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narrator: Tonight,
truTV Presents...
man: Totally forgot
I had brakes.
My bad.
narrator: ... 20
adrenaline-fueled daredevils.
man: Oh, oh, oh, sh-- oh !
woman: ( screaming )
Hey, did you get that
on camera ?
narrator: Thrill-seekers drawn
to danger like moths to a flame.
Unable to curb their
destructive impulses.
man: ( bleep ) !
man: I'm not even
looking at it !
man: When your buddies go,
"I can't look !"
That's when you know
you have screwed up.
narrator: And the inevitable
fall from grace.
commentator: Oh...
woman: Please let him have
a reserve chute.
narrator: Featuring our
thoughtful celebrity cast.
woman: I would never do
anything like that.
I have a brain.
( record scratching )
narrator: Plus, we open up
the "Smoking Gun" vault
to bring you
a blast from the past.
man: What's up with
this whole craze ?
People wanting to hang and glide
at the same time ?
narrator: Look out below,
it's the "World's Dumbest
Daredevils."
crowd: ( cheering )
narrator: To extreme sportsman
Jesse Hall, there was
no bigger rush than ski jumping,
'til he discovered
BASE jumping.
man: ( yelling )
Yeah !
narrator: Then one day Jesse
is asked to raise some money
for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
He decides to combine
his two loves...
and ski-BASE-jump off
the tallest building
in Reno, Nevada.
commentator: Yeah, all right !
Thumbs up.
Huh, huh...
( yelling )
( bleeps )
Tonya: Man, that had to hurt.
( man shouting )
Mike: The guy was trying to do
a somersault with the skis,
with the parachute.
Just slow down,
we're already impressed.
man: ( bleep )
Todd: ( panting )
( bleep )
Brad: This is to benefit
the Make-A-Wish foundation ?
What ?
How does it benefit them ?
It's making new clients ?
Chuck: Sir, in my expert
medical opinion,
you suffer from a condition
known as idi-itis.
narrator: Jesse hobbles away
with just a muscle tear,
and vows to try again next year.
Bryan: Yeah, you twist your leg,
break your spine,
lose some of your skin.
Whatever, it's worth it,
to feel like a bird for
those precious three seconds.
narrator: Once upon a time,
three extreme cyclists
went for a ride.
And they came upon a path
that was none too wide.
man: Whoa...
narrator: The first peddler
thought...
man: You ain't gonna try it ?
narrator: Walked his bike over
with much chagrin.
man: Yeah, I'll try it.
narrator: The second peddler
thought...
But rode his bike over,
making it just barely.
man: Oh, ( bleep ).
man: That's a hell of
a job, Miles.
narrator: The third peddler
thought, this looks like...
So he got on his bike
and cycled over the rubble.
man: Be careful,
that's a hell of a--
Oh, oh, sh-- oh, ( bleep ) !
Oh, my--
Oh, hell.
Oh, ( bleep ).
Oh, oh, oh, sh-- oh, ( bleep ).
man: Oh, my--
man: Oh, no, ( bleep )
Oh, hell.
Kevin: Every time the guy hits
a particularly nasty bounce
on the way down,
they're like, "Oh, no.
Oh, that's terr-- oh, shoot !"
man: Oh, hell.
Oh, ( bleep ).
Kevin: Like on one of those
bounces, he might hit a rock
and just pop up like, ta-da !
Mike: Why roll down a hill
headfirst if you're not gonna
make a hilarious video ?
man: Oh, oh, sh-- ( bleep )
Judy: ( grunting )
Wow !
( grunting )
Hey, did you get that
on camera ?
narrator: The bold biker is
bruised in the grisly affair,
learning the hard way
to ride with great care.
At an extreme-driving
competition in Indiana,
daredevils in specially
outfitted buggies compete in
a variety of races
and hill-climb events.
One of the climbs calls on
drivers to scale an 80° incline,
the steepest in
the competition's history.
Brad: Yeah, come on,
you can do it !
Chelsea: Ooh, you're
almost there !
Chuck: Come on, truck !
One more time !
Mike: They go from being
like "whoo"
to "run for your lives !"
Loni: Ahhh !
Get out the way !
narrator: No one is
seriously injured.
The driver who was temporarily
knocked unconscious
is pulled from the wreck.
