Do you know why I like Steve-O of Jackass fame?

Because any time he pulls one of his stunts, he seems so surprised and shocked (and even a little indignant) that he's gotten hurt.

On one of the cut scenes from the Jackass DVD, there's the full sequence where Steve-O decides to take out the ceiling fan in his house by jumping into it. And the first time (which is shown as a bumper in the released film), he jumps into the fan, breaks part of it, and falls to a heap through a table. And he seems so surprised about everything. In the cut scene, he jumps twice more, until finally the whole rig comes crashing down with him. And he brings it down through sheer force of will. He actually gets a little pissed off when his stunt doesn't work.

But it's all the same reaction. Whether he's getting a paper cut across his mouth or he's pole-vaulting into a sewage filled creek. He's so surprised by everything.

I'm a fan of inappropriate emotional responses. Shock and surprise qualify, I think.

Also: In the cut scenes, one of Bam Margera's friends is doused with mustard. Not funny, except that the friend (Rake) has some psychological revulsion to mustard. The guy (who reminds Bill and me of our friend Bill Ryan) goes absolutely ballistic.

It's great.