Jimmy Kimmel is THE MAN!

[FourFifty]

http://www.popeater.com[/URL]]Jimmy Kimmel was a video guest on 'The Jay Leno Show' on Thursday night, and was supposed to simply be a guest for Jay's normal 'Ten at Ten' segment, wherein he asks someone ten questions. With nearly every answer, however, Kimmel managed to find a way to twist his answer into some form of a Leno insult. While Jay took it in good stride, the answers were so anti-Leno we are really wondering if it was pre-planned or an act of pure disdain for Leno.

The laser-focus of Kimmel's aggression towards Jay is a sign of the overhwelming support (http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/14/conan-obrien-celebrity-support-twitter/) fellow entertainers and fans are showing towards Conan O'Brien, who they feel was slighted by Leno. During the Leno-Kimmel exchange, the questioning went mostly like this:

Jay to Jimmy: "You're known for pranks ... what's the best prank you've ever pulled?"

Jimmy's Response: "I think the best prank I ever pulled was... ... I told a guy that five years from now, I'm going to give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him and then I took it back almost instantly. It was hilarious."

Jay to Jimmy: "Ever ordered anything off the TV?"
Jimmy's Response: "Like NBC ordered your show off the TV?"
Jay to Jimmy: "What's the most number of lapdances you've had in one night?"
Jimmy's Response: "Jay, my mother's watching the show. No wait, the show's canceled so nobody's watching. ... Strippers, I don't like in general because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to that of when you and Conan were on the 'Tonight Show' together passing the torch?"
Jay to Jimmy: "Is there anything you haven't hosted that you want to host?"

Jimmy's Response: "Oh, this is a trick right? Where you get me to host the 'Tonight Show' and then take it back? You've got $800 million. For God's sake, leave our shows alone."


He is THE MAN!

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[ron the dial]

that was the first and only segment of jay leno's show that i happened to watch

[FourFifty]

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[thedamndest]

The segments that people really like on The Jay Leno Show (headlines, Jaywalking) actually have very little to do with Jay Leno. You could do those on any show. Conan's good segments could not be replicated by Jay Leno.

[DrA]

People spend important time standing in line to see the Jay Leno Show only to see their beloved talk show host get brutally slandered.

[Inadequacy]

That was pretty good, I still don't really like Kimmel that much.

[FakeLaser]

That was awesome

[Mr. Nerfect]

The segments that people really like on The Jay Leno Show (headlines, Jaywalking) actually have very little to do with Jay Leno. You could do those on any show. Conan's good segments could not be replicated by Jay Leno.

Exactly this. Jay Leno's humour comes from his writers. Often, Leno doesn't even deliver the jokes as well as he should, because they probably come from a younger mind with a different sort of comedy styling. Leno botches them pretty bad. Conan, on the other hand, has good synch with his writers, and can often take nothing and make it funny.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Oh, and Kimmel is the man. Leno was completely out-classed there but one of the "second tier" late night performers in the industry. Whoever said "bring Kimmel onto the show" is a fucking idiot and deserves to be fired. Leno was so bewildered he couldn't even gather sympathy from his own audience through it all.

It's ballsy enough that Kimmel did it, but that he managed to crack up most of Leno's own audience as he was slaughtering him is what's really impressive about it. Leno also backed down from Kimmel very quickly, perhaps realising that if he went after Kimmel, he'd be destroyed even worse, and that'd make him look like more of a fool.

Kimmel seemed nervous when he talked about appearing on Leno's show prior to it happening, but he handled it more than fine. His "plea" at the end was also very...honest, and made Leno look like a cold-hearted douche. "We have kids. All you have is cars."

[G]

of course that was staged