jackassworld

I’ve mentioned in the past how we first met Rob Dyrdek many years ago—long before a Fantasy Factory, long before a Big, long before a Dickhouse—and this photo dates back to February 1995 when he joined us on the Big Brother Mardi Gras tour. After seeing Rob on MTV, I’m sure many of you will view this photo as rather mundane in comparison to some of the other get-ups and situations he’s put himself in, but what you have to understand about Rob is that this was very, very, very out of character for him at the time (tantamount to career suicide in the more terminally cool pockets of the skateboard industry). In fact, it may even have been a bit disturbing for him, e.g. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, because the Mardi Gras tour was more than just another article in the magazine: it was a trip into the deeper recesses of man’s soul on par with that apocalyptic journey Martin Sheen once took into Vietnam to confront Colonel Kurtz and his fat heart of darkness. Only our Colonel Kurtz was named Jeff Tremaine and it the first time anyone had really witnessed his absurd fury unleashed … but more about that in the Big Brother memoir. Anyway, on his eventual return to society, I think Rob regretted a few of the things that took place during his time under Tremaine’s hell-bent wing, one being this cowboy outfit—especially when Tremaine later used the image on a Big Brother business card.

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