Many things have gone missing in this world: Amelia Earhart, D.B. Cooper, the Olmec civilization, Jeff Tremaine's waistline, even the whole continent of Atlantis. Most important and culturally relevant, though, is a big mess of jackass segments that had apparently slipped through a crack in Mianus and never found a home on any of the DVD releases for the classic MTV television series. The “Self Defense Test,” “Stun Collar,” “Unicycle Poo Barf,” “Fast Food Football,” “Roller Jump,” and “Satan vs. God” (in its original long ass-kicking form!) are just some of the absurd gold that what was once lost but now is found, not to mention all the original show opens, credit montages, and a bunch of other bonus footage that was never shown on television—or wasn’t allowed to be shown—featuring Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Wee-Man, Danger Ehren, and Dave England in their earliest years of basic cable fame and notoriety.
Let's all be honest, we did some stupid things when were kids. Just to see what would happen. Well, the Jackasses were well into their 20s and STILL doing these things... and they took it a step beyond. Okay, maybe about 500 steps beyond.
Jackass was like watching a fun train wreck. Enjoying these guys doing the things that all of us had wondered about every now and then. In this collection, we get to see how it is to be shocked by stun collars, jumping the L.A. river on rollerskates, etc.
Yes, all of these things and more are drop dead hilarious, but on DVD you feel a little bit more guilty watching it. You tend to feel off the hook if you caught the Jackass show on MTV late at night during a night of insomnia or after a night out with the drinking buddies. The main demographic was probably stoners under the midnight munchy craze. But with this DVD, you have to insert it, switch the TV input, go to the menu, and start it. Guilty pleasure turns into, well, just guilt that you're actually watching these idiots do these sometimes distasteful things.
But hey, I've gotta admit, it's pretty fracking funny. Strange thing is, these "lost tapes" seem so familiar... like I've seen all of this stuff before so I'm not sure how they were really lost.
You also get the original openings, a commentary with the man himself, Johnny Knoxville, and some outtakes as well.
Overall, this DVD release feels like extras from the famed box sets that were released. But again, pretty funny stuff.