Michael: He just mows through
a bunch of people,
and is the guy concerned ?
No, he just does
a little shake thing.
I don't know.
commentator: Oh, it was
all right.
My back's a little sore.
narrator: At the end of the day,
the acute 80° incline
remains unconquered by
the obtuse buggy drivers.
commentator: Oh, you know,
it was all right.
My back's a little--
I don't know, it's all right.
Michael: First of all,
who does this ?
Tonya: Oh, I've tried before.
Yes, I didn't do it like that.
I've gone up and over some
things that are, you know,
kind of 60° angle and made it.
Nick: That's hard to believe
that Tonya would be seen
at a monster-truck rally
on Friday night, huh ?
Are you sure ?
Tonya: Yeah, being a dumb-***,
just like everybody else.
narrator: Coming up...
Michael: Dirt, sky,
arena, sky-- sky ?
Dirt-- *** !
narrator: And later...
Loni: He's gonna be a candidate
for medical marijuana.
narrator: Plus...
Bryan Callen with tips
for BASE jumpers.
Bryan: Uh, hey, um, did anybody
think to check the wind ?
Just do that.
It's that easy.
commentator: Oh !
narrator: When "The World's
Dumbest Daredevils" continues.
narrator: Tonight, Madrid's
Las Ventas Arena,
one of the premier
bullfighting rings in all of
Spain hosts
the Red Bull X-Fighters,
an extreme international
daredevil motocross troop.
Chuck: You got a guy doin'
a seat grab.
You got guys who are like--
got hang time for seconds.
Mike: Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
narrator: Next up,
American Ronnie Renner,
who plans to wow the crowd
with a 360° backflip.
Chuck: 360 !
No... 355.
Brad: He's like, "Oh, God,
I forgot what to do next !"
Michael: Dirt, sky, arena,
sky-- sky ?
Dirt-- *** !
And then it's over.
crowd: ( cheering )
Michael: And the fans
are loving it.
crowd: ( cheering )
Judy: I got my money's worth.
Thanks !
narrator: Ronnie is
shaken up by the crash
but suffers no major injuries.
Daniel: Way to go, Ronnie.
Michael: He screwed up.
Everyone has a bad day.
man: Two...
man: Reactor !
narrator: In the extreme sport
of BASE jumping, you need
a fixed object to
jump off of...
a parachute...
and some common sense.
commentator: Oh !
Chelsea: I was watching this
and I was like,
God, I should get into
BASE jumping.
And then I remembered
all that I have to live for.
commentator: Oh !
narrator: Undeterred
by his friend's mishap,
a second jumper makes his leap.
commentator: Yeah !
Woo-hoo !
Oh...
Brad: So after the first guy,
uh, dry-*** a mountain
with his face,
the second guy goes, "I'm gonna
"do the exact same thing,
"I'm gonna jump right
from where he did."
commentator: Oh...
Bryan: Hey, did anybody
think to check the wind ?
Just do that.
It's that easy.
narrator: Up on the mountain,
a third jumper
contemplate his options.
Chuck: If I'm the third guy,
I'll be standing at the cliff
like this,
"You guys did a great job !
I'm gonna drive down now."
narrator: But the third jumper
believes that the winds of
fortune will blow his way.
commentator: Oh !
Danny: And when the third guy
had already watched
the first two guys
fail miserably
and crash into a boulder,
he was no longer a BASE jumper,
he was a BASE smoker.
commentator: Oh !
narrator: The three unwise men
survive.
commentator: Oh !
Oh !
Oh !
Tonya: See, that's why I'm
afraid of heights
and I would never do
anything like that.
I have a brain.
Chuck: ( laughing )
Chelsea: Oh, that was...
Oh.
narrator: Berlin, Germany.
Daredevil Mathias Traber
is about to perform
a tightrope walk
165 feet in the air...
crowd: ( gasping )
narrator: ... without a net...
crowd: ( gasping )
narrator: ... in the dark.
crowd: ( gasping )
( cheering )
narrator: Traber names his stunt
"The Climate Balance"
to call attention
to global warming.
His goal is to promote harmony
between man and nature.
( thundering )
But on this night, Mother Nature
is not feeling harmonious.
Heavy winds and rain
delay the stunt for 40 minutes.
Finally, Traber decides to
go for it anyway.
