Andre Ethier was strapped to skater and reality TV star Rob Dyrdek’s go-kart. Manny Ramirez was strapped to his bike. And they were taken for a ride at Dyrdek’s outrageous Fantasy Factory.

 

So it wasn’t really Ethier and Ramirez, but their bobbleheads.

 

Ethier’s bobblehead, which will be given out to the first 50,000 fans on the May 18 Dodger game against the Astros, bobbed with every move of Dyrdek’s go-kart, and Ramirez’s bobblehead got quite the ride.

 

Others celebrities have filmed Ethier bobblehead skits, including Laker legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper and Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.

 

But Dyrdek had the most fun with it and it’s something you will see on the Blue Carpet section of the Dodgers Media Network. Dyrdek also gave the Dodgers Media Network a tour of his Fantasy Factory, his base of operations.

 

Inside the 25,000-square-foot warehouse are offices, an indoor concrete skating plaza, a zip-line, highly elevated basketball hoops, a foam pit and a music studio.

 

It’s a big kids’ dream and Dyrdek’s living it. He showed off some of those toys, including the foam pit as he prepared for takeoff with Ramirez’s bobblehead tagging along.

 

“Manny, now I realize you’re used to hitting homers and being Mannywood and being the mayor of Dodgertown,” said Dyrdek prior to launch, “but this is the Fantasy Factory my friend and around here we get a little reckless.”