The barbecued ‘Jackass’ imitator reminded me of an incident from my high school days.  There was a movied called ‘The Program’ that focused on the alpha males on a high school football team.  One night, to prove their bravado, they lay down in the middle of a freeway while cars raced by.

Evidently, come kids tried this in real life and got caked.  As a radio commentator said at the time, “Well, what do you know?  Darwin was right.”

The frustrating thing was that the freeway scene was pulled from the movie in later releases.  Granted, it wasn’t that good a movie, despite the presences of Halle Berry and Kristi Swanson, but still.  You don’t mess with movies.

Why are people so amazed that kids will imitate what they see on television? Doesn’t anyone watch 20/20? Primetime? HEH....Apparently not.

I am personally heartened by the story, we need more kids like that one. On the plains of the Serengeti he would be picked off by lions or hyenas probably seconds after birth but if he made it to adulthood he would be the gazelle that finds his idiot head in the vise-like grip of an alligators maw down at the watering hole. We don’t have a natural predator, so nature is obviously turning our own brains against us. I can’t wait to see the damage when Euthanasiapalooza - the movie comes out.

I seriously think this kid is literally retarded or close to it. Me, being 15, think that the Jackass movie and the shows are hilarious. I have also imitated some of the less stupid stunts( i.e. the grocery carts) and have not been harmed, I think that its alright to do what you want as long as you know what you are doing and have PROFESSIONAL HELP too. The angry parents can stick their letters up their uptight puritan crapholes.

It is simply impossible to feel sorry for idiots like this who self-destruct. 

Jokes about Darwinism aside, the irony here, of course, is that throughout human history teenage boys have been doing stunts like this.  Its sort of a combination of high testosterone levels mixed with zero wisdom. 

Cars, sleds, skateboards, horses, weapons. . .Kids like this end up in emergency rooms all across the USA every day, and it never even makes local press.  The only different HERE is that there is a recent popular movie to put the blame on. 

Well, here’s a HINT for the confused: The movie is called “Jackass”. . .what is that supposed to say about those people who pull these stunts?

wow im not amazed...he is just a dumb mental retard he is worst them then retards with big foreheads and weird talk...BTW all retards (some people call them mentally handicapped which aka is dumb as shyt) anyways, he is just a dumb mental retard who thinks 2 + 2 = 7

Stunts R cool buy drugs

Thank you, Kevin, for providing us with as fine of an example of why people should not use drugs as anything the Council For A Drug-Free America could ever hope to come up with.

Yes folks, use drugs and you could have the verbal acuity of our good friend Kevin here. Kevin holds several doctorates in fields as diverse as “Talking Incomprehensibly” and “Setting A Good Bad Example”. He’s working toward his Masters in “Killing Yourself In A Spectacularly Stupid Manner” and will likely become a finalist for an upcoming Darwin Award.

I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO! I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE!

if people enjoy looking like pricks and causing themselves pain then let ‘em do it, it’s their own fault if they get badly hurt. People have been acting like jackasses for a lot longer than jackass has been around so bahhhhh.

ARE YOU THREATENING ME!? YOU DO NOT WANT TO THREATEN ME OR YOU WILL FACE THE WRATH OF MY BUNGHOLE!!!

if you have any stupid/not dangerus stunts i can do tell me i am doing a project

if you have any stupid/not dangerus stunts i can do tell me i am doing a project

I hope George W Bush tries imitating ANY of the Jackass stunts. I think he REALLY needs to die urgently...for the good of the world. I’ll contribute $456 for gasoline!.

Ithink that it’s sad when people act like asses like that. They had no right to do that to him. It’s retarded what people will do to just make themselves or other people laugh.

I think that these stunts are awesome. Everyone has the right to be stupid sometimes and intend to excercise that right!!!!

You raise an interesting point here Amanda. Do people, in fact, have a “right” to be stupid? If this is so then you’d think that attending school would be a completely voluntary thing instead of mandated by law as it currently stands. Certainly there’s nothing in the Bill of Rights that says citizens have a right to be stupid. At best you could argue that the “pursuit of happiness” that is mentioned could be defined as “ignorance is bliss.”

Personally, I do think people have the freedom, for the most part, to switch off their brains and do idiotic things and a lot of folks take advantage of that freedom. I just don’t want those folks who decide to be idiots to cry about it later and try to sue other people because of their own stupidity.

If you’re dumb enough to douse yourself in gasoline and strike a match in an attempt to recreate something you saw in a movie, well, you have a “right” to live with the pain and suffering you’re likely to cause yourself and you’ve got no one to blame but your own fool self for doing something that most people who do decide to use their brains, even a little bit, know is a “bad idea.”

