Jackass star Johnny Knoxville doesn’t appear to have an off change with regards to pranking everybody round him, and this was one thing fellow prankster Eric Andre discovered first hand. Along with Gabourey Sidibe, the three function the panel of “pranxperts” for ABC’s new sequence The Prank Panel. The present is coming to the community on Wednesday, May 24, for a particular preview episode earlier than returning with weekly episodes beginning on Sunday, July 9.
To promote the present, Andre spoke about The Prank Panel for a brand new interview with Howard Stern. He defined the idea, noting the way it’s principally like Shark Tank however with pranks. What occurs is folks are available and pitch elaborate pranks that the panel should resolve in the event that they wish to produce. Meanwhile, Knoxville was individually pranking Andre the entire time as nicely, and it was attending to the purpose the place coming in to work was getting very difficult for him. Andre recollects going to Jeff Tremaine for assist, and he was suggested to primarily dish it proper again to Knoxville. As Andre explains:
“Knoxville’s pranking me the entire time. He’s tasing me, he is bought a distinct weapon on him every single day. So, I known as [Jackass director] Jeff Tremaine. I am going, ‘Jeff, I do not know what to do [about] Knoxville. Every day I am going to work, one thing’s coming out of a wall, or he is hitting me with a taser or one thing.’ And Jeff goes, ‘Well, he is by no means gonna cease, so you’ve got gotta hit him again.'”
That had Andre satisfied that he’d get Knoxville again through the use of a stun gun on him. However, Andre did not anticipate that Knoxville principally has the ache tolerance stage of the T-1000 from Terminator 2. It solely made issues worse for Andre, and it bought so unhealthy that he even stop the present for a interval, not sure that he may preserve working with Knoxville.
“While Knoxville’s not wanting, I stake this stun gun out, and I hit him proper within the coronary heart with it, like proper within the heart of his chest. But he is just like the liquid Terminator, the man is so impervious to ache, that is like slightly pinch to him… He simply begins me whereas he is being electrocuted, after which he grabs it out of my hand, after which he simply begins attacking me with it. And he has one other one in his pocket, so he takes out one other one, and he has mine. He will get me on the ground, and he is simply lighting me up with two stun weapons. And I run for my life out of the studio. And I stop, I stop the present… So, I stop that weekend, then he begged me again.”
Johnny Knoxville Might Be Pushing His Pranks Too Far
Filming Prank Panel has made extra than simply Eric Andre upset. One one who was the recipient of a prank filmed for the present was so upset {that a} lawsuit was filed in response. A handyman claims he’d been duped when he responded to a pretend advert that had been positioned by the present’s group, leading to somebody he believed to be the house owner accusing him of killing a pony together with different weird feedback. Knoxville got here out to disclose that the entire thing had been a prank, however the handyman was not amused, prompting the lawsuit.
“Plaintiff was not amused, and stays unamused… He has been badly shaken and traumatized by this episode,” the lawsuit reads.
Prank Panel is about to premiere on ABC on May 24, 2023, adopted by weekly episodes airing beginning on July 9, 2023.