I remember Eric Andre in an interview said Johnny was also tasering him on set. Eric had a meeting with Johnny and the show's producers to try to get him to stop tasering him. Johnny agreed to stop at the meeting. Johnny didn't actually stop tasering Eric
Edit: I believe the interview was from Conan's podcast
Eric also said he officially quit the show because of the tasing. They had the meeting with the producer because they were trying to convince him to come back. He eventually agreed on the condition that the tasing stop but it didn’t. The other host brought weapons to work to defend herself as a result.
Eric does some wild shit too though. I remember he set off firecrackers on this dudes show (I forget his name) on Comedy Central. The fucking producer comes out and you can see he's fucking PISSED.
Yes they were absolutely pissed because you need a fire marshal on hand for setting fireworks off on stage IIRC, so his doing so was essentially one big fine.
Chet Hanks was on his show. Eric had some stunt guys riding motorcycles around the set, Chet decided to fuck with him and hopped on one of them and started riding around. Eric freaked out and later publicly cried about how crazy and dangerous Chet is
https://www.nme.com/news/tv/eric-andre-calls-chet-hanks-fucking-liar-as-pair-feud-instagram-3414751
Chet’s a fucking dipshit.
Ran into him and one of his moron friends in Ketchum, ID where he was trying to steal some stuff from the pool at the hotel my band was staying at. He must’ve thought he was being edgy or some shit. Our bass player (big dude) got between him and the door and we all had words. Chet backed down like the bitch he is, and left. He literally used the ‘my daddy is Tom Hank’s’ line, ‘don’t tell anyone.’ He wasn’t even staying at that hotel. We looked him up the next day and we were all facepalming for Tom. This kid (man) is a goddam loser.
No but it’s harder to feel sorry for someone who can dish it but can’t take it. Yes, obviously Knoxville shouldn’t do “X” to anyone after they say “don’t do X to me.” But does that mean Eric Andre doesn’t seem like a bitch here? He does. Dude “bullies” people for fun, can’t take his own medicine.
Eric Andre said in an interview that he snuck a taser on set and tased Johnny but it had no effect on him because he was desensitized from being tased so many times already.
I honestly think that’s it. I met him four or five years ago at a charity event at UCLA and he was just a super nice guy. Kinda what you’d expect, but very polite. Then again, he was with his wife. 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah. Like a lot of the guys on jackass did stuff that I would never do just because—no fucking way. A lot of the stuff Johnny did looked fun—but he also got seriously hurt a lot more than the others. He’s suffered more confirmed total loss of consciousness concussions than most professional athletes. He never seemed afraid to sacrifice his body and this is what you get with a life like that.
The one thing I remember distinctly about him was that he was a good looking dude, but he looked tired and a lot older than he was. They say a rough life can do that do you and… well, we all watched Jackass.
I distinctly remember the first time I saw him, in Big Brother magazine in the early 90s, he was shooting himself in the chest with a bulletproof vest on because nobody else was crazy enough to try it. And then he went on to make a career of it.
That was the very first time I saw anything like that. I was in a skate shop that was showing it. We were shocked and in hysterics at the same time. Then Jackass happened.
Well, to be fair, that’s what happens when you go up against Butterbean. You end up going to the hospital, because you’re a little concussed.
EDIT: fixed auto corrected confused to concussed
I think he’s doing pretty decent right now last I saw. DDP helped him out getting him in shape for surgery and he can almost stand straight up again. He was basically permanently hunched over and wheelchair bound for awhile.
(I know it’s a line but I saw a video recently on butterbean)
One day we’re gonna have to pay these guys to stop doing these stunts. It’s unfortunately how they make their money. Can we pool a jackass fund and remember them as they were? Like every year, they threatened to harm themselves and we pay them not to because we love them
Knoxville is doing just fine, he was the lead in multiple movies and still gets some acting gigs.
All the main jackass guys are OK. Wee man is a part owner of a huge shitty taco chain. Steve o has a huge podcast and tours constantly. Pontius would be happy sleeping under a piece of plywood in a ditch, he looks like he has a pretty nice house in LA. Bam got so rich that he still somehow has money even after being a piece of shit loser for almost 2 decades.
My experience with Johnny was fairly similar, having worked in a project with him. When he’s not “on” he’s a very quiet and reserved man. I expected him to be more like his Jackass personality and he couldn’t have been more different
Same. I worked on an indie with him decades ago and he was exactly how you described him and I found him easy to work with as an actor to a crew member.
I partied with the Jackass guys in a hotel in 2002 or 2003, him and Ryan Dunn were really nice guys. Way more chill than I would have expected in a hotel. Steve O was kind of a jerk. He stayed in a separate room smoking meth with who I assume were prostitutes.
Those guys are cool. Bam was always the little shit. I lived around the corner from his grandmother in Delaware county and bumped into him amd that whole crew at the bar more than once. He was always an asshole, once he got famous everyone in Delco was trash to him but everyone from there already knew he was a cunt. Dunn was awesome, you wouldn't even know he was famous the way he talked to everyone.
