In the history of television, there were shows that impacted the world, as we know it, good and bad. Some say the show that impacted today’s youth to become more violent and idiotic was the ever-popular MTV show Jackass. Jackass is a television show that was aired on MTV for a few years before complaining parents and lawsuits ended with the cancellation of the show. The show, which is targeted for older teenagers and young adults features Johnny Knoxville and his pals performing dangerous feats and idiotic stunts. Jackass showcas

about way of saying it, but television shows today have been cut up and filled with too much idiotic stunts and ideas that have planted seeds in every viewers mind.

Another very influencing show that has raised complaints is Beavis and Butt-Head. In this show, teenagers Beavis and Butt-Head do childish antics and do things such as watch music videos, play “frog baseball”, put dead flies into the fries of someone’s Burger World meal, and talk about women with sexual and crude content. What influences viewers are the references to fire. Beavis alone adds countless outburst of the word ‘fire’. Many times in the show, Beavis makes references to fire. In Mike Judge’s movie, he repeats the word ‘fire’ idiotically around a campfire, when he was having hallucinations, fire was a primary visual, and when Butt-Head was ‘channel surfing’ through TV shows. Beavis commented that there should "be more shows about fire" (“Beavis and Butt-Head”). Not to mention their obsession of hurting animals, like in “frog baseball”. The shows characters are cruel to animals and there have been reports of children imitating the series in regards to that as well (“MTV fights” 22).

The biggest and most known ‘Jackass Copycat’ was that of Jason Lind. Jason Lind, thirteen years old who lives in Connecticut, a regular kid who like skateboarding and BMX bikes, became the central Jackass copycat incident on January 26, 2001. On that fateful night, Jason and some other friends were at another friend’s house, the Ford’s. At around eight thirty, Mrs. Ford, seeing them on the couch with their shoes off and two eighteen year-olds with the children, left the house for a cup of coffee at another friends house. But by ten o’clock, Lind was outside in some old clothes in the backyard with a motorcycle helmet on, with two friends and a cup of gasoline ready to reenact the “Human Bar-B-Q” stunt. A few minutes later, Lind was ignited. Some of Lind’s friends put out the fire and put him inside with wet towels on his burns. At approximately 10:08PM, the firefighters were called and Jason was rushed to the hospital. When cops arrived and asked the kids what they were doing, a teen replied, “They were playing Jackass.” When a cop asked him what he meant, the teen replied, “MTV, man.” Lind was said to apologize for all he had caused from the emergency room table. Lind suffered severe burns. The friend who doused Lind was arrested and released to his parent’s custody (“Rush” 33-35).

Another show that greatly influenced a young boy was Beavis and Butt-Head. In this incident, it was not just one particu

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