Damn, Sagat!
Blame it all on Bob Saget. It's all his fault. First it was just babies, playful food–fights, and cute pets making us go "awwww." Then slowly but surely, like the unrelenting blade in The Pit and the Pendulum, the cute videos turned ever more horrific until the point that if we hadn't seen someone in serious pain by the end of the show, then by god, we want a refund!

Eventually the videos turned to a steady diet of baby shooting father with nail-gun, toddler dropping a hot iron on mom's foot, or dog clamping down on stranger's crotch. In fact, just about any video with a child or animal (adorable of course) causing damage to some unsuspecting guy's crotch was sure to be voted in #1 by the audience.

"Hi, My Name is Johnny Jackass, Welcome to Knoxville"
Enter Jackass, the sophisticated version of backyard wrestling. Making it ok for people everywhere to jump into elephant dung and laugh at other people's misfortunes. Why's it successful? Because it's funny! It makes us feel a smarter then we actually are. We don't pay to rent golf carts, demolish them, and knock ourselves out. We pay to watch someone else do it! I tend to get the feeling, though, that Johnny Knoxville and Co. are counting on us laughing at them, not with them.

So What's The Big Deal, Know-It-All?
Hey, no complaints here. They can do what they want. Someone's got to do it. But I don't think I'll be giving myself paper cuts on the tip of my #@$% anytime soon. Now whether this stuff should be marketed to 13 year olds as it is now is another question. I'll leave that one to Tipper Gore.

Umm... So What's With The Music?
Slayer's "Angel of Death" and Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" are on the soundtrack. So right away you're off to a good start. The rest of the CD is filled up with various punk bands; most notably The Misfits and The Ramones. It is good to see lesser know bands like Detroit Cobras, Smut Peddlers, and The Rezillos get the nod to be included on the disc. But ultimately this record feels like the mix tapes I'd make to listen to while delivering pizzas: a bunch of songs stuffed together for no other reason then that they sound good (the liner notes will contest of course that much effort was put into choosing the songs). It's the soundtrack to Jackass, what did you expect?