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the jackass 3D european campaign: france

In the last European post, I lamented the fact that information has not exactly been forthcoming from behind the old world curtain, as Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine and Bam Margera promote the international rollout of jackass 3D. Unfortunately, the situation has only worsened with their move into Paris, France, and news of any sort has slipped to something less than a canard's dick trickle.

I did, however, receive this link to a mingen drinking contest with Bam on some French site, a smattering of photos from Shanna (all of which have since been chucked over to the official Dickhouse app for exclusive viewing purposes, so check it if you got it), and this one funny shot that came directly from Knoxville:

Apparently, the guys were making an appearance somewhere in Paris that had snakes on the premises. Before setting foot anywhere on or near the building, Bam demanded Knoxville enter a formal binding agreement promising there would be no reptile shenanigans of any sort forced upon his fears. Knoxville conceded, but wisely added the provisio that this contract was only to be honored for a period of 24 hours. Santé!

photo of the day: welcome to the bath house

The nice thing about this photo is that you don't have to be Todd Solondz or Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. to enjoy its inviting subtleties. If you are curious as to the where and the why (although at this point do you even have to wonder why?), I can tell you that it was for a purposeful promotional shoot undertaken at a shady bath house in Los Angeles for Comedy Central. I never spotted any of the resulting jackass 3D promo spots (probably because I don't have a television), but I'm guessing they aired somewhere between the wee morning hours of 1:00–4:00am. If and when the Roman time is right, I'll share some of the other endearing images to be unseen from this shoot ... that way I won't be the only one left feeling uncomfortable with these photos on my laptop.

P.S. Despite all nutty appearances that is not an actual sack some believe they are seeing. All the boys had discreet nude-like undergarments covering their garbage.

(Photo by Sean Cliver; Los Angeles 2010)

the jackass 3D european campaign: germany

Wir sind ein Berliners! Or at least Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine and Bam Margera were for a few days earlier this week, when they embarked on the first leg of a two-week plus publicity/promo trip throughout the EU and UK in support of jackass 3D. Why Germany first? I don't know. That's just the way the big international distribution and release cookie crumbled (for further information on international release dates consult this all-encompassing global schedule). Beyond that, look at the schnitzel ... look at the silly little schnitzel.

I'm not sure if I'm correct in this recollection or not, but I want to say that Tremaine might've made an off-color culture comment the last time he was in Germany to promote one of the previous jackass flicks. All appears to have been forgiven now, though, or at least it does from the looks of this video that popped up on the German jackass 3D Facebook fan page yesterday. Heilige große Eier!

If anything, the Deutschers did have a revenge of sorts on our resident douches, when Knoxville and Tremaine consented to a "currywurst" eating competition during one of the many press appearances. I never knew the Germans had such spicy culinary links up their lederhosen, but this sausage certainly appears to be some hot scheiße indeed.

I honestly don't have many other clues as to what happened in Germany (apparently what happens in the Black Forest stays in the Black Forest), but Shanna did send me several photos from the days and nights in Berlin and Cologne. Incidentally, proud owners of the official Dickhouse iTunes app will be able to see further exclusive photos from this trip in the days to come. How do you like those carrots?

Clockwise from upper left: Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine enter the MTV Home Show set in Berlin; Knoxville and Tremaine talk on the MTV Home Show set; Tremaine looks perfectly natural on this perfectly Euro "Morning Show" set; Knoxville, Tremaine and Bam Margera get interrogated in Cologne.

Bam and Tremaine flank Finnish rock star Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks/Iggy Pop) on the morning after a big night out in Berlin.

(Photos by Shanna Zablow; Germany 2010)

wild and wonderful whites of west virginia on dvd

In the production interim between jackass number two and jackass 3D, Dickhouse embarked on a few other ventures with sincere interests at heart. One was the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about BMX legend Mat Hoffman The Birth of Big Air; the other was another documentary feature that endeavored to elaborate upon the notorious cult tape exploits of Jesco White, the "Dancing Outlaw" of Boone County, West Virginia, and his legendary Appalachian family.

Directed by Julien Nitzberg and executive-produced by Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia first made the festival rounds throughout 2009 (and not without a bit of controversy, I might add), then pulled up to select theatrical showings in select cities nationwide, and eventually spent a spat as a "video on demand" title.

Only recently, however—well, today, really—has the title finally come to mass-produced DVD fruition courtesy of Tribeca Film. Better yet, there's 83 minutes of deleted scenes that are sure to be hotter than shit on a shanty shingle, a commentary track with Nitzberg and Knoxville (and I'm guessing a Mason jar of moonshine as well), and all sorts of other added value on top of that to tap home about.

