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7/11: Welcome to Kimmel!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At 12:05 a.m., “Jimmy Kimmel Live” arrived in Atlanta for the first time, a mere four years and six months after he debuted on ABC in most other markets.
Kimmel wasted no time, welcoming Atlanta by quoting, well, Jermaine Dupri’s “Welcome to Atlanta.”
Welcome to Atlanta where the players play/ And we ride on dem thangs like ev-ery day
“Can you imagine the suffering these people have been through?” he said. “This is our 894th show.” He introduced Atlanta to his band, his announcer, his security guard and his family. Then he had the “mayor of Atlanta” give him a plaque and the key to the city: our very own Emmanuel Lewis, best known as “Webster”!
Kimmel, after the commercial break, said that “we’re like the pickle in the Chick Fil-A sandwich” and noted Lewis is in fact not the mayor. Shocking!
His first guests for us had nothing to do with Atlanta: Nick Lachey, NFL player Reggie Bush and Rich Boy.
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By hornet
July 11, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this
Who’s Kimmel? Kimmel Petersen? I thought he retired?
By JJ
July 11, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this
I agree Hornet Who is Jimmy Kimmell and what’s the big deal about him coming to Atlanta?????
Who cares?
By Dale Weiss
July 11, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this
Jimmy Kimmel is a very talented and funny man, who hosts a late night talk show similar to Jay Leno and David Letterman. The big deal about it coming to Atlanta is that FINALLY WSB is letting us, the viewers, decide if we want to watch it or not. For the last four and a half years THEY decided we could not watch it even if we wanted to. This is a great leap forward from crappy Entertainment Tonight reruns!