BUFFY s2 cast and crew home video from stunt coordinator JEFF PRUITT

[@xSylviaMoonx123]

Adorable fact: Sophia (Buffy's stunt double) and Jeff (stunt coordinator) are enaged in this video, and are still married today(:

[@brittdenton5033]

Being the ridiculously obsessed Buffy fan that I still am and seasons two/three being my favourite seasons, I cannot express in words how grateful I am you continue to upload these vids!!! They are truly amazing and make me so happy, so thanks heaps Jeff!!

[@TheDuuuhh]

Buffy changed my life in a way i can't even describe. It helped me in my worst and happy moments of my life. I remember as a teenager wondering "what would Buffy do?" (Xander's quote) This video is a treasure. I like every bits of it. I wish to the future generation to love a tv show as much as I loved Buffy and I would like to be able to thank each person who contributed to this dream and helped me to grow up.

[@JeffPruittstunts]

Hey, how often have seen Sarah ice skate to the funky chicken? :) Anyway, she'll be in some of my other videos. Check out the "S3 MAKING OF THE WISH cast and crew" video. It's wall to wall Sarah. I made it for her fans so they could watch her at work too.

[@MichaelBrown-js1ti]

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[@MichaelBrown-js1ti]

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[@Rookiebatman]

Amazing, this was truly delightful. I love seeing raw footage of practical effects; most DVD's would take something like this and cut it down to five minutes. This is why I love the internet.

[@paoalfano]

How come I've never seen this before? this is gold!! thank you so much for uploading! if you have more of these BTS goodness please keep uploading for us die-hard fans that scour the internet for new Buffy material.

[@Koolcat1800]

David looks so amazing

[@incrediblyStupid678]

I love that Aly is exactly the way she was on the show! She speaks the same way, she laughs the same way - it's adorable! :)

[@MarcosIsABaritone]

Thank you so much for sharing. Love that Alyson had the same intonation and speech pattern as Will.

[@lPyrokinetic]

Aly is so cute! She was Willow back then, you can really tell how much she grew as a person throughout the show. Love her.

[@MrBibi86]

David was so hot, thanks for these videos, they are epic! so funny that they actually seemed slowed down alot in editing

[@luvkillzslowly07]

Y do u say “was “hot ??? Lol I personally never thought he was hot but it’s funny that u said that.

[@M3ntallyUnstabl333]

I MISS THIS SHOW SO MUCH I REALLY WISH THEY DID A SEASON8 and kept going! I watch this all the seasons on Netflix and cry

[@BhavnaNina]

Can't believe I'm only seeing this now! Surprise and innocence are my all time favourite episodes of BTVS. And season 2 is my fave season!

[@51stcenturygirl]

Same♥️

[@domusvita]

I had no idea that the fight actions on the set were so fast. I assumed it was edited to look that fast (lots of cuts, sped up, etc). Awesome.

[@CherryCake1989]

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading is. I think I'm speaking for all of us, when I say that we all really appreciate the stunt work from you guys, that was always amazing and fun to watch. Buffy is my favorite show for 13 years now and it's pretty amazing that it stays alive with videos like this. Greetings from germany :-)

[@okayshlongbottom]

Wow. It's so awesome to see a new perspective of my favorite show!! Seeing how hard everyone was working (when not knitting or playing football) makes me wonder how you even found time to capture some of those golden moments!! Thanks a bunch!

[@CyPhaSaRin]

Jason David Frank led me to this playlist, the ultimate BTS!! Thank you so much for uploading these!

[@melissaramato2237]

Angel, is on the grassy knoll, playing football... Spike is in the chair JM. Making bad Un hair jokes... Sarah needed an Olympic medal, figures it's a funky chick. & Alli is being cute, ah that's her. Seth is being a real dog. & The Couple of a lifetime, Stuntees deserve to be thanked, & blessed for all they have gone thru. Pretending to be the Actors /Characters, & going thru un believable pain to make a show, or movie Realized, & Polish the cream at the top of the cake! & We the Fangdom, get to see the ✨fantastic, & wonder,✨ which didn't happen then, without the Crew, powering thru every shoot. & Amazing shot. Then facing you, the Actors doing their own stunt work.✨👁️🖐🏼✨🤛🏼 Bravo, to all of you, thank you so much, broken, & humble. Bless BTVs Cast, & Crew. Thank you for sharing this, & more. ❤️🌄❤️ Thank the Hellmouth for you all. The real super beings of Buffy & Angel ✨👁️✨🤘🏻❣️💯 Love you all 🙎🏼‍♀️🙎🏼‍♂️❣️ & Miss U all. Hope your all well.

