Stephen “Steve-O” Glover growing up in the 80’s with the rock band Mötley Crue as idols. He is full of ideas but has a hard time finding a context that suits him. However, he has an asset that never fails: his skateboard. Steve soon also realizes that his great talent is to: strike.
Through a clown training, and many dangerous stunts for the skate magazine Big Brother, Steve soon finds his connection in the Jackass gang – the stuntmen who would become TV celebrities. With their programs on MTV and later feature films, they will be declared cult, called a sensation and create outcry with critics.
P3 ID about Steve-o is a story about a humor phenomenon that led straight to the long-awaited celebrity, but also to the bottomless abyss and later: the recovery.
The former MTV reporter participates in the episode Gideon Yagothe cultural journalist Fredrik Wikingsson and the freelance journalist and TV writer Jimmy Håkansson.
The episode was made by Studio Olga in the winter of 2022.
Host: Vendela Lundberg
Reporter: Alice Dadgostar
Sound mix: Fredrik Nilsson
The clips are taken from The Joe Rogan Experience, “Back to the future”, In depth with Graham Bensinger, Fuel TV, “Jackass” and “Wildboyz” as well as “MTV special” in MTV, MTV Video Awards, H3 Podcast, High Chaparall in Channel 5, Film Chronicle on SVT, Jay Leno show, Too Late with Adam Carolla, Youtube channel steveo, NBC Philadelphia, The Howard Stern show, “Jackass 3D”
The book “Professional idiot: A memoir” by Stephen Glover and David Peisner was very helpful during the research work.
Source: ICELAND NEWS