Matthew Pritchard is one of the founders and faces of Dirty Sanchez, a daredevil show where members of the Sanchez gang would compete and out do one another in serious and risky pranks and stunts – not unlike the infamous American show Jackass. There really wasn’t a limit to what the Sanchez boys would do. Reaching national fame extremely quickly resulted in a spiralling push in crazier stunts and erratic behaviour, even off-camera.
A keen skateboarder from the age of 15, Matthew and Dirty Sanchez co-founder Lee Dainton first got together to record bootleg skating videos which often featured pranks. This formed a basis for what would become the TV show, launched by MTV. In a time when there were other shows pushing accepted boundaries one critic said of Dirty Sanchez, “…they make Jackass look like the Royal Shakespeare Company”. While the Sanchez boys have in fact always enjoyed a good relationship with Jackass, this success pushed them for four seasons, spin offs and a movie deal.
It was the rockstar life to the full, in all it’s madness and chaos. Matthew himself, is a straight shooter, no bullshit. He’s not afraid to voice his opinion or get honest, making this one of the finest guests we’ve had on the show.
