Customer Reviews

Jackass - The Box Set

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With the legal hassles over Jackass: Volume 1 finally out of the way, Paramount is pulling out the stops and releasing the Jackass Box Set - complete with all 3 Volumes(including the never released Volume 1) As well as a 4th bonus disc.

Special features include:

Tons of never-before-released footage - Volume 1 alone contains over 50 never released segments, and updated editions of Volumes 2 & 3

Optional "drunken" audio commentary on all three volumes featuring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, Dimotry Elyashkevich and Jeff Tremaine.

MTV Cribs "Jackass" Special

The entire Gumball Rally Special - also featuring cast commentary

A 40 minute documentary entitled "Where Are They Now" with new interviews documenting the rise and fall of Jackass, as well as what the cast members are up to these days

Cast appearances at Latin Music Awards and the MTV Music Video Awards

"Abduction" Never before seen skit

"Night Monkey 2" Another never before seen skit

48-page collectible booklet

Photo Gallery

Don't get burned. Here's why:

- Incomplete. A lot of classic clips are missing from this set. Blatant Example: The booklet has pictures and a small writeup on the "Keep God out of California" skit - but reading about it in the booklet is all you'll get to do, they didn't put the skit on the DVDs. Read the rest of the reviews here for just a few of the dozens of major skits you won't get to see with this set.

- Censorship. I want to hear every damn word. With the stunts these guys have been pulling for years, swear words and the occasional private patch are the last things Paramount needs to worry about protecting us from. I held off on buying Volume 2 and Volume 3 because they were bleeped and blurred, and I would have passed on this box set too if I had taken the time to research this. Shame on me.

- Format. It's a mess, tossed together like a CKY disc. Still fun to watch, but it should have been kept in it's original episode format, in order of air date. Don't get any expectations of bouncing on the couch in time to the awesome intro theme, or being welcomed to the episode by Knoxville like you may be used to.

I'm ticked that I dropped a hefty chunk of money on a set that was put together with no regard for the show's legacy. Material is either missing, edited, or censored - I'll bet those Paramount bigwigs even censored the missing skits before they dumped them from the DVD set. What a waste of something beautiful.

I don't mind that the original bleeped-out words are still bleeped on the DVDs... that's how the show was. (For example, I think the Viva La Bam DVDs would, for the most part, be funnier with the original tv bleeps.)

I don't mind that the original blacked-out and pixelated views are there... that's how the show was (and trust me, we're better for it).

With that being said, here's the real problem -- this is not presented in an as-aired episode format. Of course I should have realized that "volume" does not mean "season", but "season" is what everyone expects from a tv show DVD. That's how every other tv show is realeased; even the Wildboyz and Viva la Bam DVDs are presented in episode format.

This box set lacks because the bits are somehow funnier when viewed in context of the original episode. The recurring themes within the episodes are funnier. It's also much more convenient to sit down and watch an episode or two whenever you want. Instead, it all gets lost in the 2-hour marathon format of each "volume". Additionally, as many reviewers have mentioned, many of the classic bits are absent from this set.

Bottom line is, before you purchase this set, realize that many of the bits you remember may be missing. Also realize that each "volume" is a marathon of strung-together bits, and you will not see the actual episodes.

I suggest that die-hard Jackass fans actually not buy this set, because I think you will be more frustrated and upset in the end. Because of the "volume" format, you will probably only watch each disc once, then quickly retire it to the shelf. I regret that someone spent some good money buying this as a gift for me. I would gladly return it for only half it's original price if I could.

I like a lot of MTV's shows but I have never laughed so hard at one of their shows than I did while watching Jackass. I have volumes two and three already and I dying without volume one which is the best in the series. Not only does this set have volume one but it contains updated versions of two and three. Two and three had pretty lousy special features compared to the movie's bonus material but the set blows those away.

If every box set had this many special features than every DVD would be such a great value. The set tells us what our favorite troublemakers are doing now in a 40 minute documentary. Not only that but it has deleted scenes, television appearance, and the Cribs special which was very good. I was so surprised at how great these features were. I know some skits aren't included but I'm just happy that they made up for it with all the new bonus features. This set is perfect for anyone who loved Jackass and I highly recommend it. Great job Paramount.

Okay let me first address two things :

1) Paramount did NOT refuse to release full seasons of the Jackass show, they were not ALLOWED to for legal reasons that none of us will probably ever know. Anyway, if they COULD, they WOULD - I don't know why the last reviewer mentioned greed. Paramount would make a buttload of money if they released full seasons of Jackass. They simply cannot - legal bull...

