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Professional Idiot
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, Stu Sone
- Length: 10 hrs
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Summary
Fame can be addictive. From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the blockbuster Jackass franchise, there was little that Stephen “Steve-O” Glover wouldn’t do for attention. Whether it was stapling his nutsack to his leg, diving into a pool full of elephant crap, or routinely risking death invading the private lives of sharks, lions, tigers, and bears, almost nothing was out of bounds.
As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an obsession with his own celebrity that proved nearly as dangerous.
Steve-O has been a man in search of a spotlight practically since birth. Growing up all over the world, thanks to his father’s career as a corporate executive, he was the kid who’d drink handfuls of salt in order to make friends. After he stole a video camera from his dad as a teenager, his future path was more or less sealed. Footage of himself skateboarding soon gave way to footage of himself setting his hair on fire or doing back flips off apartment buildings into shallow pools. After detours to several hospitals, a couple of jails, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he landed, quite naturally, on MTV’s Jackass, in 2000.
He took to fame like it was the very thing missing from his life, but it was never enough. He filled the void with booze and drugs, and soon began treating his entire life like it was one big—and supremely risky—stunt.
In 2008, Steve-O holed up in his West Hollywood apartment, where he drank, snorted, smoked, huffed, and swallowed drugs around the clock—and began broadcasting his downward spiral on the Internet. Finally, his Jackass comrade, Johnny Knoxville, and seven other friends staged an intervention and forced him into a psychiatric ward against his will, ultimately saving his life. Today he has been clean and sober for more than three years.
Professional Idiot recounts the lunacy, the debauchery, the stunts, the drug addiction and the path to recovery and redemption with the same bravado and humor that have endeared Steve-O to so many. Hilarious, harrowing, and inspiring all at once, Professional Idiot will entertain those who’ve been with him on his many wild rides, as well as surprise and intrigue those who know him only as the guy willing to do anything—no matter how painful—for a laugh.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-02-21
Heartfelt, Funny and bats*** crazy! A must read!
Very gripping and the fact that he's willing to own up to alot of his mistakes, errors or outright crazy lifestyle is a testament of how far this man has come. The drugs, addiction and lifestyle this man shouldn't be alive. Yet despise this, he is a role model to many. Plus he's vegan, 'YEAHH DUUDE'
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- Jedi Ninja
- 22-09-22
a heartfelt and funny look into a true individual
loved this book listened to it on a road trip and it made me respect Steveo even more. it isn't easy to be brutally self effacing and funny at the same time. as a Jackass fan I'm proud of the way he's turned his life around and continues to be rad.
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- Kevin
- 14-01-24
Loved it
Great book. Really enjoyed it. More to Steve o than I realised. I would recommend buying this book
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- Baz
- 02-10-19
Performance let down
The story is amazing. What Steve-o has done and what he has accomplished is truly amazing. Shame Steve-o only reads the first three chapters. Would have felt more of a connection if he was able to read the full story himself.
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- K. mc
- 09-12-20
not sure how to feel about this one
truly honest account from Steve o about his life and full of plenty of crazy stories. you have to admire him for getting sober but I can't help thinking, what a shi**y person. would throw closest friends under the bus for fortune and fame, no forgiving that.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-21
Fucking Amazing!
What a story! Entertaining, engaging, and bat shit insane. The voice actor who replaced Steve-o after chapter 1 wasn’t all that bad either.
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- AudiobookDevotee
- 09-10-19
One hell of a story
This is a great book and I'd recommend it to any Steve-o fans. I've already given it as a gift to someone. I don't know what to say other than it goes through his life in an incredibly interesting progression from his pre-teen years to today.
The narration is good although the book makes you think his friends and family did readings when I don't think they did. Steve narrates the first chapter but doesn't do any of the rest. I think the book was largely ghost-written too, it just has that feel, which makes the prose both brilliant and less genuine.
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- Smithy2011
- 27-09-19
Dark, Funny and addictive!
Amazing life story of a battle with addiction he never knew he was having.
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- Carla
- 30-09-20
Great Story
Great audio narrative. Starts with steve o himself narrarating then changes to the actors voice. Forgot it was the actors voice and felt as though Steve o was talking to you directly. Debauchery, sex drugs and rock n roll, but a cautionary tale. A+++
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- Dean
- 22-09-17
Great audiobook but where did steveo go?
One of the most brutally honest audiobooks I've ever listened too. I'm not a big steveo or jackass fan but decided to listen to the audiobook impulsively and was hooked.
Steve is a lot smarter than I gave him credit for and surprisingly articulate. Getting friends and family to recount their experiences was a great touch.
The only negative was Steve giving up on reading the book early on and getting someone else with a slightly nauseating voice to do it.
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