Jackass

American reality comedy series

Key facts

Genre: Reality television Stunt show Physical comedy Cringe comedy Black comedy Shock humor Toilet humor Slapstick Pranks
Created by: Jeff Tremaine Spike Jonze Johnny Knoxville
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Chris Pontius Dave England Steve-O Ryan Dunn Danger Ehren Preston Lacy Wee Man Brandon DiCamillo
Music by: Dave Roen, Sam Spiegel (season 1)
Opening theme: " Corona " by Minutemen
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 25 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Jeff Tremaine Spike Jonze Johnny Knoxville
Producer: Trip Taylor

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Jackass is an American reality slapstick comedy TV show and media franchise created by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville. It originally aired as a TV series of three short seasons on MTV between October 2000 and August 2001, with reruns extending into 2002. It featured a compilation of pain-inducing stunt performances and pranks on each other and the public, with the regular cast entailing Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Dave England, "Danger Ehren" McGhehey, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Preston Lacy and Brandon DiCamillo.

After MTV ended Jackass broadcasts in 2002, it grew into a media franchise, which includes the spin-off series Wildboyz, and Viva La Bam; six feature films released by Paramount Pictures, four of which with expanded compilation films; a video game and a mobile game; boxed DVD sets of unreleased footage of the original TV show, a short-lived website featuring blogs and videos, merchandise, and several other videos released by various other means.