK!!! Can you believe that’s US?!” It was indescribably surreal (and awesome)!

5. What was the worst thing to happen in the fist series?

Clementine had to get her stomach pumped after ingesting a full, undiluted ounce of some of the hottest pepper sauce in the world. That was pretty gnarly and scary. I wasn’t too stoked to end up in the ER after sliding down a flight of stairs on a surfboard and NOT landing on my feet—our on-set medic was pretty sure I broke my ribs. Thank goodness I didn’t, but I still have a scar the size of a saucer on my left thigh and back from eating shit. Gotta lean forward more next time! J

6. Who you like the best Dirty Sanqez or Jackass?

I need to watch more Dirty Sanchez. Those boys are right up my alley. As for Jackass, the first time I saw the show in 2000, I thought I might hurt myself from laughing so hard. I remember blurting to my husband, “This is the best thing I’ve ever seen on t.v.!” Knoxville getting a colonic in a Santa suit? Come on.

7. Was there a stunt to rad for the show? (if so what where they)

Do you know what a MERKIN is? The network we were working with, Fuse TV, wasn’t very excited about that one—one of the things we were dying to introduce to audiences everywhere. All I can say is, stay tuned cause we’re bringing back the Merkin with a vengeance in Season Two.

8. Will there be a DVD of series one?

Hm…As much as I would enjoy that, we are involved in a kind of legal gridlock with the network (they own all of Season One footage), so it’s hard to say. I will say that a DVD is definitely in our future soon, as we have loads of raw footage that we’ve filmed dating back almost three years ago: rad!

9. Will the rad girls ever tour or come to the UK?

I hope so! I LOVE the UK. You Brits are hilarious. And I do enjoy my Bangers and Mash and a cold Smithwicks.

10. What are you plans for the future of rad girls?

We can’t get into too much precise detail at the moment, but things look very sunny for us here in 2008! We hope to be announcing some exciting news in the next few weeks.

11. Have you any Message for your fans?

We have the coolest, greatest f*cking fans in the entire world. I just want to thank everyone for being so supportive and patient while we position ourselves for everything to come. Also, I want to encourage people—especially teenage girls just comin’ up in this world—to not be afraid of the disapproval of others: JUST GO FOR IT! As long as you’re not hurting anybody else’s feelings or seriously injuring yourself, be brave and do what you want in this world. Life is too short to hold back.

12. Lastly this for each of the girls who’s your favorite rad girl? (you cant pick your self)

She’s a cross between my sister, my mom, my Aunt Rabbit and my stepmom Barbara. I’m lucky as hell.

Thanks anything else you wanna add please feel free thanks again Marc

Thank you!