Meet the Griefers
There’s a moment in 2002’s Jackass: The Movie which has become something of a perennial favourite among fans of Johnny Knoxville and co. Hiding in the bushes on a golf course, the pranksters proceed to blast a deafening airhorn whenever the hapless golfers attempt to line up a shot, sending their perfectly-honed swing way off shot. It’s childish, irresponsible, anti-social, silly, ultimately pointless and pretty much devoid of any artistic or cultural worth whatsoever. It is also bust-your-gut, wet-your-pants, double-you-over-in-stitches hilarious. Jackass was, of course, the most famous millennial extension of the prank show format. Tricking members of the public for fun and profit has been a TV mainstay for years: Allen Funt and his Candid Camera, the fake-beard antics of Beadle’s About, Dom Joly’s meddling about in Trigger Happy TV. Of those examples, perhaps the last show contains the most interesting aspect: the famous prank in which Joly yells into a massively oversized mobile phone, disturbing the peace in various social situations. Read more…
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