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u/cyberdeath666 8d ago
Two men that should probably not still be alive but I’m happy they are
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u/knoeKNAME 8d ago
Two of the toughest men alive.
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u/IWasSayingBoourner 8d ago
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
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u/CartersPlain 8d ago
I heard this song for the first time today and voila your comment.
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon at work.
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u/Smoke-me_a-kipper 8d ago
By Roger Alan Wade, cousin of Johnny Knoxville. A lot of his earlier stuff is the comedy country kind of music, but his later stuff is genuinely great.
Bad News Knockin', Southbound Train, Deguello Motel, Stoned Traveller, Simmering Rage
All legit good albums. Some notable songs are:
Bad New Knockin', Deguello Motel, Stoned Traveller, Yellow House in the country, I lived the life, Brainerd Road/King Fish Blues, Bear loves honey, loneliness is my only true friend, Far Journey from my home (Pure poetry that one). There's loads to be fair.
He's great.
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u/Kevomac 8d ago
They also used it on the credits for Jackass 3.... or Forever, I forget which one.
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u/Large_Yams 8d ago
It was actually in the show itself several times. Hence it then being used in one of the movies.
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u/BataleonRider 8d ago
Can you imagine what they feel like getting out of bed every morning? Probably sounds like popping bubble wrap the first 10 minutes of their day.
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u/Rhamni 8d ago edited 8d ago
First time I ever heard of Jackass was the summer before I started high school. I watched Jackass: The Movie and thought they were sooo cool. I rewatched it a few years ago, and realized what an incredible dumbass I must have been to think that. But I still get nostalgic when I'm reminded of them. They obviously had a lot of fun doing stupid shit, and they gave me a lot of fun too. I wish them all a long and happy life, and I suspect that involves never putting their bodies through that kind of dumb violence ever again, because at their current ages, they would just break into little puddles of broken bones and pain.
Them dressing up as old people with all that makeup and going around shoplifting in slow motion was still hilarious, though.
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u/TheManWhoWasNotShort 8d ago edited 8d ago
They were too old to be who they were but they embodied FULLY everything it felt to be 15 years old.
We loved them, rightfully, because they were exactly who we were at that point in our lives. Jackass Movie came out 2002. The sequel came out 2006. If your birthday was anywhere from 1985-1995, this was what humor was growing up as a boy. I fucking love these guys, even though I would not enjoy any of their bullshit now and I’m very glad they got the help they needed for addiction problems.
They embodied being a stupid kid for a generation where being a stupid kid looked like that.
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u/aelliott18 8d ago
Yeah I was born in 00 and my introduction was number 3. But going back and watching the originals just absolutely broke middle school mind, I really didn’t think there was anything funnier that existed until late into high school. You nailed it on the head, they encapsulated that whole sense of freedom and the ability to really do whatever you wanted.
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u/PelicansAreGods 8d ago
I'm '93, but let's add '96 to that list, as my little bro took great inspiration for many of his dumbass shenanigans from the Jackass boys.
Good times.
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u/diddlyumpcious4 8d ago
Steve-O is actually doing even dumber stuff now from listening to him recently in a podcast. He said a bunch of it wouldn’t even be able to be shown on Jackass. Stuff like having anesthesia and then sprinting until he’s out. Getting a epidural that paralyzes you from the waist down temporarily and riding a bicycle.
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u/aelliott18 8d ago
It’s wild cause he really is 100% sober these days but he’s still done most of his craziest stunts since he got sober
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u/tacobobblehead 8d ago
You need something to fill the void that drugs used to. The lucky ones just go hog wild getting into shape. I've seen some wild reactions, but taking hospital only drugs and doing incredibly dangerous things is new to me. He needs better support.
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u/fuckasoviet 8d ago
When I was young and Jackass was first on the air, I thought it would be so cool to hang out with them.
When I was slightly older I realized I’d hate hanging out with them because I’d always be on edge about potential pranks.
And then I realized they were mostly just assholes and not great people. I don’t necessarily think they’re awful people, but too often they would annoy innocent bystanders (I get it, they were a group of young dudes fueled by fame, drugs, and alcohol).
But man, was that shit entertaining. Truly lightning in a bottle.
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u/theSkareqro 8d ago
I was in a work place where they (they're good, fun hardworking people but still) scare people when working at night and you're walking around the corner.
I think I aged a couple years working there for a year. You're on edge all the time and they record your reactions and share with everyone
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u/QouthTheCorvus 8d ago
As a kid I loved Steve-O, and this mentor I had was like "he's not someone you should look up to." It was true at the time.
