1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Wednesday, September twenty fourth. Jimmy 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: Kimball is back and I don't know how he could 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: have nailed that any better. And with that, welcome to 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: this episode of Amy and TJ. 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: Robes. 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: You like them, you don't like them, you love them, 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: you hate them, you're indifferent. Yeah, you gotta kind of 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: give him credit for what he put together last night, which, 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: to some degree, Robes made him a national leader and 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: a national voice in the midst of all this upheaval. 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: Absolutely, he is the voice of the freedom of speech, 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: the one of the basic rights we have here in 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: America that makes us America. I can't imagine the pressure 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: that he must have felt to get it right, but man, 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: did he get it right. I was blown away at 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 2: his ability to navigate all of the different emotions surrounding 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: first of all, what he's said last week, and then 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: what ABC decided to do, and how the Trump administration 19 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: has literally declared war against him, and he managed to 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: validate how the other side feels while at the same 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: time not apologizing for the joke he made. 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: And again, everybody, you're up on this by now, you 23 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: know he got suspended. If you will last week after 24 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: he made comments that were deemed insensitive about the assassination 25 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: of Charlie Kirk, under pressure from Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman, 26 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: who went on a podcast and said, hey, maybe we 27 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: need to be looking into Kimmel and whatnot. Well, they 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: ended up suspending him. That was a threat. It seemed 29 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: of taking away the broadcast license of ABC. So they, 30 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: in a lot of people's view, caved to pressure took 31 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: him off the air, had negotiations, had talked. He comes 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: back last night. Now. The monologue of the opening was 33 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: a little longer than normally, actually had a commercial break 34 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: in there as well. We'll tell you what happened after 35 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: that commercial break. Robert de Niro was involved. It was hilarious, 36 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: but he started out. I wasn't sure Robes what necessarily 37 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: I was expecting, but I appreciated how he started it started. 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: The show started by showing several video clips of news 39 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: outlets covering what happened and how serious it was. And 40 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: it's about freedom of speech and fights going on in 41 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: the country and politics, and Jimmy Kimmel is a very 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: important monologue. Everybody's gonna be wanting all these news clips 43 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: and then it cut to him and Guermo sitting in 44 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: a chair. He's wearing a banana suit and Jimmy Gimmel's 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: wearing a big bear costume. They look at each other 46 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: that maybe we should. 47 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: Change it was a good start. We're not dressed for 48 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: this kind of like also, like, we're just doing comedy here, folks, 49 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: you know. And he even said something to that effect 50 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: that the show is not important, but what it stands for. 51 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: To be able to make fun of our leaders, to 52 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: be able to have parody and satire and not fear 53 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: any sort of retribution, that is what's important. So I mean, yes, 54 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: in that sense, he was mocking the fact that this 55 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: is a show about comedy. 56 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: Perious he was. I thought that was a nice tone, 57 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: and I even wondered in that moment, Okay, maybe he's 58 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: going to be a little sillier and funnier and make 59 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: this lighter. And it actually wasn't. He did have a 60 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: couple of lines at the beginning. I thought this was 61 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: good ropes. He just opened with, as I was saying 62 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: before I was interrupted, that's just well done. 63 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: It is well done. 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: He starts that way. The other line, it was very timely. 65 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: He said, I'm not sure if who had a weird 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: or twenty four hours me or the guy is the 67 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: CEO of Todenhall. 68 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: Again, very timely, very funny, we talk very effective. That 69 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: was amazing, but. 70 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: It wasn't it remarkable to hear he and he listed 71 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: them by name late night comedians, current past, oh geez. 72 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: He even mentioned Arsenio Hall. He said all of them 73 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: have reached out to him. 74 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: And that was really cool to hear because they banned 75 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: with him immediately. And he talked about the others who 76 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: came to support him from the other side of the aisle. 77 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: He talked about conservatives who reached out to him who 78 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: don't necessarily agree with what he has to say or 79 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: how he says it, but absolutely unequivocally support his right 80 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: to say it period. 