Jackass first appeared in 2000 on the music channel MTV. It gained a huge following. The focuses on a group of guys making fools of themselves (“Jackass” means ‘idiot’), often by doing dangerous stunts. The main stars are Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Steve-O.
Knoxville’s stunts often involve pain. He was once fired at by people shooting paintball guns from a very short distance. On another occasion, he was charged at by an entire American football team. Margera is a skillful skateboarder and is famous for his stunts on wheels. In one episode on the show, he woke his dad up by playing some extremely loud heavy metal music. Steve-O used to be a clown before his success on the show. He’s famous for performing disgusting acts.