Yo Momma

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Yo Momma is an American reality television game show hosted by Wilmer Valderrama, Sam Sarpong, and Jason Everhart (J-Boogie from TEENick) and Los Angeles radio DJ Big Boy on voice-over where common city locals compete to win "cash money" and is currently aired on MTV.

The series is based on "The dozens", an African-American oral tradition in which two individuals trade insults, typically directed at an opponent, his/her mother, or another member of his/her family, until one is unable to offer a comeback.

1 Basic Format
2 "Best Of The Week"
3 "Best of the Week" winners
4 "Best of the Week" losers
5 Guest apperances
6 External links
7 Quotes

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Basic Format

One of Valderrama's associates, Sam or Jason (who only use their first names), go to a neighborhood where five or six contestants do a freestyle round of ranking and snapping based on personality, orginality, quickness and sting according to the show's rules. From there, two or three are selected and are then pitted against each other. Each neighboorhood winner picked by Sam or Jason then goes in a final "battle" and with Valderrama, visits the other's house in order to garner "ammunition" or as Valderamma says, "ammo" (though with his accent, it sounds like "M.O.") beforehand to use against his or her opponent.

The final battle then comprises several rounds: general jokes about the opponent's momma, jokes directed specifically at the opponent's home, living situation or personal style, and a final "knock-out" joke. Valderrama, in consultation with Sam and Jason, selects a winner who receives $1,000 (US) in "cash money" as Valeramma calls it.

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"Best Of The Week"

The winners come back for a "Best Of The Week" show, where the format is slightly different. The four do a freestyle round, and Wilmer and his posse pick the best, and then that one calls out another of the daily winners.

Those four then compete in a round of "Yo Mama" snaps, but only on one or two subjects (cheap and dumb, poor and fat, etc.) The four losers from that week's daily battles serve as judge and jury. After determining the two finalists for that week, a special guest joins Wilmer for the weekly final battle.

The three rounds are based on speed (each player gets 30 seconds to rank on each other), dissing the other player's relation or friend who has come along for the final and the knockout joke. In the end, the winner gets another $1,000, and also wins a game console, tickets to a sporting event or entertainment event like a a stand up performance of Mike Epps and dinner at either of two restaurants owned by Valderrama—Geisha House and Dolce. The gaming products won by the weekly champion have been a Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS, XBox 360, and Game Boy Micro .

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