Steve Oh: I've always sought to, you know, make an impact on people to be notable. And my way of going about that was to do stunts and the stunts that I've done. The stunts that I do are designed to make me appear really crazy. Like, oh, this guy, he could die. He's out of his mind. When in reality, for the most part, everything that you see me do is something that I started doing on a very low level and just gradually worked my way up.
How fast is a porta-potty slingshot? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and professional stuntman and comedian, Steve-O, break down the science of Jackass, explosions, and what it takes to survive the laws of physics.
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