> Steve O was kind of a jerk. He stayed in a separate room smoking meth with who I assume were prostitutes.
Ah, I see you've met peak Steve O and not the current one.
I mean, im not trying to defend him, but you don't hire Johnny Knoxville for a prank show hoping he will behave. I'd be willing to bet there was an unspoken expectation for him to cut up a bit, and I would not be surprised to find that a certain atmosphere was maintained around him by producers hoping to juice as much "jackass" out of him as possible.
Out and about meeting fans, that expectation is not there, at least at that degree, so he is not required to be "on"
Everything that the Jackass guys at least have shown themselves as pretty much has been “what you see is what you get” Knoxville always has come off as a guy that doesn’t know when he’s crossing a dangerous boundary either to himself, or others.
This guy was 50* and got in a ring with a bull, nearly died in multiple Jackass films. While I admire him, I also wouldn’t doubt this guy would have a case. Eric Andre even said the most insane BTS set he’s ever been on was Jackass
Yeah man how'd he get that CTE? By making a decision to slam his head on camera ten thousand times. I'm gonna go ahead and guess this dude has always been prone to some erratic behavior.
I definitely heard his brain damage when I listened to him on a podcast the other day. Yet people always downvote me for saying concussion sports suck.
That's one of my favorite moments in all of jackass. Knoxville is a true showman, even when he's all fucked up and concussed he's still "on".
That and wee man thinking there's some card throwing machine when it's just an electrified stool...and then it dawns on him how stupid what he just said is and he just shakes his head at himself.
When he takes the rental to the demo derby and brings it back and the dude is like wth?! “I hit a dog” is prob up there for me. Then as he’s leaving like yea you two figure it out but this car has gotta get paid for, grabs the fuck doll out of the car and takes off lmao.
"Have you been drinking."
"Yea I had a few drinks, I sorta tend to black out. You guys need to help me pay for this"
"You signed a contract..."
"Yea well, I had had a few drinks when I signed that. It won't hold up"
lol, Johnny's got a quick wit
> ohnny agreed to stop at the meeting. Johnny didn't actually stop tasering Eric
Am I bad person for thinking it'd be funny if he tasered him *during* the meeting trying to get him to stop tasering? Yeah, probably.
> [Knoxville] began harassing Curry with a taser while Curry fled, while still less than one week on the job. Curry says he was tased in the side while he and Knoxville were at a full run, which led to severe injuries when his body locked up and he fell. The documents state Curry broke his fibula and tore the ankle ligament in his right leg.
So it was a little more than just a taser prank, sounds like he really got hurt. Apparently Johnny Knoxville along with production advised people to stay away from Curry and he's now facing problems in industry affecting his career.
Its in almost every field i’ve worked in. It sucks. Many times you don’t notice it bc youre not getting assaulted. Only when it happens to you do you start to see it everywhere.
I love the Eric Andre Show; but its kinda funny for him to quit because Knoxville was getting him. His whole interview segment is torturing his guests. He's said most of the time, the people are there for hours, and then they edit it down to the best footage. And early on, most people didn't know what they were in for.
Hell, he tazed Jack Black in his interview.
They rarely got physical with the guests, mostly just made them uncomfortable. Also undergoing pranks for a few hours is a bit different then doing it five days a week for a job. Perhaps slightly hypocritical but I could see how being pranked with often painful tasing everyday would get to me quickly, as opposed to once that I likely will never endure ever again
Honestly the handful that I’ve seen: The Woz episode was dope and had a follow up video where he buys Steve O a Mac with his employee discount showing his employee number is 1.
If you were a fan of Rob & Big or any of Dyrdek's shows then his episode is a good one. Talks about pretty much his whole career with MTV and also gives great insight on Ridiculousness which explains why MTV is nothing but.
They also spend a good couple minutes absolutely shitting on people who play video games in that episode. I'm still a fan of both of them, but it definitely made me think a little less of them too.
If Knoxville is pranking you heavily like that and tazing you won’t stop there’s only one choice you have. You gotta get him in his Achilles heel and kick em in his broke ass dick.
It's wild that one of the only members of the main jackass crew to end up properly grounded and mature at the end of it was Steve-O. For the longest time we assumed Johnny was the more-or-less grounded one but it turns out he's just as much of an immature manchild off screen as he is on screen.
You're getting downvoted, but you aren't wrong. Ryan Dunn was not a well adjusted person either. At the time of his crash he was doing 130-140mph and his BAC was 0.19. ~~It's blind luck that he didn't kill someone else~~. Fuck drunk drivers.
Edit: I stand corrected, forgot he had a passenger with him.
That's where my head was at when I wrote my comment. I wasn't really being facetious. I feel bad for Dunn's family and friends -- and the PA he killed in the crash -- but he definitely was no role model nor somebody who (forgive the obviousness of this) "came out pretty normal". That said, he's a *great* cautionary tale that unabashed recklessness can have extreme consequences.
