Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is a late night talk show created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
Kermit the Frog guest hosted the show for a week and appeared as a guest in the fall of 2003.
In April 2005, Grover made a rare late-night appearance, promoting the Happy Healthy Monsters DVD and the 36th season of Sesame Street. On May 13, 2005, Fozzie Bear was a guest (along with Ozzy Osbourne) promoting The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. He also brought along Rizzo the Rat and performed stand-up for the audience.
On November 4th, 2009, Big Bird (Caroll Spinney) appeared to promote Sesame Street's 40th Season (other guests included Joshua Jackson). Big Bird doesn't remember Laura Bush appearing on the show (in Episode 4032). That's because Big Bird was being performed by Matt Vogel in that segment. Oscar the Grouch made a surprise appearance before the show in his garbage can on Jimmy's desk as a teaser for the show.
Appearances
- September 29 - October 3, 2003: Kermit the Frog guest-hosts
- November 28, 2003: Kermit the Frog
- April 4, 2005: Grover
- May 13, 2005: Fozzie Bear
- November 4, 2009: Big Bird
Muppet mentions
- In a 2005 segment in which Kimmel visits the set of Lost, the often rumored "monster" which terrorizes the island is revealed to be none other than (a giant) Cookie Monster who asks, "Anybody have cookie?"
- The June 27, 2008 broadcast included a "Come and Play" Edition of their recurring Unnecessary Censorship segment. The montage unnecessarily censored clips from Sesame Street.
- A 2009 sketch parodying the arrest of Bernie Madoff featured Cookie Monster explaining a Ponzi scheme by bilking Ernie out of his cookies.
- Two 2009 sketches satirized the trailer of The Twilight Saga: New Moon: one featuring The Count as a new villain, and another featuring werewolf Jacob transforming into Mr. Snuffleupagus.
- On the October 30, 2009 Halloween episode, Kimmel and his staff spent the entire episode dressed as Sesame Street characters. Kimmel dressed as Big Bird, his band, Cleto and the Cletones, included Ernie, Bert, Super Grover, Cookie Monster, Zoe, and the Count, Dicky Barrett the announcer dressed as Oscar, and security guard Guillermo was dressed as Elmo. Also on the episode, footage of Cooke Monster was re-dubbed in a satire of Celebrity Rehab.
 Jimmy Kimmel as Big Bird |
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 Guillermo as Elmo |
 Cleto and the Cletones |
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 Dicky Barrett as Oscar |
 with guest Paris Hilton |
