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Jimmy Kimmel vs. Jay Leno

Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:52:12 +0000

The feud between Jlate-night hosts immy Kimmel and Jay Leno is alive and well, if March 16′s episode of The Late Show is any guide. Kimmel was a guest on the show, and he and David Letterman talked about how much they had enjoyed Leno’s recent woes. “I would like to keep it going, you had him, we were drowning him, and then you threw him a lifesaver during the Super Bowl,” Kimmel told Letterman, referring to the commercial where Letterman, Leno, and Oprah Winfrey appeared together. Letterman, meanwhile, told Kimmel that he had “enjoyed your participation in the Jay Leno scandal.”

Kimmel has been relentless in attacking Leno on the air ever since Leno’s successful campaign to squeeze Conan O’Brien out of the chair at The Tonight Show. Kimmel has done his own show dressed as Leno (with gray wig and artificial chin) and bashed Leno to his face while a guest on the ill-fated Jay Leno Show. The latter event led Leno to complain in an interview with Winfrey that he felt he had been “sucker-punched” by Kimmel. Kimmel then dismissed Leno as “a tattletale,” and added, “Watch out, Oprah, don’t think he won’t take your show next.”

Kimmel Admits To Verbally Punching Leno

Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:03:34 +0000

Late night talker Jimmy Kimmel visited with David Letterman last night on the Late Show with David Letterman and admitted to verbally punching Jay Leno during the recent late night talkshow verbal onslaught on Leno.

Letterman heaped praise on Kimmel, “I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed your participation in the Jay Leno scandal,” said Letterman, referring to current ongoing latenight soap opera we’ve all been watching. Leno now has replaced Conan O’Brien as host of The Tonight Show.

Letterman kept encouraging Kimmel to keep up the attacks even though Kimmel and Leno are friends. “He went on The Oprah Show and said I sucker-punched him,” Kimmel said. “He’s always running to tattle to Oprah whenever something happens, and I didn’t feel like I did sucker-punch him. But then I looked it up in the dictionary and it turns out I did.” Neither Kimmel or Letterman offered any apologies during the interview.

Kimmel received much attention for appearing on Leno’s old show to answer 10 questions, but turned his answers into an assault on Leno. Kimmel also did show long imitation of Leno in January, putting on a grey wig and a prosthetic chin that made him resemble a crazed looking Leno.

Jimmy Kimmel Channels His Inner Jay Leno

Staff — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:50:33 +0000

When Jimmy Kimmel commits to a bit, he really commits to a bit.

Amidst the late night talk show debacle on NBC, Kimmel dressed up as Jay Leno for his entire show last night, as guests Chevy Chase and Elisha Cuthbert played along.

“Hello, hello, my name is Jay Leno and let it here by be known that I’m taking over all the shows in late-night,” he quipped, referring to the recent dustup at NBC.

“It’s great to be here on ABC,” he adds. “You know what ABC stands for? Always Bump Conan.”

“Conan O’Brien, today, announced that he is leaving NBC. He released a statement today saying ‘I won’t participate in the destruction of ‘The Tonight Show.’” Fortunately, though, I will,” Kimmell says as Leno.

Chase, even came out wearing an O’Brien wig.

What do you think of Kimmel’s Leno Show: best commentary yet, or did he take it too far?

Jimmy Kimmel Channels His Inner Jay Leno