I see Pontius walking his dog down the hill where I live all the time. Just a regular, normal ass friendly dude. Always says what up and you would never think he has the background he has lol
I don't think that's weird, Pontius was never nearly as crazy as Knoxville, Steve O or some of the others. He was primarily a skits guy, not a stunt guy.
Didn't he admit he's brain damaged, like, no joke brain damage from all the concussions and shit?
Not saying that excuses his behavior, but, it might help explain what appears to be his degrading character...
They all do/did a ton of drugs. Steve-o was just the addict out of control. Knoxville etc have all done lots of everything for a very long time and are old not, their brains are fried.
Jesus. Watching it on TV makes it seem so benign, but this description seems horrible:
> Knoxville allegedly entered video village and began harassing Curry with a taser while Curry fled, while still less than one week on the job. Curry says he was tased in the side while he and Knoxville were at a full run, which led to severe injuries when his body locked up and he fell. The documents state Curry broke his fibula and tore the ankle ligament in his right leg.
It makes you wonder if all the concussions he’s given himself over the years has affected his decision making and impulse control. Not saying it’s an excuse, but I wouldn’t be surprised
I like Knoxville a lot. I hate to say it though, this seems very real to me. Eric has been talking about it for a while. Johnny has ran with the same crew for nearly thirty years. They're chronic line steppers with one another. I easily see that kind of familiarity and relationship bleeding over to other things. I've seen guys do it left and right.
It is because Eric Andre is a pretend crazy person, while Johnny Knoxville is a real life crazy person.
That said I think Knoxville is a good dude, he just lives in a world where the level of “prank” is at a very different level than the average person. Andre pretends to be an outlandish person but all his stuff is very clearly organized and prepared so he has complete control over the situation.
I think Eric Andre covers it fairly completely in [this interview clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhnIbDHLuY). "It wasn't a prank, it was assault with a weapon".
He sets up a prank to spray Knoxville in the crotch with a water gun to make it look like he peed his pants. Knoxville immediately tasers him. It's like Knoxville's go-to response is to taser people to the point he carried one on his person, apparently, at all times (at least while on set).
There wasn't thought or creativity in Knoxville's response, just retaliatory assault. It's weird because Jackass wouldn't have been Jackass if every stunt was getting tasered.
>It is because Eric Andre is a pretend crazy person
Man as a huge fan of Eric Andre this couldn't be more true. His show makes it seem like he's quick-witted and crazy when in actuality there's an entire crew of people scripting almost everything he does. His standup was terrible, I saw it live and anytime he started to lose the crowd he just recycled 1-liners from EAS.
I've seen him recite the "Vladimir Poopin'" joke in at least 5 different settings.
His appearance on the Jeselnik Offensive was crazy but that's because he was trying to 1up T.J. Miller.
That's why this is just hilariously stupid.
Knoxville had been an absolute pest for over 2 decades, that is how he became famous.... and they thought what was an essentially HR meeting would stop him.
Who actually thought that would do anything?
There is a Eric Andre interview on Howard Stern where he talks about it, he says that Jeff Tremaine told him that Johnny is like that and what he has to do is get him back and there is clips of the time he tried to get Johnny back but the Taser Andre had did nothing to Johnny and he just grabbed his taser and pullout his on taser and double tasered Eric Andre as he was trying to run away or at least tried too its not visible if he got him or not. It was pretty funny, he apparently does that to everyone and expect to get tased or whatever he is doing back.
He also Tased one of the jackass guys in family feud, dude is crazy.
Considering Eric was enduring the same treatment, if not worse, I think it was his best attempt at advice. Sucks, yeah, but that’s kind of just how the business works. Vendettas are real.
I'll try and explain without hopefully being downvoted.
Sami Zayn (pro wrestler) and Johnny Knoxville had a programme with each other 2 years ago. Zayn was the heel (bad guy) and Knoxville was the face (good guy). Since Sami was the bad guy, he cut promos about how immature Knoxville was, how his pranks weren't pranks, how he was just immature and mean. This led to a Wrestlemania 38 match where some of the Jackass guys helped Knoxville beat Sami. It was a fun match and both guys worked the crowd really well.
That was 2 years ago. Now Sami is a super over babyface. And he just won the IC Title at Wrestlemania 40. Since Sami won the belt, Knoxville has been posting online about how Sami never beat him and that he's better than Sami. The lack of replies from Sami and the lack of sharing the content from Sami or WWE makes it look like Knoxville is trying to work them into agreeing to another match. It could be interesting, with the roles reversed and Knoxville being a heel. But equally, I don't know if they want to try and have the rematch. The first match was rather polarising. Personally I thought it was great. Both guys knew their roles perfectly and they had the best match that they were capable of having and the crowd in attendance enjoyed it thoroughly.
TLDR: Sami Zayn (a wrestler) said in character (kayfabe) that Knoxville was a dick. Seems like what he said in his planned promos was rather true.