[@frjv78]

I love SMG from the first episode of Buffy, and I've seen everything she did after. Unfortunately we see her so rarely. I regret that Ringer stopped after juste one season, and I miss her so much.

[@TheAzerjaban]

Thanks for that last shot - I'll never see Acathala the same again

[@zkansascomet]

I miss you guys!! And I miss this show!! So much love and respect…Thanks for all the great memories look forward to the later seasons ;)

[@smaterializzazione4603]

I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this show fascinated many people. Fun video, amazing stuff , thanks! :-)

[@vampySARAH]

WOW this is a Gem

[@briancrain4181]

Thanks again Jeff! I wish somebody from Fox/Disney would approach you about including this content in the bonus features of the DVD set AND let you provide some episode commentary!

[@lisaesmeralda9112]

I was obsessed with Buffy been looking for videos like this for years thank you thank you thank you

[@witchywoman2008]

Seth as the "stylist" so funny! Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@HowlinAndyDE]

OMG Alysson was the cutest back then

[@TimelessStormGaming]

+Andreas Indelicato She very much reminds me of Willow in how she's talking about the bear and stuff. I love it.

[@HowlinAndyDE]

Timeless Storm Yeah right!

[@tacticwave3856]

I wish we could have seen some kendra stuff. Her stunt double seemed like a real team player

[@joshuaneill8725]

Kendra's stunt double is also the stunt double for. The first Slayer, the Slayer Spike killed in New York, and gun sister on Angel. I forget her name though

[@k.m.2629]

This totally made my day! Aly is so adorable. Seth is hilarious. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@FiercelyGold]

Came here for the stunt footage where Sophia Crawford (buffy stunt person) nearly died. Halfway through the video, you can see her pulled up by a net twice. The first time it was set up wrong, despite Jeff Pruitt's directions. You can see she got pulled up wayyy too fast the first time and barely latched onto the side of the net while falling back down. The second time was done as advised(less counter weight) and both Jeff and Sophia are relieved, and NEWLY ENGAGED between these two takes because he was sooo traumatized from almost losing her. Learned this all on Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast with them.

[@FiercelyGold]

13 minutes in

[@DrYannfromfrance]

Thanks to all those involved... it was just awsome to see you all!

[@killingerblue]

5:49 Alysons adorable

[@lorenabouchardmugica4533]

oh yeah! I'm happy to find this!

[@ayanna101]

"What do I do? As little as possible." LMAO! So cool to see this videos, thanks for posting!

[@bobbycollins7825]

Yes I need more! Thank you been watching this all day

[@amandas7566]

OMG that stunt where she was captured in that net looked like it was sooo much FUN!!! Stunt people are the ones that get to have all the fun on sets, I love it!!! 😁

[@NicoAngelus]

Thank you so much ! this is an amazing behind the scenes, you really get an idea of what it must have been like on set, and how special it was. I would love to see a similar vid on season 3, if you have the footage.

[@Emissary355]

This is a great video, I love all the behind the scenes we get here, not just a few minutes either but a nice long video encompassing a lot of different things being shot in more than one episode. I really loved seeing Sarah ice skating, I wish there was more footage of that and also more of her in the video period. It seems like a lot of other cast members like Seth Green, David Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan were there but not enough of Sarah, since she was main lead in the show she is always what fans crave the most to see. I hope you still have more footage like this that you can upload in the future because you haven't added any new videos in several years. Buffy fans love this stuff, please find the time to upload more! Thanks for the behind the scenes Jeff, Buffy's fight choreography was definitely the best when you and Sophia were working on the show, season 5 and onwards just wasn't as explosive in my opinion. The high school seasons of Buffy were the absolute best!

[@smaterializzazione4603]

I agree with you, my friend 👍👍👍

[@marmite400]

Wonderful! Much better than the" behinds the scenes" the ends upon the dvd. More, please.

[@misspokemon6633]

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[@sharpEdgeism]

Man this was amazing to see, thanks for helping make Buffy so fun to watch. Now I know who made the action so incredible.

[@magic713m]

Stunt doubles are usually the unsung (but valiant) heroes of the screen. They do the difficult task so that the screen actors can focus on the acting. Of course, some actors can do their own stunts, but the doubles are there so that way they don't have to, and risk getting injured and stalling production.

[@HuseyinCinar]

You, sir, are AWESOME. Thanks for sharing this.

