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Coffee House Bastard: RIP Ryan

RIP Ryan Dunn.

Before the TMZs and other craploids of the world dig up all the dirt on ‘Jackass’ Star Ryan Dunn’s fiery demise off a Pennsylvania highway, I would like to take a moment to express his greatness.

I am a Philly boy, but never had the pleasure of meeting Ryan, one of the pioneers of the Reality Series ‘Jackass,’ which was the closest thing our generation had to the slapstick-a-la-violent genius of ‘The Three Stooges.’  Yes, each one of the Jackass gang had their own talents, but Ryan always seemed to be the one to just say ‘f*&k it’ and do the gags that no one else wanted to do.  Ryan Dunn was an average Joe who was willing to take comedy to the next level, simply because he was fully committed to anything he did on the show.  And, at the end of the day, those who really make us laugh are always the ones committed to the joke, the prank, the insane stunt...no matter how severe the pain will be on the other side.

It sucks that Ryan went out this way.  It sucks that someone had to go out with him.  Ryan lived his life and went out the way he went out.  But, in this new millennium of so much crappy, whiny, and just plain BAD Reality TV...inundating us each and every day, Mr. Dunn and the ‘Jackass’ boys always kept it real, brought it with everything they had, and injected Anarchy back on the boob tube not since the likes of the Sex Pistols.  All for the simple purpose of making us laugh.  I’m going to miss you, Ryan. 

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Rest In Peace, Brother.

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