If you're at a total loss as to what's so wild and wonderful about the Whites, first check out this teaser...

... and if you like what you see, which I'm sure you shall, then I'd suggest whipping out that credit card and getting 'er done. See below for ordering info and a special promo code to whittle a few bucks off the top end. And if you're more of the digital download to own sort, look for it on iTunes by the end of the week.

(Photo by Sean Cliver; Los Angeles 2009)

the great jackass 3D promo wrangle #04

We're well over a week from when most of this was relevant, but for those who enjoy seeing the guys, hearing them talk and can't wait to spend another several minutes watching crap stream on the Interweb, here is another round of press wrangled for your online perusal. In the essence of time, I'll be brief, and by brief I mean exactly like Marky Mark's underwear not too long after the Funky Bunch. That said, first up is a fresh little video from the red carpet proceedings of the jackass 3D premiere in Hollywood on October 13th.

And now we go back even further in time to the days of October 8-9, when the jackass cast was gathered together in rooms at the Roosevelt in Los Angeles for a formal press junket. This particular reporter chose to focus on talking 3D and what it brings to the jackass table (or rather what jackass brings to the 3D table); deconstructing our big-ass happy dysfunctional family relationships; addressing the lack of a female presence on the jackass cast and the unfortunate reasons behind said reasoning; and examining the virtues of being dumb for a professional living.

Again, we have more junk from the junket as Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera are singled out as a pair to talk snakes, pits and the fears thereof; serious injuries sustained in the line of ridiculous duty; the concept of bullies; and the phenomenal way in which Bam travels without any luggage to speak of (and yes that includes a simple change of clothes as well).

Lastly, we have a clip that goes way, way back to the initial domestic tour with Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville on location in Toronto, Canada, where they ponder professionalism and jackass, Steve-O's sobriety and how it pertained to jackass 3D; and more of that pesky injury talk with an extended tale of Loomis Fall's jet propelled fall, all intercut to the Weezer "Memories" video with that wild and wacky style of editing/filming characteristic to entertainment news spots.

jackass 3D: the bathroom experience

Unlike the previous jackass feature films, Paramount kicked out the jams big-time when it came to promoting the latest flick. Some of the more unusual spaces to be plastered in jackass 3D propaganda included the actual bathrooms in theater complexes—more specifically the walls of urinal banks found in the men's restrooms. It goes without saying this was a rather one-gendered marketing move as it would've been just plain creepy in the women's bathrooms. Well, not that the men's bathroom wasn't any less creepy, but it certainly kept true to our "style" guide (if you know what I'm saying).

The first I actually ran into these wall-mounted stickers was at the Rave 18 cineplex in Los Angeles during our opening night bus tour. I'd ducked into the bathroom to pee real quick and, lo and behold, there were the 2D jackass guys staring me down as I unzipped and let loose (I chose to pee in front of Pontius for no particular reason). I'd planned to shoot a quick photo of the wall once I was done, but for whatever urinary reason it took several precious minutes to tap my bladder out in full. Consequently, as ill-timing would have it, I finished up just as a movie let out and the bathroom was flooded by dozens of other men, most all of whom would have been less than thrilled if I'd started popping photos of them as they peed.

Luckily, Rick Kosick had gone to the bathroom right before me, and he just so happened to have shot a little video of a urinal scene with Johnny Knoxville's image stuck front and center. (The only cast member to receive alternate placement was Wee Man, whose full-body image could be mounted directly beside a urinal as he conveniently peered over to the left.) Incidentally, all of the cast photos used in this queer bathroom promotion were taken by Terry Richardson, the photographer whose backside can be briefly spied shooting the cast against the rainbow backdrop just before Weezer's "Memories" ends and the credits roll out in jackass 3D.

(Photo by Sean Cliver; California 2010)

the jackass converse all star hi – journeys exclusive

Several years ago, Converse teamed up with Johnny Knoxville to produce an old school Chuck Taylor All Star shoe with the jackass "skull and crutches" emblem. Well, the time has come again to produce a similarly inspired shoe, and it's now available exclusively at Journeys. To order, inspect, or virtually sniff these latest foot sheaths, check 'em out here: The jackass Converse All Star Hi Athletic Shoe

the official dickhouse app now available on iTunes

Anyone intimately familiar with us knows that we tend to drag our feet when it comes to embracing and/or donkey-punching the digital age. Yeah, sure, we did some pretty advanced pioneering with film-making in the third dimension (specifically when it came down to strapping together two Phantom high-speed cameras for some super slow-motion interocular convergence* craze), but beyond that we like to focus more on other things, e.g. trying to peg each other in the balls with any objects close at hand.

