Jackass is a half-hour television series, originally shown
on MTV and first produced in 1999 in which a group of
grown men do various humiliating, dangerous and/or ridiculous
stunts for fun. Its target audience is mainly boys, especially
teens. The show ran for three seasons, the first episode
aired on April 12, 2000 and the 25th and final episode
aired on February 17, 2002. It was followed by the 2002
feature film, Jackass: The Movie, which was essentially
an extended, uncensored episode of the TV show. The show
was created by Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, and Jeff
Tremaine. Though the cast members were often classified
as a troupe, in reality most filming was done separately
by different groups. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, and Brandon
DiCamillo all filmed in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Johnny
Knoxville, Chris Pontius, and others in California, and
Dave England and Ehren McGhehey in Oregon.
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