Jackass-related stories
Posted Oct 12th 2009 6:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
I don't know if
Legend of the Seeker could be considered a guilty pleasure or not. I mean, if you like something, why does it have to be a "guilty" pleasure? Having said that, I think a lot of people would consider this show something they're not willing to admit they like. But I'll admit it: I like it. It's a fun show.
Holiday TV Comedy Collection is a mix of Christmas episodes from various shows, including
The Office,
30 Rock,
Psych,
Monk, and
House.
- Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes - Spotlight Collection Vol. 7
- Curious George - A Very Monkey Christmas
- Flashpoint - Season 1
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted Aug 27th 2009 1:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: CSI, Nip/Tuck, Dexter, TV Squad Ten
A good show can keep you so entertained that you're willing to fight sleep to watch the rest of it. A great show physically keeps you awake.
It gets into your bloodstream and forces more adrenaline into your heart.
It turns the synapses in your brain into ferrets on espresso that dash back and forth between the lobes and fires your mind on all of its cylinders.
It is visual cocaine, which is much healthier than actual cocaine and doesn't require a frequent visitor punch card for an eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor.
These are the shows that assault all five of the senses or less depending on how good of a health plan you've got.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Most visceral shows
Posted Aug 26th 2009 6:31PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free
Cross promotions are not a new concept to TV heads, but this one cooked up by the folks behind the CW's
Vampire Diaries deserves a Peabody Award
. As
Brad mentioned earlier today,
The Vampire Diaries is being cross-promoted with the American Red Cross in which
the show is hosting its own blood drive.
What a great idea and a great cause! Just think of the other charitable promotions this will inspire other shows to tackle.
Continue reading Vampire Diaries' cross promotion could inspire more TV charities
Posted Aug 25th 2009 1:34PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: News, OpEd, Reality-Free
The Los Angeles Times made a rather humorous error in their TV listings and some, depending on what they personally think of MSNBC talking head Keith Olbermann, may not have noticed the difference.
Their TV listings for Thursday listed
Jackass in the time slot where
Countdown with Keith Olbermann should have been.
The paper issued a correction the following day, disappointing thousands of easily hammered frat boys (including me) who thought MTV's nightly cavalcade of nut shots and poo fights had returned to television on another network.
Olbermann was OK with the mistake until
one of the paper's bloggers used it as a political parry against him and his network. That launched the MSNBC host into a personal tirade against the blogger and anything else that happened to saunter into the path of Olbermann's angry spittle cannon.
Continue reading Hi I'm Keith Olbermann, welcome to Jackass
Posted Jun 11th 2009 3:00PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, The Amazing Race, American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother (US), Dancing With The Stars, Celebreality
Considering how prevalent reality television is these days, it's got to be a pretty daunting task to try and put together a comprehensive list of the best and worst of all time. But
Entertainment Weekly thinks they've done just that. They've compiled the
top 20 reality shows of all time, but also the
ten worst reality shows of all time. All in all, they did a pretty damned good job.
I completely agree with the top six, but they lose me with
Jackass at number seven. I have never understood the appeal of filming morons doing stupid things on purpose just to be stupid. But there were some shows missing from the list completely, like
Little People Big World, So You Think You Can Dance and
Beauty and the Geek. Surely those shows are better than
The Hills and
The Real Housewives of Sesame Street, or whatever franchise they're spinning now.
Continue reading EW declares the all-time best and worst of reality television
Posted Apr 18th 2008 11:25AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Casting
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have Styledome, High School Musical: Summer Session and other new shows.
Continue reading Reality Show casting calls
Posted Mar 21st 2008 12:01PM by Jay Black
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Web, TV 101
On the
Jackassworld website, they have a "feature" called the "AlphaPoo". This is a collection of 26 pictures of... er, human poo... that resembles the alphabet. I don't bring this up because it's clever (in fact, if there is a bright center of clever in the universe, the AlphaPoo is the idea farthest from it); I bring it up because writing this feature about Jackass reminded me of poo. Specifically, poo that you want to come out but won't.
See, almost four weeks ago, I was sent to MTV Studios to cover the 24 hour
Jackass "takeover" of the network to celebrate the premiere of
Jackassworld. I figured that I would write up a few hundred words the next day and everyone would be happy. Instead, this article has festered in the bowels of my brain for almost a month. Enough is enough. I've taken some mental Metamucil (i.e. Scotch) and I'm just going to let it rip...
Continue reading TV 101: I'm such a Jackass (or five things I learned at MTV)
Posted Aug 15th 2007 12:04PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities, Casting
Adam reported earlier this summer that a Steve-O-hosted reality show titled
Dr. Steve-O, formerly
Camp Steve-O, was picked up by USA for the fall. The show focuses on the former
Jackass star as he roams the land from redwood forest to Gulf Stream waters trying to toughen up our nation's men.
Dr. Steve-O has now
added Trishelle Cannatella, formerly of
Real World: Las Vegas and
The Surreal Life, as the madman's assistant in "de-wussifying wimps."
