Here’s a classic Jackass skit that is sure to bring a smile to your Monday. Chris Pontius, aka Bunny the lifeguard and Party Boy, headlines this ridiculous skit. Pontius dresses up in a devil costume, the $.99 variety, and takes to the streets of California campaigning for the Devil.
During the skit he receives many a strange glare from unsuspecting pedestrians. But as you can imagine it was only a matter of time until a religious freak crossed his path. And cross paths did they! Yikes!
Hilarity ensues.
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People have freedom in America to walk around and protest what they want. Chris Pontius obviously knows about Jesus and God and Satan or he wouldn’t have gone out on the street pulling that stunt. The psycho who attacked him is just that, a psycho. A real Christian Like myself, would just pray for the young man. Jesus didn’t teach us to physically attack non-believers. His marching orders are to shake the dust off your feet and move on. Please don’t try grouping us with that nut job!
Frank, this site is all about religious freaks, not religious people in general. I know many people find this site anti-religion, but I am a tolerant person.
After all I was raised Catholic and my family still is. I don’t think they’re freaks :)
gasmonso
Frank, thats the old “No True Scotsman” fallacy.
*Sigh*. Tell me that’s staged. Please?
About 1:10 minutes into the clip, I noticed that Chris had forgotten to remove the costume’s price tag, which was located about an inch below the devil’s pointy tail. I don’t know why I pick up on such silly details, but it IS funny looking.
Was this real or was the attacker part of the street play? I suspect it was real drama, the sounds of Chris getting punched in the head were painful.
Oh, and Frank, you needn’t be so defensive. Gasmonso isn’t saying that every religious person is a freak, but there are those who take religion to the extremes and warp it into something that is totally alien to the original message.
Back when I was in college, we called the nuts Jesus Freaks. One such messed-up dude in my classes was Mark David Chapman. If you don’t recognize the name, I am sure someone here can fill you in on the details.
What’s unfortunately telling about society is that no one was willing to help him fend off the psycho.
At least it’s on video. Hopefully, they pressed charges.
Frank,
Actually it would seem in the absense of a suitably heavy rock, this man was acting as close as possible to the unerring words of the bible:
“And The Lord said to Moses … He who blasphemes the Name of The Lord shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.” (Leviticus 24:13,16 RSV)
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods … You shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from The Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” (Deuteronomy 13:6,10 RSV)
It would seem that you are the one that is not being properly christian in only praying for him.
Dave
“That’s not very christian!” — I love it.
“It would seem that you are the one that is not being properly christian in only praying for him.”
No. It would seem that he’s not being properly Jewish.
That clip slays me every time. Knowing the Jackass gang I know he was trying to draw extreme reactions and it got more extreme than he expected really quick. Knowing he wasn’t really hurt, I can laugh my ass off about it but had he truly been hurt by that lunatic I would be first in line at the protest to have that guy thrown in prison. Anyone who couldn’t figure out Chris was joking walking around in a dime store devil suit needs to take a Zanex and chill.
Nice old clip, still makes me sick to watch it today.
It would be great to have joined Chris and the black chick in beating the life from this man. (Or at least until the cops got there) I’d then come visit him in the hostpital wearing the devil costume and verbally “pray” for him to get better, so I could do it again.
Man, even if the Christian theology is right; I would take great pleasure in joining the “devil/buddhists/etc” to slaughter the devout/angels etc.
Deep down, I think me and Henry Rollins should do a tour.
Scott, please explain, why do Christians not have to adhere to the old testament? Because i’ve never really understood that.
Also, It’s a sad thing that only one person helped him (though the attacker was a girly man) freedom of speech and all. Still I’m heading over the USA, Though I might forfit a lot of fun, I’d better leave my devil at home.
Alcari:
Yeah, it’s not freedom OF Religion; it’s freedom FROM religion. I both hate and fear the good ol’ USA; way to take a good idea (Bill of Rights) and screw it all to hell.
he does this again in Jackass 2. He gets shot out of a hole in the ground, lands on his head and immediatly grabs his sign and shouts “keep god out of california!”. go rent it. beware though, he also drinks horse semen in that movie.
Actually the first amendment covers both the freedom OF (establishment clause) and FROM (free exercise clause) religion.
Alcari Says:
February 19th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Scott, please explain, why do Christians not have to adhere to the old testament? Because i’ve never really understood that.
