Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video

Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video
Produced by	Dimitry Elyashkevich Steve-O
Distributed by	J&N Media
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	33 min.
Language	English

Steve-O

Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video is Steve-O's first DVD.^[1] It contains mostly footage that the censors wouldn't allow on MTV.

Content

Aside from Steve-O, the DVD includes Chris Pontius, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Preston Lacy, Johnny Knoxville, and Ryan Simonetti. 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's first attempt at the butterfly, in which he stapleguns his scrotum to his leg. The DVD contains a cast commentary and a bonus making-of video.

Unauthorized re-release

Also, after a fall out with Steve's old manager Nick Dunlap, Nick has 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.^{[citation needed]} Steve-O later sued Dunlap and attorney Jason Berk.^[2]

Sequels

Don't Try This at Home sold 140,000 copies^[3], and was followed by Don't Try This at Home Volume 2: The Tour^[4] (2002) and Steve-O: Out on Bail^[5] (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. 1 (2001)
• Don't Try This At Home - The Steve-O Video Vol. 2: The Tour (2002)
• Steve-O: Out on Bail (2003) (aka Don't Try This At Home - The Steve-O Video Vol. 3: Out on Bail)
• Steve-O: The Early Years (2004)
• Steve-O: Gross Misconduct (2005)

References

1. ^ "Steve-O takes great pains". The Gazette. December 19, 2002. http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/CRGB/lib00212,0F80DEF75ADDD57E.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
2. ^ Hafetz, David (April 30, 2006). "MTV Jack Assets Lawsuits". New York Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1031438691.html?dids=1031438691:1031438691&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+30%2C+2006&author=DAVID+HAFETZ&pub=New+York+Post&desc=MTV+'JACK+ASSETS'+LAWSUIT&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-11-15. 
3. ^ "Drunken Jackass is often too much". The Record. March 25, 2004. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/588598361.html?dids=588598361:588598361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+25%2C+2004&author=&pub=The+Record&desc=Drunken+Jackass+is+often+too+much&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
4. ^ "Jackass-inspired 'extreme standup' show brings excess to Lupo's". Providence Journal. December 5, 2002. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/254304361.html?dids=254304361:254304361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+05%2C+2002&author=VAUGHN+WATSON++Journal+Pop+Music+Writer&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=Jackass-inspired+'extreme+standup'+show+brings+excess+to+Lupo's+on+Sunday&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
5. ^ "Pain to Entertain". News & Record. June 26, 2003. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-4138855.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official site
• Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video at the Internet Movie Database
• Don't Try This at Home: The Tour at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve-O: Out on Bail at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve-O: The Early Years at the Internet Movie Database