ComingSoon Senior Editor Brandon Schreur talked to Steve-O about his upcoming United States comedy tour, Steve-O: The Super Dummy! Tour.
Steve-O mentioned what followers can count on out of his new tour, why he has a private vendetta towards Tom Cruise, what turning 50 means for the way forward for his profession, and rather more.
Steve-O: The Super Dummy! Tour kicks off in October. Click on right here to go to the official web site for extra data and to buy tickets.
Brandon Schreur: Are you able to inform me somewhat bit about what folks ought to count on from The Super Dummy Tour? What’s it wish to be doing this and what are you excited for followers to see?
Steve-O: What it’s, it’s a multimedia reside comedy occasion. To offer somewhat little bit of a background to it, I took on stand-up comedy as a brand new vocation over a decade in the past. It was 2010 once I started relentlessly touring comedy golf equipment. On the time, it was simply me, the microphone, and no matter occurred on stage. I taped my first comedy particular in that format in 2015. I went about placing collectively a brand new present in 2016, which simply occurred to me as being comprised of tales that had largely occurred on video digicam.
I assumed, ‘Man, this new show I’m doing, I’m telling tales that there’s footage for.’ Like, wow, what if I edit the footage in throughout post-production and make it multimedia tales which might be illustrated with precise video footage? That was my second comedy particular, which labored tremendously nicely. Then it left me with the will to include the multimedia part into the precise tour. Additionally, after that second comedy particular, I had began to seek out it miserable that I used to be dwelling previously with all my stand-up materials. Reprising previous tales and experiences; I very a lot needed to convey contemporary, new materials into the fold, in addition to loopy new footage.
I set about recording stunts that had been simply manner excessive. That was my Bucket Checklist tour. That labored tremendously nicely. Now, Super Dummy Tour is form of the subsequent section of the evolution of this format that I’ve stumbled upon.
I believe what is especially satisfying for me and what’s most interesting concerning the present is the truth that I, together with many others, have needed to abide by the group tips of YouTube and social media, to be additional cautious to not present nudity or something too loopy. It’s simply form of lots and it’s irritating, feeling stifled by these group tips. What I’ve performed with my multimedia comedy has been actually gratifying and satisfying to simply intentionally movie issues which might be wildly inappropriate and unsuitable for YouTube, streamers, and even Jackass motion pictures, for that matter. To essentially push issues to form of new ranges of edginess and craziness. That’s what it’s all about.
Now, with the Super Dummy present, it’s an train in attempting to boost the bar but once more. And doing it once I had simply turned 50 years previous.
Certain. Two competing issues.
I don’t know what presents extra of an impediment for me. My superior age or the inconceivable peak the bar at present rests at. Making an attempt to boost the bar, at any age with the place it’s at, could be robust. Doing it at 50, it makes it form of all of the extra scrumptious for me to…attempt to surmount these obstacles. In a manner, it’s a comedy of errors. I sought to out-crazy myself — crazier than ever earlier than — and a number of the concepts I got here up with had been admittedly not good concepts. My epic fails, I don’t draw back from the extent at which I failed nor the surprising ranges at which I succeeded. It’s all rolled into one and it’s an actual battle towards Father Time, is what I consider it.
I’ve been leaning into the precedent of sure artists who’ve been extremely bodily of their 50s. Particularly, Tom Cruise and Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk is my buddy, so he’s secure. Tom Cruise, not a lot. Even when it’s solely in my very own head, I’ve declared battle with Tom Cruise.
That also counts.
My stunts, on this present, I believe objectively make Tom Cruise seem like an enormous, fats p—-.
I’m going to run with that quote, proper there.
Yeah. That’s my objective, anyway. I believe Tom Cruise doing his personal stunts; if Tom Cruise was a Jackass, if Tom Cruise had been to do Jackass stunts, I believe which may find yourself wanting like Steve-O’s Super Dummy Tour.
I assume you bought to seek out out, sometime. I’ve seen a number of the stunts you’ve been selling and teasing on Instagram for this new tour. I believe it was simply yesterday you had the one with the Cybertruck. That one appeared prefer it damage, I’m dying to see how that ends.
That one was undoubtedly uncomfortable. It’s good enjoyable, man. Every thing I did for this tour has been, it’s been enjoyable, man.
I’m certain. It appears prefer it’s tons of enjoyable, it appears prefer it’s tons of enjoyable. I can’t wait to see it. Simply on the stand-up facet of issues, such as you mentioned, you had your earlier stand-up specials, it sounds prefer it’s form of been evolving alongside the best way. How does it really feel to get again up there now and do it once more? Are there nonetheless nerves that include it or is the fourth time the allure and also you’re good to go?
