As Ouzounian points out, the show promotes the awareness of frugality in the third world through the visiting of high-profile, wealthy Westerners.
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George Ouzounian criticised the show in a May 2005 article on his website, The Best Page in the Universe, stamping it hypocritical and patronising.
"Trippin' With The Birds" was named in reference to a song by krautrock group Exmagma.
Yellapur has been featured on the MTV Sound Trippin show, hosted by Sneha Khanwalkar.
"Gangster Trippin" contains samples of "Entropy", written and performed by DJ Shadow (Josh Davis), and "Beatbox Wash", written and performed by the Dust Junkys (Sam Brox, Ganiyu Pierre Gasper, Stephen Jones, Nicholas Lockett and Myke Wilson).