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Jackass: 10 Years of Stupid iPad Book App

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Experience 10 years of Jackass as never before in this interactive book that chronicles the history of Jackass through words, photos, video and even minigames. Read the behind-the-scenes history of Jackass, view high resolution photos of the guys and their antics and watch the best stunts and video from the MTV series.

Jackass: 10 Years of Stupid iPad Book App


Click here to view in iTunes

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Nitro Circus 3D

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Nitro Circus was an American television series that featured Travis Pastrana and his friends traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing reckless stunts. It was originally run as a miniseries in 2006 on Fuel TV. In January 2009, it began running as an episodic reality television show on MTV that featured people performing various dangerous stunts. The series officially debuted on February 8, 2009. Season 2 premiered on August 27, 2009.

Nitro Circus 3D (2011)


On the 13th of May 2010, Andy Bell stated via Facebook, that a movie has been planned to begin filming this fall, and is set to make a release at cinemas in 3D. He stated in the meantime, the site will keep getting updated and "will keep everyone entertained".

Nitro Circus 3D


Again in an interview with Andy Bell, he stated that the planned "3D movie" will begin shooting in January and have a 2011 October release. He also mentioned that since breaking off from MTV, there are no restrictions in terms of health and safety, meaning the ideas will be even crazier.

On the 12th January 2011, Travis Pastrana officially announced on youtube [5] that the 3D movie is on it's way.

On February 16th 2011, Andy Bell stated during a webcast that they were beginning filming in april of 2011, and that it had been push back becuase the Nitro Cirus live tour had conflicting dates.



Nitro Circus Created by

Gregg Godfrey
Jeremy Rawle
Jeff Tremaine
Travis Pastrana
Johnny Knoxville
Trip Taylor

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Jackass: The Game

Jackass: The Game is a video game based on the television series Jackass. It was developed under license by Sidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The game was first shown at the 2006 E3 behind closed doors.

The Nintendo DS version of the game was developed by Sensory Sweep Studios, out of Salt Lake City, Utah.

All of the Jackass cast and crew provided their own voices and supply their likenesses for the game, according to Sidhe Interactive. Johnny Knoxville and other members of the Jackass team also provided stunt ideas to the developer based on unused stunts from the show. A trailer was released in June 2007 on the game's official website, along with the cover art.

Gameplay

In an article by IGN.com, it was stated that the video game would consist of a set of 40 minigames that closely follow aspects of both the series and the movies. Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña has his own set of minigames in the video game. It is stated on the official game website that the DS version has an open environment with which players interact to pull off stunts.
[edit] Storyline

Filling in as director of Jackass, your aim is to collect the best footage from up to 36 stunts throughout the game to create a new Jackass season for MTV. All stunts have a minimum requirement for content before MTV will approve an episode for broadcast. The new season requires seven episodes of Jackass footage.
[edit] Gameplay modes.

jackass the game poster


Jackass offers two gameplay modes for players:

* MTV Story Mode: The primary gameplay mode for Jackass: The Game, the narratives drives your progress through the game. By playing MTV Story Mode you can unlock new content within the game.

* Episodes - Stunts are collected into groups called "Episodes". Episodes in the game are similar to the format and structure of the TV series, collecting a series of stunts which may or may not be related by a general theme. In each episode, the player is free to complete the stunts in any order.

* Game Progression - Completing goals within a stunt attempt means collecting footage for an episode.


Reception


On Metacritic, the PS2 and PSP versions of the game earned a score of 58 out of 100,[2][3] while the DS version earned a score of 35 out of 100.[4]

Jackass: The Game for PSP was awarded the IGN PlayStation Portable Readers Game of the Month for September 2007.[5]

The PSP version also won the award in the User Generated Content category at the TUANZ Business Internet 2007 Awards in November 2007 on the strength of its video capture, editing, and sharing tools.

