Speaker
Johnny Knoxville
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1 episodes
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Quotes & moments
The first Jackass movie cost $6 million to make; a lawsuit stemming from a drunken town hall event resulted in a $7 million judgment against MTV.
Johnny Knoxville suffered a severe concussion at the end of filming Jackass Forever that sent him offline for 6 months, after which his doctor told him he was done with stunts.
Knoxville and Tremaine actually pitched two movies; the studio chose Bad Grandpa over a karate film with Willie Nelson and Broken Lizard, leaving the team depressed.
Johnny Knoxville described Jackass Number 2 as possibly the cast's favorite installment, citing it as the most unhinged film where behavior was worst even off-camera.
After a casting director suggested Knoxville try construction, he actually applied for a construction job 6 months later and was rejected from that too.
Zach Ertz's most cherished Eagles memories aren't the yards or catches — they're Jason kicking over trash cans for a teammate's honor, Lane Johnson hiding his helmet, and knowing those four guys always had his back.
The US women's team's dominance traces back to early federation investment starting around 1985, before any other country committed resources to women's soccer. Pioneers like Michelle Akers and Mia Hamm built a dream that Julie's generation could actually get paid to live.
Zach Ertz's rookie year NFL welcome came in a Chip Kelly tackling drill where he had to avoid Trent Cole and Connor Barwin in a 5-yard box. He spent 10 minutes getting picked up and driven into the ground, likely suffering a Grade 2 AC sprain.
1 in 5 World Cup elimination games are decided by penalty kicks, and Jason Kelce wanted to know how goalkeepers choose their side. He recruited US legend Tim Howard for a session at St. Joseph's University — and actually saved one.
Soccer predates American football by centuries and actually involves consistent use of feet — both Ertzes concede the point. Zach tries to defend American football but admits it's a tough argument in Europe.
In countries like Brazil, elite athletes play soccer in the fall, indoors in winter, and on the beach in summer. In America, they play baseball, basketball, and football. The result: every other skill transfers to football — but nothing transfers to soccer.
The newest and last Jackass cast member is a humanoid robot named 1W Larry with two sets of hands — including large steel rectangular fingers built for one specific bit. Steve-O stepped up, apparently driven by guilt over refusing a similar scene in the first movie.
Johnny Knoxville became so obsessed with filming Jackass Number 2 that he ran into stop signs on weekends with a camera crew until the cast staged an intervention. The film is probably the cast's favorite — everyone was on their absolute worst behavior.
A concussion at the end of filming Jackass Forever sent Johnny Knoxville offline for 6 months. His doctor said he was done. He went home, talked to his wife and kids, and agreed. He says had it not happened, he'd probably still be doing stunts today.
Knoxville and Tremaine pitched two movies — they wanted the Willie Nelson karate film, not Bad Grandpa. When the studio chose Bad Grandpa, all three walked out of the greenlight meeting depressed. Three hours of daily makeup and a predicated-on-reactions story later, it became a hit.
The first Jackass movie cost $6 million. A drunken, pill-fueled MTV promotional town hall hosted by Kurt Loder ended with a cast member falling off the stage and knocking over an audience member. She sued MTV for $7 million — and won.
Johnny Knoxville's father ran a tire company where he fed employees ex-lax milkshakes, sent them fake VD clinic letters signed 'Dr. Harlan C. Titmore,' and staged annual Christmas party gunfights — the second year giving everyone else blank guns so they'd fire back at the unsuspecting decoys.
Johnny Knoxville was broke and pitching a magazine piece about testing self-defense equipment on himself when skateboard magazine editor Jeff Tremaine offered to fund it — if he filmed it. That tape, combined with their connection to Spike Jonze, got Jackass on television.
Zach Ertz showed up to Eagles training camp with blonde hair after ankle surgery kept him away all offseason. Jason Kelce bet he'd dye his hair to match if Zach was still on the team by Week 1 — confident that a trade was coming. He lost the bet.
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- Business 13%
- Health & Fitness 12%
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