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Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video
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Wikipedia article
in 2003
'Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video' is the first DVD by television personality and stuntman Steve-O, released in 2001. It mostly contains footage that couldn't be shown on related MTV show 'Jackass', due to censorship.
Aside from Steve-O, the DVD features Chris Pontius, Jason "Wee Man" Acua, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Jeff Tremaine, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Ryan Simonetti. It contains a cast commentary and a bonus making-of video.
Content
Some noteworthy scenes are Steve-O drinking bong water, the fireball face off where Steve-O spits a fireball while doing a backflip, burning his face in the process, ice skating and falling through thin ice on the Cuyahoga River and the vodka IV where Steve-O gets five shots of vodka pumped through his blood stream courtesy of a registered nurse. It also contains the video "The Career Ender," appropriately titled because it was once believed to end Steve-O's career. Highlights of the Career Ender show Steve-O's first attempt at the butterfly, in which he stapleguns his scrotum to his leg.
Unauthorized re-release
After a falling-out with Steve O's old manager, Nick Dunlap, Dunlap re-released the DVD, advertising it as a "Now 100% special edition". It is the same disc sold in 2001, but with a red cover. This was completely unauthorized by Steve-O. Steve-O later sued Dunlap and his attorney Jason Berk.
Sequels
'Don't Try This at Home' sold 140,000 copies, and was followed by 'Don't Try This at Home Volume 2: The Tour' (2002) and 'Steve-O: Out on Bail' (2003), which show Steve-O on a tour with other 'Jackass' cast members (such as Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn) and their exploits and stunts during that time. A fourth video, 'Steve-O: The Early Years' (2004), records Steve-O engaging in stunts and pranks done primarily for his and his friends' amusement, as opposed to performing for an audience.
Releases
*'Don't Try This at Home The Steve-O Video Vol. 2: The Tour' (2002)*'Steve-O: Out on Bail' (2003) (a.k.a. 'Don't Try This at Home The Steve-O Video Vol. 3: Out on Bail')
*'Steve-O: The Early Years' (2004)
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References
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