Cast

* Johnny Knoxville
* Chris Pontius
* Steve-O
* Ryan Dunn
* Dave England
* Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña
* Ehren McGhehey
* Preston Lacy
* Jeff Tremaine

Developer
Sidhe Interactive (PS2, PSP)
Sensory Sweep Studios (DS)

Publisher(s)
Red Mile Entertainment (DS)
Empire Interactive (PS2 and PSP)
MTV Games

Platform(s)
PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable

Release date(s)
October 2, 2007

Genre(s)
Action-adventure

Rating(s)
ESRB: M (PS2, PSP)
ESRB: T (DS)
BBFC: 15 (PS2, PSP)
BBFC: 12 (DS)
OFLC: MA15+ (PS2, PSP)
OFLC: M (DS)

Media/distribution
DVD, NDS Game Card, UMD

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Jackass 3.5 (Unrated)

Jackass 3.5 (Unrated)


Jackass 3.5 is an extended version to Jackass 3D, which is composed of footage shot during the filming of Jackass 3D that was never used, while including interviews from cast and crew (similar to 3.5's predecessor, Jackass 2.5). On January 27, 2011, the first trailer was released online. In September 2010, Johnny Knoxville had reported that the film could be ready for a Christmas 2010 DVD release, but it was reported in late October that the film will not be released until after Christmas.

In a interview conducted prior to Jackass 3-D's theatrical release, Johnny Knoxville said, "We shot two movies worth of material... so we're coming out with a whole new DVD in January. 3.5 will be all of the great stuff that didn't make it.

jackas 3.5 covers


The Dickhouse website announced that Jackass 3.5 would be released sometime in March 2011 with the website streaming the movie "in episodic chunks—like vomit!—on the Interweb in March 2011 with a full feature-length assemblage soon to follow." The weekly episodes will be shown on Joost, beginning on April Fools' Day. The collected feature-length movie will then be released on VOD and DVD. It is still unknown when the DVD will be released.

Click here to watch "Jackass 3.5 Movie Trailer"

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Jackass 3D

Jackass 3D (also known as Jackass 3) is a 2010 American 3D comedy film and the third movie in the Jackass series. It was released on October 15, 2010 by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films to American theaters and marked the 10th anniversary of the franchise, which started in 2000.

jackass 3d posters


Plot

Beavis and Butt-head introduce the film by explaining 3D technology. The opening sequence features the cast lining up and then being attacked by various objects in slow-motion. The opening sequence, as well as many of the stunts, were filmed with Phantom high speed cameras which shoot at 1,000 frames per second.

Jackass 3D follows the same premise as the past movies and the television series. It is a compilation of various pranks, stunts and skits, and essentially has no plot. Some of the stunts that were featured in the movie included tether ball being played with a beehive filled with Africanized bees, a tooth being pulled out with a Lamborghini, using super mighty glue to take off chest hair and much more. The final stunt includes Steve-O being launched in the air while inside a portable toilet (which was achieved by connecting the port-a-potty to bungee cords) filled with various excrement.

The closing skit is done in a similar fashion as the introduction, but uses explosions as objects are thrown at the cast. After the explosions are finished, the cast members are flushed away by a wave pool. As in the past two Jackass films, comedian Rip Taylor makes an appearance before the credits roll, celebrating the end of the film in overly dramatic fashion. As the ending credits play, a retrospective is shown with clips from the original show along with old photographs of cast and crew set to Weezer's "Memories", the movie's single.

Cast

The entire cast from the previous movies returned for the third movie, with the notable exceptions of former Jackass mainstays Brandon DiCamillo and Raab Himself.

* Johnny Knoxville
* Bam Margera
* Steve-O
* Ryan Dunn
* Chris Pontius
* Preston Lacy
* Danger Ehren
* Dave England
* Wee Man

Guest appearances:

* The Dudesons
* Loomis Fall
* Brandon Novak
* April Margera and Phil Margera
* Rake Yohn
* Mike Judge (as Beavis and Butt-head)
* Will Oldham
* Rip Taylor
* Half Pint Brawlers
* Will the Farter
* Animal experts Manny Puig and David Weathers
* American Football players Erik Ainge, Jared Allen, and Josh Brown
* Extreme sport athletes Mat Hoffman, Tony Hawk, Kerry Getz, Eric Koston and Parks Bonifay
* Actors Seann William Scott, Edward Barbanell, John Taylor and Angie Simms
* From Nitro Circus, Andy Bell, Erik Roner and Tommy "Streetbike Tommy" Passemante
* From Weezer, Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell and Scott Shriner

Like in the past movies and the show, crew members Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, Rick Kosick, Lance Bangs, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Sean Cliver, Greg Iguchi and Trip Taylor along with Seth Meisterman, make an appearance in the movie. Knoxville's daughter Madison and son Rocko are shown in the credits.

