24 hour takeover – hour 14 recap
Okay, so Knoxville wrapped out the Zach Galifianakis talk show and everyone took a big, deep breath before going into Yo! MTV Raps starring Steve-O. With the studio on high-alert—no shit, I’m dead f’ing serious—everyone headed into “downtown” to hear him rasp his way through a fresh rap written just this evening, I think. But the real treat of the refurbished Yo! show was an extra special surprise appearance by Beavis and Butthead, courtesy of Mike Judge, who scathingly tore a new one into Steve-O’s new video for “Poke the Puss.” From there it was off to Mianus, where Bam, Pontius and Wee Man found things that no man has before. Curiously, our behind-the-scenes cameraman Lance Bangs lost his shit in Mianus and no man has done that before either. Let’s face it, Mianus rules. The hour came to a close down in the cold on Times Square, where the boys hooked up with some towering drag queens to do a little drag racing. “Drag Racing,” get it? Mark Lewman gets the credit for that one (if anyone remembers the “Scotch Tapir” segment from Wildboyz, that was a Lewman special, too).
(photo by Sean Cliver; New York, NY; 2008)
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I’m not sure whether Steve-O’s ever so brief appearance on the Zach Galifianakis show was on the cusp of the hour or not, but it certainly bears mention because it was a genuine in-studio moment for those here in attendance.
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Hour 12 was nice because I was able to run outside and get a breath of cool, fresh air as Pontius found a cock and some bananas to talk to on the street.
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Okay, so in hour 11 I know I was overjoyed to look out the windows facing Times Square and see the word “fart” blazing across the way in lowercase bold Helvetica type on the jumbotron.
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Uh, shit. I think a few hours just slipped away from me. I vaguely remember something happening with...
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24 hour takeover – hour 9 recap
It was with great pride we were able to present Mat Hoffman’s Tribute to Evel Knievel in hour 9. No one will ever know how hard this was to pull off amid all the other mayhem of 24-hour prep-work—it was literally a stunt in itself—but Knoxville put his head down and bullied his way through red tape and everything else that fell in his path (little did he know, however, that a bike would on his junk). I’d say it was well worth it, torn urethra and all. Bravo to Mat and all the boys for putting it on the line and going absolutely apeshit in the spirit of Evel.
(photo by Sean Cliver; New York, NY; 2008)
In short, this hour was about our roots: skateboarding.
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I’ve never been in a war before, but I’m guessing it’s a lot like this. Minus the bullets and bombs and missing limbs and all that, of course.
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The opening minutes of hour 6 reminded me of the early days of jackass.
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Okay, so it appears the boys have settled in and are now pacing themselves somewhat. Or is that the proverbial calm before the storm?
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