Steve-O ended up becoming everything I want to be as a person though. Kind, funny, self-reflective, adventurous. He's a genuinely good person who's completely sincere. I have him to thank for my veganism.
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u/rjwantsabj 8d ago
I'm actually surprised steve-o looks younger/healthier than Knoxville. Glad he seems to have turned his life around.
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u/ZhouLe 8d ago
Three big contributors to this are Knoxville's complete greying fairly young, Steve-O's hair is buzzed and you can't see how grey it is by comparison, and all of Steve-O's teeth are fake.
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u/iaosis 8d ago
Also Knoxville actually got some of the worst injuries of anyone on the cast and has gone through like… multiple extensive PT phases. Steve-O has probably done every drug on the planet but I’m pretty sure Knoxville is one concussion away from dying and one bike ride away from having a permanent catheter
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u/CRABMAN16 8d ago
They'd reconstruct his peen out of scar tissue at this point. I believe science has his back for a few more dick stunts.
The concussion thing is 100% true though, and I'd be wearing a helmet around the jackass crew if I was him.
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u/real_nice_guy 8d ago
if anything science has probably advanced due to the number of unique injuries they had to treat with Knoxville lmao.
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u/aelliott18 8d ago
No one had the balls that he did, and that riot control gun test i think proved it. He was the only one who not only wanted to do it, but was actually excited about it. He would never do the gross shit like Steve-O and Danger or Dave but when it came to pain or extreme stunts, really no one could compete.
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u/daluxe 8d ago
Clearly his perception of pain is not like of average person. Like those adrenaline junkies walking and jumping on a roof edges
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u/nananananana_FARTMAN 8d ago
I don’t know if it’s really necessarily because of that. I think he really took his role as the franchise’s face and producer to heart. So he knew what the riot test would mean to the brand.
However, he definitely developed a lot of tolerance for pain. The funniest example of this was the story of how Eric Andre nearly quit working for the prank show they did together. The story is that he decided to get a cattle prod taser to take Johnny as a retaliation for all of the on-set pranks he played against Eric. So he tased him and he could see Johnny Knoxville gaining control of his body while being electrocuted. Johnny was able to grab on the taser and pull it off him while being electrocuted. He then tased Eric with his own taser lmao.
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u/BanishedLink 8d ago
Pre-Jackass when he was writing for Big Brother he tested a bunch of self defense equipment on himself, including testing a bullet proof vest by shooting himself with a pistol. Dude is absolutely fucking nuts.
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u/Elgecko123 8d ago
Ya that riot control one was nuts and showed he really didn’t think twice about pain. And if I remember correctly he was rocking only sunglasses while the other two had paintball masks. Pretty sure he only covered his balls with his hands and was ready to take the hit. Extreme shit
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u/scalyblue 8d ago
I remember bam's reaction to the riot control claymores. BOOM -bam, without skipping a beat "FUCK THAT"
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u/wilsonsmilk 8d ago
The one bit/stunt I keep replaying from time to time. The one liners that they have is just gold.
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u/FromTheGulagHeSees 8d ago
i remember he was on conan and he said he couldn't remember shit for one of the movies.
my guy is living literally a day at a time
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u/scalyblue 8d ago
pretty sure he already has a permenant catheter from when he tried to backflip that suzuki
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u/Amidatelion 8d ago
Also Steve-O being clean shaven. Him with anything more than a little bit of stubble adds 15 years, easy.
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u/rjwantsabj 8d ago
To be fair, Knoxville's teeth don't look too authentic either. Steve-o's just look newer 😂
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u/Firstleah 8d ago
I love the story of how he found his dog Wendy in Peru!
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u/gsfgf 8d ago
I love that the story is still Steve-O level nuts, but now it's wholesome and he's living a good life.
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u/Chemical-Elk-1299 8d ago
Dude is a genuine inspiration. He’s in dynamite shape and living his best life, and I can still clearly remember the time when everyone assumed he’d turn up dead from an OD.
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u/JagerBro333 8d ago
So happy he turned his life around and is doing good now. Sadly Bam still has a long way to go.
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u/rjwantsabj 8d ago
Yeah I hope he can before it's too late.
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u/heartbrokensince01 8d ago
Believe he’s around 90 days sober. Hope he sticks with it.
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u/QouthTheCorvus 8d ago
The thing with Bam is he needs a lot of therapy and continuous support. I don't think drugs and alcohol are the only issue, at this point. He's also just kind of a shitty guy.