2) The "Never Before Seen Footage" is - really - Never Before Seen Jackass footage, not CKY footage used under the Jackass title.

Also, DON'T BE MISLED or misunderstand - this DVD is NOT uncensored. Cuss words (both on the show and the commentaries) are 'bleeped' out and all blurs remain intact. Every once in a while in the commentary a cuss word misses the censors - but that doesn't make it UNcensored. So don't think the F***s and S***s will all now be audible - they won't be. Nonetheless...

This DVD Is GREAT!!! And I am guessing that any skits that weren't released on the DVD weren't released for - again - legal reasons. The 'Keep God Out Of Califonia' skit probably couldn't be legally cleared for release on the DVD, that simple.

The bonus features are what MAKE this box set. Disc one has like 50+ skits never released. Discs 2 and 3 are revamped too. And I mean, come on - the WHOLE Gumball Rally, cast commentaries that (when you can understand what they are actually saying) are hilarious, and a "Where are They Now" feature that is really cool. Oh yeah - and even more on top of that. If you liked Jackass but wanted more when you were watching the show - here's your ticket in.

The DVD is GREAT, like I said. Well worth the buy. And if you are a fan of Jackass (or just stoopid TV) this is most CERTAINLY worth the buy.

-=Jon=-

I feel soooooo ripped off by Paramount and MTV. Scenes were cut, songs were changed. I can see why the songs would be changed... the copyright owners perhaps just wouldn't give it up, but the cutting of some of the best scenes.... horrible. Luckily, I've still got all the originally aired episodes before MTV started to censor them on tape and mpg. sI think it's time to xfer my tape eps to DVD-R. Changing the songs makes it so less fun, especially the taking away of the Fat Boys are Back (for Fat F*** clip) and So Excited songs.

Secondly, this set follows the setup of the Vol 2 and 3 discs, having all the scenes continuously run one after the other. It's not like the TV show where you have Opening (I'm Johnny Knoxville welcome to Jackass), Clips, Closing. Having the disc formatted in 1 huge continuous stream, takes the fun out of the episodes and makes it tough to watch. I like to watch it in episode format, it's more fun.

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Some things that didn't show up:

*Stun Gun
*Milk challenge w/vomiting
*Shock collar
*Poo at restaurant - Knoxville adds poo to plate and complains to waiter.
*Pontius wearing Devil costume
*Wee man as Oompa Loompa (sp?)
*Knoxville breaks ankle jumping the LA river
*Knoxville on BBQ, then they eat the steaks
*Knoxville gets hit with flamethrower

Changed songs:

*The Mullet
*Fat F***
*Body in trunk
*Sumo Wrestling
*Johnny Coxville

Changed Titles:

*Jeff Tremaine Get's a Haircut is now, The Haircut

I was watching this in its entirety recently and I got pretty annoyed when I discovered that the milk drinking challenge was nowhere to be found on any of the discs. You get a flash of it in a montage at the start of one of the discs but that's it. In fact, as you pore through the set, you slowly start to realize that there are a couple of skits that are missing besides that one.

I have no idea why these skits are missing and in all honesty, it's a disappointment when you discover that what you're holding in your hands isn't the definitive Jackass collection that it should've been. Maybe it was legal issues? It'd have to be. I couldn't tell you exactly how many skits are missing but the information should be available somewhere. It's definitely more than a couple.

While there's a lot of crazy antics to sit through (and even with the missing skits, it's still a lot of stuff) including extra documentaries and stuff, I wouldn't really consider this set to be that well put together. I agree with someone else's opinion that instead of just lumping everything together, they should have kept the episodes intact. I don't mind that they still censor out the profanity but watching skit after skit after skit in no particular context gets boring. The set also comes with a decent little photo book with disc details plus behind the scenes info.

To make a long story short, had this have been a true completist's set, I'd have recommended it easily. The fact that it's not, coupled with the fact that it's missing my favorite skit from any of the episodes make this a box set that I can't recommend in good conscience. Especially to a die-hard Jackass fan.

I recieved it as a gift and hoped tenjoy all the stupid stunts and s**t talking, I got some. They took out the original songs and censored the commentary.

I agree about the censorship, that was dumb. The dvds are almost two hours and lumped togeter, which si annoying. The skits range from really, really funny to eh, seen that a dozen times already. I was impressed by where are they now feature. I thought it would be a 4 minute little document but it was almost an hour Id buy this set used, not new. Its no worth the price.

This DVD is not uncensored. It still blocks out the private parts and bleeps the curse words. But otherwise it is great because when you wanna see more stupidity just pop in another DVD from the box.