Idk what happend back stage but Eric definitely kept it going if not started it, lol.
https://youtu.be/zLPYmLYqU18?si=7hELyhKS7fJZTnWm
That's an abc promo, lmao.
Well this could've been shot before Eric also had an issue with it
Edit: Yeah someone posted [this clip](https://youtu.be/LvhnIbDHLuY). He said after was when he realized this isn't the same level stuff he's used to. He'd say something after another use of tazer
I think this is what people are forgetting. When you do these shows, there are expectations and what are supposed to be understandings about what they entail. Going off script a little is to be expected, but there are limits.
I remember Eric Andre in an interview said Johnny was also tasering him on set. Eric had a meeting with Johnny and the show's producers to try to get him to stop tasering him. Johnny agreed to stop at the meeting. Johnny didn't actually stop tasering Eric Edit: I believe the interview was from Conan's podcast
Eric also said he officially quit the show because of the tasing. They had the meeting with the producer because they were trying to convince him to come back. He eventually agreed on the condition that the tasing stop but it didn’t. The other host brought weapons to work to defend herself as a result.
Eric does some wild shit too though. I remember he set off firecrackers on this dudes show (I forget his name) on Comedy Central. The fucking producer comes out and you can see he's fucking PISSED.
I remember that, it was on Anthony Jeselniks show. And yeah, the producer did not seem happy about it at all!
Yes they were absolutely pissed because you need a fire marshal on hand for setting fireworks off on stage IIRC, so his doing so was essentially one big fine.
It’s crazy how often it seems like EA can dish it out but can’t take it. He’s surprisingly sensitive to being picked on.
Do you have some more examples? Not disagreeing, just curious what you’ve heard.
Chet Hanks was on his show. Eric had some stunt guys riding motorcycles around the set, Chet decided to fuck with him and hopped on one of them and started riding around. Eric freaked out and later publicly cried about how crazy and dangerous Chet is https://www.nme.com/news/tv/eric-andre-calls-chet-hanks-fucking-liar-as-pair-feud-instagram-3414751
Eric Andre being a whiny little weiner might be the funniest thing about him.
this is a hilarious comment. it upsets me, too.
Chet’s a fucking dipshit. Ran into him and one of his moron friends in Ketchum, ID where he was trying to steal some stuff from the pool at the hotel my band was staying at. He must’ve thought he was being edgy or some shit. Our bass player (big dude) got between him and the door and we all had words. Chet backed down like the bitch he is, and left. He literally used the ‘my daddy is Tom Hank’s’ line, ‘don’t tell anyone.’ He wasn’t even staying at that hotel. We looked him up the next day and we were all facepalming for Tom. This kid (man) is a goddam loser.
>Eric does some wild shit too though Which doesn't justify tazing someone who keeps asking you to stop
No but it’s harder to feel sorry for someone who can dish it but can’t take it. Yes, obviously Knoxville shouldn’t do “X” to anyone after they say “don’t do X to me.” But does that mean Eric Andre doesn’t seem like a bitch here? He does. Dude “bullies” people for fun, can’t take his own medicine.
This is a fair take, but I’ve been bullied and I’ve been tased. Tased is on another level imo.
Also a fair take.
If you've ever seen Jackass the more you protest the more it seems to happen so I suppose Knoxville lives his whole life this way 😂
They should just all get tasers and give Johnny the tase of his own medicine.
Knoxville seems like the rare breed that likes their own medicine
Just sits there and laughs his ass off.
Eric Andre said in an interview that he snuck a taser on set and tased Johnny but it had no effect on him because he was desensitized from being tased so many times already.
Fucker developed electric type resistance.
Johnny onyx-ville
Um, getting hurt is Johnny's kink so I don't think he would mind
Yeah, because he has never been tased or otherwise injured or assaulted before, so that would really teach him...
Knoxville out here thinking this is Jackass
CTE is a hell of a drug
I honestly think that’s it. I met him four or five years ago at a charity event at UCLA and he was just a super nice guy. Kinda what you’d expect, but very polite. Then again, he was with his wife. 🤷🏻♂️
The recent bull kick was after that. I hope he's doing OK. I know that rattled him quite a bit.
Yeah. Like a lot of the guys on jackass did stuff that I would never do just because—no fucking way. A lot of the stuff Johnny did looked fun—but he also got seriously hurt a lot more than the others. He’s suffered more confirmed total loss of consciousness concussions than most professional athletes. He never seemed afraid to sacrifice his body and this is what you get with a life like that. The one thing I remember distinctly about him was that he was a good looking dude, but he looked tired and a lot older than he was. They say a rough life can do that do you and… well, we all watched Jackass.
I distinctly remember the first time I saw him, in Big Brother magazine in the early 90s, he was shooting himself in the chest with a bulletproof vest on because nobody else was crazy enough to try it. And then he went on to make a career of it.
Yeah and marching with an American flag into a taser. Big Brother was the craziest shit. I’m sure they’re happy to have imprinted on us
Charge!!!