Michael: So it's been raining.
Do you still want to go on
with the tightrope walk ?
Oh, I'm doing it !
commentator: Get a job !
Loni: I mean, dude,
it's called concentration.
You don't have it.
( thundering )
Brad: I will now attempt to
walk across the tightrope
to symbolize the issue of
climate change.
Light !
Oh, ( bleep ) !
narrator: Mathias Traber was
actually a replacement
for the aerialist originally
scheduled to walk
the high wire:
his father.
Todd: How do I get down ?
Dad didn't tell me that part.
How do I get down ?
commentator: Get off the stage !
Get a job !
Yeah !
Whoo-hoo !
Billy: This was very, very
upsetting to me.
I can't believe he didn't fall.
Oh, did I say that out loud ?
narrator: Traber makes it to
safety but leaves
his stunt unfinished
and the problem of global
climate change unresolved.
Nick: It's man against nature.
And you know what ?
Nature wins again
and will always win,
so stop with your
stupid demonstrations.
crowd: ( gasping )
narrator: "The Smoking Gun
Presents: Nice Question"
with Chuck Nice.
Tonight's topic: bike stunts.
Jason C. writes in...
Chuck: Nice question, Jason.
You know what a "stoppie" is,
when you apply pressure to
the front brake so the back of
the bike lifts up.
For example, take a look
at this clip here.
Loni: He went from a stoppie
to a "flippy" to a "ouchie."
Brad: About 30 seconds into
this clip, you realize that
the blonde man running over to
pick up the guy who fell
is a woman !
Judy: I love her.
She's my new girlfriend.
Chelsea: She was like,
"How do I get an ambulance ?"
Uh...
Mike: Where are we ?
We're at the abandoned quarry ?
How do you get here ?
I don't even know.
narrator: The biker avoids
serious injury,
which allows him to write
his own Nice question.
Chuck: Another Nice question.
What you should do is keep
two wheels on the ground.
See, that's what you should do.
As for your cool--
( chuckling )
Sorry.
narrator: Coming up...
Mike: You can tell it's a new
sport, 'cause no one
seems to be good at it yet.
narrator: And...
man: It hurts.
Brad: I would show you
an X-ray of your leg...
man: We need an ambulance right
away at Tsawwassen.
Brad: ... but quite frankly,
we're all grossed out.
narrator: Plus, a look back
at a far-out dumb driver
circa 1977.
Kevin: You know how you
come up with this stunt ?
Just two words.
*** sandwich.
narrator: When "The World's
Dumbest Daredevils" continues.
narrator: Snow tubing started
out as a fun winter activity
for children...
until some adults
got involved and turned it
into a bone-crunching,
death-defying extreme sport.
Mike: You can tell it's
a new sport, 'cause no one seems
to be good at it yet.
Leif: Rudder ? No.
Ski poles ? No.
Turning ability ? No.
Kevin: They're wearing helmets,
at least, which is nice.
You don't want to damage those
million-dollar brains in there.
narrator: Participants try to
remain on their tubes
until the end of the course,
despite breakneck speeds
and sharp 90° turns.
Michael: Oh, man, put some
classical music behind that,
put it on a loop.
I'll watch that for a day.
Duh !
commentator: ( groaning )
Chuck: Oh !
Nick: Who is that guy
in the Daisy Dukes ?
Daisy: Look out, you might see
that guy's doughnut holes.
narrator: Eventually, all
the over-the-hill snow tubers
make it down the mountain.
Chuck: When you're a kid,
getting into the inner tube on
snow seems like a good idea.
When you're a grown man and you
have to wear a helmet to do it,
then guess what ?
It's time to grow up.
commentator: Oh !
narrator: And now,
"The Smoking Gun" goes back in
time to present
one from the vault.
South Africa, land of
sun and dreams,
and home to daredevil
Victor Conrade,
who has an unusual hobby.
Victor: I've been through
one bus five times already,
y'know, five different buses.
But this is the first time now
through the two buses.
Chuck: I do kind of dig
that jumpsuit.
That's righteous.
narrator: Sure, he's got
fashion sense aplenty,
but does he also have
common sense ?
His adoring fans
seem to think so.
Judy: It's so cool the way he
drives it through the buses.
narrator: Today Conrade wants to
top his own bus-smashing record
by driving
a Mercedes-Benz through three--
count 'em-- three
double-decker buses.
