Dickhouse Productions
| 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 – February 17, 2002 |
| 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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