[@fonchothehottie]

Some of you seem to forget that Sarah was, well, BUFFY. Buffy was the star of the show, therefore she was in almost all scenes! Also, Jeff was the director of the second unit (stunt related sequences), so Sarah was probably shooting with the 1st unit with the rest of the cast. And David only did his close-ups, just like SMG. Plus, if I'm not mistaken, there was a huge fight between Jeff and Sarah so I guess it's normal he decides not to include her parts in this behind the scenes.

[@Geengarner]

What was the fight about

[@TheSchmuck2]

you guys made jaw-droppingly awesome action for late 90s television. Ya'll rocked my world.

[@giacomoninogreco530]

wonderfull

[@fomorians]

Highlights: David's stunt-double seems like a really cool guy 2:54 That zoom in on James when he says "impotence" when discussing the side-effects of a pill for balding 3:39 Alyson's "can I touch his tongue?" and "ewWweWwe" after she sticks her finger in the werewolf's mouth 5:47 The werewolf stylist crawling over towards the camera and doing a funny whisper-growl sound 9:09 Seth (? had to be) in his werewolf make-up talking about his music career in a spot-on British accent "playing sitar" (which is like a traditional Indian instrument lmao) 9:54 AND then pretending to be a gay hairstylist who is also a werewolf 10:09 David throwing around a football, then basically tackling Jeff who's in the middle of an interview, then saying "fuck" and acting like a dork and an attention-whore-vampire-jock at the same time 11:50 Crew talking in the background, off-camera: Guy "ugh I'm getting faint..." Girl "Oh~ awe yew okay? :c" Girl 2 "I have Cheetos." 15:46 Mild-mannered "Hi. I'm the vampire that gets his butt kicked by Buffy. Just thought you'd like to know that." guy appears, proceeds to get his butt kicked in the next shot, then introduces his son (in case anyone was wondering what a vampire's son looks like). 20:49 David's pottymouth in general. DID NOT EXPECT. David's other stunt-double leaning in to kiss the demon statue, and someone in the background sneezing at the exact same time. 26:45

[@ev1lp1nk]

@Gabrielle St. Claire 👏🏻😍 I really appreciated this. although watching video in full is the intention -- I watched these links first, then watched start to finish. Made it more enjoyable actually, so thank you!

[@Alma2Awesom3]

this is awesome!! thank you for sharing with us!

[@AquilesAwK1]

Aly is soooooo adorable!!!!

[@KHWendy28]

this is so cool and brings back to when I seen the show and 2nd season was a good one too. thank you so much for posting a great video.

[@aeryn4u]

Thanks for sharing!! please upload more!!:)

[@nictheartist]

This really is a gem! Thanks 4 uploading. Hard to believe that was so long ago! You stunt guys and gals really rock! It's been so interesting seeing everyone 'grow up' since then. Nice to see how some of those scenes were actually made.

[@ayersndrea]

Great, Jeff! Thanks for sharing. I remember when you talked about the net stunt and how if Sophia hadn't grabbed it on the outside the way she did, she could've easily broken her neck. Heart stopping stuff. - DeMoriel

[@saar144]

so awesome!! thank you, jeff.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

By request --- I'd like to see some more Behind-the-scenes home video footage on the "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered" episode. (That's my all-time favorite)

[@LucyPero]

3:00 OMG They shot a REAL ROCKET?

[@belkheirinjie6898]

No of course it’s a fake rocket

[@foobazotify801]

@@belkheirinjie6898 Well obviously it's not a real military weapon with an exploding warhead, that would've been madness, but it's a real untethered rocket moving under its own power - you can see it spinning out of control at 3:07 after it hits the Judge. I'd have guessed they might put it on a wire for safety, but maybe you can't get a wire that's both strong enough to control a burning prop rocket and thin enough not to be visible on camera?

[@arashmaharr]

@@foobazotify801 it could totally have hit someone! Glad it didn't, though.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

They shot a real one when they did the Players Club, tethered though. FWIW, practicals were a thing back then. They didn't have the processing power for visual effects back then. It's awesome just to see REAL cellulose running through a real camera gate with no talk of memory cards and solid state drives.

[@rogXue]

This is awesome, thank you so much for posting it!

[@MvyMkr]

I would imagine that because Buffy was the biggest character with the most stunts, it meant there was more work to do with the double. So the most interesting stuff stunt-wise would probably have involved the stunt double Buffy. That said, it would be pretty cool to watch SMG kicking ass!

[@jo22k]

this is awesome, and whoop lots of David!! and "Oz" - Seth seems really cool, thanks!

[@icafreak]

26:12 baby Joss!! :D This whole video is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this footage with the world.