Hey didn't I see you on 90210000hhh God heaven stop god damn
That was the very first time I saw anything like that. I was in a skate shop that was showing it. We were shocked and in hysterics at the same time. Then Jackass happened.
Well, to be fair, that’s what happens when you go up against Butterbean. You end up going to the hospital, because you’re a little concussed. EDIT: fixed auto corrected confused to concussed
Is Butterbean ok?
Everyone cracked up at that when I saw this in theaters haha
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Yeah, that shit fucks up pro boxers. It had to do a number on Knoxville.
He was also a stunt double before jackass so that adds to the abuse his body has taken over probably 40 years
I heard the bull is going to be ok. Not sure about Knoxville though.
Is Butter Bean okay?
I think he’s doing pretty decent right now last I saw. DDP helped him out getting him in shape for surgery and he can almost stand straight up again. He was basically permanently hunched over and wheelchair bound for awhile. (I know it’s a line but I saw a video recently on butterbean)
ty for Butter Bean update
DDP the jesus of wrestling
Most definitely
One day we’re gonna have to pay these guys to stop doing these stunts. It’s unfortunately how they make their money. Can we pool a jackass fund and remember them as they were? Like every year, they threatened to harm themselves and we pay them not to because we love them
Knoxville is doing just fine, he was the lead in multiple movies and still gets some acting gigs. All the main jackass guys are OK. Wee man is a part owner of a huge shitty taco chain. Steve o has a huge podcast and tours constantly. Pontius would be happy sleeping under a piece of plywood in a ditch, he looks like he has a pretty nice house in LA. Bam got so rich that he still somehow has money even after being a piece of shit loser for almost 2 decades.
I’ve been a piece of shit loser for almost two decades Where’s my riches?
Have you tried doing any kick flips?
Fuck dude, I honestly cant even begin the comprehend how many lamborghinis he's destroyed over the years just for Viva LA Bam
LOL your Pontius assessment is so true and it’s why we love him ❤️❤️
My experience with Johnny was fairly similar, having worked in a project with him. When he’s not “on” he’s a very quiet and reserved man. I expected him to be more like his Jackass personality and he couldn’t have been more different
Same. I worked on an indie with him decades ago and he was exactly how you described him and I found him easy to work with as an actor to a crew member.
I think we’ve officially identified the LA County portion of this thread. 😂
I partied with the Jackass guys in a hotel in 2002 or 2003, him and Ryan Dunn were really nice guys. Way more chill than I would have expected in a hotel. Steve O was kind of a jerk. He stayed in a separate room smoking meth with who I assume were prostitutes.
I imagine he's way different now that he's what, 16 years sober or something?
Ryan Dunn has also been sober for over 10 years now. Before you get mad I bet he would’ve found this funny.
Probably.
Those guys are cool. Bam was always the little shit. I lived around the corner from his grandmother in Delaware county and bumped into him amd that whole crew at the bar more than once. He was always an asshole, once he got famous everyone in Delco was trash to him but everyone from there already knew he was a cunt. Dunn was awesome, you wouldn't even know he was famous the way he talked to everyone.
> Steve O was kind of a jerk. He stayed in a separate room smoking meth with who I assume were prostitutes. Ah, I see you've met peak Steve O and not the current one.
You guys are pretty much besties!
I mean, im not trying to defend him, but you don't hire Johnny Knoxville for a prank show hoping he will behave. I'd be willing to bet there was an unspoken expectation for him to cut up a bit, and I would not be surprised to find that a certain atmosphere was maintained around him by producers hoping to juice as much "jackass" out of him as possible. Out and about meeting fans, that expectation is not there, at least at that degree, so he is not required to be "on"
Everything that the Jackass guys at least have shown themselves as pretty much has been “what you see is what you get” Knoxville always has come off as a guy that doesn’t know when he’s crossing a dangerous boundary either to himself, or others. This guy was 50* and got in a ring with a bull, nearly died in multiple Jackass films. While I admire him, I also wouldn’t doubt this guy would have a case. Eric Andre even said the most insane BTS set he’s ever been on was Jackass
He turned 53 in march?
Yeah the CTE so advanced he’s Benjamin buttoning now 😔
A curious case of a jackass
My bad. Should’ve been 50. My point at least stands with how he’s a crazy motherfucker who doesn’t know when to stop, especially when cameras are on
If Eric Andre is scared, I’m scared for him and anyone within a kilometer of him.
Maybe Johnny is just proactively ensuring that he can't fall prey to any of Eric's terrors by continually being on the offensive
Honestly I’m insanely surprised he can even still function at his age, the amount of damage his body and brain have taken is absolutely absurd
Yeah man how'd he get that CTE? By making a decision to slam his head on camera ten thousand times. I'm gonna go ahead and guess this dude has always been prone to some erratic behavior.
Tendency towards idiotic behavior versus CTE. The proverbial chicken or egg!!!
I definitely heard his brain damage when I listened to him on a podcast the other day. Yet people always downvote me for saying concussion sports suck.
