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Jackass (tv series)

Jackass
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Genre Reality
Black comedy
Toilet humor
Created by Johnny Knoxville
Spike Jonze
Jeff Tremaine
Starring Johnny Knoxville
Bam Margera
Steve-O
Chris Pontius
Ehren McGhehey
Dave England
Preston Lacy
Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña
Brandon DiCamillo
Ryan Dunn
Opening theme "Corona" by Minutemen
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 25 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup Single
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Dickhouse Productions
Release
Original network MTV
Original release October 1, 2000 (2000-10-01) – February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17)
Chronology
Followed by Jackass: The Movie
External links
Website

Jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Steve-O, who previously had only minor acting roles.

Since 2001, four Jackass films have been produced and released by MTV corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, continuing the franchise after its run on television. The show sparked several spin-offs including Viva La Bam, Wildboyz, Homewrecker, Dr. Steve-O, Nitro Circus, and Blastazoid.

The show placed #68 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.

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 and Dave England, among others. The concept of Jackass dates back to 1998, when failing-actor-turned-writer Johnny Knoxville thought of the idea of testing 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: Number 2. Future Jackass castmember Wee-Man made an appearance in the videos as well.


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