81 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: The that mentioned. I wonder how that's received. There are 82 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: a lot of people who don't like his views and 83 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: conservatives and fine, but I wonder how that landed for 84 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: a conservative to say that, I thank you as well, 85 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: because you were pissed about it as well. I just 86 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: wonder if if it felt like a bridge of any 87 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: kind between Jimmy Kimmel and any conservatives or not. 88 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: Well, I would hope it would, because to me, this 89 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: isn't a Democrat or Republican ideology. To have the ability 90 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: to speak freely, to be able to make fun up, 91 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 2: to satire the president. That has been a long standing 92 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: tradition and form of entertainment honestly in this country for 93 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: as long as I can remember. So how would you 94 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: be against that? And I also thought it was interesting 95 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 2: he showed President Trump clips of him talking about how 96 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: important the First Amendment was, how important the freedom of 97 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: speech is. So for any lawmaker who is a conservative 98 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: or a Republican, that is the stand I would think 99 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: you would want to be, or the side you would 100 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 2: want to be on the side of free speech. 101 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: Oh, we heard it plenty on Sunday during Charlie Kirk's memorial. 102 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: People outside, people inside, the freedom of speech. He was 103 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: shot because of something somebody didn't like that. He said, 104 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: this is the argument you're making on that side. It 105 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: applies to both sides. Yes, that was speech that re 106 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: bolted and that made some man go crazy and want 107 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: to shoot you. But we're talking about this idea that 108 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: you should not be persecuted, whether it's a bullet or 109 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: it's a broadcast license. You cannot be threatened like this 110 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: because of what you say. And the President has made 111 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: it plain as day. I don't like his jokes about 112 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 1: so I'm going to take his broadcast license. He says 113 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: that out loud. He's not necessarily trying to hide that fact. 114 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: And it's interesting because Kimmel even spoke to that point 115 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 2: specifically talking about the SEC chairman. He's like the things 116 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 2: he said, you would think would have been said in 117 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 2: a van with a wire tap, with authorities trying to 118 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: get you on tape, saying something you know you shouldn't, 119 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 2: versus saying it publicly and proudly on a podcast that 120 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 2: was that's kind of insane when you think about it. 121 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 2: How can you have an administration who says, and I agree. 122 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: We watched it and we were shaking our heads during 123 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 2: the Kirk Memorial to Charlie Kirk Memorial where they were 124 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 2: touting free speech and the importance of it. We agree 125 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 2: with that one hundred percent. And absolutely it is disgusting 126 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 2: to see people take violent action, or to even take 127 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: action where you are costing folks their paychecks. Either way, yes, 128 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 2: they're both egregious, and to say the one is bad 129 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 2: and the other is okay, doesn't make any sense because 130 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 2: we're still talking about the same thing, the right to 131 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 2: speak freely. 132 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: And this is when But Jimmy, I think this was 133 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 1: the crux. This was the line, I guess, the meat 134 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: of what he was saying. He got to it just 135 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes in. It didn't take up too 136 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: long to get to it, but the entire buntal it 137 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: was almost half hour with the commercial break. But he 138 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,119 Speaker 1: said that it was important to me as a human. 139 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: He's talking about what he was about to say. It 140 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: was important for him to make this point. He said, 141 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: it was never my intention to make a light of 142 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: the murder of a young man. At that point, Jimmy 143 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: did he got choked up, and I think a lot 144 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: of us have. I don't care who you are. I 145 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: think at some point in the past two weeks, every 146 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: single person watching covering or talking about that story is 147 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: probably shed a tear. And I don't know how you 148 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: could watch that memorial service and listen to Erica Kirk 149 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: and listen to some other folks and not shed a 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: tear or be upset or emotional about the death of Charlie. 151 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: And you could see it in that moment. This wasn't performative. 152 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: It wasn't anything else but a guy who was struggling 153 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: to keep speaking quite frankly in that moment. He continued. 154 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: Then he said, I posted a message on Instagram the 155 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,679 Speaker 1: day he was killed and sent love to his family, 156 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: asking for compassion, and meant it and I still do. 157 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: It was never my intention to blame a specific group. Obviously, 158 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: it was a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the 159 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: opposite of the point I was trying to make. But 160 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: I understand to some that that felt either ill timed 161 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: or unclear, or maybe both. And for those who think 162 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: I did point a finger, I get why you're upset. 163 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: If the situation were reversed, there's a good chance I 164 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: would have felt the same way. That was that's better 165 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: than an I'm sorry, I apologize if I upset you. 166 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: That's a nonce. 167 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 2: That's no good and thank goodness, he didn't say. 168 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: That I apologize, even if he said I apologize for 169 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: upsetting you. Instead, what he said, I get it. I 170 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: would be upset to if I were in your shoes. 171 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: That was meaningful, yes. 172 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: But it was important for him to explain that that 173 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: wasn't his intention and It didn't feel like some hollow defense. 174 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: It felt authentic, and it felt you could tell. I mean, 175 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: I just think you can tell when it comes from 176 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: the heart, and you could tell that he was deeply 177 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 2: moved by the killing of Charlie Kirk and then by 178 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 2: being blamed for something he didn't intend. 