welcome to jackass world

What’s your favorite stunt from Jackass?

This is my favorite question to ask people. If I talked to you in real life this year, I probably asked you this pretty quickly (thank you for answering if I have and you’re reading this). While the franchise is 25 years old, it’s just existed in celebrity and film and online in so many ways that this question is something that always gets a response.

So, I have pitched this question to tons of people, and the first part is always the same. They go “Jackass stunt?” And I say “Yeah, Jackass.” Then they think for a second and do one of five things:

1. They immediately tell me the stunt (it’s usually The High Five from Jackass 3D).

2. They suddenly pause…think…and say, “I haven’t…I haven’t thought about this in years…but—” and then tell me the stunt (it’s usually a deep cut).

3. They say they don’t have one and then immediately say one while explaining why they don’t have one.

4. They genuinely don’t have one, but they bring up shopping carts and breaking an arm once.

5. They don’t know what Jackass is.

I love this question because it’s just funny. Hearing people explain why they like seeing Johnny Knoxille getting bit by a snake is objectively hilarious and listening to people recall an injury or joke they haven’t thought about in years is endearing. I just like talking about Jackass and stunts and the franchise’s bizarreness in the pop culture world. So, I am launching this site just to blog about it more or whatever. I have a backlog of essays I have been writing forever, and this is where they’ll go.

So, I’ll ask you again: what’s your favorite Jackass stunt?