yes, another day -- >> hello, my name's johnny knoxville. welcome to "nightline." >> reporter: another amusing dose of physical humiliation. >> we're at 12. 13. >> no, we are not! >> three, four -- >> no, this is 16. [ bleep ] you, i mean -- f-you. >> reporter: i'm bill weir for "nightline" in burbank, california. >> good game. >>> "jackass" opens in theaters october 15th. zblen when we come back, carlos santana, the rock guitarist, items us about the sounds and the tunes that have influenced him most. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, "weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. we all do it. ! but you don't have to. thanks to secret flawless renewal... with odor-absorbing icro capsules that capture... odor and release a fresh scent. it's still working, soyou can stop checking., >> announcer >> anno

johnny knoxville! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey johnny. good to see you, buddy. >> good to see you. >> jimmy: everything good? >> everything's great. >> jimmy: you were at -- they had a screening of your movie "jackass 3d" athe museum of modern art last night. that is awesome. >> and he's not joking. >> jimmy: that is insane. how cool is that? >> when we came out of the screening, it was hailing and thunder storming shard, it's like god just wasn't cool with it. [ laughter ] but we are. >> jimmy: "they shouldn't be in that museum." >> "that is bull crap." >> jimmy: but, that's so cool. the way this whole thing started out, it was with a skateboard magazine, right? >> yes. we were -- i was just writing for magazines, and i wrote an idea for ig brother" skateboarding magazine, where i tested self-defense equipment on myself, stun gun, pepper spray, taser gun, and i shot myself in the chest while wearing a bulletproof vest with a .38. and the editor jeff tremaine, who now directs the "jackass" films, said, "well, you should film it as well."

bill weir sat down with the head jackass himself, johnny knoxville. >> hi, i'm johnny knoxville and this is the cup test. >> reporter: some artists express themselves in watercolors, or folk dance. but johnny knoxville and the "jackass" troupe -- they work in gravity and pain. >> ow! >> reporter: alligators and port-a-potties. their muse, a sensibility of a 13-year-old sadist in his underpants. >> ow! >> reporter: while tossing a beehive into a limo full of friends or staging a firehose rodeo. >> four score and seven years ago. >> or reciting the gettysburg address in a beard of leaches may never get them on "american masters", this form of performance art earned $200 million in the past decade. and "jackass 3-d" could be worth $100 million more. >> intellectualizing, jackass, a long walk in a cold rain. you know? we try to thing of stuff that is funny. >> reporter: hang out with them for an afternoon you will discover there is no act in johnny knoxville's act. mayhem isn't constant, actually, he is subdued and polite for a guy that likes to bring air horns to the golf course. that sort

. >> johnny knoxville, pranks, twisted way of thinking. >> johnny knoxville, pranks, twisted way of thinking. chubby checker: hi, i'm chubby checker. a new twist in the law makes it easier than ever to save on your medicare prescription drug plan costs. so what are you waiting for? go to www.socialsecurity.gov and apply for extra help. it's easier than learning the twist. >>> star >>> stars of m tv's jack ass have no problem living up to the show's title. set on fire. shot out of a cannon and everything in between. >> what makes the comedic daredevils tick. >> hi, i'm johnny maxwell and this is the cup test. >> reporter: some artists express themselves in water colors, or folk dance. but johnny knoxville and the jackass troupe -- they work in gravity and pain. >> ow! >> reporter: alligators and port-a-potties. their muse, a sensibility of a 13-year-old sadist in his underpants. >> ow! >> reporter: while tossing a beehive into a limo full of friends or staging a fire rose rodeo. >> four score and seven years ago. >> or reciting the gettiesberg address in a beard if leaches may never get them

in 2000, jackass premiered on mtv. >> hi, i'm johnny knoxville. welcome to jackass. >> to the delight of stunted flames everywhere. >> to the delight of stunted add lentss everywhere and horror of offended grownups. >> i'm johnny knoxville. >> their protests intensified after a 13-year-old burned himself imitating one of their stunts. awe thought was rough, you know, we always took every opportunity to try and stress don't try this at home. it was on every, so many warnings. i felt bad when, when the kids got hurt. you don't like the stories period. >> did it give you second thoughts about what you were doing for a living? >> no, because i thought we had taken all the steps we could to -- to prevent that type of thing. >> what's the worst anybody has gotten hurt? >> we've had a lot of injuries. but nothing forever bad. you know? >> there is a scene in jackass 3-d with the bull where you nearly snapped your neck. >> yeah, the only thing that broke my fall was the back of my neck. i am real limber. real limber. there goes the light. >> impressive. >

was the little guy that is always with johnny knoxville and the films there, too? brian is right, he could be like three or four and the plane crash obituary. >> that's true. >> "jackass 3-d" is coming out. >> he sent me an e-mail and said i'm sorry for calling you what i called you. he's afraid to say samantha and it will stick. >> our producer knows better. >> maybe it's something notice the water. . brian was not the only one whohood a big weekend. >> meg whitman and carly fiorina got into the spirit of things friday, downing tequila shots. fiorina especially loved the tradition. >> every speech should begin with a shot of tequila. >> wow! if you can do that, you should do it. >> i degree. that was something else i could not pull that off. >> meg whitman did not know what to do with that. she's like i don't know if i'm going to follow her. >> that's it for "daily rundown,". >> coming up, "jansing & company." we'll see you back here tomorrow, tequila-free. was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax

