 Johnny Knoxville (qv) has said in interviews that he drew  inspiration for some of the stunts from cartoons such as  _"Tom and Jerry" (1965)_ (qv) and Looney Tunes. The scene where he  blindfolds himself, for example, comes directly from an episode of  _"Tom and Jerry" (1965)_ (qv) where Tom does much the same thing. He  has also acknowledged a debt to Wile E. Coyote in the scene with the  rocket.