About this episode

Jimmy Kimmel discusses his childhood, career, and parenting experiences on IMO.

On this week’s episode of IMO, legendary late night host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel joins the show! Jimmy opens up about his childhood in Las Vegas, shares why he was fired from every job he had before late night, and how he built his show from the ground up, family and all. Plus, he shares a recent not-so-proudest parenting moment. Have a question you want answered? Write to us at imopod.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Michelle Obama, Craig Robinson

Guest: Jimmy Kimmel

Topics covered

• comedy
• parenting
• late night television
• childhood stories
• career journey

Keywords

• Jimmy Kimmel
• comedy
• late night
• parenting
• Las Vegas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Higher Ground

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