A few months back, though, Dickhouse was approached by Randy Adams with the idea to produce a simple app that would allow fans to not only keep in touch with all things Dickhouse but provide them with an exclusive window to video and photo content not available anywhere else. Well, develop he did, and the app was soft launched amid the jackass 3D mayhem last week and consequently lost under foot.

But now that the dust is settling (sort of), we're going to be more mindful of the app and feed it on a regular basis with more of that "exclusive" content from behind the rainbow—especially since we're on the verge of launching an international press/promo tour to coincide with jackass 3D as it prepares to wash up on shores abroad. Not to mention that whole "jackass 3.5" project that is currently under way.

In the downtime between exclusive video offerings and whatnot, you can also span time by bouncing Jeff Tremaine's head around, check out the various Twitter/Facebook feeds of our friends and associates, link your way to various Dickhouse portals on the Interweb, browse related YouTube clips, or consume and destroy in the online shopping mall of Dickhouse-related products.

To learn more about the app, check out the specs here: The Official Dickhouse App

* I have no idea what either of those terms mean, but the past two months I heard 'em thrown around the DI room enough to know they're key to a viewer-friendly 3D experience. You know, one without any of those eye-crossing, headache-inducing side effects that result from misadventures in the third dimension.

music video: "LA girl" by fatlip and yeti beats

Here's another semi-trivial bone thrown out to former patrons of jackassworld.rip, many of whom are sure to recall the varied video works of Lauren Graham. Well, Lauren recently directed and edited this music video for Fatlip and Yeti Beats, drawing upon the local faces and places of Los Angeles for authentic color, and we think she did an awesome job. Word. Or in the more colloquial words of Lauren... Whee!

photo of the day: the jackass cast on lopez tonight

Slowly but surely I'm resurrecting a few long lost traditions from the online days of jackassworld.rip. The "photo of the day" was one of the last categories to dry up and die on that misbegotten vine in January 2010, but zombies have become quite the hot entertainment property of late, so what's one more of the walking dead to be added amongst the happily rotting throng? George Romero really was ahead of his auteur time. Anyway, since I've long since lapsed into a haphazard horror theme, the photo above reminds me of those spooky little bastards that populated the Village of the Damned (1960). Who knows, perhaps all these electric eyes had something to do with the game of "Stun Gun Roulette" played on Lopez Tonight last night—the shocking clips from which can be viewed here.

On a blatantly unrelated side note, a number of film critics have woefully (or laughably) decided to take the intellectual high road when tackling the lowbrow antics portrayed in jackass 3D. Turnabout is fair play, though, so here's one critic flipping the critique right back at 'em:

The Top 10 Most Pretentious Quotes From Jackass 3D Reviews

the great jackass 3D promo wrangle #03

Amid the blitzkrieg of press that hit the fans last week (not to mention the finely scheduled chaos of everything else going on from the MOMA to the Hollywood premiere and the big-time box office weekend), I pretty much lost control of tracking what all went up on the Interweb in that fast and furious time span. Still, I did manage to spot and bookmark a few, so here they are: a smattering of publicity remnants from the days leading up to our big coming out party for jackass 3D.

This first clip features Wee Man behind the scenes on Loveline with Mike and Dr. Drew. It's a very informal if not scattered conversation about the physical mysteries of drug and alcohol tolerance (or lack thereof) and the camaraderie forged within the jackass "factions" over the past decade.

Next up, we have Alison Haislip doing the reporter thing for Attack of the Show, as she grilled the entire cast during the jackass 3D press junket. Topics quickly covered include the creative process, playing to 3D, safe word usage (Oklahoma!), and the glorious pursuit of bad ideas for a good time.

Here's yet another press junket-style interview as all the jackass guys sound off on "dangerous stunts" for iheartradio. And yes, that does include a certain pig 'n' apple moment in which Preston got more than the mere bite he bargained for.

Lastly, we have one more Loveline clip with Johnny Knoxville, as he gabs off-air with Mike and Dr. Drew about coprophagia and the assortment of injuries sustained during the course of filming for jackass 3D.

jackass 3D: a hot mess of statistics

For the longest time I thought the sports industrial complex was the only place where the analytical went beyond the point of anal with statistics. Well, color me wrong, because the entertainment industry is an equally strong contender when it comes to getting down and dirty in the statistical thick of it.

