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''Jackass'' is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002,〔 featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Bam Margera, Steve-O, and Johnny Knoxville, who previously had only minor acting roles. Since 2001, three ''Jackass'' films have been produced and released by MTV corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, continuing the franchise after its run on television. The show sparked several spin-offs including ''Viva La Bam'', ''Wildboyz'', ''Homewrecker'', ''Dr. Steve-O'', ''Nitro Circus'' and ''Blastazoid''. The show placed #68 on ''Entertainment Weekly'' "New TV Classics" list. ==History== The show developed from ''Big Brother Magazine'', a skateboarding-related humor magazine that Jeff Tremaine, Dave Carnie, Rick Kosick and Chris Pontius all worked for, and featured regular contributions from Johnny Knoxville, Tyler Newton and Dave England, among others. The concept of ''Jackass'' dates back to 1998, when failing-actor-turned-writer Johnny Knoxville thought of the idea of testing different self-defense devices on himself as the basis for an article. He pitched the idea to a couple of magazines and was turned down until meeting with Jeff Tremaine of ''Big Brother''. Tremaine hired him as a journalist and convinced Johnny to videotape this idea and other stunts for stories. The footage, which involved Knoxville being tasered, maced, and ultimately shot while wearing a bulletproof vest, appeared in the second ''Big Brother'' skateboarding movie: ''Number 2''.〔Epstein, Daniel, Robert, "(Jackass Number Two director Jeff Tremaine )", SuicideGirls.com, January 8, 2007〕 Future ''Jackass'' castmember Wee-Man made an appearance in the videos, and Florida clown Steve-O would send in submissions to be part of the videos. During this time, Bam Margera released a movie entitled ''Landspeed:CKY'', consisting of himself and his friends, which he dubbed the "CKY Crew", in West Chester, Pennsylvania, performing various skits and stunts. The Crew included the colorful cast of Ryan Dunn, Brandon Dicamillo, and Raab Himself, as well as Margera's family April, Phil, Don Vito, and Jess Margera. Tremaine saw the tapes and drafted Margera and his crew into what would become the cast of ''Jackass''. Later, the ''Jackass'' crew would recruit Steve-O in a Florida flea market where he worked as a clown. To round out the cast, England brought in his friend Ehren McGhehey, a fellow Oregon resident and extreme stunt participant.〔"Where Are They Now?", ''Jackass: The Box Set'' (2005), Paramount / MTV studios, 2005, ASIN: B000BDH69O.〕 Preston Lacy would be the last of what is now considered the main cast to join, auditioning midway through the show's run by eating four bananas with the peels on. Tremaine drafted his friend, director Spike Jonze, to get involved with the show, and together, he, Jonze, and Knoxville served as executive producers. The show idea was pitched, and the cast was initially given an offer by ''Saturday Night Live'' to perform the stunts weekly for the show, though the offer was turned down. A bidding war occurred between Comedy Central and MTV, which MTV eventually won. It was then that ''Jackass'' was born.〔"AbsolutJackass: Your Official Source for Johnny Knoxville - Biography" () (accessed July 19, 2007)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackass (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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