[@JasonLives666]

I must say. This is one of your best vids. Very spot on. Loved seeing the crew and CAST this time for the show. Your right about everything being so young and innocent. The first 3 seasons of the show were very 90s. Its good to see off camera everything was also very 90s lol. It is a shame though that your vids give the fans a more behind the scenes experience than the entire DVD sets of Buffy/Angel combined. I also remember...continued

[@AthenaMuze]

Wow this is so great! Thank you!!!

[@emlem52]

Awesome footage! I liked all the different people and all the different episodes featured.

[@eadweard69]

More of Sarah skating and shakin' !!!! Thanks!

[@IntegrityFilmsProd]

The beginning was during season 3 huh? I remember that outfit during her bday episode. And you and sophia are so fast!!! Amazing !

[@grvalentine20]

More videos of Sarah and Charisma please!! >.<

[@martyception]

So good to see behind the scenes stuff of this show. Seth Green is a legend.

[@Southernblonde1310]

My crush on Seth Green from way back when still stands today...

[@IfTheApocalypseComes]

Thanks so much for uploading !

[@MichaelHasAWebshow]

Thanks for posting this! So cool!

[@turtlepoppet]

Thank you so much for putting this up :))))

[@forthelove77]

Angel and willow playing catch LOL. love it.

[@LuxLuxKlan]

the sword fights look dangerous af :D

[@crazyaboutbuffy]

Aww, adorable and awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@dftbageff]

Wow, thanks for posting this Jeff! Very cool :)

[@BAS1630]

I remember hearing that stunt actress at 23:30 had the record for being set on fire more times than any other stunt woman in Hollywood. Wonder if that record still holds!

[@suzawilo]

Amazing! Lost for words...

[@CodeNY]

Such a treat to see people in their element like this. Seems like such a great cast and crew and that they enjoyed their job :)

[@deanwolbally]

Hello jeff, I wanted to ask you, if you could to put there some videos, behind of the scenes of the episodes - five six season three

[@izzyg6878]

ALYSON

[@giacomoninogreco530]

la sto guardando, oggi sono alla settima stagione

[@sophiacrawford4275]

I have posted my first video on my new SOPHIA-FIT fitness channel. Hope to post more soon :)

[@QueenBee98329]

I'm your fan!!!

[@sophiacrawford4275]

@@QueenBee98329 Thank you 😊

[@hermionesparkles]

Thanks so much for posting this!!

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Wow! this is nice. well don't you have any footage of the WB television network IDs with SMG? (in her blue spaghetti-strap ill dress) because I'd like to see that! I myself is a die-hard WB fan too including their network branding & network image campaigns.

[@HowCaseySeesIt]

Anyone else here from the podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer to see the net moment?

[@Gisela_aka_gies]

Some scenes i am wondering why sarah didn't do it herself. Like the net scene 13:40? It does not look dangerous. I would love to do scenes like that.

[@JeffPruittstunts]

+icy31 Thanks +icy31 Here's a chance for me to clear up another behind-the-scenes story: Sometimes the things that are really dangerous appear to be simply 'fun' to those standing around and they comment about how they'd love to do it, while things that look extremely dangerous on screen are really quite safe. Here's what happened with the net gag: The special fx man loaded up a counterweight with hundreds of pounds. I knew this would launch a 100 lb. girl like a rocket when dropped so I asked him to remove the weight. "Buffy" was only meant to be lifted to head height so the baddie could walk over and poke her with his rifle. I told them I could do it by simply pulling the ropes with no weight as I'd done it many times before and I asked them to please remove the heavy counterweight. They agreed, but the head of fx didn't like taking orders from a stunt coordinator and ordered them to put all the weight back (without telling me). So when they released the net Sophia was catapulted higher than the overhead camera and actually exited through the top of the net. She was free-falling but was able the grab the net with her fingers and hook one ankle to stop herself from hitting the ground. She got whiplash, but she survived. It was a close call that could have crippled her. Sarah never trusted the fx guy and always wanted me to protect her from him. This I did and she was never hurt by him. However, after I left the show stunt people were seriously injured by him and the stunt coordinator himself was sent to the hospital with the bones in his face smashed - even though I'd tried to warn him to always recheck whatever the fx guy did before proceeding. I didn't say anything about it - except to tell the fx guy to please listen to me in the future about stunts. He claimed that "the rain" had made his sandbags too heavy. This was total nonsense, but I let it go. It was his ego that nearly killed Sophia (and would have injured her and other stunt people later on - only I never allowed that to happen - regardless of how offended he would become). That night I asked Sophia to marry me and since it made a good story it wound up in one of the official Buffy books. When the writer wrote about it she included what happened with the net gag. So when the fx guy read that he became angry at me over it. I had no idea what the writer was going to put in the book. From that day forward we had problems with him. I simply determined to do my job and try to be nice to him. However, my job included trying to keep the actors (and the stunt people) as safe as possible while putting on a good show. This meant when he'd turn up a wall of fire to maximum (even though half of that wouldn't be on camera) I'd have to ask him to dial it back so the stunt person could safely leap through it. When he'd try to drop a heavy radio onto the head of a stuntwoman (who already had a neck injury) I'd have to intervene. No break-a-way ever worked properly and I'd have to check and rescore them to make sure they didn't crack someone's skull. It went on and on like that. One thing I'd never allow is for him to do ANYTHING remotely like the net gag with Sarah. No way in hell would that happen while I was around. I find the creative and planning side of stunt coordinating to be fun. It's the other things you have to deal with (such as the danger and politics of dealing with ego and scenarios like the infamous 'net gag') that are challenging. Watch it again frame by frame with what I've just told you in mind and see if you can spot what I'm talking about. Yes, the version in the show is simple, but the first take you see behind-the-scenes in this video (not the take used on the show after I'd forced him to take weights off) was very dangerous - though it shouldn't have been. This is why even on simple things we need to use our stunt doubles and actors (and others) need to check their egos. The actors are the faces of the product and when they get hurt everything shuts down. When our stunt people get hurt, another one of us will fill in while they are healing (hopefully).