Box office

On opening weekend, Jackass 3D made an estimated $50 million in 3,081 theaters,[2] outperforming predictions it would earn $30 million[1] and breaking the record for the most successful Fall opening ever, which was previously held by Scary Movie 3. It also surpassed grosses for the first two movies with Jackass: The Movie making $22 million opening weekend, and Jackass Number Two making $29 million opening weekend.

Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Produced by

* Johnny Knoxville
* Bam Margera
* Chris Pontius
* Steve-O
* Preston Lacy
* Danger Ehren
* Ryan Dunn
* Dave England
* Wee Man

Written by Jeff Tremaine
Spike Jonze
Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Chris Pontius
Steve-O
Ryan Dunn
Dave England
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
Preston Lacy
Ehren McGhehey
Cinematography Dimitry Elyashkevich
Editing by

* Seth Casriel
* Matthew Probst
* Matthew Kosinski

Studio

* MTV Films
* Dickhouse Productions

Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) (US)
November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05) (UK)
Running time 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Gross revenue $169,987,212

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Jackass 10 Years Of Stupid

Seeing other people get hurt is funny. (Okay, when you write it out like that it sounds terrible. Obviously, we are not speaking of serious injuries here, more like someone slipping on ice or tripping over their own feet.) Ten years ago a bunch of guys got together, took this simple theory, added a gigantic spoonful of insanity and the result was a pop culture phenomenon.

Now, in celebration of the immense popularity of Jackass comes jackass: 10 Years of Stupid. This book takes you back to the origins of the show (a magazine called Big Brother), through all the best stunts and even tosses in some images from bits that were too controversial to air on TV. At 224 pages, jackass: 10 Years of Stupid is the ultimate guide to the show and, if you’re in the spirit after reading it, is hefty enough to throw at your friend’s crotch. $27

jackass 10 years of stupid cover


You can buy that's book here :
http://www.amazon.com/jackass-Years-Stupid-Sean-Cliver/dp/1576875555

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Jackass: The Lost Tapes

Jackass was a short-lived, but popular, stunt show that aired on MTV from 2000 to 2002. The show churned out just 25 episodes over three seasons, two equally popular films and a partial film (released on DVD) comprised of deleted scenes from the second outing.

Jackass wasn't around for very long and its terrible spawns like Viva La Bam and Wildboyz were less than successful, garnering just a fraction of the original's fan base. In other words, Paramount and MTV (as well as fans of the show) have been starving for more and since a third film seems unlikely at this point, a new DVD will have to suffice.

jackass the lost tapes cover


For some reason, several sketches, stunts and gags never made their way to the previous Jackass DVDs -- mostly the early work before the show was well known (or even a show at all) -- but now, hoping to cash in on the continued success of the series, Paramount has finally delivered the missing pieces with Jackass: The Lost Tapes.

What follows is basically a deleted scenes reel of additional stunts and sketches -- some of which are fairly amusing, while others fall flat on their face (sometimes literally). You'll see the usual vomiting, face plants and other shenanigans -- all of which are staples of the popular franchise.

Sadly though, this DVD just doesn't quite hold up. Half the off-the-wall sketches end before the punch line, disrupted by angry employees or frustrated cops. The vomiting bits feel tiresome, not to mention gross (though the milk contest is a hoot). And several of the sketches have no real point. As Wee Man even points out in one such sketch (where he's forced to wear a baby bonnet and diaper on an abandoned street), there's no real rhyme or reason to the gag, and it feels more like a self-gratifying goof on whomever is at the center of the sketch.

In some ways, that's the irreverent charm of the Jackass TV series. It's why the show became so popular in the first place (my Dad even enjoys watching the show). Jackass was never really about anything. It was just a random collection of stuntmen and "extreme" sports nuts goofing off and having a good time in front of the camera -- and sometimes hurting themselves in the process.

Jackass: The Lost Tapes is sure to please hardcore Jackass fans, particularly those who've long sought after these missing pieces. But newcomers and non-fans needn't bother. There's nothing here that's going to win you over. Nothing probably ever will. But that's OK, Jackass isn't for everyone.

