Ugh, I hope I get to go back to making fun of Jerry Bruckheimer soon. Death news sucks. Much more so when it’s someone likable. Anyway, more details about the car accident that killed Jackass star Ryan Dunn:
The Porsche shot through about 40 yards of trees before it hit the last one and exploded into flames, according to police. The police press release (.PDF) reads, “Preliminary investigation revealed that speed may have been a contributing factor to the accident.” [NBCPhiladelphia]
So speed may have been a factor in the car flying through 40 yards of forest before exploding into a fiery supernova, but let’s not jump to any conclusions before all the facts are in.
UPDATE: TMZ now reports that Dunn was the driver of the 2007 911 Porsche GT3, which was “fully engulfed in flames” when police found it.
Well this sucks. TMZ reportedly confirmed with Bam Margera’s mother that Ryan Dunn died in a car crash early this morning outside West Goshen Township. The 34-year-old Dunn was a member of the Jackass crew whose stunts included the toy-car-in-the-butt stunt Steve O wouldn’t do and driving the golf cart that flipped and almost killed Johnny Knoxville. In other words, some of their best bits.
Dunn and an unidentified person both died in the crash which happened around 3 a.m. at Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. It’s unclear who was driving the car.
We’re told the car caught fire in the crash — and hours later, a tow truck was called to the scene to remove the charred wreckage.
Just hours before his death, Dunn posted a photo on Twitter showing himself drinking with friends. [TMZ]
Ryan Dunn joined the original crew of Jackass after producers Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze invited Bam Margera to be apart of their show after seeing Bam’s stunts in CKY2K. Margera soon brought Dunn onboard, saying, “He did a lot of dumb sh*t in high school, so I said come along for the ride.” Most recently, Dunn appeared on Minute to Win It and was hosting a new show (Proving Ground) on G4, which premiered on Tuesday.
Details of the crash aren’t yet known (right now, police are saying “speed may have been a factor”). It’s always weird when a guy who’s known for doing reckless stunts people expect to one day kill him ends up dying from something that could’ve killed anyone, like a car crash. It’s like a real-life Final Destination. Same thing got Sam Kinison. Read the rest of this entry »
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Continuing Jimmy Kimmel’s tradition of getting famous women to star in mediocre sketches, here’s Britney Spears doing the poo cocktail. |via DailyWhat|
Before eventually being made available on DVD and online as a full-length feature, Jackass 3.5, a compilation of all the poop, penises, and semen that didn’t make it into your momJackass 3, will be gradually released online in weekly installments. Or as I like to call them, “Skeets.” They don’t say where you’ll be able to watch it yet, but the release begins in March.
“For ‘Jackass 3D’ we shot enough footage for two movies so a lot of great stuff didn’t make it in the film. Luckily you will get to see those bits in 3.5. We also shot some additional footage in Europe specifically for 3.5. I have staples in my head right now to prove it. Woo hoo,” said Jackass co-founder and star Johnny Knoxville. [press release via ComingSoon]
I love Jackass, and while I try avoid referencing Hieronymus Bosch in order to intellectually justify it, I will say that there were a few bits in Jackass 3D that I wish they’d explored further. At one point, for instance, there was a dildo-cum-projectile sublimely filmed flying through the air in super slow-motion 3D, like so much trebuchet fodder during Emperor Nikephoros II’s conquest of Cilicia. But where does the dildo go? Who fired it? Did they act alone? Are there other dildos? How might one make one’s own dildo gun, if one were so inclined? These questions and more, I hope will soon be answered.
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