Jackass (franchise)

Jackass
Genre	Reality television Stunt show Physical comedy Cringe comedy Black comedy Shock humour Toilet humour Slapstick
Created by	Jeff Tremaine Spike Jonze Johnny Knoxville
Directed by	Jeff Tremaine
Starring	Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Chris Pontius Dave England Steve-O Ryan Dunn Ehren McGhehey Preston Lacy Jason "Wee Man" Acuña New members: Sean "Poopies" McInerney Zach Holmes Jasper Dolphin Eric Manaka Rachel Wolfson
Music by	Dave Roen Sam Spiegel (season 1)
Opening theme	"Corona" by Minutemen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jeff Tremaine Spike Jonze Johnny Knoxville
Producer	Trip Taylor
Cinematography	Dimitry Elyashkevich
Editors	Ivan Victor Kristine Young Gaffney Mark Hansen
Camera setup	Single
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Dickhouse Productions
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	October 1, 2000 (2000-10-01)[1][2] – August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12)[3]
Related
Wildboyz Viva La Bam Homewrecker Blastazoid Bam's Unholy Union Dr. Steve-O Bam's World Domination Bam's Bad Ass Game Show
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Jackass is an American reality comedy franchise created by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville. It originally aired as a television series for three short seasons on MTV between October 2000 and August 2001, with reruns extending into 2002. The show featured a cast of nine friends carrying out stunts and pranks on each other and the public. The cast included Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, and Preston Lacy.

After MTV ended Jackass broadcasts in 2002, it grew into a media franchise, which includes the spin-offs Wildboyz and Viva La Bam; five feature films released by Paramount Pictures, four of which with expanded compilation films; a video game; a mobile game, boxed DVD sets of unreleased footage of the original TV show, a short-lived website featuring blogs and videos, merchandise, and several other videos released by various other means.

Jackass was controversial due to its perceived indecency and potential encouragement of dangerous behavior. The show placed 68th on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list, and is a significant part in 2000s American popular culture.^[4]