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Jackass 2.5

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The crew have now set off to finish what as left over from Jackass 2.0, and in this version they have Wee Man use a 'pee' gun on themselves, having a mini motor bike fracas in the grocery mall, a sperm test, a portly crew member disguised as King Kong, as well as include three episodes of their hilarious adventures in India, namely drinking beer off of Shridhar Chillai's several feet long fingernails; having one of the crew lie on a bed of nails with two snakes - one on his chest and one between the legs, as well as a decorated elephant in the background; and finally having a half-naked Indian Sadhu drink one of the crew's urine.

jackass 2.5 poster


Cast

Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Preston Lacy
Dave England
Chris Pontius
Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña
Ehren McGhehey
Steve-O
Jeff Tremaine
Mat Hoffman
Phil Margera
April Margera
Brandon Dicamillo
Rakeyohn
Sean Cliver
Dimitry Elyashkevich

Details
Country: USA
Language: English | Russian
Release Date: 19 December 2007 (USA)
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits
Production Co:
Dickhouse Productions, MTV New Media, Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment

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Jackass Number Two

Jackass Number Two is a 2006 American comedy film. It is the sequel to Jackass: The Movie (2002), both based upon the MTV series Jackass. Like its predecessor and the original TV show, the film is a compilation of stunts, pranks and skits. The film stars the regular Jackass cast of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Preston Lacy and Ehren McGhehey. Everyone depicted in the film plays as themselves. All nine main cast members from the first film returned for the sequel. The film was directed by Jeff Tremaine, who also directed Jackass: The Movie and produced Jackass.

The film was produced by Dickhouse Productions and MTV Films and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film premiered in theatres on September 22, 2006. The DVD was later released on December 26, 2006. Jackass 2.5, a direct-to-video feature, was made available online on December 19, 2007 and on DVD on December 26, 2007.[1] It contains most of the deleted and unused scenes that were originally shot for Jackass Number Two.

jackass number two poster



The film received positive reviews from critics, and was also a box office success, making nearly $85 million worldwide against a production budget of only $11.5 million.


Sinopsis

Jackass Number Two is a compilation of various stunts, pranks and skits, and essentially has no plot. The film opens with an introduction of the nine cast members while they're being chased by bulls in a neighborhood. As the stampede chases them, Ryan Dunn jumps into a station wagon before a bull rips off the open door. Preston Lacy is pushed through a fence by a bull while trying to get over it. Dave England takes cover in a garbage can, which is knocked aside by a bull. Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña is knocked to the ground by a calf, and Chris Pontius is thrown into a kiddie pool by a bull's horns. Ehren McGhehey and Steve-O jump and break through a garden fence to avoid being hit. Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera are left, and get chased into a house. Bam jumps through a window, and Johnny stops in his tracks to deliver his signature line, "Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass!", before being blasted through a window by several bulls, followed by the film's title appearing onscreen.

The movie finishes with Johnny Knoxville in what appears to be a hotel room with a bear trap. The set then falls down to reveal a Busby Berkeley-style movie musical production number set to the La Cage aux Folles song "The Best of Times", where the cast sing and dance while getting battered by violent stunts. As in the first film, Rip Taylor is seen at the end of the sequence claiming that the is feeling not so good because of a drink called "The Piledriver"

Cameo

The film also includes cameos by Brandon Novak, Brandon DiCamillo, Mark Zupan, Roger Alan Wade, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Loomis Fall, Lance Bangs, animal experts David Weathers and Manny Puig, Rick Kosick, Spike Jonze and cult film directors John Waters, Jay Chandrasekhar. Professional BMX rider Mat Hoffman and professional skater Tony Hawk both performed stunts. Rap group Three 6 Mafia also appears, as well as HIM singer Ville Valo, actor James DeBello, with Kat Von D, as well as NFL star Jason Taylor.

Mike Judge, Luke Wilson and Willie Garson are also featured in the credits and in deleted scenes.

Stunts including Jackass and Viva La Bam regular Don Vito were also filmed and shown in previews. However, due to the scandal surrounding his arrest just prior to the film's release and the nature of the charges against him, all the scenes involving Don Vito were cut.

Production

Shooting began on January 30, 2006 and ended on June 23, 2006.[2][3] The Jackass cast refused to divulge where they were filming, out of fear of fans interfering with the filming process. However, they have filmed in India, Australia, England and Moscow. A few insights were leaked prior to the movie's release by Steve-O and Bam Margera via Radio Bam and Loveline. Other shootings were Bull Shoals, Arkansas; Key West, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and West Chester, Pennsylvania.

