Johnny Knoxville Doesn't Give a Crap

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Original Article:
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Sources:
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Clips:
Jackass (2000 - 2007)
Jackass Number Two (2006)
Jackass 3D (2010)
Big Brother: Number Two (1998)
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[@Thomogon]

Never would I ever think to see the day where Karl Smallwood is voluntarily drinking Amsterdam pissbeer.

[@FactFiend]

I can’t imagine being sad enough where this is something that would genuinely upset me enough to comment upon it.

[@gerritsikkema5776]

Heineken is worse than amstel. If youre just wanting to get absolutely wasted, my go to beer is amstel, i just seem to be able to drink much more of that brand than any other. Hertog jan is my favourite though

[@Thomogon]

@@gerritsikkema5776 La Trappe is my favourite. If you wanna get shitfaced, either De Klok or Schultenbrau is my go to

[@rollzmoist5061]

@@FactFiend i actually read this in your voice and i can even feel your tear running down my cheek lmao

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Knoxville getting absolutely put to sleep by Butterbean is some of the best TV the turn of the century had to offer.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

100%

[@Martin-fy2bp]

"Is Butterbesn okay?" Is the best comedic awareness in history

[@nubreed13]

He had vertigo for years after because of that too.

[@Watergrovey]

That’s when I learned you can snore while being knocked out.

[@Martin-fy2bp]

@@Watergroveythat sound is not snoring unfortunately. It's his tongue blocking the airway (he is "swallowing his tongue")

[@Snuzzled]

Literally I thought the gun thing was just an urban legend, like how kids used to say Marilyn Manson had a rib removed and stuff. Finding out that no, it was true, is indescribable. Holy crap.

[@Macfoin]

So maxbe we should investigate the rib-thing..

[@charpool169]

Even crazier is that he was just doing it to write an article about, and wasn't even going to film it if tremaine hadn't brought it up that they were making the big brother vid

[@BenSenf]

I'm a 40 something year old guy from germany but I remember that whole bit, including the gun scene. I think it was on a thrasher video tape. They filmed somewhere remote, but after the shot, Johnny jumped into a blue van and they drove off quicky 'cause it was so damn loud.

[@EricTheRedWiseman]

"Hi! I'm Johnny Knoxville, Welcome to Jackass!" The man is iconic and a Legend, same with Steve-O

[@bensol184]

My favorite thing about that whole pepper spray, taser, taser gun, and getting shot with a bulletproof vest is that he said that the pepper spray was the worst of them all and getting shot with the vest felt like getting hit with a shovel. Love watching any interview with this guy in it.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

"This is a man who's seen some shit." Well yeah, it's Dave England.

[@Tokki57]

There is an interview on one of the late night shows where he talked about how he decided to have someone help research his family tree. They apparently thought they were bringing him bad news when they mentioned some inbreeding in it and he thought it was hilarious! That interview was so funny!!!

[@Mr.Mousey]

Well that would explain some things ?

[@schplafff]

On Conan, I think.

[@Goozalo]

@@schplafff Conan also as well comes from an inbreed family tree, because his % of irish dna was so high (98 or someting like that), the doctor explain him that it was due to family marrying each other

[@mariotrujillo1673]

@@Goozalo being of inbred decent is common across the British Isles. It gets really common when you get to the smaller towns.

[@Goozalo]

@@mariotrujillo1673 the thing is, in conan's case, he has the highest percentage the doctor has ever seen. Like, even people from Ireland were less "irish" than conan.

[@Watergrovey]

He’s also the only one standing after the blast, just walking it off. Bam is crying and Dunn is, well, Dunn.

[@larrychilders6599]

Well his career ended with a tree

[@gildedgoblin2999]

With the less-than-lethal landmine, it drives me crazy that Johnny was the *only one standing* after the detonation

[@michaelwebster3124]

Knoxville basically just replicated the test done by the inventor of the Kevlar vest. The inventor shot himself around different 300 times while trying to sell his product.

