Johnny Knoxville

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

There's an art to the perfect prank. This week, we're joined by Johnny Knoxville, an expert prankster. He's been at the center of the Jackass universe for more than two decades and has performed stunts in all its iterations. His new show is called The Prank Panel. Knoxville reflects on his time making Jackass, and what it's been like to age into the dangerous world of stunt performing. NOTE: This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike and contains references to bodily harm.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:17.5	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:19.8	There is an art to the perfect prank.
0:23.1	You don't want to be too mean, you don't want to hurt anyone.
0:27.6	Some confusion, maybe a little anger.
0:30.5	Sure, those are fine.
0:32.5	My guess, Johnny Knoxville is an expert prankster.
0:35.5	He's been pranking people for decades.
0:37.7	He's a true master of his craft.
0:41.0	Knoxville has been the center of the Jackass universe for 23 years.
0:46.0	Jackass is a group of, I guess we'd call them performers who basically
0:53.4	do the craziest stuff they can think of on camera.
0:57.6	Sometimes they do something crazy in public, and it's a prank.
1:02.0	Sometimes they do something crazy to each other.
1:04.4	That's for sure a prank.
1:06.4	And a lot of times they just sign up to be tortured in some weird way, which
1:12.8	maybe is a self prank, I'm not sure.
1:16.3	The Jackass crew have done things like cover their entire body with bees,
1:20.8	their entire body.
1:22.5	They've gotten tattoos and off-road vehicles, like while they're driving off-road.
1:28.4	We're talking about 20 plus years of Johnny Knoxville putting his body on the line.
1:34.8	All the way through Jackass Forever, which was in movie theaters last year.
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