Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

from idiots to icons

A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.

Documentary

Chad Muska

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Jonah Hill

(Self - Big Brother reader)

Jeff Grosso

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Johnny Knoxville

(Self - writer / actor)

Rob Dyrdek

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Jeff Tremaine

(Self - art / editorial director of Big Brother)

Marc Johnson

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Bam Margera

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Tony Hawk

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Jason Jessee

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Tim Gavin

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Spike Jonze

(Self - photographer / filmmaker)

Jamie Thomas

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Steve Rocco

(Self - founder of World Industries and Big Brother)

Mike Vallely

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Damon Way

(Self - co-founder of DC Shoes)

Dave Swift

(Self - former editor of Transworld magazine)

Walter Sims

(Self - editor on Big Brother #1)

Natas Kaupas

(Self - art director on Big Brother #1)

Sean Cliver

(Self - graphic artist / writer for Big Brother)

Marc Mckee

(Self - graphic artist / editor of Big Brother)

Earl Parker

(Self - writer for Big Brother)

Rick Kosick

(Self - photo editor of Big Brother)

Tim O'Connor

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Jerry Hsu

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Andy Roy

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Gavin McInnes

(Self - co-founder of Vice Media)

Michael Burnett

(Self - editor of Thrasher magazine)

Simon Woodstock

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Ken Block

(Self - co-founder of DC Shoes)

Heather Lee Jones

(Self - advertising director for Big Brother)

Atiba Jefferson

(Self - skateboard photographer)

Chris Pontius

(Self - writer for Big Brother)

Dave Carnie

(Self - writer for Big Brother)

Kendra Gaeta

(Self - writer for Big Brother)

Keith Hufnagel

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña

(Self - local legend)

Lance Conklin

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Ed Templeton

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Socrates Leal

(Self - videographer)

Dimitry Elyashkevich

(Self - photographer / writer for Big Brother)

Jeremy Klein

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Allan Macdonell

(Self - former editor of Hustler magazine)

Larry Flynt

(Self - president of Larry Flynt Publications)

Ryan Sheckler

(Self - pro skateboarder)

Chris Nieratko

(Self - writer for Big Brother)

Steve-O

(Self - amateur stuntman)

Van Toffler

(Self - former president of MTV Networks)

Greg Carroll

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Araya

(Self (archive footage))

Jeff Hanneman

(Self (archive footage))

Kerry King

(Self (archive footage))

Dave Lombardo

(Self (archive footage))

Jovontae Turner

(Self (archive footage))

Jason Lee

(Self (archive footage))

Mark Gonzales

(Self (archive footage))

Rodney Mullen

(Self (archive footage))

Billy Pepper

(Self (archive footage))

Phil Margera

(Self (archive footage))

Sheryl Templeton

(Self (archive footage))

Jeff Michael

(Self (archive footage))

Jay Leno

(Self (archive footage))

Sofia Lopez

(Self (archive footage))

Ronnie James Dio

(Self (archive footage))

Loomis Fall

(Self (archive footage))