Johnny Knoxville

There’s an art to the perfect prank. This week, we’re joined by Johnny Knoxville, an expert prankster. He’s been at the center of the Jackass universe for more than two decades and has performed stunts in all its iterations. The Jackass crew have done things like cover their entire body with bees, gotten tattoos in off-road vehicles – one of Knoxville’s signature stunts involves going into bullpens and getting rammed head on. Now in his 50’s, Knoxville almost died making Jackass Forever last year. A stunt involving a bull resulted in a broken wrist, broken ribs and a concussion that took him a year to recover from. He’s had to face down what his life is without the smashing and crashing. The answer was pranks. His new show is called The Prank Panel. Knoxville reflects on his time making Jackass, and what it’s been like to age into the dangerous world of stunt performing.