If Jimmy Kimmel harbors any residual anger for almost having Jay Leno as a lead-in at 11:30 p.m. (and let’s not forget how he was passed over to host the Emmys on ABC last fall because the net wanted a lousy quintet of reality emcees instead), he certainly didn’t show it last night. In one of the few highlights this writer took away from last night’s Academy Awards (and it can’t be great when one of the few highlights happened during a commercial break), Kimmel appeared in a promo for his eponymous show opposite Tom Cruise. The segment (embedded below), in which Cruise sends Kimmel into a burning home to save his "cat," was genius on so many levels. For one, it shows just how far Kimmel has come from those days when he was lucky to get C-list stars to appear on his couch. It also proves once again that when it comes to 12:30 a.m. yakfests, Kimmel’s the one to beat. Remember, it was his show (and his girlfriend Sarah Silverman) that treated us to the viral video "I’m f—ing Matt Damon," followed by the (almost as) entertaining "I’m f—ing Ben Affleck." And now Kimmel has hey-he’s-cool-again Cruise pimping his franchise!
What did you think of the spot? Was it enough to make you want to start Tivo-ing a little Kimmel action?
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It’s good to see Tom Cruise working at being a bit more likable and less bat spit crazy these days. But I wonder what his reaction was to the obvious ridicule Steve Martin and Tina Fey were hilariously heaping on Scientology during their presenting turn last night. If he was in the audience I would have loved to have had the camera cut to his reaction. Now that would have been the test of his sense of humor and very entertaining.
No, religion isn’t something that anyone laughs at when you’re claiming it’s made up. Would have been an uncomfortable smile at best. Still whenever Tom Cruise does comedy bits, I haven’t seen him be anything but funny.
The promo was great, and the making of that aired during the actual show was even funnier. That along with the Mel Gibson spoof “The Colonel” made last night’s Kimmel one of the funniest late night shows I’ve seen. Plus, it was the first time I’ve ever tuned in to watch Kimmel, so I was pretty pleased.
It made me want to see Tom Cruise in another comedy.
Wrong, Craig Ferguson is going to kick both his and Fallon’s behinds.
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