for the third straight time, johnny knoxville and friends are box office gold. the latest big screen collection of crazy stunts and pranks opened with a whopping $50 million setting a record for the biggest-ever october opening. and talk about those profit margins. the film cost a modest $19 million to make. wow. >>> "any other weekend" the akd comedy "red" starring bruce willis, morgan freeman and helen mirren might have earned the top spot, opening with $22.5 million, instead, they settled for a distant second. >>> elsewhere, a georgia woman is suing tyra banks for $3 million after she said her 15-year-old daughter appeared without her permission on an episode of banks' talk show about teen sex addicts. >>> and finally, tmz reports oksana grigorieva has hired a total of 39 lawyers for her legal battle with mel gibson. with at least 18 of those submitting more than $1 million bills. to the court, all asking the judge to make gibson pay the tab. wow. >> that's a lot of money going out the door. >> my goodness. $18 million apiece? sorry. >> i think we have sow se

. >> on "late night tonight" johnny knoxville, and musical guest everest. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" on your local nbc station. it's time for a look at your -- your "first look" at entertainment news. the marriage of a popular hollywood couple is coming to an end. we're talking about the 11-year marriage between courteney cox and david arquette. they are calling it quits. the pair confirm they separated months ago but remain friends and co-parents to their 6-year-old daughter, coco. >>> esquire magazine has named its sexiest woman align. 36-year-old minka kelly stars on "parenthood." in real life, kelly stars as the girl friend of derek jeter. kelly's issue of esquire hits the stands november 19th. >>> and be sure to set your dvrs for thursday night. you never know what will happen on a live show. this week's episode of "30 rock" is doing just that, airing live. details for the script of the nbc comedy are under wraps, but the cast is expected to get visits from guest starts like john hamm and matt damon. bill, do you think they're nervous do it

i just love your attitude of you and johnny knoxville and all your guys. >> johnny "mon" knoxville. >> jimmy: dude, he is so cool. here's a -- look at this picture. here's a picture of just these great supermodels, done in the -- this is in the -- was this done in the '90s? this is a famous picture. and then here's a picture of you guys -- yeah, you rolled up. hey, there you go. [ laughter ] good to see u guys. i just love that you don't care. >> ward: which is hotter? >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. what? >> edward: which is hotter? >> jimmy: i don't know. hot or not? >> which is gayer? >> jimmy: 's just great, though. i just love the attitude. you so many funny stunts in this, and we'll get to that. we've got to show them. but can you explain the rocky? what is the rocky? >> well, you know, i'm from philadelphia, so i had to do a skit, you know. i have a glass of water and a boxing glove, and i sneak up behind every cast and crew member throughout the whole movie. and i -- the water goes in their face, and then i punch them with the boxing glove. and i actually -- i broke steve-o's nose in

cameras follow johnny knoxville around as they pull pranks. spy thriller "red" debuted in second spot and the social network is this third place with $11 million. >>> a whole lot happening tonight and into the wee hours of the morning. the giants on their way home. the niners finally feeling good. another teaching moment between mike singletary and smith. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. [ male announcer ] because fiorina shipped them there. to shanghai instead of san jose. bangalore instead of burbank. proudly stamping her products "made in china." 30,000 workers gone while fiorina took $100 million for herself. carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer, and i approved this message. from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so w

knoxville on tuesday. [ cheers and applause ] love them. cannot wait to see this movie, "jackass 3d." there will be all sorts of stunts and carrying on about the new movie, "jackass 3d." so don't miss johnny and bam and steve-o all next week, here on "late night." it's going to be fun. [ cheers and applause ] that trailer is one of the funniest things i've ever seen. >> steve: oh, that hand? >> jimmy: with the hand coming in. it's so good. that movie is going to kill. we have a great finish to the week tonight, though. from the new film "fair game," the beautiful and talented naomi watts is here. [ cheers and applause ] naomi. naomi. naomi watts! my man nick swardson is joining us! [ cheers and applause ] he's a funny individual. he's got a new show on comedy central. it's going to be awesome. and from the food network's "good eats" and "next iron chef," alton brown is here! [ cheers and applause ] he's awesome. he, like, makes inventions and makes food. like, he's not happy with what we have, conventional stuff. he's just like a weird scie

johnny knoxville is the ring leader, vaguely satanic. among the others are skinny fan favorite steve o and weeman a marvel of endurance. their r-rated candid camera style pranks on civilians, but mostly they hurt only themselves. or they play brutal tricks on one another. the three stooges taken to a psychotic level. >> this is all flowers for our friend. >> reporter: watch them laugh uproar usely while their friends writhe in genuine pain. take this scene where they drink a cocktail of a fat man's... no, i can't really show you that. well, take steve o, shot high in the air in a port-a-poty at capacity. no, can't show that either. they go to animals, bees, snakes, scorpions and my favorite bulls for angry rams. call them anti-mat a dores. male meat. ring meat. in an average torn by war and inhumanity there's something decadent about privileged white americans hurting themselves for laughs and profit. sometimes i look at them and find them irrationally disturbing. i want to see them dead. did i say that? i mean, not dead. exiled from the