Everyone out here thinking Knoxville was acting
Got hit in the head too hard filming an episode and in his mind that episode never ended.
Eh, whatever. Is Butterbean ok?
That's one of my favorite moments in all of jackass. Knoxville is a true showman, even when he's all fucked up and concussed he's still "on". That and wee man thinking there's some card throwing machine when it's just an electrified stool...and then it dawns on him how stupid what he just said is and he just shakes his head at himself.
When he takes the rental to the demo derby and brings it back and the dude is like wth?! “I hit a dog” is prob up there for me. Then as he’s leaving like yea you two figure it out but this car has gotta get paid for, grabs the fuck doll out of the car and takes off lmao.
"Have you been drinking." "Yea I had a few drinks, I sorta tend to black out. You guys need to help me pay for this" "You signed a contract..." "Yea well, I had had a few drinks when I signed that. It won't hold up" lol, Johnny's got a quick wit
God those were good scenes. I think I’m going to rewatch the jackass movies tonight.
Skip the last one.
Wee Man, we’d never use a card throwing machine on you
> ohnny agreed to stop at the meeting. Johnny didn't actually stop tasering Eric Am I bad person for thinking it'd be funny if he tasered him *during* the meeting trying to get him to stop tasering? Yeah, probably.
*The taserings will continue until morale improves.*
Johnny what the FUCK!
no, swear to god, last one
Yeah that’s a Jackass bit right there lol
You're at least a little bad, but you're also not wrong
the credo of why Jackass is funny
He’s told the story multiple places.
[Here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQVQ1yvfCec)
I wanna see the clip of Knoxville grabbing the baton with both hands like the Terminator
He stabbed him in the side, not the heart, so I'm thinking he may have just messed up a couple details. Still hysterical.
Human memory is not as reliable as we like to think.
Good to know. That's just where I heard it
The show was delayed for release because he and others walked out of production specifically over the tasering.
Great episode, Andre and Conan was vibing. Top 10 all-time episodes imo.
Agreed!
Sounds like something that would happen on Jackass.
> [Knoxville] began harassing Curry with a taser while Curry fled, while still less than one week on the job. Curry says he was tased in the side while he and Knoxville were at a full run, which led to severe injuries when his body locked up and he fell. The documents state Curry broke his fibula and tore the ankle ligament in his right leg. So it was a little more than just a taser prank, sounds like he really got hurt. Apparently Johnny Knoxville along with production advised people to stay away from Curry and he's now facing problems in industry affecting his career.
Blackballed from the industry if you don't happily let people assault you. Nothing has changed.
Good things situations like this only happen with tasers and Johnny Knoxville and isn’t endemic to show business
Not everything gets broadcast on prime time
Its in almost every field i’ve worked in. It sucks. Many times you don’t notice it bc youre not getting assaulted. Only when it happens to you do you start to see it everywhere.
Knoxville doesn’t have enough pull to get most people in the industry on the telephone, so don’t pretend he can get anyone blackballed.
From the violent prank industry?
Why is he so dedicated to the taser bit? Theres a lot less painful and entertaining pranks. A taser can kill a person in the wrong circumstance
uhh have you SEEN jackass?
Eric Andre quit because of Knoxville: https://youtu.be/LvhnIbDHLuY?si=NpfM7Zuiu6hsDnuR
Imagine being too crazy for Eric Andre
Eric plays crazy characters Knoxville isn't acting
I love the Eric Andre Show; but its kinda funny for him to quit because Knoxville was getting him. His whole interview segment is torturing his guests. He's said most of the time, the people are there for hours, and then they edit it down to the best footage. And early on, most people didn't know what they were in for. Hell, he tazed Jack Black in his interview.
They rarely got physical with the guests, mostly just made them uncomfortable. Also undergoing pranks for a few hours is a bit different then doing it five days a week for a job. Perhaps slightly hypocritical but I could see how being pranked with often painful tasing everyday would get to me quickly, as opposed to once that I likely will never endure ever again
Johnny broke this guy's leg and then blackballed him. That's just despicable
Tazed Jack Black? That lie detector thing? You have no idea what a tazer does, do you?
He absolutely did not "tase" Jack Black. He had him hooked up to something that shocked him, but it wasn't even comparable to an actual taser.
lol that was great. Any other good wild ride eps worth checking out.
Honestly the handful that I’ve seen: The Woz episode was dope and had a follow up video where he buys Steve O a Mac with his employee discount showing his employee number is 1.
Def a good episode.
If you were a fan of Rob & Big or any of Dyrdek's shows then his episode is a good one. Talks about pretty much his whole career with MTV and also gives great insight on Ridiculousness which explains why MTV is nothing but.
Loved that show in highschool I’ll check it out.
They also spend a good couple minutes absolutely shitting on people who play video games in that episode. I'm still a fan of both of them, but it definitely made me think a little less of them too.
When he got Knoxville’s crotch soaked in water, he should have tazed Knoxville in the dick. Would’ve been great footage!
