photo of the day – johnny knoxville and nate merritt
Life can be compared to a rainbow in many ways, and the pot of gold to be found at the end of jackass action figure creator Nate Merritt’s rainbow involved a lunch date with Johnny Knoxville (and me, by default) in Los Angeles today. Apparently, Nate had never flown on an airplane before—he’s a 19-year-old hailing from Rochester, NY—so I guess this was a nice way to kick off his brief stay in L.A., as he hand-delivered the entire collection of figures to Knoxville. Lunch was swell, by the way. Knoxville had a plate of grilled chicken, cooked spinach, and corn-on-the-cob, Nate had a traditional BLT, and I opted for the grilled tandoori salmon sandwich (knowing that Knoxville was picking up the bill), and we chewed it all up while chatting about Heath Ledger, Handsome Jack, Slim Pickens, Slimmer Rick Kosick, Fat Jeff Tremaine, and the various sights to be seen around the vicinity of the hotel he was staying at. Nate’s “Hollywood” experience was further enhanced by the spotting of some real celebrities that were also consuming food in the very same restaurant, like Tony Shalhoub and some guy from Dawson’s Creek that we couldn’t remember his name at the time (Joshua Jackson, thanks Interweb). Anyway, hope you enjoyed the lunch, Nate, it was nice meeting you. On the way over to your hotel Knoxville and I had briefly entertained the idea of driving you out to the desert and fucking you, but that probably would’ve been a bit much for you to take on your first time out to the big city of L.A. Maybe next time!
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The ongoing saga of the jackass action figure collection by Nathaniel Merritt.
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Rip Taylor, the appropriate ending to the jackass action figure collection.
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Series 2 of the jackass action figure collection created by Nate Merritt.
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who the hell are you?
Okay, so now that you’ve seen all the jackass action figures, please meet the creative little bastard whose clay-twiddling fingers made ‘em: Nathaniel Merritt. I’d like to say he has a keen eye for detail, but his story about driving six-hours to meet April Margera leads me to believe otherwise. Read on…
Who are you, how old are you, and where are you from?
I’m just an average 19-year-old schmuck from Spencerport, NY, who idolizes Mr. Jack Nicholson.
The complete collection of jackass action figures handcrafted by community member Nathaniel Merritt.
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Well kids, we made it to fifteen! I can't believe you have tolerated me for this long, but I tend to think it's only because you like seeing us open your stuff on camera, and not because you think I am a talented on-air personality.
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