Before everyone was afraid of Samuel L Jackson in movies, he was afraid of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America. He curses the same now as he did when he was 39 in that 1988 movie.
Starting on Tuesday, January 8th Jimmy Kimmel Live is moving to 11:35p on ABC to be head to head to chin against the big guys. Before JKL moves to its new timeslot, it will get a send-off show called Goodbye to Midnight on Monday January 7th at 12m. The special will be a retrospective of the show’s almost (16 days short) 10 years on the air. There are plenty of great moments for them to include in the special that I am glad I don’t have to choose. There was: the time Kimmel hired non-English speaking people to paint his Aunt Chippy’s house bright orange and green, The Killers went on a killing rampage, when he told Melissa Joan Hart she is so 1996, his ex-f*cked Matt Damon so he f*cked Ben Affleck, parents told their kids they ate their Halloween candy, Tom Cruise sent him into a burning house, Donny Osmond got to be evil, the Handsome Men’s Club, many many many unnecessary censorships and so much more. Then there are the interviews with David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Howard Stern, Ben Affleck, Tom Cruise, The Twilight cast, The Lost cast and crew, Axl Rose and Matt Damon…oh wait he ran out of time for him.
When the show moves to 11:35p on January 8th, the inaugural show will have two big names christening the earlier timeslot. Jimmy Kimmel will be interviewing Jennifer Aniston and No Doubt will be performing live.
Yesterday I was on a conference call with Jimmy Kimmel and he talked about a big change for the show. Jimmy Kimmel Live will still air new episodes from Monday to Thursday, but then on Friday they are adding a show that will be a compilation of the week’s episodes. I could be wrong, but I can’t remember any other late night show doing that. I think it is a smart move because it will be nice to see the best of the week in just one hour. It’s nice to relive those moments and JKL has a lot of them.
Now there is one thing I want to share with you from the call. I am sure a lot of you have read the comments he made about Jay Leno on it. He did say, “you know, with that said, never count Jay out. He’s a – he’s like Jason in ‘Friday the 13th.’ He seems to pop up just when you think he’s dead. He comes back to life and he’s got a hatchet.” But then he went on to explain, “Well, first of all, I will say that 99 percent of the thinking and talking I do about Jay Leno comes when I’m doing an interview, because, otherwise, I don’t think much about him, and I don’t talk much about him. But people ask me about him constantly and I feel like, there’s nothing I dislike more than a guest that won’t answer the question so I feel compelled to answer questions when I’m asked them. So, it may seem, if you read about me, that I’m obsessed with Jay Leno. I promise you that I’m not.” I just thought I would point that out because there were so many negative responses to his comments. We choose to watch him because he is funny and making fun of people is his job. I am sure Leno would do the same, that is if reporters interviewed him as much as they interview Kimmel. I don’t remember the last time The Tonight Show host was interviewed, do you? But who cares about him, it’s all about Jimmy Kimmel going up against him and his idol/man crush David Letterman starting on January 8th at 11:35p! Mark your calendars because I already did!
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Madonna was doing a soundcheck in a rain drenched Santiago, Chile for a few dozen fans who braved the weather, and she stopped the music because someone was smoking. She then said if that person didn’t stop smoking, she was going to cancel the show. Then she walked off the stage leaving the wet loyal fans disappointed because she only did a 1/3rd of the show.
Funny thing about Madonna making such a big stink about the smoking fan, is how many times have seen her with a cigarette in her mouth? Just saying, it’s a little hypocritical!
It’s the holiday season and between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s we all put on a little weight. Looking at the picture above it looks like Ashton Kutcher not only put on more than a little weight, he ain’t stopping til he gains two and a half stone!
Now unlike you and me who will takes weeks to lose those extra pounds, all he had to do was take off that prosthetic belly when he was done filming that episode of Two and a Half Men. We are not sure why Walden Schmidt now has big belly, but we will be able to find out when that episode airs on CBS on January 10th! I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to find out!
BTW am I the only one who wants to lick that barbecue sauce of him?
Since Christmas is 5 days away, some people are still shopping for presents for the little ones. Well yesterday on The Late Show David Letterman had on toy expert Shannon Eis and she brought some great gifts for boys and girls and people who never grew up…like the CBS late night host. The first toy was harmless and something I am buying for my cat. The next one was a remote controlled car that Letterman made hump a studio camera. Then he used it as a bowling bowl to knock down a bunch of Attacknids. Don’t know what those are, they are the coolest robotic spiders you will ever see! If they weren’t $100, I would buy a bunch of them to dance to Vanilla Ice every day. The final toy was a car for little girls and Letterman was a little too big for it. So it was a lot of fun to see him try to fit into it. Once he was finally in he tried to knock down the Christmas tree with it, and you will have to watch to see if Mr Lead Foot can do it at the high speed of 5 whole miles an hour.