[@wteergl321]

When the camera pans to Dave. He's in line to be one of the 4 people to stand in front of it. But he said in an interview that he was having panic attacks and was throwing up because of them, so they let him skip that bit using one of the "oh fuck no" passes they all get

[@CarlVolt]

There is also Richard Davies, who shot himself 200 times, and ended up needing to hire a person he could shoot, because he shot himself so many times. He was the inventor of the modern bullet proof vest and his company Second Chance body armor

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Now there's a man who has faith in his products.

[@mrenygma181]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser I mean, he's still here, sooo.......I guess he has a reason to have faith?

[@TOSkwar22]

Just wanted to make a quick mention: There is no such thing as less-than-lethal. Rubber rounds, pepper spray, whatever it is, it CAN cause death if it's used improperly. Tasers kill all the time- they're almost certainly cause of death in hundreds of cases, with well over a thousand being potentially connected. It is ALWAYS "Less lethal". A rubber bullet is less lethal than a lead one, but is still potentially lethal. Tasers are less lethal than guns, but are still potentially lethal. It's all less lethal. Never less than. Only less. You'd be surprised how important that distinction becomes. It creates an entire different environment around the use of it. If you think a taser is less than lethal, that implies never lethal, which means screw it, it's not like you're gonna kill anyone. I mean, until you do kill someone. But if it's less lethal, you might still recognize that yes, this is dangerous, just not AS dangerous.

[@kelvins7879]

Hmmm I agree with rubber rounds (could bust a spline/gut) but pepper spray is either blind and a super low chance for allergic reaction

[@cdbradford7987]

@@kelvins7879 People with asthma tend to have bad problems when sprayed with pepper spray and it's a rather common condition.

[@ThaneAnderson]

You got a lot of time on ya hands, eh?

[@quentinhayes4966]

Rubber bullets and pepper ball rounds are definitely dangerous as hell. Rubber bullets aren't meant to be directly shot at people because they can straight up burst your eye or create massive issues for you if you're hit in the head. I remember the summer of 2020 in America and all the pictures and stories of people in the ER from "less lethal" force.

[@Goozalo]

During the protest in my country (Chile, 2019), hundreds of people lost at least one eye due the "rubber bullets" being pointed to people's chest and face. One woman lost her eyes, taste and smell due a lacrimogen gas can shooted at her (she was going to her job). So, that shit is no joke

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Knoxville spent his whole career leveling up his Light Armor stats.

[@MondayKnight92]

Johnny Knoxville is the living embodiment of the joker I don't think there's an actor I'd love to see play him more

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Ngl, I'm down for a Knoxville Joker just for the laugh alone.

[@mind.hemorrhage]

“The look of a man who’s seen some shit.” Dave England was the one MAKING a shit.

[@archermon373]

I was actually hanging out with one of my neighbors recently, she used to work as a nurse with her husband, who did movies. So she worked as medical personnel for movies. She actually worked with Johnny a few times. She has some crazy stories from back then.

[@evilnerd064]

Do you remember any of them? If so, would you mind sharing them with us?

[@archermon373]

One time they were doing a thing with skunks. My neighbor takes her job SERIOUSLY, she found that skunk spray can be seriously dangerous if inhaled, as it expands and chokes you. So she passed out safety info, told them to prep spare clothes, because what gets sprayed will never smell right again, and gave out a cleaning solution that'll neutralize the scent on the skin. They went do the skit, and head to the hotel. Next day, they're eating breakfast, and start smelling something, something horrible. In comes one guy, she didn't give a name, but I think it was a Hispanic guy, regardless, she said his English was wobbly. He walks in with a girl on each arm, and wearing the clothes he got sprayed in, he never washed. She asks him why, and he said the girls like it, she says "only because you payed them to like it". So they're getting ready to head to the next site, and this guy heads to a van, they kick him out, this repeats till he gets to her truck, she tells him "you have 10 minutes to go upstairs, clean up, and apologize to the pair cleaner who has to deal with your sheets, or I'm leaving you behind". She radiates mom energy constantly, dude ran for it and, good for him, made it in time. I'll tell more later, it's late for me.