Chuck: I'm like, oh, man.
That's called
performance anxiety.
You know what I mean ?
narrator: Stopping halfway
through the second bus is surely
not the outcome
Conrade intended,
but as his fans say,
he's still
one slammin' stuntman,
determined to keep
slamming into buses.
Victor: Well, I suppose it's
something in my blood
that's nice, it gives you
a fantastic feeling.
Kevin: Just because something
gives you a fantastic feeling
doesn't mean that's
a good reason to do it.
Brad Loekle just promised to
give me a fantastic feeling,
I said no.
Brad: Let me tell you, I think
that cat is ghetto fabulous.
narrator: British Columbia,
Canada.
At the "Appetite 4 Destruction"
motocross competition,
riders attempt to catch big air
off some of the world's
biggest ramps.
Daredevil Tracey Latham
decides to attempt the farthest
jump of his career,
170 feet.
Matt: That's pretty far.
I do not have a good
feeling about this.
man: Holy ( bleep ) !
man: I'm not even
looking at it !
Chuck: Where your buddies go,
"I can't look !"
That's when you know
you have screwed up.
man: Holy ( bleep ) !
Loni: Ouch !
man: Hello.
( bleep )
We need an ambulance right away
at Tsawwassen.
Tsawwassen.
Loni: Look at his legs.
Nick: They were like soft
pretzels that you
see at the airport.
I wanted to put mustard on 'em
and take a bite out of 'em.
Loni: You know he's gonna be a
candidate for medical marijuana.
man: Holy ( bleep ).
man: I'm not even
looking at it !
man: Somebody call an ambulance
right now.
man: Call an ambulance !
Chelsea: I'm sorry, did I hear
you say, "Call an ambulance" ?
Okay, so then we don't have any
kind of medic on-site
at this sporting event ?
Okay, I guess call
and we'll just sit tight.
No, I'm not in that much pain.
No, I'm good.
commentator: Oh, it hurts !
narrator: Tracey is rushed to
an emergency room.
Brad: I would show you an X-ray
of your leg, but quite frankly,
we're all grossed out,
and no one could actually
X-ray you without dry-heaving.
Tracey: I broke my femur in
three different places.
Chelsea: You don't have to get
into-- well, no, go ahead.
Tracey: Broke this femur in
half, broke my fibula,
my tibia, broke my fibula.
Chelsea: Oh, that one too, huh ?
Tracy: Broke my ankle,
crushed that ankle
and shattered my foot.
Loni: And I broke my "hibula"
on my "sibula" on my "habula."
Anything with a "lar," he broke.
Kevin: But don't worry, because
he has no idea what
any of those words mean.
man: Holy ( bleep ) !
man: I'm not even
looking at it !
narrator: Australian stuntman
Ray Baumann
has long had a dream.
Ray: Even from when I was in
college, I wanted to do
this sort of thing.
narrator: Today, Ray is about to
make that dream come true.
He's going to set
a new world record
by jumping his car an
unprecedented 262 feet
through the air.
Chuck: He gets up,
and you're like, "Yeah !"
Oh !
Oh...
Oh.
Nick: I honestly think
he was in midair going,
"Oh, I knew I forgot something.
A ( bleep ) landing ramp."
Michael: I don't think this dude
spent five minutes preparing.
Daniel: In order to projectile
a car in that fashion,
I mean, would require,
NASA engineers and people
to figure out trajectory, speed,
reentry, distance.
Guys that are getting in cars
NASA engineers.
narrator: Ray emerges from
the wreckage with
zero broken records
and a loI' m cer than
what I come er than
Bryan: Cars are not flyable,
so stop trying to fly it,
and stop acting all surprised
and determined to fly it
farther next time, okay ?
narrator: Coming up...
man: You ride a motorcycle on
your head,
you're gonna fall off.
narrator: Plus...
commentator: Oh, wipeout !
Daisy: That man no longer
has a ( bleep ).
narrator: When "The World's
Dumbest Daredevils" continues.
narrator: And now,
"The Smoking Gun Presents:
Physics 101"
with Professor Tonya Harding.
chorus: ♪ Professor ♪
♪ Tonya Harding ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
Tonya: Oh, crap, that's me.
narrator: Tonight's lesson...
