Influence
Various groups have created shows based on or similar to Jackass. These include:
- Extreme Duudsonit aka The Dudesons (which also started airing at 2000, although they had been filming their stunts ever since 1990s)
- Dirty Sanchez aka Team Sanchez
- Nitro Circus
- Tokyo Shock Boys
- Crazy Monkey
- Rad Girls
- Janoskians (Australian comedy group who gained popularity from YouTube)
- Les 11 commandements (The 11 Commandments)
- Mega64
- N.O.I.A. (Brazil based Jackass)
- AF (South African based Jackass)
- Dickstroyers (Spain)
- Das Mafia (Canada)
Jackass-type behavior has also been depicted and used as plot devices on multiple other television shows - an example of which is episode 19 of season 3 of CSI: Vegas, in which one of a group of teenagers is shot and killed while performing (and filming) a stunt.
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