The stunt "How to Milk a Horse" was originally shot for Wildboyz,[4] but was saved for future use.[4] "The idea to drink the horse semen was not actually planned but was "in the back of everyones mind."[5] To agree to do the stunt, Chris Pontius asked director Jeff Tremaine for a full day off of work,[6] but discouraged doing so since Chris Pontius had missed work the day before.[6] Additionally on screen Chris Pontius stated to Jeff Tremaine "This is going to make up for something bad I'm going to do in the future." This deal was verbally agreed upon and sealed with a handshake; it was also noted that said deal was videotaped for the camera.

Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Produced by

* Sean Cliver
* Johnny Knoxville
* Spike Jonze

Written by

* Johnny Knoxville
* Bam Margera
* Chris Pontius
* Steve-O
* Ryan Dunn
* Dave England
* Jason Acuña
* Preston Lacy
* Ehren McGhehey
* Jeff Tremaine
* Spike Jonze

Starring

* Johnny Knoxville
* Bam Margera
* Chris Pontius
* Steve-O
* Ryan Dunn
* Dave England
* Jason Acuña
* Preston Lacy
* Ehren McGhehey

Music by

* Manish Raval
* Tom Wolfe

Cinematography

* Lance Bangs
* Dimitry Elyashkevich
* Rick Kosick

Editing by

* Seth Casriel
* Matt Probst

Studio

* MTV Films
* Dickhouse Productions

Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $11.5 million
Gross revenue $84,618,532

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Jackass: The Movie

Jackass: The Movie is a 2002 American reality film directed by Jeff Tremaine with the tagline "Do not attempt this at home." It is a riskier and uncensored continuation of the stunts and pranks by the various characters of the MTV television series Jackass, which had completed its unique series run by this time. The film was produced by Dickhouse Productions and MTV Films and released by Paramount Pictures.

The show features all of the original Jackass cast, including the leader Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey and Jason "Wee Man" Acuña. Brandon DiCamillo and Raab Himself also appear but not as frequently as in the show.

Other regular Jackass personalities who made appearances include Rake Yohn, Manny Puig, Phil Margera, and April Margera. In addition, Rip Taylor, Henry Rollins, Spike Jonze, boxing star Butterbean, Mat Hoffman, and Tony Hawk make cameo appearances.

jackass the movie poster


Uncensored version of the TV show

Because of the nature of the film, everyone involved knew they could get away with doing stunts that would never get past television network censors. To that end, they included skits that involved profanity (such as Bam Margera vowing and making good on getting his mother to use profanity on camera), extreme stunts (such as Rocket Skates, which was filmed for the television show but wasn't allowed to air due to the network censors), and extremely crude humor (such as Butt X-Ray, which involves inserting a toy car wrapped in a condom into Ryan Dunn's rectum and getting X-rays of the car inside his anus, or Dave England defecating in a display toilet in a plumbing store showroom).

"Failed ending"

In the ending of the film, Johnny Knoxville is launched from a catapult into a pond, where Rip Taylor sits in a boat, announcing that "this is the end." This is followed with the credits being shown over outtakes from the film. The original ending for the film was supposed to be a Rube Goldberg-type contraption, with each of the cast members performing a stunt that either has something to do with what they did on the show (for example, the first stunt would have Preston as "The Human Wrecking Ball", knocking him into a Port-A-Potty), or simply for a sight gag (such as Ehren being knocked over in the Port-A-Potty and landing on a bed of toilet paper rolls), ending with Johnny being launched off the catapult next to Rip Taylor. However, as the entire contraption didn't work together the way they wanted it to, the producers of the film decided to try filming an alternate ending, which is how they came to film the "Son Of Jackass" skit. The Son Of Jackass skit involves dressing all the performers in 'old man' clothing and having them run around exploding buildings and sheds, with only Steve-O surviving to proclaim "Yeah, dude." In the cast commentary, it is said that this is ironic as Steve-O is the least likely to even reach old age. Some bits of the failed ending were incorporated into the end credits montage, like the skateboarder dressed in a penis costume and the giant Plinko contraption.

Japanese version

Since some scenes of the film were shot in Tokyo, Japan, a special edited version was made and screened for Japanese audiences. Some bits were edited out for legal reasons (especially scenes showing people's faces without their consent); however, they were placed back in for the special DVD version.

A reason for filming extensively in Japan is that laws requiring non-consenting participants to have their faces censored do not apply in Japan.

