Jimmy Kimmel has hosted some incredibly emotional hours of his late night series in 23 seasons, but none so devestatingly personal as the one he delivered last night. Kimmel was mourning the loss of his lifelong friend and Jimmy Kimmel Live bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III. The saxophonist and leader of Cleto and the Cletones passed
These two photos, above, were taken the same day, Tuesday, September 30, in the United States. Two sets of men shaking hands. Both photos staged before live audiences ansd television cameras. The top shot records Stephen Colbert’s visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live, which is on the road in Brooklyn, NY. for a week of episodes
I watched Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue Monday night and thought, hoo boy. This is not going to end well. Glad he and wife and producer Molly McNearney got to dress up and enjoy The Emmys at least. But I was not surprised when Kimmel was suspended today, Wednesday, by ABC. With America ripped even further apart
This has been going on for months now, half a year at least. Every time Donald Trump burps out another middle-of-the-night tweet or lurches into another Oval offside about Canada becoming the “51st State,” the fiercest pushback comes during the opening monologues of at least half a dozen US late night talk shows. The folks
Upfront Week in Canada used to be like walking the midway during the peak years of the Canadian National Exhibition: crowded and sticky. Now, as we emerge from the pandemic, things are slowly shifting back into live, in-person events — or at least evolving into a new hybrid mode of virtual and live. Take Tuesday’s
In honor of April Fools’ Day, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon decided to pull an epic prank on everyone and switch shows for Friday’s broadcasts. Jimmy Fallon came to Hollywood to host Jimmy Kimmel Live and Kimmel went to New York to host The Tonight Show. As Fallon says in the monologue, it was the
It takes a real late night talk show host to truly appreciate the genius that was Fred Willard. Monday night on his “Live at Home” show, Kimmel paid a heartfelt tribute to Willard, who passed away Saturday at the age of 86. Kimmel spoke of growing up a fan of Fernwood 2Nite (1977-78), the brilliant
Talk about making lemonade out of coronavirus. The late night talk show hosts have all been working from home lately, setting examples as comedians in isolation getting their own coffee. Miss Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon’s act? Now you can see him at home with his kids crawling all over his head. Wondering what Seth