Jimmy Kimmel
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Jimmy Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television talk-show host and comedian.
He started doing comedy on radio, particularly on the popular Kevin and Bean morning show at Los Angeles radio icon KROQ.
He began his television career as the co-host of the game show Win Ben Stein's Money on Comedy Central in 1997, and served as the co-host and co-creator (with Adam Carolla) of The Man Show from 1999 until 2003. In January 2003, Kimmel made the leap to his own five-night-a-week talk show on a broadcast network: Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, which airs after Nightline. He has recruited Andy Milonakis, a fat kid who has become an Internet phenomenon to be a regular on the show in 2003-2004. He has also sketched his own MTV show, called The Andy Milonais Show. Dicky Barrett is the Annoucer.
Kimmel and Corolla's success with The Man Show allowed them to produce another TV show named Crank Yankers for Comedy Central.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada. He suffers from mild narcolepsy.
Quotes
"It's funny how all of this has worked out -- I wasn't popular in high school, but now every drunken guy in the United States wants to be my pal. They all want to buy me a shot, and pretty soon I'm throwing up."
"When I was emceeing Win Ben Stein's Money, I actually fell asleep during the show a few times. I would sit on the safe over to the side and just sort of doze off. But that was probably a combination of the narcolepsy and Ben's voice."