MTV Jackass: Vol. 1

Funny show. They should make a movie.

P>...Jackass creative masterminds of Johnny Knoxville and company are really just one step below carnvial geeks... The crew of Jackass, which includes independant film darling Spike Jonze (real name Adam Speigal), just turn the cameras on and act as idiotic as humanly possible. Between the so-called stunts there are a few comedy bits, all of which seemed like they were ripped off from other sources. Namely from the Howard Stern Show, The Man Show and the U.K.s Trigger Happy TV... When bits are conceived by the Man Show or Stern theres a creative process that goes on behind the scenes. One thing that Howard Stern has always strived for is originality...Then its no longer original or creative. Its just stupidity. Worse, its not even funny!! Between the stunts and the comedy sketches the viewer is also treated to vast doses of Whoa dude!, Hey man! and other so-called hip lingo. I didnt know what was harder to take, the idiotic stunts or the inane prattle... P.T. Barnum once said Theres a sucker born every minute. The difference between someone like Barnum is that when he swindled you at least his machinations were brilliantly concieved and well planned. Jackass is neither. It is offensive and an insult to call this piece trash comedy. It is neither entertaining or funny. Its just plain stupid.

The Jackass dvd set featuring season 2 and 3 was very good. I didnt see the skits before so they were very good. I hadnt seen the Jackass show before just the Movie and I wish i did see the show when it was on the air. Some skits you will recognize from the cKy films but most of it is from Jackass. It is hysterical, not as good as the movie but funny. WARNING to those with a weak stomach: some skits are very gross like the omellete and the worm skit with Steve-O. My dad almost threw up. The only thing i am disapointed with is that it says PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT but the profanity are bleeped out. It is edited just like the Tv show. I thought from reading the back of the box that it is an option to bleep the bad out. So for the worried moms out there these movies are just like what you would see on MTV. The only thing bad that could possibly be EXPLICIT is that a few of the backround songs have some uncensored words in them. Not a big thing to worry about though. EXCELLENT PURCHASE FOR a DVD.

The recent release of this hit television series on DVD has had me in laughter, viewed in high quality video. Each DVD is PACKED with skits/pranks/stunts from the show so it is definately worth the $ you pay for it. The reason why Volume 1 has not been released is because of legal issues surrounding several skits from the show in the first series. This relates to lawsuits from the families of children (filed against MTV), from the children attempting to perform the stunts contained in the show. It is clearly defined in the show that none of the stunts should be attempted or performed. The remainder of the responsibility is not MTVs --but to the parents of the children, who should have been watching their kids more closely. The DVDs are awesome -- buy them, and youll thank yourself later.

theres probably not a volume one cause half the stuff from season one came off of CKY videos.

Entertaining as usual. The audio is still kinda bad though. One bit will be super quite and the other will be really loud. Other than that its the typical stuff that keeps us watching.

Great and funny not for anyone with a weak stomach

Since we cant get a box set of every episode, were given a chopped and sliced collection of the 2nd and 3rd installments of the Jackass series. The first season is not available for purchase. Instead, buy CKY Landspeed...aside from a few Knoxville skits, thats basically all the first season was. Each disc is over an hour long and contains a fairy nice menu set-up: crosshairs appear over a skit and when you click on them, it plays a short clip of some sort of painful action before moving to the selected menu. Bonus features include a trivia game (youll have to pay attention to the entire DVD if you want to pass it, and each disc has different questions), photo gallery and a mildly interesting cast biography page. Check out Knoxvilles real name...hah! Season 2 contains memorable stunts such as Knoxvilles Cup Test, The Snake River BMX Jump, American Werewolf (In London), Steve-Os infamous Butt Piercing, the CKY crews Bucket Cars, Steveo versus Dunn in Stilt Boxing, and last but not least Steve-Os .Bobbing for Jellyfish. Season 3s assortment of stunts include: the bizarre Spermathon (in which members of the Jackass crew visit a sperm bank and test various things...youll just have to see), Office Chairs, Ryan Dunns Stupid Idea Rolling Down a Hill, the stomach turning Omlette, and Chris Pontiuss outrageous Playgirl audition... All in all, a great little set. Two hours is more than enough to cure your hunger for grown men doing childish things.

Dont bother with this set. Seriously, this is a cheap, rushed attempt to cash in on the success of the movie with nothing to offer. Each volume is merely a questionably selected greatest hits - pathetic considering each 8-9 episode season could fit comfortably on 2 discs. All the censoring remains intact and the music has been altered for many segments (generally for the worst). Theres also ZERO previously unseen footage (nothing from the infamous Too Hot for MTV), and there are essentially no extras. The lack of a simple running commentary track like the one featured on Steve-Os 1st Dont Try this at Home release is just ridiculous; that could have at least given these releases some purpose. I fully expect to see uncensored, complete releases of each season within a year or two; the controversy will have died down by then and given the popularity of the movie and these mediocre collections MTV will try to milk the property as much as possible. Until then, pick up the Steve-O videos or the CKY Box set in lieu of this junk.

These DvDs are the best skits of the second and third seasons of JACKASS. Unfortunately they bleep out the cuss words, which is one of the reasons I gave these DvDs 4 stars. The special features on them arent a big deal either. One of them is JACKASS QUIZ. Another is the CAST BIOGRAPHIES. If youve seen every JACKASS episode on MTV youve seen everything on this DVD already. But if you havent, or even if you have, you should get your hands on these two DVDs. If you ever get bored, and want a good laugh, you can depend on these DVDs to get the job done. I guarantee youll laugh .... Some of the skits on them are: * THE LOOP * THE CUP TEST * BOTTLE SKATING * FAT...2 * GHETTO CARTS * HUMAN BOWLING & THE BOUNTY HUNTER SKIT