Jackass: Too Hot For MTV (found special of MTV reality comedy TV series; 2002)

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This article has been tagged as NSFW due to its nudity & dangerous stunts/activities.


Too Hot For TV - Lost 'Steve-O Stilt' stunt..jpg

Screencap of the 'Steve-O Stilt' stunt - lost footage from "Jackass: Too Hot For TV", aired on August 9th, 2002.

Status: Lost

Jackass: Too Hot For TV was an American broadcast television special, that aired on August 9th, 2002[1]. It was one of three MTV network specials[2][1], to air in the lead-up, prior to Paramount Pictures & MTV Films premiere release of Jackass: The Movie - October 25th, 2002.[3]

This particular special has never seen the light of day since its initial airing on MTV, quite possibly as a result of political pressure[4] publicized by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who urged MTV to air their hit TV Show Jackass at a later time period, and "to include more explicit and more straightforward warnings about the potential consequences of each stunt." He also stated that the show’s rating for mature audiences was undercut by the fact that MTV promotes Jackass throughout the rest of its schedule when kids may be watching".[5] This was particularly in light of unfortunate news stories about kids who were rumored to have emulated the dangerous activities featured in the show, and suffered serious injuries in consequence of such actions.[6]

MTV's jump from television production, to movie-film production, garnered the ability to produce and release content that could potentially be rated for more mature audiences. In the lead-up to the R-Rated Jackass: The Movie, MTV aired three television specials to promote the upcoming film. The first of the three specials, was titled "Too Hot For TV" - featuring stunts and clips from the series that never made the final cut. Of such stunts, the following may have been included:[7]

  • Steve-O Stilts on Fire
  • Ehren McGheghey swallowing a spoonful of flour
  • Jenn's daughter jumps off roof into Phil's arms
  • Steve-O shoots a firework at Jeff Tremaine
  • Bam Margera Skating on Preston Lacey's face
  • Johnny Knoxville Dog Poo Socks
  • Steve-O lights a firecracker from his butt
  • Johnny Knoxville pisses on Jeff Tremaine's feet
  • Steve-O gets a home-made tattoo in a trailer
  • Chris Pontius sticks dick in Steve-O's face
  • Steve-O shoots fireworks at Chris Pontius his ass

It was rumored that a VHS tape of this special, including no censoring whatsoever (explicitly featuring nudity, for example), was circulated among cast, crew & friends during this time.[8] In the many years since its airing, communities have wondered, pondered and petitioned[9] to have this special released officially, on home media, to no such reply from the MTV network.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://ew.com/article/2002/06/26/johnny-knoxville-talks-about-jackass/
  2. ↑ https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1795-jackass/season/0?language=en-US
  3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322802/
  4. ↑ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/Jackass
  5. ↑ https://ew.com/article/2001/01/31/senator-joe-lieberman-wants-mtv-cancel-jackass/
  6. ↑ https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/lieberman-rips-jackass-1117793408/
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040320094515/http://www.absolutjackass.info/
  8. ↑ https://www.reveddit.com/r/jackass/comments/fq1e4s/jackass_too_hot_for_tv/
  9. ↑ https://www.xpetition.com/en_US/petition/jackass-too-hot-fot-mtv-on-home-video/83461
  10. ↑ https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/448055-jackass-box-set-some-music-changes-missing-stunts-gags-2.html
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