Jimmy Kimmel

My fiance is the co-head writer on the show.

My cousin Mickey works in the talent department.

And I've got a few other relatives not quite as close as those sprinkled throughout the show too.

Those are smart people.

Well, first, I think I had to do that.

The first person that I brought on the air was my Uncle Frank.

My Uncle Frank was a cop in New York for 20 years.

He worked as a security guard in Vegas for various celebrities like Frank Sinatra and everyone Italian who'd come into Vegas.

My Uncle Frank was their security guard at Caesar's Inn.

Um, he's just, he was a funny character and I got a kick out of him.

And every once in a while I'd have him on the radio when I was on the radio and he was always funny.

And I knew that I needed, I needed someone to talk to on the air.

I knew that I needed something besides me and somebody to send to things.

And, uh, instantly, uh,

He fit that perfectly.

I had to convince him.

In fact, he was living in New York.

And the only reason that he moved out to take the job on the show was he he found he was worried about transferring his checking account.

He had a specific bank at which he had a checking account and he found out there was one branch of the bank in L.A.

So he rented an apartment right near that bank.