johnny knoxville

wats upppp yes this is really me' hears a lil bit about myself u all should no .. In 1996 I had the idea to shoot myself with pepper spray, a taser, a stun gun, .38, and then write an article about the experience. i pitched the idea to a couple of magazines that turned it down. Finally in 1997 i told Jeff Tremaine (editor at Big Brother Magazine) about my idea. Jeff hired me as journalist and convinced me to videotape this idea and other stunts (getting hit by car, poo poo platter, etc.) for stories. Eventually these became part of the Big Brother videos Boob and Number Two. I quickly became a cult hit and soon there was a bidding war between MTV and Comedy Central to land me a TV show. I was offered a spot on Saturday Night Live, but turned it down. That's when I, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze pitched the idea of Jackass to MTV...it would combine part of the Big Brother Crew with the East Coast CKY crew (skateboarding pranksters Bam Margera, Brandon DiCamillo, and Ryan Dunn) and would allow the three producers creative control. MTV jumped at this unique idea. Alongside myself, Tremaine, and Jonze on the show were Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuna, Dave England, Ehren McGhegan, Steve-O, and Preston Lacy. Jackass quickly became one of cable's highest rated shows and eventually sparked many recent movie deals for me including a big screen version of Jackass. In addition to his father, I named Slim Pickens, Strother Martin, George C. Scott, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ron Palillo, Dave Letterman, Super Dave Osborne, and Candid Camera as many of my influences. I currently has several films that have been released, as well as many others in production...