See ‘Jackass’ Gang Relive 15 Years of Wild Pranks, Scary Injuries

Bam Margera’s mother, April, remembers feeling aghast when she first heard the name of the show. “I said, ‘Are you even allowed to say that?’” she tells Rolling Stone. “And they said, ‘Well, it was gonna be Asshole,’ but they couldn’t do that.”

While visiting with Bam, the pro-skater also shared what he considers his “worst moments” on Jackass for another video. He grins ear to ear when recalling how Johnny Knoxville tricked him into falling into a literal snake pit, and he jovially retells a story about trying to navigate a stunt course filled with Tasers, among other stunts. “I learned to not tell Tremaine or Knoxville or anybody what you’re afraid of,” he says, smiling. “‘I love spiders, oh yeah. You can dump a whole bucket on me, I wouldn’t even care,’” he added, sarcastically.

Finally, Knoxville, England and Pontius sat on a couch – with their “high five” hand behind them – and relived the “Anaconda Ball Pit” stunt in Jackass Number Two. “I had electrical tape around my wrists because I didn’t want the snake to bite through my arteries,” Knoxville recalls, looking at footage of his ultimately bloody wrist. “In my mind, I was safe. But in reality, the snake’s just gonna bite right through that, too. And then after we shot, the guy’s like, ‘One of these snakes took off someone’s calf muscle the other day.’ I was like, ‘Thanks for telling me afterwards.’”

Videos by Steve Appleford