[@amethystimagination3332]

I’ve never watched Jackass, but after watching this I’m actually shocked Johnny Knoxville is still alive

[@dennishalliday4352]

My favorite skit was early in the series..... Where this angry lady staples the word "jackass" to one of the guys on the street.... And a second later the guys were like 'did we stage this or was that real?'

[@Dfturcott]

Knoxville did some interview later on in regards to the bullet proof vest stunt where he says he called the company who made the vest and asked if it was truly bullet proof. They say it is and then he says ok good because I’m gonna shoot myself to test it and if I remember right there was a pause and the company rep says something like “we don’t recommend you do that”.

[@kernelpickle]

Those Big Brother stunts were insane, and if you watch the Big Brother documentary they show the whole thing. Knoxville goes out into the desert with Tremaine and one or two other guys, and they almost didn’t get it on film because the cameraman flinched. The craziest part is that if it would’ve penetrated the vest they were so far out in the middle of nowhere that they couldn’t have gotten him help in time. So, I think the plan was to just destroy the video and leave if the stunt went pear shaped.

[@briancarballo3285]

Give the man a green lantern ring and he'll power the corpse single handedly.

[@Ayekingneck]

I remember that issue of Big Brother with the self defense tests. Pretty sure Johnny had to buy both the gun and the vest out of his own pocket for legal reasons. I think all the video footage first showed up on the third Big Brother video, Poop. Including the vest test.

[@theshizl4400]

You gotta love way Johnny talks about nearly losing his Jimdog on several separate occasions

[@thatcannonguy]

I watched the premiere of this show. I remember seeing the self defense test stuff ON MTV at some point. There is no way I'm making this up.

[@realdoogie]

Jackass Forever was hilarious. Still, my favorite skit is Ehren stealing the bag of food in the drive thru, spiking the food and doing a touchdown dance.

[@yourlocalfestivefurry354]

I think if you pointed a gun at him and said "hand over your shit" he'd either shit in his hand and hand it to you or put his hand over the barrel and say "nah"

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

I swear you and everyone who works on the channel can never not be entertaining! I never got to see Jackass but all these stories make me want to binge it with my bro.

[@thekuan7002]

Enjoy my dude!

[@tomburress4928]

Jackass and Wildboyz were some of the greatest things watching growing up. I love seeing it come up again cause it reminds me of all the fun times watching it with my friends. Good times.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

I can't remember the name of the Welsh nutters. I remember Prichard and Pancho because they were on balls of steel but I can't remember the show they started on. Either way, funny nutters

[@Stathio]

Travis Touchdown, the protagonist of the No More Heroes games was specifically inspired by Johnny Knoxville- the main reason being that Suda51 liked the idea of a main character who was really serious about doing absolutely ridiculous things- they even look pretty damn similar too!

[@Reject101Personal]

And Nathan Drake as well, also partially inspired by Johnny Knowville.

[@lolrus5555]

Man, it really is all too fitting that Knoxville was a direct inspiration for Travis Touchdown.

[@KarrTheHoodedCrow]

What a man, that is respectfully insane.

[@dziewiaty]

Remember when they were doing a skit on which they were shot with beanbag shotgun and the safetly guy redused to let him proceed without protective vest because of risk of stopping their hearts? I wonder if Johnny in that moment had sudden realization he almost killed himself with that bulletproof vest stunt

[@britaki]

The skit that low key freaked me out the most was the Big Red Rocket because first it misfired and you just see this big burnt hole in the side of the rocket that missed Johnny's torso by a foot. NO, THANK YOU!

[@benjaminforman8901]

Big Brother - Number Two. We watched this VHS tape over and over again while getting properly hammered in the late 90s/early 00s. There was some SERIOUSLY messed up stuff on there, not just Johnny. Not a bit of thought for legality.

[@kevins1876]

Well if the vest worked. Then you know that company somewhat cared about quality.

[@andymccoy8370]

what i find mind fucking is that if johnny had died there, then jackass wouldn't have been a thing and bam margera wouldn't have gotten so big and he couldn't have ever brought HIM over to the states. my favorite band could've been nothing compared to what it is now if johnny had accidentally killed himself

[@metallica6169]

I've seen Jackass live and Dave took a crap right on the stage. 11/10 would see again.

