"Inside, a DJ spun Motown oldies for VIPs eating Nathan's hot dogs and drinking negronis. Giant screens played clips: Jimmy in a Sia wig. Jimmy and Bill Murray in a canoe in Newtown Creek. Jimmy's head emerging from a toilet in a parody PSA for the Department of Environmental Protection. Eventually the in-studio warm-up comic, Don Barris, a jovial pro with a Taftian mustache, led a few applause drills."
"As Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen awaited their segments, Kimmel got into game mode, going over jokes and making notes. The crew fist-bumped him as he headed to the stage, where a minutelong standing ovation preceded his monologue ("Not unlike the C train, the government is shut down ..."). The crowd stood again when Jon Stewart rode an bike down the aisle, doing a bit as a Grubhub delivery guy."
Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to Brooklyn for a weeklong residency, his seventh since 2012 and the first billed as Comrade Jimmy after an ABC suspension was lifted following comments by FCC chair Brendan Carr. The shows combined politics and hometown affection, with hundreds of free-ticket lottery winners lining up at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House and passing metal detectors to enter. Outside, protest signs read TRUMP MUST GO NOW, while inside a DJ spun Motown as VIPs ate Nathan's hot dogs and drank negronis. Giant screens played absurd clips, and warm-up comic Don Barris led applause drills that gave the event a rally-like feel. Celebrity guests included Jeremy Allen White, Bruce Springsteen, and a surprise Jon Stewart bit as a Grubhub delivery rider, and Kimmel received a minute-long standing ovation before his monologue.
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