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u/UKgrow420 8d ago
He's a spoiled little bitch. I used to be a huge fan but as I've matured, and he hasn't, it's been really difficult to justify why my younger self idolised him as a role model. He was a cunt to his parents, a twat to most of his "friends" and absolute arse to his girlfriend's. Just a whiny little bitch now and I've sadly got no time for him.
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u/QouthTheCorvus 8d ago
He's the perfect example of arrested development as a consequence of drug abuse.
And in hindsight, he was always a dick.
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u/MouthJob 8d ago
90 days sober for like the 90th time. I think it's understandable to be realistic. Sadly, real life isn't like the movies. It usually goes exactly how it looks. And it's not looking good for Bam.
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u/beepborpimajorp 8d ago
I used to love Bam. Had all the CKY DVDs, loved viva la bam, etc. That having been said, him basically saying, "I'll smoke crack until I hurt myself unless you let me see my kid" was enough for me to just give up on him. I hope for his kid's sake, he turns it around. But damn. I get why so many of his family/friends have cut ties. Those bridges weren't just burned, they were nuked.
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u/SwissMargiela 8d ago
Bam is too far gone tbh
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u/haysus25 8d ago
He's had too many opportunities to redeem himself.
There comes a point where he's lied, burned, and/or betrayed the people around him so much they can't keep up the effort.
Doesn't help Bam was a high school drop out and found success doing stupid teenage shit and that pretty much became his persona. Little to no actual consequences during that critical developmental time.
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u/12LetterName 8d ago
Well, he's doing better than Dunn.
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u/wtfduud 8d ago
We live in an alternate reality where Ryan Dunn was the one who died drunk driving at age 34, while Steve-O is the one who turned into a healthy respectable adult after Jackass ended.
In every other reality it's the other way around.
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u/StokkseyriBoy 8d ago
Considering the state he was in and that he was (by his own admission) looked like death at one point, the fact Steve O is in such good shape is nothing short of brilliant and lovely to see.
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u/Shonuff8 8d ago
Steve O’s personal recovery and advocacy for recovering addicts is extraordinary.
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u/nerdening 8d ago
Too bad he hasn't gotten through to Bam, yet. I feel he'd be a different man today if Dunn was still around.
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u/Prestigious_Class742 8d ago
Nobody is getting through to Bam, he’ll die early. Dunn being alive wouldn’t have saved him, dude died driving his Porsche wasted and wrapping it around a tree at 140mph. Not exactly a positive influence.
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u/MintyFreshBreathYo 8d ago
When even Novak cuts you out of his life you should realize you need help
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u/booyah-achieved 8d ago
I think he's saying Dunn dying is what sent bam into the deep end
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u/notlikethesoup 8d ago
and they're saying they disagree; that Dunn was also a bad influence
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u/Carson_23 8d ago
Yeah but that response doesnt really make sense. Dudes implying Dunns death made Bam wayworse. Other dude is mistakenly thinking he said Dunn could fix him/make him better if he were still alive.
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u/pooperman69er 8d ago
I think he’s saying Dunn being alive would mean Dunn dying never would have sent Bam into a depressive spiral. Maybe Dunn and Bam could’ve gotten sober together, who knows? Bam loved that guy and his death seems to have fucked him up in a way he can’t return from
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u/anillop 8d ago
You cant help people who don't want to help themselves.
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u/katycake 8d ago
I think Bam at this point, is a lost cause. :(
He must have a literal hundred+ genuine opportunities to attempt a turn-around. He's an unfortunately a sad sack of wasted pile of shit. So who knows what needs to be done. Everyone's out of ideas.
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u/rezz408 8d ago
If Knoxville had black hair here they wouldn't really look much older at all.
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u/justa_flesh_wound 8d ago
Apparently he dyed it for a long time then when covid hit he let it grow out.
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u/PresidentWeevil 8d ago
You see it happen in real time in Jackass Forever. I even think it's mentioned. The film was shot over a few years due to a combination of scheduling, the Bam situation, and COVID, and you can literally see the moment Knoxville decided to stop dyeing his hair
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u/Killerklowninvisicar 8d ago
Noooo don't encourage them, we don't need any more older dudes with weirdass dye jobs. Sexy enough with the grey.
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u/wish1977 8d ago
Damn, I feel old.
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u/WeinerVonBraun 8d ago
Johnny and Steve-O are 25 year olds getting into random shenanigan’s and I refuse to believe anything different.
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u/amybeedle 8d ago
Knoxville was impressive in Reboot. I was surprised at his range and vulnerability.
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u/CaroylOldersee 8d ago
I’ve finally gotten to the “I’m old” part of my life. I do not like this; but hey, two guys I really enjoy watching.
