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Jackass at 20: disgusting, childish, dangerous and ... heartwarming?


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Jackass at 20: disgusting, childish, dangerous and ... heartwarming?

By Hannah Woodhead

 

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Johnny Knoxville in Jackass: Number Two. Photograph: c. Paramount/Everett / Rex Features

 

The very first episode of MTV’s Jackass, airing on 1 October 2000, bore the striking title Poo Cocktail – referring to a stunt in which Johnny Knoxville is strapped into an excrement-filled porta potty, which is then upended by a forklift truck.

 

Back on solid ground, he emerges triumphantly, covered in human (and dog) waste, and immediately starts to chase the rest of the cast and crew.

 

While showering off – aided by two men in hazmat suits – Knoxville is asked by the cameraman how he thinks it went.

 

“It was disgusting, it was horrible. I was awash in a sea of poo,” he replies, grinning all the while.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/01/jackass-at-20-disgusting-childish-dangerous-and-heartwarming

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