"You have to admire a guy like Johnny Knoxville who is a multi-millionaire with a real film career. Any sane person would have said, 'Jackass was a great starting point for me, now I'm going to make movies.' But instead he's getting hit by a yak and he's on a rocket exploding over a lake. It's preposterous."

He laughs, considering. "I don't know who's advising him," Kimmel says, "but they're not doing a good job."