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* HarsherInHindsight: One episode featured a "Mean Tweets" feature specifically dedicated to Barack Obama, with the then-President reading out a series of tweets critical of him. The last one was from Donald Trump, calling him the "worst president ever." Obama responded, "At least I will go down in history as a President." Cut to 2016...
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Guillermo started out as comic relief centering around being a FunnyForeigner. However, his natural charm quickly won over audiences and he became Jimmy's sidekick and a major draw in his own right, with celebrities flocking to talk to him for his red carpet segments.
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--> '''Jimmy''': I hate to even say it but even that son of a bitch Matt Damon sent flowers.

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--> '''Jimmy''': ---> '''Jimmy:''' I hate to even say it but even that son of a bitch Matt Damon sent flowers.

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** In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Jimmy dedicated his entire monologue to the victims of the tragedy and called out lawmakers for being unwilling to protect citizens. He didn't tell a single joke throughout the entire monologue, saying that no matter how much he wanted to have fun and joke he refused to disrespect the victims like that.
** After Kobe Bryant's tragic death, Jimmy hosted a special episode that was merely a montage of Bryant's 15 prior appearances on the show, opening with a brief monologue where he talked about his friendship with Kobe and offering his condolences to Kobe's family as well as the families of all who died in the same helicopter crash.

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** In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, shooting in October 2017, Jimmy dedicated his entire monologue to the victims of the tragedy and called out lawmakers for being unwilling to protect citizens. He didn't tell a single joke throughout the entire monologue, saying that no matter how much he wanted to have fun and joke he refused to disrespect the victims like that.
** After Kobe Bryant's tragic death, death in January 2020, Jimmy hosted a special episode that was merely a montage of Bryant's 15 prior appearances on the show, opening with a brief monologue where he talked about his friendship with Kobe and offering his condolences to Kobe's family as well as the families of all who died in the same helicopter crash.crash.
** After Creator/BobSaget's sudden passing in January 2022, [[https://youtu.be/qPBKhqe5Bhs Jimmy begins the show paying tribute to him]].

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: During his otherwise tearjerking story about his son's heart condition, Jimmy offhandedly mentions that [[SitcomArchNemesis Matt Damon]] sent him support.

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During his otherwise tearjerking story about his son's heart condition, Jimmy offhandedly mentions that [[SitcomArchNemesis Matt Damon]] sent him support.


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** Even more heartwarming, however, is the name of Jimmy's son, William. The reason this is heartwarming? William is the English equivalent of the Spanish name ''Guillermo''.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: During his otherwise tearjerking story about his son's heart condition, Jimmy offhandedly mentions that [[SitcomArchNemesis Matt Damon]] sent him support.
--> '''Jimmy''': I hate to even say it but even that son of a bitch Matt Damon sent flowers.
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** When Damon hosted the show in early 2013, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon was pulled in off the street with a gag of how her shopping bags were packed with bottles of wine and liquor. Just four months later, Witherspoon made headlines by being pulled over for a DUI and arrested after screaming at a cop.

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** When Damon hosted the show in early 2013, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon was pulled in off the street with a gag of how her shopping bags were packed with bottles of wine and liquor. Just four months later, Witherspoon made headlines by being pulled over for a DUI and arrested after screaming at a cop.cop.
* TearJerker: Jimmy is prone to ManlyTears, so when something bad happens, it hits incredibly hard.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWWoMcGmo0&t=631s The entire story of his son's birth and subsequent heart disease]] is just tragic to hear, even though he lets us know it has a happy ending. The way his voice cracks and he just can't talk when he reveals the heart disease is heartbreaking.
** In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Jimmy dedicated his entire monologue to the victims of the tragedy and called out lawmakers for being unwilling to protect citizens. He didn't tell a single joke throughout the entire monologue, saying that no matter how much he wanted to have fun and joke he refused to disrespect the victims like that.
** After Kobe Bryant's tragic death, Jimmy hosted a special episode that was merely a montage of Bryant's 15 prior appearances on the show, opening with a brief monologue where he talked about his friendship with Kobe and offering his condolences to Kobe's family as well as the families of all who died in the same helicopter crash.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.