Tonya: Good evening.
Center of gravity is the point
within a moving object
where its mass is concentrated.
In order for a person in motion
to maintain his balance,
his center of gravity must not
sway too far from
his base of support.
narrator: For a visual
demonstration of what happens
when you don't maintain balance,
go to page 12 in your textbooks
to see this biker
in southern Florida.
Scott: Isn't it kind of a given
that if you ride a motorcycle
on your head,
you're gonna fall off ?
man: You all right ?
You took your leather off.
Chuck: Hey, dumb-*** !
You took off your protection !
You took off your leather !
man: Did you get it ?
man: Yep.
man: Aw, yeah !
Daisy: What did he think
was going to happen ?
man: Aw, yeah !
Daisy: Oh, he's just trying to
remove his tattoo.
I see.
man: Yo, you ain't even gotta
shave that ( bleeps ).
Took it right off yourself.
Kevin: Oh, yeah.
Yeah, ladies.
Usually, my back is really
hairy, but...
now it's completely
covered in scabs.
Tonya: Join me next time when
I'll explain why
blood bounces on ice.
Class dismissed.
chorus: ♪ Professor ♪
♪ Tonya Harding ♪
♪ Yeah ♪♪
narrator: In America,
extreme bikers have
state-of-the-art facilities
where they practice
their tricks.
In the outback of
western Australia,
bikers have this.
commentator: Oh, crikey !
Nick: His leg wrapped around
that tree like he was trying to
( bleep ) a maple.
commentator: Oh, wipeout.
Daisy: That man no longer
has a ( bleep ).
commentator: Crikey, mate !
Brad: Dude, you just got
"roshamboed" by an oak tree.
Loni: Huh ?
Brad: "Roshambo" is when you
take turns punching or hitting
each other in the nuts.
commentator: Oh !
Cool, man !
Daisy: Yeah, that's right !
I did it !
I hit the tree !
commentator: Oh !
Leif: He's like, "Ahh !
I'm okay, no big deal."
Wait until tomorrow.
Tomorrow you'll be going,
"Not okay."
Hamstring.
commentator: Oh !
narrator: "The Smoking Gun"
takes another trip
down memory lane
with one from the vault.
A new invention has daredevils
in London flying high.
It's called a motorized
hang glider
and it's a unique way
to take to the skies.
commentator: This is
far out, man.
This is groovy, man !
Woo-hoo !
Yeah !
Chuck: What's up with
this whole craze ?
People wanting to hang
and glide at the same time ?
You know what I do
when I hang glide ?
I'm hanging with my fellas
and we glidin' to a party.
narrator: Daredevil Brian Milton
managed to snag one of these
newfangled contraptions.
He's nicknamed his
"Bluebird."
He plans to fly from
London to Paris.
Brad: Dude, why don't you name
it something a little cooler
than Bluebird ?
Judy: He wants to be the bird
and... I mean,
I've never seen anything
like this before.
narrator: Before Brian's
trans-channel jaunt,
a test run.
commentator: Oh, man.
Feeling groovy.
Uh-oh !
Not cool, baby !
Kevin: This guy flies about
as well as "Deep Throat"
keeps a secret.
Brad: This is like
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"
except it's
"Moron In The Sky With Death."
commentator: Oh, big bummer !
Kevin: Was that the fuzz or
was that The Village People ?
commentator: Hey, fellas,
just drop me off at the "Y."
Kevin: Where was Brad ?
Brad: This is why I left
the band, people.
Because they were doing all this
( bleep ) without me.
narrator: Milton suffers
a fractured arm
and a black eye in the crash.
Despite the injuries,
he plans to keep on truckin'...
via glider.
commentator: Oh, bummer !
Judy: I mean...
Hello ?
It's the '70s.
I think we figured
this out already.
That we can't do it.
commentator: ( screaming )
Judy: Like, duh.
commentator: Not, cool, baby !
Dude !
narrator: Daredevil
Ko Shou-Liang prepares for his
latest stunt,
a death-defying car jump
in the middle of Singapore's
national stadium.
Todd: Please, Buddha,
giant belly,
allow me to make this.
Loni: Okay, I'm ready,
I'm ready to go.
