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PJ & the Cattle Prod - How Johnny Knoxville Zapped Some Sense Into Me
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PJ & the Cattle Prod - How Johnny Knoxville Zapped Some Sense Into Me

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Jan 17, 2023
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Before I was sober, I liked whatever you were having.

I suffered from high anxiety, and among my ‘doctors’ on the Hollywood scene was my pal PJ. You will know PJ by his stage name, Johnny Knoxville.

We became pals at a Beachwood Canyon dog park underneath the Hollywood sign. I had a spazzy brindle Boxer named Trout, and he had a spazzy Dalmatian named Dante.

We used to talk about poetry…

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