About this episodeDave England and Johnny Knoxville discuss the physical toll and psychological tactics behind Jackass stunts, i…AI summary
Dave England and Johnny Knoxville discuss the physical toll and psychological tactics behind Jackass stunts, including a severe finger injury from an 'Escape Room' bit and Dave's alter ego 'Darf.' They reveal how MPAA ratings forced creative editing solutions like black bars for explicit content and share anecdotes about early career pranks and sobriety.
Key takeaways 5
The 'Escape Room from Hell' stunt caused Dave England to rip a tendon in his finger, requiring surgical reattachment via a metal anchor, highlighting the extreme physical risks involved in seemingly simple tasks.
Jeff Tremaine uses psychological manipulation tactics to get cast members to perform stunts they dislike, such as feigning friendship ('Silence of the Lambs' approach) or using guilt when cast members claim illness.
The MPAA rating process for Jackass 3D required cutting a 40-second slow-motion penis scene down to 10 seconds, leading the team to use a moving black bar as a creative workaround that became funnier than the original cut.
Dave England has been sober for nearly two years, citing the need for focus to complete a documentary on fingerboarding as the primary catalyst for quitting alcohol and drugs.
The team used a 'red herring' strategy with publishers at Larry Flint Publications, submitting terrible content alongside desired content to get the better material approved by making it seem less extreme by comparison.
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“I ripped the tendon off the tip of my finger and it recoiled down into the lower part of my finger. And it took so long to figure out what was going on. It eventually went all the way down into my palm. So, they had to fish it out of my palm, shove it back up in my finger, stretch it out, and hook it to a metal anchor at the tip of my finger.”
▶ 1:44Dave England describing the severity of his injury during the Escape Room stunt.
“The art of it was, 'All right, what do you want to get in? We want this.' All right. Well, then let's make it way worse. Put a bunch of terrible pictures. The red herring. You put a bunch of terrible things and then you get the one the one you want doesn't seem as bad surrounded by all the rest of the [__].”
▶ 51:44Jeff Tremaine explaining how they negotiated with publishers to get controversial content approved.
“So we're like, 'Fuck you.' And so we weren't going to cut the scene. So we're like, we the solution was put a black bar over the dick. Do a terrible black bar. And then the black bar moves and the dick hits it, wiggles for a second, then the black bar catches up.”
▶ 50:21Johnny Knoxville describing the creative solution used to bypass MPAA restrictions on explicit content.
“I don't drink. I don't smoke weed. I don't do anything. I don't even have sugar. You haven't drank in two years.”
▶ 21:52Dave England confirming his sobriety status.
Chapters & Sections (25)▼
0:02Jackass Escape Room Torture and Injurieschapter3
2:32Escape Room Hell Setup and Anticipation
3:52Bricks, Tasers, and Passing Out
5:14Escape Room Traps and Injuries
7:15Dark Shark Pigeon Coop Stunt and Butt Surgerychapter2
8:59Escape Room Design and Philosophy
10:49Dave England's Finger Stuck in Butthole
12:02Prank tactics and Dave's alter ego Darfchapter
16:19Jackass Pranks and Originschapter1
18:17Jackass Origins and Early Pranks
20:43Sober lifestyle and Jackass Paris prankchapter2
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