By Pat Holohan

I can now accurately describe what makes up a Poo Cocktail Supreme: bungee cords and a Port-a-Potty.

            I also saw a visual representation of the phrase “pissing into the wind,” learned that it is socially unacceptable to hook up with one’s granddaughter in public and that it takes about one hundred bee stings to kill a man.

            These are some of the many joys of watching “Jackass 3D.”

            After ten years of “Jackass,” you might think the crew,  Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Wee Man, Preston and others, would have run out of ideas or become crippled due to severe injury.  However, they’re all still going harder than ever with even more vomit-inducing, awesome stunts.

            Each “Jackass” movie creates a rare atmosphere in theaters.  It is not only tolerated, but encouraged, for audience members to curse, yell and make comments at the screen.

            “Jackass 3D” opened on Oct. 11 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which says a lot more about cultural acceptance of “Jackass” than the crew changing.  Parents heavily criticized the show during its first season in the early 2000’s, prompting MTV to restrict showing “Jackass” until later at night.

            The public attitude toward the show and the films has changed and the stunts have gotten crazier.  Maybe it’s a part of the “South Park” phenomenon, where a series criticized for being obscene becomes heralded as satirical counter culture.

            Some have called the “Jackass” crew the evolution of some of the twentieth century’s slapstick legends, Charlie Chaplin and The Three Stooges.

            If “Jackass” is evolution, then it’s also a wonderful mutation.  I have serious doubts that there are any clips of The Three Stooges using their penises to bat golf balls or sticking an apple up a fat man’s ass for a pig to grab.

            After getting over the shock of seeing the crew go through an obstacle course of tasers and cattle prods, the most interesting part of “Jackass 3D” might be the structure of each stunt.

            The crew spends equal time describing the set up, performing the stunt, and then rolling on the floor laughing or screaming in pain.  This brings the audience into the film in an unusual way, making us feel like we’re hanging out with the guys (without the high risk of getting a concussion.)

            Random celebrity appearances (Tony Hawk, Jared Allen, Sean William Scott, and others) just add to the bizarreness of the movie, constantly having viewers ask, “Well how the hell did thatguy get there?”  Everybody wants to be friends with Johnny Knoxville.

            This movie will make you nauseous and question the sanity of everyone involved with “Jackass.”  But it’s a beautiful thing.