By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — The Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show was temporarily taken off the air by the ABC Network and its parent corporation the Walt Disney Company.
This followed remarks Jimmy Kimmel made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. President Trump and many on the right were critical of Kimmel, with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr saying “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Serious questions have been raised as to whether this put improper pressure on the broadcasters, in effect squelching the free speech rights guaranteed in the Constitution.
Jimmy Kimmel has hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! since 2003, and the program has received multiple Emmy nominations. Kimmel has been mistaken by many to be Jewish, though he’s actually Roman Catholic. In 2017, a Jewish boy named Will Rubin held his bar mitzvah party with the theme “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” leading Kimmel to invite Will onto his show.
Jon Stewart crashed the interview, telling Will that he should have chosen a Jewish talk show host for his theme, noting “Don’t be fooled by his [Kimmel’s] learned-looking beard and his puffy, sad eyes. He’s not rabbinical — he’s just unhealthy.”
In 2022, Jimmy Kimmel presented a sketch calling out Kanye West for his antisemitic comments. The sketch presented a “cure” for antisemitism. What was that cure?
A. Robitusshie.
B. MisheGas-X.
C. Preparation Oy.
D. Yentanyl.
E. Chai-Agra.
Link to answer: https://rrrjewishtrivia.com/jimmy-kimmel-answer.html
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Mark D. Zimmerman is an author and freelance writer based in Melville, New York.