50 Fun Facts About Jackass

Which channel aired the original Jackass TV series from 2000 to 2001?

MTV won a bidding war for the show. After the second episode aired, the channel posted its highest Sunday ratings ever among 12- to 34-year-olds.

Along with Jeff Tremaine and Knoxville, which filmmaker co-created Jackass?

Jonze, the director of Being John Malkovich, is credited as an executive producer and co-created the show with Tremaine and Knoxville.

How many seasons did the original Jackass series run on television?

All three seasons fit between October 2000 and August 2001. Knoxville announced the end himself after growing frustrated with MTV's standards department.

Which skateboarding magazine first filmed Knoxville testing self-defense gear on himself?

Jeff Tremaine was an editor at Big Brother and convinced Knoxville to film the article as a stunt instead of writing it.

Knoxville's original self-defense article was a homage to which gonzo journalist?

Every magazine he pitched refused the story on liability grounds, which is how it ended up on video instead of in print.

Bam Margera's home-video crew from Pennsylvania was known by what three-letter name?

The initials stand for Camp Kill Yourself, and the crew included Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Raab Himself and Bam's family.

Which Pennsylvania town is Bam Margera's hometown, where the CKY videos were shot?

Bam's family home there later became the main set for Viva La Bam, with his parents April and Phil as recurring prank victims.

Which sketch show offered to make Knoxville a recurring segment before the MTV deal?

Knoxville turned it down. A bidding war among Comedy Central, FX and MTV followed, and MTV offered a half-hour weekly show with more creative control.

What was Steve-O doing for a living when Tremaine first asked him to film stunts?

He was a clown at a Florida flea market. None of his first stunts were cleared by MTV management because of their graphic nature.

Who was the last of the original cast members to join the show?

Knoxville first asked Lacy to write stunt ideas, then convinced him to perform them himself.

What is the name of the production company Tremaine, Knoxville and Jonze founded?

Dickhouse was a Viacom company at the time and produced every film in the franchise.

In what year did Jackass officially debut on MTV?

The premiere was October 1, 2000. Jackass 3D was released on October 15, 2010, to mark the tenth anniversary.

Which U.S. senator wrote to Viacom in 2001 urging it to take responsibility for Jackass?

Lieberman had been the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 2000. MTV responded by moving all airings past 10 p.m.

What was the name of Bam Margera's 2003 MTV spin-off show?

The show followed Bam and his family in West Chester and ran until 2005. Bam's Unholy Union later covered the run-up to his wedding.

Chris Pontius and Steve-O starred in which animal-themed MTV spin-off?

Unlike the other shows it dropped pranks altogether and sent the pair around the world looking for exotic animals, directed by Jeff Tremaine.

Ryan Dunn's one-season MTV show, in which he renovated pranksters' rooms, was called what?

Dunn avenged prank victims by remodeling the prankster's room to match the original incident. It lasted a single season.

Dr. Steve-O, the 2007 spin-off in which Steve-O helped men face fears, aired where?

Dr. Steve-O's tagline was "Turning wussies into men." Each episode put three men through three challenges.

Bam's Bad Ass Game Show, which Bam Margera hosted in 2014, aired on which channel?

Contestants performed stunts against each other for a $10,000 grand prize, with Brandon Novak among the co-hosts.

Who was the first guest on Steve-O's podcast Wild Ride! in March 2020?

Hawk was a recurring Jackass guest going back to the Wildboyz days. Steve-O has since interviewed most of the cast on the show.

Roughly what was the production budget of Jackass: The Movie (2002)?

It grossed more than $60 million in the United States alone and opened at number one at the box office.

Which studio distributed Jackass: The Movie to theaters with MTV Films in October 2002?

Paramount went on to release every Jackass film. The first one grossed $79.5 million worldwide despite mixed reviews.

Which piece of classical music plays over the giant-shopping-cart opening of Jackass: The Movie?

The Carmina Burana chorus scores a Hollywood-parody intro in which the cast rides a giant cart downhill through explosions before crashing into a fruit stand.

Which veteran comedian closes out Jackass: The Movie, Number Two and 3D?

Taylor, famous for his confetti, appeared before the credits of the first three films. He died in October 2019.

In what year was Jackass Number Two released in theaters?

It premiered on September 22, 2006, and topped its opening weekend with $29.01 million.

Jackass Number Two grossed about $84.6M worldwide on what production budget?

Shooting ran from January 30 to June 23, 2006, with locations including India, Australia, England, Moscow and Argentina.