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Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.year.
** When Damon hosted the show in early 2013, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon was pulled in off the street with a gag of how her shopping bags were packed with bottles of wine and liquor. Just four months later, Witherspoon made headlines by being pulled over for a DUI and arrested after screaming at a cop.
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* DudeNotFunny: In a 2013 episode's "Kid's Table" segment, one of the children jokingly suggested that the U.S. should [[FinalSolution kill all Chinese people]] to deal with the debt they owe. Unsurprisingly, it elicited a nearly immediate backlash.
** During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents [[TooSoon drew offense to the remark]], given that there were riots in Detroit after they won the World Series in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local affiliate WXYZ pulled the episode, and ABC followed suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel jokingly offered to flip over his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.
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* DudeNotFunny: In a 2013 episode's "Kid's Table" segment, one of the children jokingly suggested that the U.S. should [[KillEmAll kill all Chinese people]] to deal with the debt they owe. Unsurprisingly, it elicited a nearly immediate backlash.

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* DudeNotFunny: In a 2013 episode's "Kid's Table" segment, one of the children jokingly suggested that the U.S. should [[KillEmAll [[FinalSolution kill all Chinese people]] to deal with the debt they owe. Unsurprisingly, it elicited a nearly immediate backlash.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots in Detroit after they won the World Series in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local affiliate WXYZ pulled the episode, and ABC followed suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel jokingly offered to flip over his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
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** During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents [[TooSoon drew offense to the remark, remark]], given that there were riots in Detroit after they won the World Series in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local affiliate WXYZ pulled the episode, and ABC followed suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel jokingly offered to flip over his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.day.
* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
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* DudeNotFunny: In a 2013 episode's "Kid's Table" segment, one of the children jokingly suggested that the U.S. should [[KillEmAll kill all Chinese people]] to deal with the debt they owe. Unsurprisingly, it elicited a nearly immediate backlash.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", time", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnoak'' earlier in the year.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnoak'' Ragnorak'' earlier in the year.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnoak'' earlier in the year.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnoak'' earlier in the year.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Jimmy's sign-off catch phrase, "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time for him", became a little more poignant in April 2018 during "Marvel Week", in which all the guests were actors from Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Matt Damon actually appeared in ''Thor: Ragnoak'' earlier in the year.
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* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots in Detroit after they won the World Series in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local ABC affiliate WXYZ announced that it would not air the episode, while the network eventually decided to follow suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel did jokingly offer to overturn his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.

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* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots in Detroit after they won the World Series in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local ABC affiliate WXYZ announced that it would not air pulled the episode, while the network eventually decided to follow and ABC followed suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel did jokingly offer offered to overturn flip over his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.
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* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots on Detroit after they won the World Series that year (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occured in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local ABC affiliate WXYZ announced that it would not air the episode, while the network eventually decided to follow suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel did jokingly offer to overturn his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.

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* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots on in Detroit after they won the World Series that year in 1984 (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occured occurred in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local ABC affiliate WXYZ announced that it would not air the episode, while the network eventually decided to follow suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel did jokingly offer to overturn his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.
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* TooSoon: During a plug for the show at halftime during the 2004 NBA Finals, Kimmel joked that if the Pistons won, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down, and it's not worth it." Residents drew offense to the remark, given that there were riots on Detroit after they won the World Series that year (not to mention an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot even more horrific race riot that occured in 1967]]), and they wished to keep that an OldShame. The local ABC affiliate WXYZ announced that it would not air the episode, while the network eventually decided to follow suit nationally. As an apology, Kimmel did jokingly offer to overturn his own car if the Lakers won, but it took a more formal and thoughtful apology for his show to be reinstated the next day.

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