Box office performance

The film had a budget of $5 million and was the number one film at the United States box office when it opened, grossing $22,763,437, reffugees from 2,509 theaters, for an average of $9,073 per venue. The film fell to fourth place in its second weekend, but dropped a lower than expected 44 percent to $12,729,732, expanding to 2,530 theaters, averaging $5,032 per theater, and bringing the 10-day gross to $42,121,857.[1] The film went on to gross $64,255,312 in the United States alone, with the opening weekend making up 35.43 percent of its final gross. It also made $15,238,519 in other countries, bringing the worldwide gross of $79,493,831, returning its investment nearly 16 times over, and thus making the film a huge financial success.

Directed by
Jeff Tremaine

Produced by
Sean Cliver
Dimitry Elyashkevich
Spike Jonze

Written by
Jeff Tremaine
Spike Jonze
Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Chris Pontius
Steve-O
Ryan Dunn
Dave England
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
Preston Lacy
Ehren McGhehey

Starring
Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Chris Pontius
Steve-O
Ryan Dunn
Dave England
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
Preston Lacy
Ehren McGhehey

Music by Nicole Tocantins
Studio MTV Films
Dickhouse Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25)
Running time 87 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $5 million
Gross revenue $79,493,831

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Jackass (TV series)

Jackass is an American stunt and prank show, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, and self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera also Ryan Dunn. Since 2002, three Jackass theatrical films have been produced and released by MTV corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, continuing the franchise after its run on television. It sparked several spin-offs including Viva La Bam, Wildboyz, Homewrecker, Dr. Steve-O and Blastazoid.

The show developed from Big Brother Magazine, a skateboarding-related humor magazine that Jeff Tremaine, Dave Carnie, Rick Kosick and Chris Pontius all worked for, and featured regular contributions from Johnny Knoxville, Tyler Newton and Dave England, among others. The concept of Jackass dates back to 1999 when struggling-actor-turned-writer Johnny Knoxville birthed the idea to test different self defense devices on himself as the basis for an article. He pitched the idea to a couple of magazines and was turned down until meeting with Jeff Tremaine of Big Brother. Tremaine hired him as a journalist and convinced Johnny to videotape this idea and other stunts for stories. The footage, which involved Knoxville being tasered, maced, and ultimately shot while wearing a bulletproof vest, appeared in the second Big Brother skateboarding movie[1] (which is also the title of the second Jackass theatrical film). Future Jackass castmember Wee-Man made an appearance in the videos, and Florida clown Steve-O would send in submissions to be part of the videos.

jackass tv series


Controversy

Since the first episode, Jackass frequently featured warnings and disclaimers noting that the stunts performed were dangerous and should not be imitated, and that recordings of any stunts would not be aired on MTV. Such warnings not only appeared before and after each program and after each commercial break, but also in a "crawl" that ran along the bottom of the screen during some especially risky stunts, as well as showing their 'skull and crutches logo' at the bottom right of the screen to symbolize the stunt performed as risky. Nevertheless, the program has been blamed for a number of deaths and injuries involving teens and children recreating the stunts.

On January 29, 2001, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman publicly condemned MTV and Jackass in connection with a dangerous stunt that led to a copycat incident in which a 13-year-old Connecticut teenager was left in critical condition with severe burns.[5] Lieberman followed up with a February 7, 2001 letter to MTV's parent company Viacom urging the company to take greater responsibility for its programming and do more to help parents protect their children.[6] MTV responded to the criticism by canceling all airings of Jackass before 10:00 PM, but Lieberman's continual campaign against the show led to MTV refusing to air repeats of the later episodes, a move which angered the cast and production crew of the series who were furious with MTV's "caving into Lieberman's demands."

A man named Jack Ass sued MTV for $10 million, claiming the series was plagiarizing his name. Jack Ass, formerly known as Bob Craft, changed his name in 1997 to raise awareness for drunk driving, after his brother and friend were killed in a vehicle accident.

Format
Reality television Comedy

Created by
Johnny Knoxville
Spike Jonze
Jeff Tremaine

Starring
Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Steve-O
Chris Pontius
Ryan Dunn
Ehren McGhehey
Dave England
Preston Lacy
Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña

Opening theme
"Corona" by Minutemen

No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 25

Production
Running time 22–23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel MTV
Original run October 1, 2000 – February 17, 2015

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