[@Gisela_aka_gies]

+Jeff Pruitt Wow thank you for this elaborate explanation and inside information. I think you did a great job on Buffy. I loved the show very much and have everything on DVD at home. I think it is admirable that you take such good care of the actors. I know they are valuable to a show. But then again every human is. It did not looked that dangerous but i see what you mean. She is clearly being catapulted and it does not look like she got hurt by it. I sooo believe you tho that she was hurt and i am sorry that that has happend. If that would have been sarah she probably would have hit the ground hard. Still sucks when people are careless. I hope the fx dude is doing something else now and not hurting people. Thank you again for your answer, i really appreciate it.

[@JeffPruittstunts]

Thanks. Once in a while I look at the YT comments and it gives me an opportunity to share some behind-the-scenes truthful info, rather than the usual PR type stuff you usually read about these things. I appreciate the interest that people have in this great series. It really inspires me to see that.

[@TimelessStormGaming]

+Jeff Pruitt I'm surprised they didn't fire the fx guy for putting so many people at risk. And thanks for all the great info and for posting this video! And great job on the show and keeping the actors (and stunt people) safe.

[@Bfolks84]

+Jeff Pruitt this was so interesting to read because I've read this story before told by other people's accounts but this is the first time I read it from your first hand account. The show was extremely lucky to have you as the stunt coordinator and once you left the show suffered in quality and apparently in safety for the performers.

[@sansastark706]

Thank you so much for deciding o share this video with your fans Jeff.

[@Loungefly37]

Isn't Alyson just the cutest thing? I miss this show so much.

[@excrutiated]

bloody hell , david tennants stunt double turned up at 6 mins .

[@kellerr13]

Awsome. I like the alternative perspective, instead of the usual.

[@PsychoSeal1]

Had the biggest crush on Buffy when I was in school :D

[@CDKT25]

OMG I LOVE YOU! tears, amazeballs!

[@MadTimmy]

Really cool insight into the world of making epic tv shows!

[@buffyfan84]

OMG! There is PLENTY more in his channel!! :D

[@jtjmsb]

Very cool stuff. Thanks for the upload.

[@fonchothehottie]

Sarah was probably shooting with the 1st Unit with Xander and the others. Jeff Pruitt directed for the 2nd unit which was mostly stunt related. It wouldn't surprise me if they shot the stunts firs along with David's close-ups, and then brought Sarah in for her close-ups and the Angel-Buffy non-fighting part of the scenes.

[@ssj4timoteo]

Man that was the greatest thing ever! The cast and crew need to all check their home video's to see if they have some more of this to share with us! :P

[@IzzaaWadenhed]

Did Sarah and David etc did some of their own stunts? Like fighting scenes? :)

[@jimmyjoejoeshabado]

I love Buffy home videos

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

this is so rare thank you so much Jeff

[@buffyfan84]

Wow! Finding this video is like finding gold beyond the rainbow!! Is there more?? Would love to see more of SMG! Thanx for posting! :)