





This was the first episode of Jackass aired. It was created by Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze. Jeff had been inspired to make the series by watching videos of CKY, with Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn. The show was aired on 12th April 2000 on MTV in America and was popular from the start.

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Show Opening Edit

The show opening for the first episode was Johnny Knoxville being launched from a circus cannon into a net.[1] (Link)

List of Stunts Edit

As the team were still finding their style, most of the stunts weren't named. Jeff said that when they started out, the show was more about stupid things that made him laugh, rather than dangerous stunts.

Named Edit

Unnamed Edit

Bam Margera cycling into a portaloo. (Link)

Ehren Mcghehey dressed as an American football player at a fast food restaurant. (Link)

Steve-O downs a shot glass with no hands. (Link)

Jess Margera gets towed by a car, whilst on his skateboard. (Link)

Pontius escaping from Knoxville's trunk. (Link)

Bam Margera interupting a golf game. (Link)

Bam Margera fails a skateboarding trick down a steep concrete drop.

Wee Man skateboarding as an oompa loompa. (Link)

Bam Margera slams his head against his bed. (Link)

Bam drops a plate of food in a fast foot restaurant. (Link)

Behind the Scenes Edit

The pilot was filmed in between March and April 2000. A stunt called The Convict was meant to be included, in which Johnny Knoxville, dressed as a outlaw, went to a hardware store to get someone to saw some handcuffs off, but after Knoxville and the crew got into trouble with the police, MTV threatened to cancel the episode.

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Cast Edit

Stars Edit

Johnny Knoxville

Bam Margera

Chris Pontius

Dave England

Steve-O

Ehren McGhehey

Jason "Wee Man" Acuna

Ryan Dunn

Brandon DiCamillo

Crew Edit

Production Edit

Editing Edit

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