[@richardhinton4232]

It's just loud it's really gonna hurt but it's just loud

[@DarkKitarist]

I absolutely love your content! It's just so honest and funny!!

[@GonzoCiosain]

The "wasabi snooters" scene from the first Jackass movie still makes me cry laughing

[@livingreverie5951]

I realized this now with the mine clip Johnny still fucking stands after the mine went off, the other two dropped dead like sand bags

[@deadpool981]

Not only that, but while Dunn and bam immediately hit the floor, Knoxville was the only one still standing lol

[@madstreaker84]

Love that you use bam as an example of them all being friends right now 🤣

[@MrTV-cs3mu]

Bought the cheapest bullet proof vest?!! I wouldn’t even shoot myself with the vest they gave me in the military lol

[@limabravo6065]

Knoxville getting beaten on by Butterbean made everyone who's ever been hit in the face get that queezy "Oh Damn" feeling, especially when he goes down and gets back up Butterbean asks if he's good and you can tell Knoxvilles brain is still rebooting but he says yeah and Butterbean just goes back to wailing on him

[@phiend2248]

CKY, the movie’s that Bam made like 5 years before jackass, and before Johnny Knoxville, are must see if you haven’t yet.

[@lost45cross]

Two interesting things about that big brother Self-defense video with Johnny Knoxville. First is Johnny Knoxville introducing himself at the beginning. And the second is he didn't know how to load the gun. So him pulling the trigger and nothing happening was for tension or suspense.

[@gingeramongus3138]

Probably my favorite series on Fact Fiend

[@michealthomas4331]

Man, Johnny is amazing. Isn't he a legit stuntman now?

[@kobolder1342]

Cant wait for the raw cut of this one.

[@RichardNathanHolloway]

What a King!

[@charliefulton4639]

The self defence stuff is on the first season DVD at least the old version that I have has it. I know I've seen that footage of Jonny just tanking all that damage.

[@444stuff]

Nicely timed upload, mid 500ug trip, tonight is good

[@codyfoster148]

And he was the only one still standing

[@Bluedragon-sr2wz]

It's probably really bad but I think I had the same type of mentality as johny, I just want to have fun and experience everything... Don't take either of us to high buildings with little railing

[@dmitrivalyria1315]

Suprised Karl didnt at least mention that Johnnys now also been in the royal rumble match the same one where Bad Bunny was the last man eliminated from the match by Brock Lesnar

[@starbuck4774]

If you watch Dumb the History of Big Brother it shows the longer version of Johnny's getting shot with the gun. It's so eerie. I knew he was going to be fine but I still felt like I was watching a snuff film.

[@jarrkozero9570]

It's less lethal not less than lethal. Rubber bullets can still kill you but they're less likely to kill you than normal bullets.

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

YESSSS i fucking missed this series, i love it haha

[@giacchina]

You can’t tell me Johnny doesn’t have some serious suicidal ideations

[@GerinoMorn]

My theory is that Johnny Knoxville is immortal, at least temporarily. There is a set amount of pain he has to go through in this world before he can even be admitted to whatever nightmare lies beyond the realms of death. It's probably either a crappy crossroads deal, a monkey hand-like situation or maybe simple a blood curse ;)))

[@kalel4677]

It's official Johnny Knoxville is basically immortal.

[@giacchina]

Lmao Knoxville was the only one fucking standing lmao

[@justapitbull6575]

That's why the man's the team captain. Can't fake that kind of shit

[@xAquaticGamingx]

Thus was awesome I love Johnny Knoxville you should do a video about Tony hawk if it can be done

[@XBLMastrodicasa]

So that (what I thought was) clearly absurd scene from Super Troopers, Johnny just freaking did.

[@dismalshepherd5582]

Yes he does

[@sturmley]

I mean if he bought the cheapest vest he probably got the cheapest gun and the cheapest ammo. Way as I see it, probably all balances out when you do the math.