Now who says stupid stunts are ANY kind of a problem in our country? I salute these people (and myself) for sacrificing personal health and safety so other people can laugh at our pain. As far as i’m concerned, it’s fun. For all of you who just sit around and badmouth the likes of us, I suggest you go out and do something remarkably dangerous, live through it, and then see how your comments will change. I mean, seriously, come on! Now, nobody said there’s anything wrong at all with hurting yourself, provided it’s in the privacy of your own home, and if that’s what you’re into, so be it. I’ve done some incredibly stupid things to entertain my friends, and plan to do a lot more. For the amusement/media fodder of all you, here’s a few of my dumb stunts: I have 1) run full speed into a padded wall, 2) dropkicked a decorative lawn tree, 3) slid down a handrail into a kiddie pool, 4) booted myself in the skull, 5) run headfirst into an archery target, 6) started a massive hallway moshpit, 7) pierced myself with a stapler, 8) stuck 105 pins in my hand, etc. I have been doing this stuff for a long time, and I like it. The pain is a rush and to hear everyone laughing is a great thing. Maybe i’m a little sick, maybe you’re a little pretentious, maybe it’s nobody’s fault. Either way, just remember: I would be doing this regardless of what I saw on TV. People like me have been jackasses WAY before Jackass ever came anywhere close to hitting the airwaves. Forget the parents, they shouldn’t care about what their kids are doing with their friends and some video cameras, it’s the kids’ freedom.

I have seen shows such as jackass before. I’m 13, and find the shopping cart stunts quite entertaining, and fun to watch, and participate in. I also think that some of the skateboard stunts are pretty cool. What I find hard to understand here is that a 15 year old retard tried to basically fry himself in gasoline. Does it take that much thinking to realize that doing this will result in people like us thinking of him as a complete faggot for the rest of his life? What a little crap.

Yes! Thank you Chris! My point exactly! Who the HELL expects to freakin’ light themselves on FIRE with gasoline (not Lysol, that stuff burns but doesn’t burn your skin) and just live through it? Besides, that whole “imitating” thing was just a lie that kid told to get some money and make his parents not blame him. Knoxville wore protective gear when doing this stunt and warned against doing this at home. Thanks to this little bastard nobody gets to watch Jackass anymore. I hate these smallminded people who think every crew of people doing stupid stuff they have thought up as “imitating” or “playing Jackass”. Freakin’ sick of it.

Threatening the President’s life is a federal offense.

We’re watching you BillyBob.

So is imitating a Government Official so knock it off. Your IP address IS being logged here.

HEY! I KNOW THIS KID! HE USED TO GO TO MY HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE HE LEFT, HE WAS ALSO THE KID WHO MICROWAVED HIS PET TURTLE!

hey i think stunts are ok i myself have done stunts been bomb with 5 paintball guns with goggles and helmet one time shot my self in the eye they rule

It is ridiculous that people feel the urge to do dangerous things when there is nothing to be gained from them.

If the most positive outcome of such a stunt is that one does NOT hurt himself, it is not admirable when people have the “courage” to do them. They just lack skill in risk assessment.

People like tms2003 may think otherwise, but they are just plain wrong. Some things are not a matter of taste, just like a cut-off nose or Colin Powell’s face. They are BAD and he who does not notice that they are bad does not have a clear mind.

I personally think that everyone who even thinks about doing a stupid stunt, should just grow up. Even if you think it is a harmless stunt, something could go wrong. The grocery cart stunt can be dangerous to you(wether you think so or not) and could also be dangerous to cars, people walking by, etc. Also, think about family and friends that are affected by this, too. Think of how they feel, worrying if you’ll come home safe. I’m 34 years old with a daughter that’s 11, and if she where to try some kind of a dumb stunt, I would feel so hurt and devistated by that. Also, BillyBob, someone could copy this page and turn it over to the authorities and eventually you could get busted. It is not cool to wish anyone dead, even if you absolutely hate them. What you feel is right, may not be what anyone else feels is right and the other way around. Think about it.

I think you are all dumb for feeling sorry for these stupid fucks. They know perfectly well what they are getting themselves into. They are just stupid. I mean who lays down in front of a speeding car, or lights himself on fire? I do this shit, but we are not complete retards when it comes to it. If you agree or disagree with me,PLEASE email me at check out our movie, AppLeSauCE-- email for a FREE 20 minute preview!!!!!!!!