Case in point: The recent jackass 3D box office event with $50.4 million dollars on its opening weekend. Pretty amazing, huh? Or at least that was my initial superficial take on the news, but just look at how someone else delved into the record books for the full "by the numbers" breakdown:

1) Jackass 3D is the highest opening film ever in the month of October (passing 2003’s Scary Movie 3’s $48.1M).

2) Jackass 3D is the 9th highest opening R-Rated film all-time and 2nd highest for a comedy only behind 2008’s Sex and the City ($57M).

3) Jackass 3D is the 9th highest opening 3D film (9th to have a $50M+ opening – best for an R-Rated film and best for a comedy).

4) Jackass 3D is the 10th highest opening comedy all-time (includes action comedies Rush Hour 2 and both Men in Black’s, otherwise it’s the 7th highest).

5) Jackass 3D is the 102nd highest opening all-time for a film right between 2 Fast 2 Furious ($50.47M) and Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($50.34M).

6) Jackass 3D is the highest opening ever for a non-scripted/documentary-esque film.

Normally I'm not one to toot our own horn so loudly, but what the heck: TOOT-TOOT! Thanks to everyone who took the theaters by storm this past weekend and made all our little box office dreams come true.

opening night jackass 3D party bus tour

Last Friday night, Paramount graciously rented a small bus to take a bunch of us around to theaters in Los Angeles to check out the various crowds. This has become somewhat of a tradition for us, seeing as it's something we first did nearly eight years ago on the opening night of jackass the movie*, and again for the opening of jackass number two in 2006.

Typically what we do is sneak into a theatrical showing of the movie already in progress—be it in the back or along the side of the wall—and watch a few scenes to gauge the reactions. It's funny, because very few people ever realize we're standing right there in the theater with them, and the few that do generally do so with a genuinely surprised double take.

This time around, however, the crowd was wearing 3D glasses and, as such, tended to be a lot more focused on the screen than anything happening along the periphery of the theater. So much so that Phil Margera was able to amble all the way down to the first row and comfortably sit down with none the wiser to his large presence.

What made this bus tour different from all of the others though, is that while we were en route to a gargantuan theater complex just off the 405 freeway in Westchester, Jeff Tremaine received a call from Paramount reporting that our first day box office take was estimated to be $23,000,000—a sum that equaled the entire opening weekend gross for jackass the movie in 2002. Not bad for a bunch of incompetent boobs, eh?

Left to right: Phil Margera, April Margera, Rick Kosick strangles Gregory J. Wolf, Jeff Tremaine, Shanna Zablow and BMX legend Mat Hoffman. (Incidentally, Mat was our unofficial "Where's Waldo?" guest star in jackass 3D. Can you name all the scenes in which he appeared?)

* In 2002, on our very first stop at a prominent theater in Westwood where the showing of jackass the movie wasn't even close to being sold out, a considerably deflated Tremaine exited the theater convinced that he had a real turkey on his hands—obviously this proved not to be the box office case.

 

the hollywood red carpet premiere of jackass 3D

At the risk of being a day late and a poop short, I'll forego the glamorous details of our big-time Hollywood red carpet premiere of jackass 3D (in theaters nationwide today!) and get right down to the photographic marrow of the meat.

For the sake of keeping up journalistic appearances though, the premiere took place on the evening of Wednesday, October 13th, at Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd.

After wrapping up all the red carpet struttin', talkin' and posin', everyone eventually trickled into the theater, took a seat, and donned their stupid glasses for the big stupid movie.

Following the presentation, a choice selection of the crowd piled across the boulevard to turn into piles at the Roosevelt for an after-party celebration. Unfortunately the bar closed rather suddenly at 12:30am, a bizarre metropolitan event that can only be blamed on a notorious reputation that precedes us whenever it comes to large-scale, alcohol-based parties. Anyway, let the photos roll...

Photos left to right: Rip Taylor gives the official nod to let the 3D festivities rip; April, Bam, Phil and Jess Margera gang up for a familial photo moment.

Photos left to right: Thumbs up to John Taylor of The Ringer for his appearance in the jackass 3D credit scroll; Ryan "Paul Bunyan" Dunn and Angie; Irving Zisman's really bad granddaughter, Angie Simms.

Photos left to right: Bam Margera with his arch-nemesis, snake expert David Weathers; The secret sauce and resident tentpole of jackass, Chris Pontius; Wee Man gives good press.

Photos left to right: If your ocular faculties are too busy following the bouncing balls you'll likely miss Tony Hawk's cameo appearance in the film opening; The man, the drink, the myth... Loomis Fall; A detail shot of Loomis's wardrobe, featuring a pair of custom bedazzled jackass Converse.

