Jimmy Kimmel Posts Legendary Monologue

May 24th, 2009 (7) Posted By Pat Dollard.

New York Times: If Jimmy Kimmel still has a job at ABC on Wednesday, he is either a very lucky or very deft comedian, or he has great blackmail photos of the network executives.

At Tuesday afternoon’s upfront presentation in New York, Mr. Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” delivered a withering, blistering monologue that took direct aim at ABC, its potential advertisers and his NBC late-night rival, Jay Leno. The assembled advertisers received his performance with a mixture of uneasy laughs and the occasional gasp. UPDATE: As several commenters have rightly pointed out, much of Mr. Kimmel’s routine also received healthy laughter and was well received by the room. We didn’t intend to imply otherwise.

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  • ji

    I am here while ol jimmy is on. :mrgreen:

  • Ranger7582

    The man show was the shit! :mrgreen: :beer:

    • mike3481

      :beer: :beer: :beer:

  • http://earthlink nomee 1

    Yes but can he drink beer like the Fox could, i think not :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

  • http://www.okiepatriot.blogspot.com Greywolfe

    Can you imagine the wincing that was going on in the exec’s office? their marketing VP had to look like he was having a grand mal siezure. LOL

  • New Texan

    good on him for that….

  • DesignR

    Insightful repartee’.

    A little in-your-face reality for the exec’s.

    This was a rare and interesting look into the world of television executive board room politics. Jim is his own man and has balls of steel. Thanks Jimmy.

    I wish our politicians had this kind of honesty and clarity of thought. Not to mention this ability to get ideas across, not that we need stand-up comics in office, but we do need communicators.