Jimmy Kimmel: It's not 'my job' to make you laugh
Tune in to any late-night talk show these days, and it's nothing but wall-to-wall clapter — the seal-like applause emitted by audiences in response to any variation of the phrase "orange man bad."
As Robert Plant once queried, "Does anybody remember laughter?"
Those of us old enough to have watched Carson, Letterman, or O'Brien do.
Well, Jimmy Kimmel has news for you: He's not here to entertain you. In fact, he's offended you even expect it.
The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host unloaded on entitled TV viewers while chatting with former first lady Michelle Obama on the failing podcast she co-hosts.
And it was as cringe-inducing as you'd expect. Turns out, Kimmel takes it personallywhen critics say he should be funny.
"To say that, 'Well, your job is this,' it makes me — I bristle at that because, first of all, don't tell me what my job is. I don't tell you what your job is. My job is whatever I decide my job is, whatever my employer allows me to do. That's what my job is."
His job, apparently, is to speed up the decline of late-night TV, and in his defense, he's doing a heckuva job ...
French toast
First, the French found Jerry Lewis irresistible. Now, the country's movie buffs have fallen for one of 2025's biggest box office busts.
"Ella McCay" arrived with plenty of hype last year, from its starry cast (Jamie Lee Curtis, Albert Brooks, Woody Harrelson) to a legendary writer/director (James L. Brooks) behind the camera. The film, focusing on a flustered young woman (Emma Mackey) thrust into the political scene, earned withering reviews. The box office tally? A shockingly low $4 million domestically.
Yet the French are coming to the film's rescue. Disney+'s French edition debuted the film after its theatrical release got benched due to that chilly U.S. reception. The French goodwill, boosted by fawning media support, built up to the point where the studio agreed to a limited theatrical release in the country.
Maybe AI can insert a digital Jerry Lewis into the Paris-set sequel ...
Role reversal
Nick Offerman may be our generation's Laurence Olivier.
The comic actor's turn as Ron Swanson on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" remains the libertarian gold standard. His character loathed the government, hoping to shrink it to the size of Jiminy Cricket's belt buckle.
In real life, Offerman is a raging progressive, and he can't stop savaging both President Donald Trump and the right in general.
This week, he popped up on the far-left "Daily Show" to trash Trump's plans for a glorious 250th birthday party for ole Uncle Sam. That includes a permanent arch to honor the historic moment.
"Can't he play with his model replicas in the basement like a normal demented grandpa. ... Can we stop with these self-aggrandizing celebrations, like you're some Roman emperor? What's next, gladiator fights?"
Ron Swanson might blanch at the arch as an unnecessary expenditure, but he'd forever love Trump for his DOGE-style shrinkage ...
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