179 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: I think that's good way. But he didn't come across defensive. No, 180 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: I need to come up here with excuses or explain. Well, 181 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: let me. He didn't feel like that at all. I 182 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: didn't think about that until this moment. 183 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: No, And it didn't feel like he was patronizing or 184 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 2: he was being snarky in any of those moments. It 185 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: really did feel genuine and that's why it landed. It 186 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 2: really landed to listen to him. 187 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,719 Speaker 1: He spoke as well, and I know there were good 188 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: folks on both sides. He spoke about the close friends 189 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: he has that are conservatives, but he went through this, 190 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: he said, I get threats, My family gets threat staff 191 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: gets threats, and he said, I know those don't come 192 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: from people like the ones I know who are conservatives Republicans. 193 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: He used that as a way of saying, I know 194 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: it ain't all of you. And I thought that was 195 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: an interesting way and gave some insight. I mean, I 196 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: don't really think about it necessarily, but it makes sense 197 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: that he would get threats. 198 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 2: I hadn't considered that at all, but obviously now you 199 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 2: can see where this happens. It seems to almost all 200 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 2: politicians and certainly outspoken ones, but yes, comedians, anyone who 201 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 2: shares a political belief. Now, at this point it feels 202 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: like the climate we're in in this country, you are 203 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 2: honestly or in some way putting your life on the line. 204 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: It's a scary thing to get a threat like that, 205 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: and to have real examples of people, certain individuals, carrying 206 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 2: out those threats, or at least attempting to. 207 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: He continued spoke about I think we missed at the top, 208 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: said he heard from yes comedians and thinks a lot. 209 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: But he said he heard from a lot of comedians 210 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: and late night comedians all over the world about this. 211 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: It was my favorite line, at least of the night 212 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: last night, when he talked about hearing from a comedian 213 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: of someone in Germany who actually offered him a job. 214 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: Can imagine that somebody in Germany robes looking over at 215 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: us and saying, Wow, things have gotten really authoritarian over there. 216 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: Why don't you come to Germany? He made that joke. 217 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: That is a poignant, historical and hilarious Jokey. 218 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: I agree, I agree. 219 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: I love that. 220 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: He talked about how comedians and other countries before this 221 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 2: happened would reach out to him and say, man, if 222 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: I said what you said, I would be behind bars, 223 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 2: I would be jailed. And he said he took that 224 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: for granted until now. And here's what I love what 225 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 2: he said afterwards. It is un American to pull a 226 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: show off the air because you've upset the president. He 227 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 2: doesn't like what you said. It is un American, and 228 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: that is evident when you look at what happens to 229 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: other comedians around the world, and so for us to 230 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: start doing that same thing, that takes away who we 231 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 2: are as a country. 232 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: He did. I mean, he made a good point about 233 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: the plan backfiring. You want to do silence Jimmy Kimmel 234 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: more people, we sweeart, we haven't. We love Jimmy, but 235 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: we don't stay up and watch Jimmy. 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 2: Have we don't wake up and watch Jimmy. 237 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: No, we haven't watched the monologue of hisn't quite some time. 238 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: We did watch this one, yes, And a lot of 239 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: people did. And so he made the argument, yeah, your 240 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: plan just backfire. 241 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 2: Now. 242 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: Some of his some of his best jokes and some 243 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: of his hardest hits were directed at Brendan Carr, of course, 244 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: the FCC chairman, who really set a lot of this 245 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 1: in motion. Stay here, we'll tell you who. He had 246 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: come in and do a cameo as the FCC chair 247 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: that was absolutely hilarious and what I thought, there was 248 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: another line that was the funniest. But there's another line 249 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: we're going to share that I believe is possibly the 250 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: hardest hitting line and the one we need to be 251 00:12:54,920 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: paying attention to most. We continue now here on this 252 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: episode of Amy and TJ. Jimmy is back, and Jimmy 253 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: is back in a big wage. Jimmy did his thing 254 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: last night, Jimmy Kimmel in his monologue that went about 255 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: almost a half hour. He split it into commercial breaks. 256 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: But one of the he put a commercial break in 257 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: between us, you'd say, but one of the things he did, 258 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: he had a lot. He had a lot directed at 259 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 1: Brendan Carr, the FCC chair who set this off. And 260 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: you're right, Brodie, you mentioned that line he had about 261 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: like you don't say this stuff out loud, No, do this, 262 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: And I think Ted Cruz is the one said this 263 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: is mafioso stuff. It's like you you walk into a 264 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: neighborhood bar and say, yo, be a shamed something happened 265 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: to this place. 