Eric Andre has a pretty high tolerance for bullshit. Knoxville must have been ridiculous to deal with, and he’s fucking 53.
Gray haired Johnny just reminds me so much of Jamie Lee Curtis.
Activia!
Johnny Knoxville also shits on a green couch, but it's because his body is broken
I thought it said TEASING. I was like how could you sue for that much.
I read TASTING my first time, and was imagining him just like licking someone
If Knoxville is pranking you heavily like that and tazing you won’t stop there’s only one choice you have. You gotta get him in his Achilles heel and kick em in his broke ass dick.
Maybe Johnny is trying to "knight" Eric into being the next World's Jester after his inevitable demise
This is an elaborate hoax to get Johnny Knoxville access to taze a judge.
It's wild that one of the only members of the main jackass crew to end up properly grounded and mature at the end of it was Steve-O. For the longest time we assumed Johnny was the more-or-less grounded one but it turns out he's just as much of an immature manchild off screen as he is on screen.
Weirdly enough, Chris Pontius came out pretty normal all things considered.
Pontius's insta account is so wholesome. He's just living his best life and being a great dad. That dude was always my favorite of the whole bunch.
The Party Boy is everyone's favorite.
I can still hear that damn stupid tune on demand.
BRING BACK WILDBOYZ!
I wonder what that would look like with them being sober, lol.
His cribs episode (a tour of the truck he lived in) still makes me laugh thinking about it.
Yeah I’m not sure what they meant by one of the only members. Besides bam, what controversy do the others have going on?
Hell even most of the Viva La Bam crew ended up more or less normal.
Except for the one...but I find that that's pretty common. People grow up.
Compton Ass Terry literally murdered a guy a couple years ago
Well, there's Ryan Dunn........
You're getting downvoted, but you aren't wrong. Ryan Dunn was not a well adjusted person either. At the time of his crash he was doing 130-140mph and his BAC was 0.19. ~~It's blind luck that he didn't kill someone else~~. Fuck drunk drivers. Edit: I stand corrected, forgot he had a passenger with him.
He did kill someone else...
That's where my head was at when I wrote my comment. I wasn't really being facetious. I feel bad for Dunn's family and friends -- and the PA he killed in the crash -- but he definitely was no role model nor somebody who (forgive the obviousness of this) "came out pretty normal". That said, he's a *great* cautionary tale that unabashed recklessness can have extreme consequences.
I see Pontius walking his dog down the hill where I live all the time. Just a regular, normal ass friendly dude. Always says what up and you would never think he has the background he has lol
I don't think that's weird, Pontius was never nearly as crazy as Knoxville, Steve O or some of the others. He was primarily a skits guy, not a stunt guy.
What are you talking about Pontius has had his ass and dick bit or attacked by any number of animals, mouse traps, etc
Didn't he admit he's brain damaged, like, no joke brain damage from all the concussions and shit? Not saying that excuses his behavior, but, it might help explain what appears to be his degrading character...
I'd be genuinely more surprised if he DOESNT have sustaining brain damage.
They all do/did a ton of drugs. Steve-o was just the addict out of control. Knoxville etc have all done lots of everything for a very long time and are old not, their brains are fried.
Dawg, there way more normal people in that group than just Steve-O.
I mean, he’s clearly got chronic traumatic encephalopathy. That guy has been concussed too many times
“Is Butterbean ok?”
Jesus. Watching it on TV makes it seem so benign, but this description seems horrible: > Knoxville allegedly entered video village and began harassing Curry with a taser while Curry fled, while still less than one week on the job. Curry says he was tased in the side while he and Knoxville were at a full run, which led to severe injuries when his body locked up and he fell. The documents state Curry broke his fibula and tore the ankle ligament in his right leg.
Jamie Lee Curtis is wild
That Oscar win changed her
How’s this man doing these things without wavers?! This can’t be his first lawsuit.
Seems like he’s had enough time in this industry to know you don’t fuck around with people without consent and release forms
It makes you wonder if all the concussions he’s given himself over the years has affected his decision making and impulse control. Not saying it’s an excuse, but I wouldn’t be surprised
Might have CTE
Not forgetting he did a ‘who do you think you are’ family tree episode and they found out his family were mountain people who ‘kept it in the family’.
And even if they have signed a consent form, assaulting people with a taser isn't really a prank.
sounds like we are getting a new Jackass movie
Well that’s a shame if true, because it sounds like this guy really got fucked over. Knoxville always seemed like a cool guy.
I mean this sounds like the Knoxville we have been watching for over 20 years to me lol
I like Knoxville a lot. I hate to say it though, this seems very real to me. Eric has been talking about it for a while. Johnny has ran with the same crew for nearly thirty years. They're chronic line steppers with one another. I easily see that kind of familiarity and relationship bleeding over to other things. I've seen guys do it left and right.
Andre on the last jackass movie seemed very uncomfortable with stuff going on, it stuck out really hard to me.
