Here are some dangerous facts about the Jackass franchise. It's a pretty amazing scenario when Mike Tyson comes through as the voice of reason. Those guys, Knoxville said, would give Steve-O a beatdown if he didn't go to rehab.

You’ll be hard pressed not to chuckle at the surreal situations the two put the public in, and their reactions are always the pay-off in each segment. ?

MTV frequently censored the show and wouldn't allow certain sketches to air—and they were almost always Steve-O's. Ultimately, grandpa Irving Zisman lost out to Ron Woodroff (Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dallas Buyers Club). ELI5: How does the cast of jackass get away with the things they do? He made great contributions to this.” Along with Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, Jonze co-wrote the script for Bad Grandpa and the unrated version, Bad Grandpa .5, and co-produced the movies.

After a Connecticut teen also suffered burns imitating the "Human Barbeque" stunt, senator Joe Lieberman started publicly calling for MTV to get control of its controversial stunt show. I might be coming to Baton Rouge to interview [imprisoned former Louisiana governor] Edwin Edwards, and if I do I will call you, because I will be looking to have some fun, which as you know usually means violence.".

In 2011, Michael Smith used his SUV to tow his friend, who sat in a shopping cart. Unfortunately for Steve-O, whose stunts often involved him bringing up his lunch, this wasn't the case. "We would always watch something to see if it was too imitable," said Tremaine. With a score of 10,226,500, he toppled David Nelson's score of 7,691,000. Also interested: Saturday Night Live.

Yep, you read that right—a Jackass movie was acclaimed enough to go to the Oscars. On top of multiple stories of horrifying injuries—one 14-year-old boy was reportedly "burned over 65 percent of his body" after imitating the "Human Barbeque" stunt in which Johnny Knoxville laid on a lit grill wearing a flame-retardant suit—there are tragic incidents where people also lost their lives. ? The show lasted for three seasons (25 episodes) and spawned four theatrical films (plus two half-movies). The revered dictionary defines “jackass” as “a male donkey” and as “a stupid person.” Considering the gang once tried to pin a tail on a live donkey, those definitions are apropos. Granted, the nomination was for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and makeup artist Stephen Prouty competed against only two other movies (Dallas Buyers Club and The Lone Ranger), but still. Would the thing they call a debate, work better if they put each one in a soundproof glass chamber on stage with a microphone on/off switch?

The venerable NBC late-night show offered Knoxville the chance to do a pre-taped stunt each week, but he preferred doing a half-hour show (and without the restraints of network TV). It also makes us giggle.

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