The covenant with God that these laws are part of is with Israel, not with Gentiles. If you read them in context that’s pretty clear. You’d have to ask an orthodox Jewish person why they aren’t stoning more folks. I’m sure that they have a good reason. There is a new covenant in Christ that gets established in the NT. Christ sums up the law with love God and love your neighbor.
To ‘Skyclad/Dave’:
Is that the best you can come up with, some quote that was written by God only knows who about killing someone who speaks blasphemy. If everything written in the Bible and New Testament were to be strictly followed then we should also be put to the death if we work on the holy sabbath. This is only one other example of the crap you should be killed for which is spelled out for us in these books. I’m sure you’ve probably broken a few of the rules at some time, so should therefore be put to the death if want to take it so literally.
And who cares if this was merely a stunt. What if Pontius really did believe in what he was saying. It’s his opinion and last time I checked this was a guaranteed freedom. Maybe the US should become more like the middle eastern Muslim practicing countries where you can be punished by death if you don’t believe in Islam. It seems that the attacker in this video should move there.
I love how Pontius was laughing after the attack too. He’s taken so many slams on a skateboard that this guys right hook probably felt like a fart on his cheek. Hilarious.
FiveO
In other words… THe old testament is the background knowledge that you are expected to know, and the new testament is the new information that came with Christ.
If you know you’re textual history, you’ll realize that the Christian faith is based on the teachings of the Jewish faith (in that the old testament is most of the Torah, or Jewish bible). The assumption would have been that you were jewish before you converted to christianity, so you’d knew this… or, if you didn’t, the background info is right there in the old testament.
(“Old” kinda shows it’s the older stuff, to be overtaken by the “New”. Bible v2.0?)
Um, FiveO, I think you misunderstood Skyclad’s point. You pretty much made his point for him again. He was pointing out the crazy attacker’s behavior illustrates just how absurd portions of the Bible are. You go on to point out just how absurd other portions of the Bible are.
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Doh, my bad. How completely absurd… :)
What a good krishtan that beligerant asshole is.
WOW, Frank gets to decide who is a “real” Christian and who isn’t. Frankly, Frank, if you are making that kind of judgment, are you not in danger of hell fire? Yes, it would seem that you are judging another person’s soul with that statement and that isn’t very Christian of you. It ain’t easy being a “real” Christian if you have to follow everything Jesus taught, is it.
The girls he was talking to before he was attacked starting hitting the psycho starting roughly at time 1:50
Wait. I thought Hell *is* California! :)
Chris Pontius is just joking around
he gets payed a lot of money to do that
and if he really thought it was true I think
he would be saying something other then
God didn’t invent circumcisions I did.
I think its funny.
and that guy knew they he was joking around he wanted to be a butthead.
And Chris Pontius also played Jesus.
and that girl helped him get the psyco off.
Yay, and God said to Abraham, “You will kill your son Issac.” And Abraham said, “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you, you’ll have to speak into the microphone,” and God said, “Oh i’m sorry, is this better? Check check one two three, Jerry I think you’ll have to take the high end out I’m still getting some hiss back here…”
that was fantastic
i completely agree
i love chris pontius<3
Skyclad:
It were comedy. I doubt God really wants someone stoned to death over comedy. And anyways, that’s old testament: God was speaking to Moses and the Jews. THEY are supposed to stone people to death. Not Christians. Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek and go door to door passing out chick tracts. yay!
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SOOO fucking funny. WHERE CAN I FIND THAT DEVIL COSTUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR IT ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT NE WAYS Im catholic, I just dont obsess over my religion like many others do. I dont hate other religions. I was actually living in a dorm with a satanist for a month, and i didnt care at all because he was a PERSON just like everyone else. I dont hate on nobody for thier choices. people need to keep thier opinions to them FUCKING selves. thats it.
He believes in god cuz u can see on mtv cribs He has his jesus cross !
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Julio if u think that people should keep their opinions to themselves then why didn’t you? Even tho no one will prob read this anytime soon or if they do happen to stumble upon this blog they prob will not care I am still going to put my OPINION out there everyone is diff unique w/e so anybody and everybody can do or say whatever they want to once they reach a certain age its called FREE WILL which is a design of God, ppl should chill and learn to live w/o judging others only GOD deserves to judge and until then each person answers for their own self that’s it