The refresher course was not put together in vain. Matt Damon did a full-on takeover of Jimmy Kimmel Live last night in what was a spectacularly organized star-studded affair. Enough credit cannot be given to Damon for going full bore at this thing and pulling it off rather effortlessly. F*ck, that guy is talented.
All you really need to know is that it was pretty great and everyone talked about how much Jimmy sucks. But if you're interested in going a little deeper here are all the relevant clips as well as my four favorite lines from Damon's monologue:
- "Is it weird to see a person with actual talent host this show?"
- "This is like when I lost my virginity, except this is going to last way longer than one second."
- "I am Luke Skywalker and Kimmel is the Death Star: big and round and easily destroyed through his garbage hole."
- "Jimmy Kimmel is to late night talk show hosts what Magic Johnson is... to late night talk show hosts."
And now for everything else you need to know...
Also, Sheryl Crow took over as band leader. Garcia's Guillermo kills btw.
With terrible Siri jokes.
The end.
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Matt Damon was definitely channeling his inner “Matt Damon” via Team America
Man, Andy Garcia’s Guillermo impersonation… I saw that coming a mile away, and I still lost my shit.
Demi Moore looks like a leather monster.
yup, gross
I’m not sure I would have known that was Demi Moore if Damon didn’t say her name.
Her eyes are receding into her body. So sad and gross.
Nicole Kidman too. Thankfully Amy Adams was a lovely distraction.
You know things are bad when Demi is starting to look a lot like Cher. Say what you want about him, but, Ashton Kutcher had the wherewithal to get out right before the shit him the fan on Demi’s face.
The whole thing was pretty amazing, save for the Sarah Silverman bit and me saying “That’s not Demi Moore. Oh wait, that’s Demi Moore??”
I would bang every single person on that couch.
This very well could be the greatest thing I have ever seen on late night tv.
Yep. As good as Conan’s last week at the Tonight Show.
It was a great show. I was expecting Matt to break character 10 minutes in and have Jimmy host the rest of the show. I’m glad they stuck with it for the whole show. I would have liked to see Sheryl Crow admit to juicing in order to win some Grammys.
She can’t do that as I think she might be in some legal trouble for lying to congress or something
the first thing I wondered is if Kimmel stayed tied up and gagged during the commercial breaks.
Kimmel and Letterman should do this to Leno.
Conan and Letterman, you mean? What beef does Jimmy have with Leno?
Nothing really, except that he’s a Letterman fanatic and obviously took his side of things. I’m sure that’s the root of it, however many experiences he’s had personally with Leno.
Jimmy fucking hates Leno. he shits on him almost as often as Stern and Letterman do.
I loved Matt Damon’s total commitment: he jumped in, went for it, and never broke character. Dude is smart, handsome, talented, and seems like a decent person: in short, he is an a-hole. Screw him.
Demi Moore was, uhhh, interesting looking, to say the least. Nicole as well. I am clearly not Hollywood, but c’mon, at some point, just aging even (somewhat) naturally has to be far preferable to what they are doing to themselves. Freak show territory.
I liked, and a bit of a throwaway, how when Amy Adams came out, she and Damon fully made-out for several seconds. Only to immediately start bashing Jimmy for the alleged sexual assault. Subtle and well-done.
I agree wholeheartedly. Connie Britton is a great counter-example; if anything, she has gotten better with age.
This was such a fantastic and well executed show.
Gary Mother Fucking Oldman sitting on a couch with hot hollywood stars on either arm
…This is why Jimmy owns late night…Pure epicness
Everything about this episode was amazing (and I mean that – I fast forwarded through Robin Williams).
He is nothing without his true love, Ben.