| Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video | |
| Starring: | Steve-O |
| Producer: | Dimitry Elyashkevich Steve-O |
| Cinematography: | Dimitry Elyashkevich |
| Editing: | Nick Dunlap Dimitry Elyashkevich |
| Distributor: | J&N Media |
| Runtime: | 33 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video is the first DVD by television personality and stuntman Steve-O,[1] released in 2001. It mostly contains footage that couldn't be shown on related MTV show Jackass, due to censorship.
Aside from Steve-O, the DVD features Chris Pontius, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Jeff Tremaine, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Ryan Simonetti. It contains a cast commentary and a bonus making-of video.
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-O's first attempt at the butterfly, in which he stapleguns his scrotum to his leg.
After a falling-out with Steve O's old manager, Nick Dunlap, Dunlap 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. Steve-O later sued Dunlap and his attorney Jason Berk.[2]
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.