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u/ApatheticAgnostic 8d ago
Steve-O must have two of the hardest working kidneys on the planet considering the amount of toxins they’ve had to filter.
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u/sandspiegel 8d ago
When I saw this MTV documentary about him and his drug abuse I was stunned how you can abuse the human body to this amount and not die. SteveO is a prime example how you can turn your life around even when you are a junkie.
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u/Nazaki 8d ago
The fact that these 2 were able to find sobriety while living the life they did is astonishing.
Bam on the other hand.... as time goes on I find it harder and harder to find sympathy for.
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u/RCJHGBR9989 8d ago
I don’t believe Knoxville is sober - he doesn’t drink around Steve-O though, I know that. All his health issues were from his stunts.
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u/Daemonrealm 8d ago
Knoxville is clean (from drugs) but not 100% sober.
Also a lot of his health issues were from abusing drugs and doing stunts. The entire jackass crew highly abused prescription pain killers and street drugs to do all those stunts. Which fueled everything. Glad he saw the breaking point and he himself had to do a lot of recovery.
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u/etxconnex 8d ago
I dont think Knowxville ever had a real problem. He did the drugs with them probably, but he wasnt really part of the crew - he was a stunt man that came onto the show IIRC. So no where near as close as like Bam and Dunn, so probably did not hang out with them and do as many drugs with them. Honestly, if I were him, I would have been out with women instead of doing drugs.
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u/nvmvoidrays 8d ago
Bam on the other hand.... as time goes on I find it harder and harder to find sympathy for.
yeah, i felt for the first few years after Ryan died, but now, with all the support and resources and encouragement the whole Jackass crew has given him? yeah, my sympathy was dried up. he clearly doesn't want help at this point.
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u/MommyDumpy 8d ago
The secret to this whole Bam fiasco is that Bam is, and always has been a complete and total asshole POS. Spoiled egocentric little dork who never grew out of his rebellious phase, probably due to poor parenting and all the fame encouraging it. He won't get better because he just sucks, period.
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u/Nazaki 8d ago
Yeah, I think the entire Jackass family gave him a pass at first... But eventually they all learned he was exactly like he is now back when Ryan was around. It's a serious shame. I believe last I heard they got him to check back into rehab. I hope it sticks, I really do. I hate that I think it won't work.
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u/cirruscts62 8d ago
Yeah Steve O went out of his way to try and help him and he ended up getting nothing but Bams bullshit in the end. If Bam doesn’t want help and want to turn his life around himself there’s no helping him
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u/anincompoop25 8d ago
Why do people care about Bam? Bam is, and always was, a mean spirited asshole. He has always been a sack of shit
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u/Leaves_Swype_Typos 8d ago
I think the first Jackass film's opening kind of sums up who he's always been, even if a lot of us didn't notice at the time. For anyone who forgot it.
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u/No_Advertising_6856 8d ago
Who is everyone’s tooth person? Everyone in hollywood has a new smile
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u/wastntimetoo 8d ago
Two men who have no business looking as healthy as they do. /s
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u/bernardlerring122 8d ago
How is this sarcasm?
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u/DigNitty 8d ago
It’s not
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u/Robobvious 8d ago
Sometimes people use the /s tag as more of a "Just kidding!" than to denote true sarcasm. The main point being made is whatever they said wasn't said with malice, but as a friend might say it, jokingly.
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u/justsomeguy_youknow 8d ago edited 8d ago
Seriously they look kind of amazing for two guys who've been doing the sort of shit we've watched them do for the past couple of decades
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u/Soytaco 8d ago
They may not look great for their age, but they do look great for who they are
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u/IHeartmyshihtzu 8d ago
Johnny's glasses always remind of Beavis when he goes to the optometrist.
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u/TheFlightlessPenguin 8d ago
Why haven’t denture/fake teeth engineers realized that making them all the exact same length is the only thing they’re doing wrong?
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u/Born_Slice 8d ago
I think Steve O looks great for 49. He has the voice of a 70 year old woman with throat cancer. Knoxville looks like that 70 year old woman.
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u/No_Bend7931 8d ago
Mfw looking at this picture as I was 8 when I watched the first jackass movie 22 years ago today!
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u/mundotaku 8d ago
I think everyone should be surprised Steve-O got to be 49 and be alive. If I had to bet in 2001 which member would not be here, it would be him.
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u/FireLucid 8d ago
That was the joke in the ending of the first movie. SteveO being the only one alive at the end.
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u/jlbradl 8d ago
Johnny Knoxville is looking more and more like Harry Caray.