Which actor-director played the taxi driver in the airport prank on Ehren in Jackass Number Two?

The Super Troopers director posed as an angry cabbie while the whole cast and crew were in on the prank against McGhehey.

Jackass Number Two ends with a musical number set to a song from which stage musical?

The cast sings "The Best of Times" in a Busby Berkeley-style production number while performing more stunts.

Bam Margera announced Jackass 2.5 in 2007 on whose radio program?

Jackass 2.5 compiled stunts that did not make Number Two and arrived on DVD on December 26, 2007.

The 2008 direct-to-DVD film Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute honored which stuntman?

Knievel had died on November 30, 2007, six months before the tribute was released.

Jackass 3D broke the record for the biggest fall opening, previously held by which film?

It made an estimated $50 million in 3,081 theaters on its opening weekend, well above predictions of $30 million.

Which animated duo opens Jackass 3D with an explanation of 3D technology?

Mike Judge voiced the pair and also appears in person during the end credits.

What is the title of the Jackass theme song played in operatic form over the 3D opening?

Minutemen's "Corona" has been the show's theme since the MTV days. The 3D intro then moves to Twisted Sister's "The Kids Are Back."

Many Jackass 3D stunts were shot on Phantom cameras at how many frames per second?

The slow-motion opening and closing sequences rely on the high-speed footage, with the finale scored to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

Roughly how much did Jackass 3D gross worldwide, the franchise's top earner as of 2025?

It cost about $20 million to make. A 3.5 version of leftover footage followed on DVD and Blu-ray in June 2011.

Jackass 3.5 was streamed in weekly segments on which video service starting April 2011?

The full feature then arrived on VOD and DVD on June 14, 2011.

Bad Grandpa was the first Jackass film nominated for an Academy Award in which category?

It lost to Dallas Buyers Club. The film was released October 25, 2013, exactly 11 years after Jackass: The Movie.

In what month and year was Jackass Forever finally released in U.S. theaters?

The pandemic pushed it from March 2021 to July, then September, then October 2021 before it landed on February 4, 2022.

Jackass Forever premiered at which Hollywood theater three days before its release?

Many critics called it the best film in the franchise, and it grossed over $80 million on a $10 million budget.

Bam Margera was fired from Jackass Forever in 2020; in which one skit does he still appear?

He was terminated in August 2020 for breaking contract mandates related to substance abuse; the skit was filmed before his firing, and he is otherwise seen only in archival footage.

Which newcomer to Jackass Forever had a scorpion sting her lips on camera?

Wolfson joined alongside Poopies, Zach Holmes, Jasper Dolphin and Eric Manaka as the film's first-ever new main cast members.

Jackass 4.5, the outtakes companion to Jackass Forever, was released on which platform?

It arrived on May 20, 2022, and mixed unused footage with new interviews with cast and crew.

Jasper Dolphin's father, a main cast member in Jackass: Best and Last, is known by what nickname?

Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson made recurring guest appearances in Jackass Forever before being promoted to the main cast.

Jackass: Best and Last, announced as the final film, was released in theaters in what year?

Knoxville announced it on Instagram on January 8, 2026, for a June 26 release, and said it would be the last.

Which channel aired Jackass Shark Week in July 2021?

It marked the first time anyone on the show was ever bitten by a shark. A second special followed in July 2022.

In 2002, a Montana man who had legally changed his name to Jack Ass sued MTV for how much?

Born Bob Craft, he had changed his name in 1997 to raise awareness of drunk driving after losing his brother and a friend.

Jackass: The Game (2007) was developed by Sidhe Interactive, a studio based in which country?

Bam Margera was the only main cast member left out, because of his contract with Neversoft, makers of the Tony Hawk's games.

Travis Touchdown, hero of the game No More Heroes, was inspired by which Jackass star?

Designer Goichi Suda, known as Suda51, is a Jackass fan and modeled the 2007 game's protagonist on him.

How many discs were in Jackass: The Box Set released by MTV in December 2005?

Rather than full seasons, the set arranges stunts into three volumes plus a bonus disc with the Gumball 3000 trip and an MTV Cribs episode.

Original cast member Ryan Dunn died in a car crash in which year?

A Tribute to Ryan Dunn aired that November. Jackass Forever was the first film made without him and is dedicated to him.

Where did Entertainment Weekly rank the Jackass TV show on its "New TV Classics" list?

The show is widely treated as a cult touchstone of 2000s pop culture among late Gen X and early Millennial audiences.