Jack Ass Sues Jackass!

[Pissed_Macman]

Jack Ass sues over Jackass show

 

quote: LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Jack Ass says "Jackass" has given him a bad name.

A Montana man who legally changed his name to "Jack Ass" in 1997 has sued media giant Viacom Inc. , claiming its stunt-heavy, gross-out TV show and movie "Jackass" had defamed his character.

In a suit filed in November in Montana and posted this week on a legal Web site, Jack Ass, who said he changed his name to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving, claimed Viacom was "liable for injury to my reputation that I have built and defamation of my character which I have worked so hard to create."

The suit asks for damages of $10 million or more. Jack Ass is representing himself.

Jack Ass, a journeyman power lineman by trade, said he changed his name from Bob Craft in late 1997 as part of a personal crusade against drunk driving after his brother and a friend were killed in a car crash. Theirs was the only vehicle involved.

A spokeswoman for Viacom referred calls on the suit to MTV Networks, its subsidiary which aired the "Jackass" show. A spokeswoman for MTV Networks said its policy was not to comment on pending litigation.

"Jackass," the show and movie, featured outrageous stunts and practical jokes. The show ran in 2000 and 2001 before it was canceled. The movie, which came out earlier this year, made more than $60 million at the U.S. box office.

Earlier this month a New Mexico teenager died in what police said was an attempt to imitate a stunt he saw in the film. In November, a Seattle teenager suffered serious burns trying to imitate another stunt from the show.

Jack Ass runs a Web site (http://www.andiass.com) centered around a donkey-like cartoon character "Andi Ass," which touts T-shirts, baseball caps, souvenir beer bottles and a message of responsible drinking.

He also runs a non-profit service that sells heart-shaped markers to be placed at the sites of fatal accidents involving drivers, power line workers and for use in memorializing dead pets.

"I really want to emphasize the importance of this work," he told Reuters.  

[slave]

What a jack ass.

[cahult]

Reminds me of that moron who changed his name to Zachary Zzzzzra (have I spelled it right?     ) to counter the act of Zeke Zzzypt a few years earlier.

[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: cahult ]

[solo]

First, this guy IS a jackass his name fits him. Second of all, imitating jackass stunts is not a way to get attention, after all it's not like the stunts havent been done before (obviously)

[choasforages]

what are you talking about, the jackass imitators are even better then the "real thing" becuase people actally get hurt/*getting rid of stupid could never be so easy or fun........*/

[solo]

sssh, that may be true but if the only thing they can think of to get attention is imitating jackass and they think we dont care theyll get all depressed and sit in a chair and watch tv eating cheetos. Now heres the kicker, in 2 years we bring the jackass thing back in style and we tell them theyd be great on jackass.

Then WE can grab the video recorders and a lawn chair and sit down and watch.

[jrigby]

thats odd i havent heard a thing about this tell now...

and considering i live in montana and something like this would be all over the news here, sounds kind of screwed up to me

Jrigby

[Pissed_Macman]

If people have to imitate jackass to get attention, then let them die and help the gene pool.