Referaat - Jackass
Origins
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 1999 when struggling-actor-turned-writer Johnny
Knoxville birthed the idea to test 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
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