Photos left to right: Johnny Knoxville runs the red carpet with style; Preston Lacy prepares to drop jaws with his jaw-stopping stunt; Co-producer and still photographer Sean Cliver with jackass co-creator and producer Spike Jonze.

Photos left to right: Associate producer and boy wrangler Shanna Zablow; Nitro Circus creators and producers Jeremy Rawle and Gregg Godfrey get physical with jackass executive producer and "wiener-vision" victim Trip Taylor; Lost in the plaid with jackass co-creator and director Jeff Tremaine and his wife Laura.

Photos left to right: Nitro Circus kids Erik Roner, Jolene Van Vugt and Street Bike Tommy with his wife Jasmine; A partial view of the grand theatrical room.

Photos left to right: If he's not hiding behind a visor, Lance Bangs can be found behind a camera; A hobbled Andy Bell looks every bit the part of his Nitro Circus fame; Despite the messier aspects of a poocano, Dave England cleans up pretty darn well.

Photos left to right: Chad Ginsburg, Deron Miller, Jess Margera and Matt Janaitis of CKY; The Dudesons—Jukka Hilden, Jarno Laasala, Jarppi Leppälä and HP Parviainen—in full costumed effect.

Photos left to right: Jackass executive producer (and our surrogate dad) Derek Freda with his wife Marie-Eve; A jackass 3D threesome of camera operator Donny "Money Shot" Anderson, director of photography Dimitry Elyashkevich and Loomis Fall; Actor Eddie Barbanell and cameraman/website mogul Rick Kosick.

Photos left to right: Shady prop master and Sassafras drummer JxPx Blackmon with his fiancee and shady wardrobe master Day Madrigal; The Knoxville family of Madison, Johnny and Naomi; Master of flatulent ceremonies Will the Farter.

Photos left to right: Supervising post producer Volney Howard IV with his beer thefting wife Jen; Josh Caso, a/k/a Jacaso, gets down with art director Seth Meisterman and his wife Selena; Crotchety editor Seth Casriel and Amy Reiley.

Photos left to right: Rock 'n' roll Finn Jukka Hilden and BMX legend Mat Hoffman; Danger Ehren with the residual body decor from his appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the night before; Nigel "The UK Hammer" Hudson and Chris "Mr. P" Pontius; Bam Margera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse—or "McLovin" for short, which is much easier to remember when you're hammered.

(Photos by Sean Cliver; Hollywood, CA 2010)

the return of the jackass pranks application

It's back! Or maybe you never knew it was missing? Well, for those longtime stalwarts that weathered through the dark days of jackassworld.rip, the pranks application that once wreaked havoc on you and your friends' computer screens has been re-tooled, re-skinned and re-booted. So if you're down to start flinging poo grenades, branding dicks and sending Party Boy over to do his strippy business, the all-new download can be found here:

http://apps.facebook.com/jackasspranks/

Now, for those of you that have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, the jackass pranks Facebook app was first created for the jackassworld website in 2009 to exploit a new frontier of computer software tech—and that's all I'm going to say about that aspect of the app because I don't have a good god damn clue how it actually works. But if you're curious and have a mind for tech, check out this video with Brett Rampata, one of the app's designers, in which he explains "fecal dynamics" and the robust platform on which they operate:

The pranks are all pretty self-explanatory. By this I mean it doesn't take a 12th Level Defensive End Tackle with 72 Intelligence Points to figure them out. Basically, you just choose a victim (the app will instantly suck in any friends of yours from Facebook that have also downloaded and installed it), then select a prank (the more points you accrue the more pranks you can unlock*), and let it fly through the ether to its intended destination. You'll eventually receive a notification if the prank is successful or a bust (the recipient of the prank can "block" and/or send it flying right back at you). But here's an instructional video with a few other tips and tricks to the app:

Some of the "pranks" are also a silly alternative way to instant message a friend with "Say Something" or "Slap A Sticker," where you can dispatch one of the jackass cast to deliver the note. By far though, the personal favorite of our crew has long been the "Screen Sabotage," where you can draw a pretty and/or rotten picture using a palette of assorted colors and bodily fluids, then have that very same image recreated on your friend's desktop. Here's an example of what would be seen on their screen soon after sending the prank:

Lest you be afraid something like this appear on your computer at school or during a PowerPoint presentation, never fear. There is a "hide-out" mode that prevents anything untoward from suddenly popping (or pooping) at an inopportune moment.

* Don't forget to check the "settings" tab on your app. There's a little switch for "pre-pubescent" and "pubescent," the latter of which opens up several more naughty pranks and fluids.