[@stirrcrazy2704]

I heard it as Nietzsche at the start of this video and now I can’t stop hearing her name that way help me

[@KricketGD]

My english teacher used to work with the Jackass crew as a stunt coordinator

[@MrEd8846]

I think my favorite of all the jackass stuff has got to be ryan dunn and the toy car x-ray. Someone i know never saw jackass and they worked in a hospital for about a year and i showed them that and at first they said it was the funniest thing theyve ever seen. But then they said they seen weirder in xrays lol

[@uwustomp5528]

You didn't even mention the best part of the riot ballistic thing with the three jackass guys lol Johnny Knoxville later said that the whole tops of both of his hands were covered in bruises, so if he hadn't covered his face and groin they would have been lit up. Lol

[@Ben-bn8sh]

5:00 friend of mine did that for his ID aswell :D

[@dustinpennington8177]

Haven't seen it but know of it

[@Mefous2]

If you're looking for a limit to what Knoxville will do, he didn't let Bam do J4

[@happyjam92]

Bam signed a contract agreeing to stay sober for Jackass Forever, he failed a drug test and his contract was terminated. The only person to blame is Bam.

[@Mefous2]

@@happyjam92 Yeah and Knoxville made him sign it

[@happyjam92]

Unless they grabbed him by force and made his hand hold a pen and make his signature on a contract, no one made him do anything. He's a grown up who made the decision. There were conditions, he failed to meet them. It was his responsibility, no one else.

[@taejapalmer1354]

The Dean Winchester jacket

[@kyledutton6550]

The gun skit is in the Big Brother documentary.

[@americaforer1776]

Johnny Knoxville kicks ass and he was one hell of a stuntman

[@JazzOLantern]

Houston Jones has pretty much taken the mantle of testing self defense weapons on himself.

[@sokokiwi5944]

I just read berzerk and now jackass is tame

[@BizarroJoe]

Knoxville is a true showman.

[@Cody-bs8bm]

This is the guy who fought butterbean in a store… lmfao

[@henningklaveness7082]

What a fucking man indeed.

[@AngelusNielson]

I saw him on Hot One.. he poured the last dab, their hottest sauce, in his eye.

[@EC-dz4bq]

Down with Nisha! How dare they not like jackass.

[@glowing_clod969]

Burrito no!!!

[@edroia4123]

Holy shit

[@rieskimo]

Johnny Knoxville has earned every single penny he's ever made

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

How many of those pennies went to his hospital bills?

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp Probably most of them.

[@gking2121]

Johnny is a king amongst men

[@Mr.Mousey]

How the f*ck did he live so long ? Like there are multiple movies of them breaking every single bone in his body 400 times he is just too crazy to die

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

Ask Mick Foley. Dude has broken basically every bone he has.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

He's harnessed the power of the Toon Force in real life. His body obeys the laws of cartoon physics.

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

the closest to jackass i know of is one of the big reasons i wanna see jackass forever, the dudesons in english again (finish jackass in a nutshell lmao)

[@NabaniSaa]

Not gonna spoil anything about Jackass Forever, but I just wanna say, the shit that Ehren McGhehey went through was fucking ruthless!

[@katurnasa]

I dunno if anyone said this but... Just think, if that vest failed...Jackass probably would not have existed past that....

[@dsdiaz63]

Big Brother was not obscure in america. one of the biggest skate mags.

[@Enigmatichandbag22]

Dave England isn't a cameraman, fact fiend

[@dawsonschreiber8664]

Damn that's a fresh fact

[@doctorleak5312]

It gets harder to watch the older they get yes they are badass but ouch that won't heal as quick.

[@shawshank7824]

I've always said you might be able to beat up Johny Knoxville but you'd get tired out because all the abuse he can take

[@ivanwilliams7413]

I wish I knew of those scenes of Knoxville geting tazed while wearing a flag when the Dimsurrection occured...

[@MrDaddyGazz]

I know this was about Knoxville but I'm sure bam and Ryan Dunn had the idea of jackass first in the form of CKY and it was Knoxville and Jeff tremaine getting in touch with CKY and forming Jackass ????