266 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, you make it. You can make We can do 267 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 2: this the easy way, we can do this the hard way. 268 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 2: It's your choice. I mean literally, it was like a 269 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: mob boss or a Snoop. 270 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: Dogg album, you remember that from Doggy Style. He said, 271 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: we can handleist like some gentlemen, and we can get 272 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: into some gangster shit that is a very mine from Snoop. 273 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: That's what he sounded like. This is the yes, yes, 274 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: take this out back. Oh you just want to what 275 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: the hell? 276 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: We can do things New York style if you'd like. 277 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: So he went after Brendon Carry actually called what was 278 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: the line? He called him, uh, this idiot genius? Okay, 279 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: sorry sorry sorry. 280 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: Well yes, because it was a sarcastic genius. This genius 281 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: said it on a podcast. 282 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: But he had someone come in so they had an 283 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: appearance by the FCC chairman last night on the show. 284 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: Jemmy said, hey, joining us now, and sure enough, it 285 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: cuts and he's doing an interview with the new FCC chairman, 286 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: who happens to be the guy Robes, who he might 287 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: be the most famous television or movie mobster. He's just 288 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: known for being this guy. I thought it was a 289 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: good Joe. 290 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: It was amazing because at first you're like, wait, what 291 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: are we watching here? But yes, Robert Gennaro says, I 292 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: I am the new chairman of the FCC. Oh, and 293 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 2: he just goes on dropping all sorts of expletives F bombs, 294 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 2: and Jimmy Kimmel's like you can't say this, Like, yes 295 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: I can. I'm the f ing FCC chairman. 296 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: He went on and on, and they bleeped and bleeped, 297 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: and I thought that obviously, uh, the Niro is great 298 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: at this, but the idea that the FCC having a 299 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: new slogan was my favorite part of this. He said, 300 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: here at the FCC, the Niro is saying this, here 301 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: at the FCC, we have a new slogan is sticks 302 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: and stones may break my bones. And then you just stopped. 303 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: Jimmy's like, what's the rest of it? That's just it 304 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: sticks and stones break bone. 305 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 2: I thought that I thought that words can ever hurt you. 306 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 2: He's like, that's not happening anymore. And then he went 307 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 2: in to give examples about what jokes would be acceptable 308 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 2: and what jokes would not be acceptable, which I thought 309 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: was very funny. He said, if you want to talk 310 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: about how the president's hair, you know, is thick and beautiful, 311 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: If you want to talk about how no one can 312 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 2: do his makeup any better than him, yes, you free 313 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: to do that. 314 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: He could do his makeup better than any broad. 315 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 2: Yes, okay, fine, I didn't want to say broad, but 316 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 2: you're right, yes, he worse. And and then he said, 317 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: but if you want to do a joke about how 318 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: he's so fat that he needs two seats on an 319 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: Epstein chet, well, then Kimmel said what would that cost me? 320 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: And did he say a couple of fingers and he 321 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 2: named some body parts, Yes he did. 322 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: But de Niro did his thing still robes the the moment, 323 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: I guess that's a special moment when he did acknowledge 324 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: Erica Kirk and that he had watched what she did 325 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: on Sunday really a remarkable speech and eulogy to her husband, 326 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: and he said that's an example we should all follow. 327 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: But he I think he was I think you couldn't 328 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: help but be stirred. But he talked about how that 329 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: really affected him deeply hearing her. 330 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: Yes, he said that Erica Kirk is and showed herself 331 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: to be an example that we can all follow. He said, 332 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 2: if you believe in the teachings of Jesus like I do, 333 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 2: then it was a selfless act of grace. And he 334 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 2: said it touched me deeply. And when he said it 335 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: touched me deeply, his voice cracked. He did begin to 336 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 2: start to cry. So he said, if there's anything we 337 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 2: can take away from this tragedy, I hope it's that, 338 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 2: and that is we want. You know, you said yesterday 339 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: you were hoping he would find some way to bring 340 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: some sort of unity, to bring us together. He can 341 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 2: still have some fun, still have some laughs, he can 342 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 2: still be upset about what happened to him and Trump's 343 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 2: influence over ABC News, and yet at the same time, 344 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: can we find some common ground? And he did it. 345 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 2: He did it with Erica Kirk. He did it by 346 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 2: sharing his his concern and his emotions surrounding the death 347 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 2: of Charlie Kirk. That's something we can all feel together 348 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 2: as humans. And he really brought it home with that. 349 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: I think. I think the bringing home he did for 350 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: me with the line about the silver lining in all 351 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: this is that we find something we can all agree on. 352 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: And that's rare that we do that here in this country. 