The Helmetcam Show
The Helmetcam Show is a television series created by Gary Gray. The series ran for four years on Playboy TV from 1996 to 2000. A total of 80 episodes were produced during the show’s run, ending with the final live broadcast on July 19, 2000.
As a live call-in adult-oriented talk show, each episode featured host Gary Gray as The Helmetcam Man, interviewing adult film stars of the day. Guests included Juli Ashton, Jenna Jameson, Devinn Lane, Tera Patrick, Chasey Lain, and Kevin Elston.
The show also included clips of other programming airing on Playboy TV, and traditionally featured show-specific guests. Live phone calls into the show from viewers, often intoxicated, were another component of the show.
As Helmetcam Man, Gary Gray traveled the globe shooting remote roll-in segments for the live show and the other series he hosted on Playboy TV, Stripsearch. International locations included Switzerland, Fiji, Jamaica, and Canada, while domestic segments were shot in Manhattan, the Las Vegas Strip, South Beach, and Boston. The remote segments featured Helmetcam exploring such events and locales as Hedonism Resorts in Jamaica, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, interviewing drunks in SoHo, exploring Waikiki with a pack of local strippers, flirting in Kona with the Vivid Girls,
The show’s theme song “Helmetcam’s Got It” was written by Grammy Award winning rapper and producer Sir Mix-a-Lot.