‘Jimmy Kimmel’ anniversary show invites debut guests Snoop, Clooney (Sorry, Matt Damon)
LA TimesJimmy Kimmel marked the 20th anniversary of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night by bringing back his first-ever guest George Clooney along with inaugural guest co-host Snoop Dogg and musical act Coldplay for the celebration. The ABC talk show premiered in 2003 live after the Super Bowl and, as Kimmel recalled in Thursday’s monologue, was “dead on arrival” as he recounted the not-so-rave reviews he recevied in his debut. The host also noted that they had completed 3,588 episodes since and “if you played all our shows back to back, it would go on for 150 days straight and you would kill yourself.” “There’s been two wars, a worldwide pandemic, four presidents, an insurrection, at least three different Kanyes,” he said, topping off his verbal retrospective with a physical Blockbuster Video membership card for the program because it pre-dated Google, YouTube and iPhones. Even though the self-deprecating comic called “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” a “dumb” show during its two-decade run, he also said that he used it as a platform to advocate for issues he cared about, including healthcare and stricter gun laws.
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