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Demolition 'Big Rig Style' on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' (VIDEO)

by Jason Hughes, posted Apr 25th 2011 4:06AM

Ty Pennington, 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'Ty Pennington and the team at 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' (Sun., 8PM ET on ABC) are always looking for new and exciting ways to demolish a home. They've had a huge crowd physically pull one down a hill and even blown one up with dynamite.

So, inspired by Fred, the father of this week's family, who is a truck driver, they decided to take it down "big rig style," as Pennington said.

Designer Johnny Littlefield donated his rig to the cause. "I was gonna take her to the salvage yard anyway because she was long past due, and I thought I'd give her one last ride into the sunset."

That ride took her through the living room of the house, and on subsequent runs through the rest of it. Fred and his family were absolutely delighted by what they saw from vacation.

Fred was so excited, he was ready to leave his vacation. "I wish I was driving. I wish I was there," he said.

What's your favorite 'EM:HE' demolition?

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RRLadudasR@aol.c

IS THAT T-SHIRT WAS MADE BYN HER IN THE 1ST GRADE?
NOT A GOOD mooOOO
lADUDA'

April 26 2011 at 12:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RRLadudasR@aol.c

IS THAT T-SHIRT WAS MADE BYN HER IN THE 1ST GRADE?
NOT A GOOD mooOOO
lADUDA'

April 26 2011 at 12:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
charles brassell

yes you people that look down on what threr doing are most likely sitting on your butt judgeing or you are just jealous why dont you do something for somebody in need insted of living the life of ME ME ME IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER INSIDE WHY DONT AMERICANS PULL TOGETHER LIKE THE OLDEN DAYS INSTED OF BEING SO SELF CENTERED

April 25 2011 at 8:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
GINNA!

wow I love this show they are always doing neat things and they are always safe as well just plain out helping people. I never thought people would not like it, and say it wasn't safe??

April 25 2011 at 3:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alfredschrader

I actually build & remodel homes. This one had a solid structure & could have been remodeled. I don't get the "entertainment" value of this while homeless people are watching. In my town, we remodel everything with a structure, even the Pritchard house which is hundreds of years old. We remodeled it inside & out & completely restored the landscaping with decorative cement walkways & ornamental shrubs. It's now a showpiece. It's the difference between living in a real town & a rat hole where people stand around and see it destroyed...Al-

April 25 2011 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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alfredschrader

Type Pritchard House into your browser to see photos of this. It's way cool, trust me...Al-

April 25 2011 at 3:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
OWENS 2

"Extreme" unsafe and inappriate, unprofessional use of equipment. Very amature and not needed theatrics. Why not do it correct and professionally.

April 25 2011 at 3:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Workman

Dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 25 2011 at 2:13 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
dclarkdrc

I don't get it. The show spent hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on this episode. Sure, a better house would be nice, but this is just over kill. They give these people such an expensive house, but give them a few sleeping bags to give to the homeless. Yeah, that makes sense. They could have helped so many more people without spending that kind of money. They get to live in this house, but it's "ok" cause they have a few sleeping bags to give away. Get real. If anything, renovate it, and keep it to where they can afford it. If they could afford a house like that, they would probably already be living in it. Don't ya think?

April 25 2011 at 2:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Donna Kaye

And what are you doing to help out the bad situations around you???

April 25 2011 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gary

I'M X TO THE Z.... AND I'M HERE TO P.I.M.P YO HOUSE

April 25 2011 at 1:31 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply

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