I don't understand what the purpose of this is? He's calling out the process of selling advertising, but he clearly has no qualms taking that money himself.
This just seems like blatant hypocrisy, made worse by the fact that he seems to want to use his image as a contrarian to just boost his career. I mean, why else do this?
First Emily Gould and now Jay Leno. Is anybody safe from the wrath of Kimmel? Not for nothing, but advertising executives are already in Hell's Circle #9, so a little humor at their expense is probably just fuel for the fire.
@Tardy: ugh, the question categories were so lame and he read them off with such pride followed by a time-wasting reaction from the stupid audience. he was pointless on that show..
Interesting that kimmel is balsy enough to get mouthy to the corporate suits, but, as he said on the Howard Stern show Monday, he's still not yet ready to have Sarah Silverman on his show.
What's that awful racket I hear coming from the West Side? Shit, they're Jimmy Kimmel's big, clanking balls mowing down TV execs along 7th Avenue! Watch out, people!
@uncivily obedient: Hmmm. They should be. Send us an e-mail about it if they're not. Sometimes they're not put up if the person just sucks so incredibly bad. Or if it's been such a long time that it's not worth our trouble. Or if you don't tell us where you saw the person and when. (You'd be amazed how many people are like OMG I JUST SAW CHRIS NOTH!!!)
@kolacek: According the the wikipedias, he's an Italian-German (German-Jew? I think it would've been mentioned, no?). I feel like I've tried to make him Jewish before, but I suspect it's because of my desire to think of him and Silverman as the ultimate Jewish comedy couple.
@kimsama: When a girl is getting the Hebrew hammer, it's "by injection." When a fellow is lucky enough to find himself straddled by a Hebrewess, it's "by infusion," but you know, I am not Orthodox nor orthodox, so say it however you please. But I think osmosis has something to do with water, so maybe if you're doing it in a Jacuzzi?
@BookishLookish: Haha! I was thinking more along the lines of stuff being transmitted via absorption through cell membranes, but clearly this is a gray area that would benefit from more research at the highest levels of academia.
And you've won me over to "infusion" -- it sounds sort of like brewing a delightful chai that way.
@KatieMick: I never get why people in America are so offended by statements like that; most Jews in America are Ashkenazi. It's totally fair to note German-sounding names as potentially Jewish (here at least). I mean, it's not an off-the-wall suspicion, I think.
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This just seems like blatant hypocrisy, made worse by the fact that he seems to want to use his image as a contrarian to just boost his career. I mean, why else do this?
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Just thought I'd put that out there.
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I have despised The Kimmel for years, but that line alone erases all the hate.
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It makes me feel better about myself.
Thank you.
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And you've won me over to "infusion" -- it sounds sort of like brewing a delightful chai that way.
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Or, if I may dip into my limited knowledge of Judaica, it may be a delightful [www.valleyboy.net]
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