(S1, E25) Welcome to Jackass!

If you believed the conservative media hype, 2000’s MTV phenomenon Jackass was a symbol of the moral bankruptcy of America and the easy corruptibility of youth. In the season finale of Pop Culture Boner, we’re digging deep in the vault to examine our feelings about Jackass. Why was it so popular? Was it about watching dudes get hit in the nuts or was it something deeper? Perhaps most importantly, is it just cos Johnny Knoxville is kind of hot?

You can find an abbreviated list of references here:

• Marc Spitz (2010, Maxim) - Jackass: An Oral History

• Marianne Eloise (2017, Vice) - An Oral History of 'Jackass: The Movie'

• Erik Hedegaard (2001, Rolling Stone) - Johnny Knoxville: King of Pain

• Sean Brayton (2007, Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 16/1) - MTV’s ‘Jackass’: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity

• Jackass: The Movie (2002)

• Jackass Number 2 (2006)

• Jackass 3D (2010)

• Johnny Knoxville Breaks Down Every Injury of His Career (2018, Vanity Fair)

You can find a full transcript here.