Here I go.
narrator: As a warmup, Ko revs
the crowd's engine with
a lap around the stadium.
commentator: Prepare to be
dazzled by my super-amazing
jump for you now !
narrator: Ready to make history,
Ko brings his car to
the top of the 150-foot ramp.
man: ( speaking in Malay )
Michael: I was amazed.
Sparkles shooting from the car,
a wall of sparkles falling,
another wall of sparkles
shooting up,
and when he lands it,
when he nails it,
and this mother( bleep )
nailed it,
sparkles from the bag.
man: ( speaking in Malay )
Chelsea: This stunt,
as far as I can understand,
is pretty much the equivalent
of a belly flop.
Scott: And the crowd goes...
nothing.
Brad: You can actually see
the hope and joy
of human existence drain from
their cute little faces.
man: ( speaking in Malay )
Todd: Yes, thank you !
Yes !
Judy: Woo !
man: ( speaking in Malay )
Scott: Do you really
deserve this ?
No, you don't even deserve this.
narrator: Coming up...
Judy: Why can't you just
jump over 65 cars ?
Why do they have to be on fire ?
So you look like
a bigger ( bleep ) ?
narrator: Plus, bikers who took
off their training wheels
too soon.
man: These guys are certifiably
out of their freakin' minds !
narrator: And later...
our cast holds a vigil
for a fallen daredevil.
Billy: Dear God,
please let Joann be okay
and please let my jokes
on "The Smoking Gun"
be the funniest.
narrator: When "The World's
Dumbest Daredevils" continues.
narrator: After years of
preparation,
Australian daredevil
Stuart "Fireball" Campbell
is ready to attempt
his greatest stunt,
jumping over 65 cars
rigged with explosives
and landing unscathed
and un-singed at the other end.
Loni: Oh, that's what's
supposed to happen ?
It didn't happen.
Todd: Even though he didn't
make it, the pyrotechnics show
worked well.
Judy: Why can't you just
jump over 65 cars ?
Why do they have to be on fire ?
So you look like
a bigger ( bleep ) ?
commentator: Let's get some
foam on the fire.
That's a big fire there.
Well, he went up in a fireball.
narrator: Fireball emerges
from the flames
with a broken kneecap.
Chelsea: There's nothing like
a broken kneecap to
really hammer home, like,
hey, I did not really do
so great out there.
Roger: Don't try this
at home, kids !
This man is a professional.
And he still ( bleep ) it up.
man: 40 feet longer than any
jump Evel Knievel has made,
ladies and gentlemen, big hand
for Mr. Dusty Russell !
crowd: ( cheering )
Brad: Dusty Ro !
Looking good, baby,
looking good.
I'm feeling you.
narrator: Dusty Russell hopes to
jump his car
200 feet over a lake
in Sacramento, California.
This stunt has proved fatal
to two other daredevils,
both of whom drowned after
landing in the water.
Hoping to avoid a similar fate,
Dusty has outfitted his car
with a special air-supply tube.
commentator: ( mumbling )
Judy: He's saying, "Okay,
"I'm going, I'm gonna do this,
"and there might be a chance--
"might be a chance--
"that I need help breathing
at some point."
Brad: Yeah, baby !
Spark it up.
So I think I'm gonna
try to jump across the lake.
( laughing )
narrator: The tube is ready.
The crowd is ready.
Finally, Dusty is ready.
man: He's got it wide open.
He's got it wide open.
One time only,
one time, one time !
80 miles an hour !
commentator: Ooh...
man: Look at that front end.
Judy: He didn't make it
as far as he
wanted to make it...
but he tried.
commentator: That's all right !
I'm all right, man !
Ooh !
Chuck: Then he gets out
and what's he end up doing ?
Slipping on the car and cutting
his nose like a little baby.
I'm like, damn, man.
Please !
You ain't no Dolemite,
that's for sure.
commentator: All right !
I'm all right, man !
Ooh !
Kevin: He tries to be
Evel Knievel, but ends up
looking like a busted Jan Brady.
commentator: Kevin, Kevin,
Kevin !
man: He's got it wide open.
One time only,
one time, one time.
80 miles an hour !
narrator: Despite
the disappointing outcome,
Dusty vows to keep trying
until he gets it right,
and with that kind of
work ethic, there's no question
that America will never forget
the name Dusty Russell.
Brad: Let me tell you,
Dusty's a crazy man.
