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While the fate of Prop 8 has yet to be decided here in California, let’s take a morning golf break with Bam and Ryan Dunn from the extra-features set of jackass number two (more specifically the subsequent jackass 2.5). Oddly enough, this stunt almost did result in a break as Johnny Knoxville pretty much drove his driver right up Main Street and straight into Dunn’s coccyx. And, if I’m not mistaken, that’s about the third time the word coccyx has been used here on jackassworld in the last week or two. But, you know us, we just can’t get enough coccyx around here as it is.

(photo by Sean Cliver; Van Nuys, CA; 2006)

Yesterday’s link of the day (no longer for eternity!) took you straight to this rather half-ass list of the 22 most sensational midgets (sorry, I still can’t excuse the exclusion of Billy Barty). Accordingly, it would have made more sense to post this photo up yesterday, but I’ve been rather shortchanged in the sense department lately. Fucking economy… Anyway, this blue period in India hearkens back to a time in 1995 when we took the head of our Big Brother subscription department, painted him blue, and let him loose in the streets. Wee Man has come a long way since then, but it’s always important to remember your roots and where you came from and we did just that in India with this amazing selection of LPs. I know there’s a lot to take in and digest here, but see if your Where’s Waldo within can spot the mysterious case of “front butt” or “camel toe” going on here with one particular li’l fella.

(photo by Sean Cliver; Mumbai, India; 2006)

With the close of the week finally at fucking hand, here’s a parting party shot to set the weekend off right (or wrong) For those of you who have ever had the audacity to dispute Jeff Tremaine’s rightful title as the “director” on jackass, dispute no more. While filming the gala close to jackass 2.5, the cast stood clueless, looking to Tremaine for direction as to what exactly was expected of them when the balloons dropped from above—a “one-take” scenario, which meant the pressure was really on. Jeff said something that basically amounted to, “Go nuts!” or “Get crazy!” although it might have even been, “Get gay!” because that’s pretty much what should happen whenever a billboard-sized rainbow flag descends to the floor behind you. So that’s what they did. With gusto. Here’s some proof of this—if you needed it—with a little man on man on man action between Preston Lacy, Bam Margera, and Danger Ehren.

(photo by Sean Cliver; Hollywood, CA; 2007)

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Part Two

On this day, several, several, several years ago now, a cub was born unto mankind. His mother and father named him Greg, but once he started loping alongside the jackass pack he became the production beast known forever more as “Wolfie.” For eight long years Wolfie never ceased to amaze us, so much so that it almost felt like a crime to keep his magic all to ourselves. But with the DVD release of jackass 2.5, we were finally able to share our treasure with the world at large. Editor Mark Hansen put his heart and soul into the “Who is Greg Wolf?” biographical spotlight that was buried in the disc’s extra-features, yet it still met with mixed reviews, particularly this one by apparent know-nothing Danny Cox: “…good stuff, except for the bit on the marker-guy Wolfie, which is incredibly boring.” Well, there’s no accounting for taste, Danny, and it’s a shame you can’t appreciate all the wondrous trivialities life has to offer. I’d even go so far as to say, “Go fuck yourself,” but there’s really no sense in being a negatron on this joyous occasion. Happy birthday, Wolfie!

Last week, prior to the deluge of Tremaine beauty shots, Johnny Knoxville had yanked a still to feature from the “Butt Bellows” segment found on jackass 2.5. With the short passage of time since then, I thought it only fitting to reprise this moment with the pay-off from that particular “stunt.” Steve-O certainly has put himself in some tight-ass situations before, but he really was toying with the devil here as he stared into a hole of absolute hell. But, like Daniel Johnston sang, “Don’t play cards with Satan, he’ll deal you an awful hand,” and that indeed he did with this bit of anal blowback from Preston’s abyss.

(photo by Sean Cliver; Hollywood, CA; 2006)

To this day, Ehren swears that he knew the whole thing was a prank. Well, give the man a goddamn Academy award! He ate pubes! Ehren you are an idiot! But an American nonetheless. Our thoughts go out to all the families that 9/11 has affected. Peace.

(This special video presentation of “Terror Taxi – Behind the Scenes” was brought to you courtesy of the extra-features section on the jackass 2.5 DVD, which can be purchased for 1,999 pennies from our storefront operation here.)

It’s safe to say we all have a few random skeletons in our closets here at jackassworld, but if there’s one common bone amongst them all it has to do with skateboarding. Late last year, we all grouped up at Dave England’s house with the intent to film interviews for jackass 2.5. (more…)

When all the guys got together to make jackass number two in 2006, they filmed more than a movie—they filmed a movie and a half. Maybe even two. The problem was only 90 minutes of the resulting mess could be used in the final feature presentation, which left almost an hour of movie-caliber material piled up in the corner of the cutting room floor like a mound of elephant shit. Not knowing quite what to do with all this extra crap, Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville decidedly set it aside for some undecided future use.

For the better part of the year following the release of jackass number two, this cache of unseen footage remained in limbo until someone came up with the bright idea to film all new interviews with the cast about this excess of never-before-seen pranks, stunts, and random acts of behind-the-scenes mischief and stupidity, and package it up into a documentary-like feature called jackass 2.5. And to dispel any myths, rumors, or misguided notions that this was indeed the “new” jackass movie, the feature went straight to the Internet where anyone with a decent connection and half a technological brain could stream it for free.

Although this wasn’t necessarily a new jackass movie, it still proved to be every bit as funny, unbelievable, dirty, and downright sexy as its predecessors—maybe even more so at points.

Following its web debut, jackass 2.5 went straight to the DVD market with “added value” up the ass, including all the other extra footage that didn’t make the final cut, as well as featurettes on “the making of jackass 2.5,” an insightfully random look into the occupational life and times of Greg Wolf, and “the making of jackass the video game.”

After all the sordid shit that made it into jackass 2.5, surely you must be curious about what more could possibly be found on the DVD. What you’ll see here is only a sneak peek at best, but feel free to go ahead and gape like a slack-jawed yokel as Johnny Knoxville and the guys take you behind the scenes on jackass 2.5, where they talk even more about this excess of never-before-seen stunts, pranks, and other random acts of mischief and stupidity. Better yet, go buy the DVD. Crammed full of over 90 minutes of bonus footage and special features, it really is the perfect disc of digital shit to shove in your player when you’re hungover, sick, or just plain bored to death on this mortal coil.

jackass 2.5 “bed of nails”

Ehren McGhehey begrudgingly lies down on a bed of nails with some cobras in India, as Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and Wee Man groove to the awful snake charming tunes.

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