![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In conjunction with that appearance Marvel Comics created a special one-shot comic book where he evades death once again after considering retirement, and made it available in comic book stores for free distribution. The show is produced by Spike TV, BASE Productions and James' company, PayupSucker Productions. The first episode set a rating record for Spike, drawing the largest audience ever for an unscripted series on the network, with 2 million viewers. The show features James doing death-defying stunts. His show Jesse James Is a Dead Man premiered on Spike TV on May 31, 2009. Trump repeatedly cited James' stoic refusal to contact then-wife Bullock to raise funds for the show's challenges, though other celebrities had no problem tapping high-rolling contacts for cash. Due to his poor performance in raising funds, James was eliminated by Donald Trump on the second-to-last show (ultimately placing third) which aired May 3, 2009. Each celebrity played to raise money for a favorite charity James selected to play for the Long Beach Education Foundation. He appeared on the second season of Celebrity Apprentice. He also made an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Sons of Guns. Through James' show "History of the Chopper" there are also glimpses of his involvement with the Hells Angels. James later established Payupsucker Productions, under which he produced shows like History of the Chopper, Iraq Confidential with Jesse James and Green Scream, in which James plans to break the land speed record with an eco-friendly hydrogen car. Following the success of the documentary, the Discovery Channel approached James with an offer to host a new show called Monster Garage where James and a crew of mechanics modified vehicles under a short deadline. In 2000, the Discovery Channel made the documentary Motorcycle Mania, which chronicled James' everyday life. James (left) on the set of Monster Garage, 2003 Īs of 2020, James lives in Austin, Texas, operates Jesse James Fire Arms Unlimited, and manages the intellectual properties of West Coast Choppers. His first rifle-caliber suppressor was a basic reworking of an original Maxim design that he claimed could impossibly bend the laws of physics by offering a 78 dB rating at the muzzle, lower than even what the De Lisle carbine achieved in testing although James was careful to note that it only achieved that number with subsonic ammunition that does not produce a sonic boom. In November 2013, Jesse James Firearms Unlimited unveiled its first two firearms, a 1911 pistol and an AR-15 rifle. James published the now-defunct custom-car Garage magazine. Other business ventures include Chopperdogs fan club and Jesse's Girl clothing line. James also had partial ownership in Austin Speed Shop in Austin, Texas, which he left in 2013 to focus on the re-opening of West Coast Choppers in Austin. James was the owner of the Cisco Burger restaurant, which opened on April 28, 2006, across the street from West Coast Choppers which has officially closed. James has also built and is racing an off-road Trophy Truck and a Figure-8 race car. In 1992, James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother's garage. ![]() Īt age 19, he became a bouncer and then a bodyguard, notably for Slayer, Glenn Danzig, and Soundgarden. James was an outside linebacker at the University of California in Riverside, but two injuries forced him to begin his working life. He also appeared in the 2004 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2. James was the host of the reality TV shows Jesse James Is a Dead Man on Spike TV and Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel, and the focus of the documentary Motorcycle Mania, also on Discovery. He was the focus of a show chronicling some of the custom motorcycle builds in his TV series Jesse James: Monster Garage, which ran a shortened single season in 2012 on the Discovery Channel before being canceled. He is the founder of West Coast Choppers and former partner of Austin Speed Shop and current CEO of Jesse James Firearms Unlimited, both based in Austin, Texas. Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, automotive mechanic, and television personality. ![]()
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