The High Art of Jackass

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But the Jackass team is pumped. For them, this is like Brando nailing a scene. When Knoxville comes to, they walk him outside the swap meet and prop him up against a wall. "I'm Johnny Knoxville. Come see the movie, and you'll see why I have to get stitches," he says clearly, in what turns out to be his last completely lucid moment of the day. That's when Cindy Mendoza, 15, spots him. "Dude, it's Jackass. Dude, I watch your show every night at 10. How come you didn't bring Steve-O? Dude."

Back in the van, on the way to the hospital, Knoxville asks for his robe. "I'm freezing," Knoxville says, shivering. "Did we get the shot?" At the hospital Knoxville is questioned by a nurse, and spouts his well-memorized insurance information. Director of photography Dimitry Elyashkevich tapes all of this. But after the doctor tells Knoxville that he can't film the procedure, Elyashkevich says, "We're taking our gash elsewhere."

Knoxville heads back to Beverly Hills to see his personal doctor, who diagnoses a mild concussion and doesn't balk at the filming of the five stitches he sews into the back of Knoxville's head. As Knoxville dizzily hobbles off, he turns around to say goodbye to the journalist who's been sharing the bloodbath of a day with him. Without a trace of irony, he says, "Take care of yourself, man."