353 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: Oftentimes tragedy brings us together. It seems like the Kirk 354 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: tragedy tore us apart to a certain degree. But when 355 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: there are moments of national tragedy, we come together, Democrats 356 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: and Republicans. You see them on the steps of Capol 357 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: Hills saying kumba y'ah on those bs. But we found 358 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,959 Speaker 1: something in this country, freedom of speech we all agree on. 359 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: And then he said, maybe we can find the next thing, 360 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: And I think that is the way to go. There's 361 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: some stuff. If you are pro abortion rights, you're probably 362 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: never going to agree with somebody who is against abortion rights. Fine, 363 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: what are the things though? YouTube do agree on? Freedom 364 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: of speech? Let's work make sure we protect that. Also, 365 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: he mentioned just I think pediatric cancer right, pediatric cancer research. 366 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: Don't we all agree on that. I like the idea 367 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,239 Speaker 1: of him saying that we found something we agree on, 368 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: let's keep doing that thing instead of keep fighting over 369 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: things or finding things to argue about don't you if 370 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: you put on social media right now a beautiful Wednesday morning, 371 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: somebody's gonna respond it's not beautiful for some of us, 372 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: or somebody's gonna respond it's not beautiful for these people 373 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: who are struggling on that. Like people are always looking 374 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: for a way to argue. He made an argument for 375 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: finding things we agree on and work for those, uh right. 376 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 2: And shouldn't that be the way forward? And you know, 377 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: I do think he summed up though what happened here, 378 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 2: and I do think he said it as plainly and 379 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 2: as perfectly as he could, and I God, I would 380 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 2: hope this would resonate with everyone as well. He said 381 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: that our president has celebrated people losing their livelihoods and 382 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: people on his staff. He's called for the firing of 383 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: pretty much all late night comedians, he said, because he 384 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 2: can't take a joke. And that is what this all 385 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: boils down to. This isn't about hate speech with what 386 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 2: Kimmel said, this is about being able to laugh at yourself, 387 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 2: and clearly we've seen the president has a difficult time 388 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 2: doing that. 389 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: I think a lot of us might and that's okay, right, 390 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: you gotta have thick skin. If you're in politics, and. 391 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 2: If you dish it out, you certainly should be able 392 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 2: to take it. 393 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: Wee does I mean obviously go through the list of 394 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: nicknames he has for people, God newscom I mean you 395 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: should sleepy Joe, will you just keep going? 396 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 2: Or just his favorite loser whatever. 397 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: He calls folks. I thought and again before we came, 398 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: before we took that commercial here, that was the most 399 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: important line I think from last night because of perspective, 400 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: and if you stop and think for a second, I 401 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: don't want There are things there are there are There 402 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: are coaches of favorite teams you might wish wasn't coaching 403 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: your favorite team anymore. But I would never root for 404 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: someone to lose their livelihood. I would never root for 405 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: someone to lose a job. I would never be happy, happy, 406 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 1: and gleeful about that thing. When you he put it 407 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: this way, there is someone who is celebrating, not me, 408 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: But there are hundreds of people on these staffs you 409 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: actually celebrate and joyful and promoting and pushing the idea 410 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: that people are losing jobs. 411 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: And these aren't millionaires. These are staff writers, These are 412 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: production assistants. These are folks who make you know the 413 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 2: bare minimum. 414 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: So you hate Jimmy, that's fine. But to have someone 415 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: gleefully celebrate what is a painful time, a hurtful time 416 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: for people who are doing nothing other than their jobs. 417 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: When he said that, that hit in a way that Wow, 418 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: he's celebrating people losing their livelihoods, they got kids at home, 419 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: they got mortgages. 420 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, all because what he can't take a joke like 421 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 2: a joke. I loved one of This is probably one 422 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 2: of my favorite lines that he delivered. He said, let's 423 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 2: stop letting these politicians tell us what they want, and 424 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: let's tell them what we want. Isn't that what the 425 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 2: United States is founded on. We elect the leaders because 426 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 2: we are telling them what we want. It's not the 427 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 2: other way around. And that is what we have seen happen. 428 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: Well, folks, looking forward to hearing what Jimmy has to 429 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: say is a night. Still. We have to wait to 430 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: see what Sinclair next our are going to do. They 431 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: had made some demands Sinclair, at least, that he needed 432 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 1: to apologize and make a significant contribution to the Kirk 433 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: family or at least Kirk's foundations. Don't know if that's 434 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: ever going to happen or if that still stands, we 435 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: don't know, but Jimmy is back, and at least from 436 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: our perch, he did it. He did what the country needed. 437 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: Last time, agreed, and we can't wait to hear what 438 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 2: he has to say tonight. But in the meantime, thank 439 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 2: you for listening to us. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ. Holmes. 440 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: We'll talk to you soon.