Continue reading Dr. Steve-O adds Real World starlet
Posted Jun 22nd 2007 11:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals
Almost a year ago I told you former Jackass jackass Steve-O would be starring in a new reality series called Camp Steve-O. That series is now set to debut October 1 at 11:00 p.m., but the name has changed to Dr. Steve-O.
The premise, though, is still the same. Steve-O will use his own brand of juvenile machismo to "de-wussify" a group of men nominated by their wives, girlfriends, buddies, and sometimes themselves. Steve-O travels around helping these poor souls through various stunts and dares.
Clearly, I'm not the target demographic for this series, as I've never associated being a real man with the type of buffoonery Steve-O is known for, but I'll admit I might be out of the loop and missed the memo that reads brave men shave their heads and willing allow themselves to be smacked in the testicles. If that's the criteria for not being a wuss, slap a dress on me and call me Thumbelina.
Posted May 25th 2007 12:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
That's right, fans of Jackass, the popular MTV series that spawned two feature films is being turned into a game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. You can pick up your copy on September 24. Or, you can pick it up after September 24. Or you can order it online and not have to pick it up at all. Or you can use your money to buy a jar of pickles, what the hell do I care?
Continue reading Jackass: the video game
Posted Jan 8th 2007 3:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd
There are several things that bother me about the new CBS show Armed & Famous, which debuts this Wednesday at 8pm. One, it's another damn reality show. I've truly reached my breaking point with these shows, especially ones that are just gimmicks and not teaching us anything new or providing something substantial at the end.
But the main reason I'm bothered about the show is this: the ads keep saying that the show is going to feature "real celebrities" going to work as real cops. Um...since when are people like Erik Estrada and "that guy from Jackass" real celebrities? Latoya Jackson? She has a weird brother. Jack Osbourne? He's the son of a weird father. The hot blonde chick is...um, who is she again?
Continue reading They might be Armed, but are they really Famous?
Posted Dec 14th 2006 3:55PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, MTV, Pickups and Renewals
MTV has two new reality series up its sleeve - both premiering on January 30th. First up is a second outing from sometime
Jackass Bam Margera.
Bam's Unholy Union will focus on the pro skateboarder's preparations for his wedding day because, yes, someone has deigned to marry him. She must know what she's in for, right? She has seen what this guy has done to his poor mother and father? I hope Bam's bride has some top-notch pranking abilities or a really great sense of humor.
Next up is
Wrestling Society X which is being described as the "greatest, dirtiest and most dangerous sports entertainment program that throws out the glam of wrestling." Why the hell would anyone want to throw the "glam" out of wrestling? What's the point if there's no showmanship? If you're into pure bloodlust, start a Fight Club. If you want to see two half-naked men roll around on the floor with zero glam, try amateur gay porn. Wrestling with no glam is like hair metal without the spandex or
Jerry Springer without a cast of angry trannies. It's just no fun.
Posted Nov 3rd 2006 6:28PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Industry, Web, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
You can always count on McSweeney's to bring the verbose, witty goods.
In the past few weeks, we've had
"Johnny Knoxville's Letters to His Brother" and
"Ten Reasons Why You, Audrey Tautou, Gamine French Star of Amelie, Should Date Me, Teddy Wayne." Yesterday brought a real gem, however, in the form of
"Aaron Sorkin Visits a Dental Hygienist."
Giving
Ken Levine's "If Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball..." post a run for its money, author Jack Pendarvis unpacks the Sorkin banter tactics with an extended
Poulenc reference. A sample exchange:
Continue reading Aaron Sorkin visits the Dental Hygienist
Posted Oct 31st 2006 3:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Web, Celebrities
Our friends over at AOL have a photo gallery up of the scariest celebrities, just in time for Halloween. There are a lot of non-TV people on the list, but there are some TV celebs on the list as well. They list Dr. Phil (no explanation necessary, in my opinion), Teri Hatcher (for mentioning how much she likes her breasts in her recent book, plus other revelations), Flavor Flav, and Jackass star Steve-O (all that abuse to his body, plus I'd add pissing on the red carpet at a movie premiere).
But wait a second...no Nancy Grace?!? No Star Jones? How about Joan Rivers or Bill O'Reilly?
Posted Oct 9th 2006 7:58PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, MTV
Jeff Tremaine, the creator of both
Jackass and
Wild Boyz, has developed a new reality series for MTV called
Rob & Big, which will feature skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin living together in the Hollywood Hills (Anna
mentioned the series back in April). The series will debut on November 2, but if you're really excited to see what the show is all about for some reason, you can watch a five-minute sneak peek on MTV October 26. The sneak peek will also be available on MTV.com and on MTV's mobile services. The first episode will also be available through iTunes October 31, with subsequent episodes available through iTunes the Tuesday after they air on MTV. Dyrdek and Boykin met when Dyrdek hired him as a bodyguard to help protect him from cops who would hassle him for skateboarding. And no, that sentence didn't make a lot of sense to me either, but there you go.
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