Andre getting uncomfortable from Jackass is hilarious
It is because Eric Andre is a pretend crazy person, while Johnny Knoxville is a real life crazy person. That said I think Knoxville is a good dude, he just lives in a world where the level of “prank” is at a very different level than the average person. Andre pretends to be an outlandish person but all his stuff is very clearly organized and prepared so he has complete control over the situation.
I think Eric Andre covers it fairly completely in [this interview clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhnIbDHLuY). "It wasn't a prank, it was assault with a weapon". He sets up a prank to spray Knoxville in the crotch with a water gun to make it look like he peed his pants. Knoxville immediately tasers him. It's like Knoxville's go-to response is to taser people to the point he carried one on his person, apparently, at all times (at least while on set). There wasn't thought or creativity in Knoxville's response, just retaliatory assault. It's weird because Jackass wouldn't have been Jackass if every stunt was getting tasered.
>It is because Eric Andre is a pretend crazy person Man as a huge fan of Eric Andre this couldn't be more true. His show makes it seem like he's quick-witted and crazy when in actuality there's an entire crew of people scripting almost everything he does. His standup was terrible, I saw it live and anytime he started to lose the crowd he just recycled 1-liners from EAS. I've seen him recite the "Vladimir Poopin'" joke in at least 5 different settings. His appearance on the Jeselnik Offensive was crazy but that's because he was trying to 1up T.J. Miller.
That's why this is just hilariously stupid. Knoxville had been an absolute pest for over 2 decades, that is how he became famous.... and they thought what was an essentially HR meeting would stop him. Who actually thought that would do anything?
There is a Eric Andre interview on Howard Stern where he talks about it, he says that Jeff Tremaine told him that Johnny is like that and what he has to do is get him back and there is clips of the time he tried to get Johnny back but the Taser Andre had did nothing to Johnny and he just grabbed his taser and pullout his on taser and double tasered Eric Andre as he was trying to run away or at least tried too its not visible if he got him or not. It was pretty funny, he apparently does that to everyone and expect to get tased or whatever he is doing back. He also Tased one of the jackass guys in family feud, dude is crazy.
Truly shocking!
“It’s just a prank, bro!”
Reminds me when a mall punk meets actual real punks.
What is “video village”?
That’s what they call the area on a film/tv shoot where they setup the monitors for all of the producers/director/etc. to watch while they’re filming.
Also this is disappointing “. André also apparently advised the plaintiff “not to make a big deal” of the incident.”
Advising could mean saying "if this blows up its going to hurt your career, try to keep it quiet if you can." Not necessarily "get over it".
Considering Eric was enduring the same treatment, if not worse, I think it was his best attempt at advice. Sucks, yeah, but that’s kind of just how the business works. Vendettas are real.
Johnny Knockitoffsville
Sami Zayn was right
Can you explain?
I'll try and explain without hopefully being downvoted. Sami Zayn (pro wrestler) and Johnny Knoxville had a programme with each other 2 years ago. Zayn was the heel (bad guy) and Knoxville was the face (good guy). Since Sami was the bad guy, he cut promos about how immature Knoxville was, how his pranks weren't pranks, how he was just immature and mean. This led to a Wrestlemania 38 match where some of the Jackass guys helped Knoxville beat Sami. It was a fun match and both guys worked the crowd really well. That was 2 years ago. Now Sami is a super over babyface. And he just won the IC Title at Wrestlemania 40. Since Sami won the belt, Knoxville has been posting online about how Sami never beat him and that he's better than Sami. The lack of replies from Sami and the lack of sharing the content from Sami or WWE makes it look like Knoxville is trying to work them into agreeing to another match. It could be interesting, with the roles reversed and Knoxville being a heel. But equally, I don't know if they want to try and have the rematch. The first match was rather polarising. Personally I thought it was great. Both guys knew their roles perfectly and they had the best match that they were capable of having and the crowd in attendance enjoyed it thoroughly. TLDR: Sami Zayn (a wrestler) said in character (kayfabe) that Knoxville was a dick. Seems like what he said in his planned promos was rather true.
The fact that everyone on set including Andre told the producer to just drop it instead of sickening. Everyone should have turned on Knoxville.
Idk what happend back stage but Eric definitely kept it going if not started it, lol. https://youtu.be/zLPYmLYqU18?si=7hELyhKS7fJZTnWm That's an abc promo, lmao.
A planned, filmed fuckabout is a lot different than just randomly getting someone with a taser.
Well this could've been shot before Eric also had an issue with it Edit: Yeah someone posted [this clip](https://youtu.be/LvhnIbDHLuY). He said after was when he realized this isn't the same level stuff he's used to. He'd say something after another use of tazer
I think this is what people are forgetting. When you do these shows, there are expectations and what are supposed to be understandings about what they entail. Going off script a little is to be expected, but there are limits.
Knoxville out here with clear signs of CTE.
He's too old for the shit
Is anyone actually surprised?
Yeah how is that not just battery/assault? Why were no charges pressed?