Jimmy Kimmel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
I did because, and I'll tell you why, because I,
You know, I'm a troublemaker just by nature.
And my first year, the Lakers beat the Pistons in the NBA playoffs.
And I said something to the effect of, well, I hope they don't burn Detroit down.
And everyone in Detroit was very unhappy.
This was the 2004 finals that the Lakers ended up losing, but they won a game maybe in Detroit?
Yeah, it was a game.
Sorry.
You're right.
No, you're right.
I know.
But I said that, and people were mad, and they pulled me off the air in Detroit.
And a guy who's really been like my mentor at ABC, Alex Wallo, said to me, he said, you know, if we don't have Detroit, you're done.
The show's over.
And I said, really?
And he said, yeah, you can't go forward without a major market like that, which was news to me.
So I went to Detroit and did the show for a week there and kissed as much ass as I possibly could.