Short Takes

If watching a 28-year-old yahoo staple-gun his scrotum to his inner thighs propels you into giggle fits, then chances are you're NOT a Louisiana prosecutor, and boy howdy, has Steve-O got THE video for you, dude! Modern day fall guy and celebrated MTV "Jackass" Stephen Glover faces obscenity charges for doing just that at a nightclub near New Orleans recently. Coincidentally, the allegedly lewd, certainly ill-advised stunt is presented on this disc's much-touted "Career Ender" reel, which also includes the neuvo Knievel having his privates waxed by overly enthusiastic chicks, guzzling beer poured over a guy's hairy hindquarters and routinely dreaming up reasons to light himself ablaze. Not that the MAIN attraction is rated for family hour. Clad in little else than a hospital gown, Steve mainlines an IV drip doused with a half-dozen vodka shots, then staggers into a nearby watering hole for a nightcap. He somersaults off a car, cruising across a bridge, and belly-flops into the water below. From apartment buildings into pools. From a plane into a lake. Sometimes even while sober! There's not much this fella DOESN'T do come to think of it. Except keep his britches on. Such as when he dropped trou and let tittering buddies blast Roman candles at his hiney, or later, when he took a decidedly more direct approach and launched bottle rockets from his sphincter. Now THERE'S an image to chew on. CineSchlockers can delve deeper into this bizarre phenom via an accompanying commentary by Steve-O and his thrill-seeking ilk (including "Jackass" grand pooh-bah Johnny Knoxville). Four breasts. Hypodermic closeup. Bong water chugging. Gratuitous urination (by multiple drunks). Frequent projectile puking. Multiple bottles to the brainpan. Squirrel, possum and nutria munching. Gratuitous skateboarding montage. Wangdoodle abuse. Groupie diddling. Heart-shaped scab peeling. Gratuitous fish-eye lens footage. Self-gratification. Curry snorting. From the man himself, "People ask me why I do all this stupid s@#&. It's such a simple answer. I don't like work. I don't like school. And I want to be remembered forever, dude."

2002, 54 minutes (in two parts), Fullframe, Commentary, Outtakes.