This one time, me, Dusty
and Chuck were hanging out
and Dusty dropped
a whole bag of white lady
all over Chuck's Afro.
Chuck: Aw, that jive turkey,
trying to sell somebody out
like that.
Brad, you know better than that.
I don't do drugs.
I do doughnuts.
narrator: At the Bullet
downhill mountain-bike
competition,
extreme free-ride bikers combine
all the pleasures of cycling
with the wonders of
the great outdoors,
like logs...
boulders...
and steep vertical drops.
Roger: These guys are
certifiably out of their
freakin' minds.
Michael: I wanna go to one of
these and set up
a first-aid stand.
I'll make a fortune.
Chuck: All right, guys,
I'm just gonna time you.
See how long you can
stay on the bike, and go !
Leif: You ready ?
Mike: Go !
man: Whoo-- oh !
Todd: Fastest time we got so far
is six seconds
without anybody crashing.
Leif: Okay, ( bleep ) it.
I'm doing it.
Give me the helmet.
( grunting )
Mike: Either you can crash into
a pile of rocks
or you're gonna hit a tree.
Or you could stay home and not
do any of that ( bleep )
and just be safe.
narrator: Yuma, Arizona.
Pilot Joann Osterud is about to
end another thrilling stunt show
with her signature trick,
"The Ring of Fire."
It involves flying upside down
through a flaming hoop.
Joann flips the aircraft
perfectly.
But as she approaches
the fiery ring...
Chuck: It's cool to fly
the plane upside down.
Not so cool to
land it upside down.
( siren blaring )
Let us all pray for this brave
stunt pilot woman,
who most likely is dead
before our very eyes.
Billy: Dear God,
please let Joann be okay
and please let my jokes on
"The Smoking Gun"
be the funniest.
narrator: Incredibly, Joann
emerges from the wreck without
any serious injuries.
Mike: She apologized to
the crowd.
Who is pissed at her ?
Is there someone in the crowd,
like, "You suck" ?
Leif: Really ?
No, come--
You didn't mean to do that ?
'Cause that was awesome.
narrator: Coming up...
you've been brave enough to
watch 19 stupid daredevils.
But the number-one dumbest
daredevil in the world
is still out there,
risking life and limb.
Find out who it is
right after this.
narrator: Hot-air ballooning.
Skydiving.
Two sports that take place
high above the Earth
and have nothing else in common.
Until this man,
daredevil Graham Field,
finds a way to combine the two.
His plan is to go up in
one hot-air balloon
then skydive to a second
balloon 2,000 feet below.
Judy: You're already in
a ( bleep ) hot-air balloon,
why do you have to go
jump into another one ?
narrator: Graham's target
is a net hanging off
the second balloon.
But high winds cause
a slight change of plans.
The net must be cut short to
reduce drag on
the lower balloon.
Scott: The net had to be
cut down ?
That means less net
to catch you, who's falling out
of the sky.
Graham: See you there, boys.
Ready, set, go !
narrator: Disaster strikes when
Graham slams into the net
harder than expected...
... and gets tangled
in his parachute.
Daisy: Whoa !
That-- you are screwed.
narrator: Unable to
climb the net, his only option
is to cut himself free.
commentator: Ahh !
Loni: Please let him
have a reserve chute.
commentator: Ahh !
Loni: Whew.
narrator: Graham lands
in one piece, but his dreams of
popularizing the sport of
skydiving-ballooning
are permanently deflated.
Danny: I have successfully
done a stunt much like this.
I hit one balloon
and about 45 seconds later,
I hit another balloon.
Of course, it was outside
a Grateful Dead show
and they were all filled with
nitrous-oxide ( bleeps ).
Not the same kind of thing ?
Sorry.
commentator: Ahh !
Chuck: Man, I look at these
stunt dudes, and I'm like,
you know what, brother ?
You need to take a lesson
from Leif Garret.
Judy: Oh, my God.
Leif is so cute.
I saw him on a couple
shows lip-synching.
He is so great.
Chuck: I'm not sure what it is,
but I know the brother
is righteous.
Brad: Oh, my God,
I have to meet him.
Chuck: You wanna
talk about a star,
that boy's gonna be something.
Judy: I think we're gonna be
seeing a lot of Leif, you know ?
Brad: I love you, Leif.
Call me.