The nerves are in ranging from scratch. Ranging from scratch and constructing a completely new present, it’s lots. I really like the method, too. Whenever you’re operating the identical materials, it can all the time evolve. However the extra you run the identical materials, the slower the evolution turns into. The tiniest little issues will change. Initially of the method, the whole lot is new. It’s difficult and it certain sucks when issues don’t work, nevertheless it’s all form of trial and error. When issues do work, it’s tremendous satisfying. I don’t know if I’d describe it as having nerves round it; it’s more difficult than it’s scary.
That is sensible. You’ve been doing it for some time so I’m certain you understand [how to go about it], I’m certain it’s going to be nice.
I imply, it’s already to a degree the place I’m f—ing thrilled with it. Earlier than this subsequent run of reveals, I’ve acquired extra that I’m capturing for it, too.
Oh, gotcha. So that you’re nonetheless doing the stunts and the whole lot for it?
I’ve acquired to consider that I’m by no means going to cease. Like I mentioned, it’s an evolution and I think about that, for the subsequent yr, possibly even two years, there shall be bits that get kicked out of the present and changed by new bits. That’s the way it occurred with my final tour.
What does that course of form of seem like? The way in which Jackass has all the time appeared, the best way all of your stunts have all the time appeared, it all the time appears so pure such as you simply awakened this morning and had been like, ‘Let’s do that at present.’ I’m guessing it’s clearly much more difficult than that.
Each time we got down to do an enormous one, it’s not the form of factor that probably can occur spontaneously. There are specific issues that you just’ve acquired to arrange. I believe the stunts that I do for my very own excursions — in lots of methods, it resembles capturing for Jackass. Generally I even get along with the fellows from Jackass they usually’ll make cameos in my factor. My shoots are possibly rather less formal, on somewhat smaller scale. Generally, much more unlawful. Possibly no insurance coverage. However I find it irresistible. I don’t know if I’ve one other bodily harmful and harmful venture in me. I may be packing all of it into this and possibly taking a step again from the actually harmful bodily stunts.
I’m certain. Such as you mentioned, you simply turned 50. Which, completely happy late birthday.
Then once more, possibly, Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise, I appeared it up the opposite day, he’s 62. Which signifies that he was doing stunts when he was 60. So possibly, you understand. We’ll see what occurs. Each venture, I’ve all the time seen it as my final venture and given it hell to make it as loopy as I may.
It’s been over twenty years now, proper? Twenty years of insane, life-threatening stunts. Is it surreal to form of look again on all that and simply be like, ‘I f—ing survived that?’
Oh yeah. For certain. I believe, even the life-threatening apart, I believe that the quantity of expertise I’ve been capable of pack into this lifetime is genuinely outstanding. I used to be in a dialog with a few guys final week. Final week, I went skydiving 25 instances in 4 days. That may be some form of file in its personal proper. Particularly on condition that I used to be driving like a wing-suit dude by the sky like some f—ing dragon in Sport of Thrones. We actually acquired into some fairly loopy stuff final week.
These skydiving folks had been speaking about what a worthwhile commodity time is. And the way you by no means get it again, it’s a travesty to waste it. As they had been making these feedback, I discovered myself pondering that I don’t have lots of regrets about how I’ve utilized my time. Certain, I’ve made lots of errors and there’s a lot to remorse, however on the entire. I’ve actually, actually had a life that I’m tremendously grateful for. And 50 years previous, goddamn, I’m in such nice form. It’s virtually like my new dependancy, well being and wellness. I’m on a health bender.
That brings up a query I used to be going to ask you. Talking of regrets, semi-related, it’s been a few months because the Put up Malone tattoo. How are you feeling about that? Any regrets there?
After getting the penis tattooed on my brow, there’s that second the place you get up and form of work out what’s happening and possibly what occurred the evening earlier than. Put all of it collectively in a fast second. I keep in mind waking up and realizing that it was actual and having a little bit of a second of panic the place I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, what have I done?’ That first day, I assumed the remainder of my life may be eerily much like Bret Michaels. At all times a bandana that by no means comes off. Progressively, over time, it proved to not be a problem on social media.
Oh, that’s good.
I didn’t even know if my face was going to be allowed on Instagram or YouTube.
It may have gone both manner.
That was good, nothing has been taken down from social media in consequence. Actually, if there’s one thing that actually stands proud as notable, it’s that it’s not modified my life. You’d assume that having a f—ing penis tattooed in your brow would dramatically change your day by day expertise. Fairly shockingly, it has not.
Wow. I might have additionally guessed it will have modified some issues.
Proper? And I by no means actually was too involved about it as a result of I knew I may get it lasered off, if I needed to. And maybe I’ll sooner or later. However the experiment has proved to lack the urgency to do something about it. I’ve zero urgency to do something.
Nicely, that’s superior. It appears good!
Nicely, thanks, man. Thanks. There’s some enjoyable stuff within the present round that. That was one of many issues that I needed to do for this tour.
