C-SPAN: Jimmy Kimmel at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Jimmy Kimmel at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

Holy shit. I can't believe they actually played the Unnecessary Censorship *at* the dinner. That's hilarious.

[@johnkuelling9571]

Holy shit I can't believe that you are ignorant

[@HighBrowComedy]

Holy shit, you should go back to the 2006 when Steven Colbert was invited and bashed Bush for an awkward 30 straight minutes

[@johnkuelling9571]

Drew SHUT THE FUCK UP

[@yasisoufi]

Me too! Kimmel is crazy 🤣🤣🤣

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

@@HighBrowComedy yeah. I know. Colbert spoke truth to power. Kimmel was just making crude jokes. Acknowledging both things are not mutually exclusive from one another.

[@davidmcdavidson999]

“It’s one thing to oppose gay marriage, it’s another altogether to do it in a sweater vest.”

[@Anna-ql9gl]

david mcdavidson hahaha!

[@DoN253]

+david mcdavidson can you explain it to me? i'm german. i dont get the joke although i can understand the words. he is against gay marriage but whats the thing about the sweater vest?

[@annacornykova9023]

+DoN253 Heterosexual men generally dont wear sweater vests, not in the U.S. anyway. So it was funny he was opposing gay marriage in a sweater vest. ( :

[@SteelersRule1011]

+DoN253 Jimmy Kimmel is implying in a humorous manner that it is odd that Rick Santorum opposes homosexual marriage when he himself looks like a homosexual.

[@LucianoCarvalhoS]

@@dropndeuces82 oh wow... what an idiotic comment

[@SimuLord]

"I'm about to high five the president of the United States. Eat it, Mills." That was the single greatest line of the whole performance. Every one of us had a teacher like that, and the best of us learned to devote our entire professional lives to flipping that teacher the bird.

[@mohamedsudheer9163]

"Look its Chris Christie...GET HIM!!" LMFAOOOO

[@mattcrafton3329]

I hate it when people can't laugh at themselves at these kind of events. You would look much more dignified and a lot less uptight if you at least cracked a smile at your own expense.

[@DreamsGoneToDie]

Makes me think of Donald Trump. If you watch some of the videos from the 2011 dinner, he gets ripped to shreds by the President and Seth Meyers. You can't see his face too clearly, but what you can see suggests that he is pissed. Which makes it that much funnier. :D

[@bellmsky]

DreamsGoneToDie and, spoiler alert, he did not even show up in 2017 😃 (Yah, I just watched that and came back to watch every year corresponding dinner.)

[@Catfish.Knudsen]

Right. Everyone’s literally getting grilled. I have a hard time with jokes & I’d even laugh because in the same moment everyone else in the entire room is gettn it too lol

[@jljf2f]

Look, it's Chris Christie....GET 'EM! lmao

[@fit2see]

"Mr. President, y'remember when the country rallied around you in the hopes of a better tomorrow? That was hilarious."

[@Balin93]

Great Chris Farley tribute there!

[@jeffshillcutt6818]

Cover your ears, if that is physically possible Mr. President

[@swapnilbatle]

The first lady laughing her ass off just made it better.

[@ostsweinen5240]

I like the 'please don't kill me' aura coming off of Jimmy the whole time

[@1994jhg]

Jimmy did a really good job on this one.

[@drinkmoreorganicplants9459]

I beg to differ. With all due respect- Jimmy Kimmel a shallow man and not really funny, just a liberal with a bloated ego.

[@hughg.rection6284]

@@drinkmoreorganicplants9459 Well you're entitled to your opinion. Even if its wrong

[@SJO897]

Wow I didn't think anyone would come close to conan but kimmel did really well.

[@Shrek_Holmes]

Semilore Olusa this is better than conan

[@SJO897]

OmNomNomNomNom Not in my opinion but you're entitled to yours.

[@Shrek_Holmes]

Semilore Olusa no shit.

[@SJO897]

OmNomNomNomNom Alrighty then. Have a good day I guess.

[@sbc1t]

+Semilore Olusa Craig Ferguson is much better than Conan.

[@TheDairack]

Kimmel absolutely SHREDDED this one. The best host in my opinion.

[@saksit247]

+Derek Rogers ....see Colbert. He ripped Bush right in front of his face non stop.

[@HalfLifeHalfDead]

+Derek Rogers Yeah, IMO nobody can touch Colbert's roast.

[@SetzerII]

Colbert did have an amazing set, but I think it's in a set of its own - being the only one to play against the crowd. For the rest of them, Kimmel was excellent, and check Craig Ferguson's for another great Correspondent's Dinner.

[@totalbliss1]

Hell no. Craig Ferguson, Conan, Colbert. Kimmel would be close to last.

[@carlplz00001]

U must Seth Meyers

[@joeyd4364]

Asking Sully Sullenberger to be a designated driver for Lindsay Lohan is hilarious!

[@Shagwell1]

"EAT IT MILLS" that was one of the best.

[@axzell2]

eat it mills

[@jidai5014]

Erik Axzell I

[@imgonnastealyourgirl]

Best of Kimmels comedic performances. His writers and his deliveries are amazing.

[@CoachingHigher]

"16 years ago, a tweet was something Barbara Walters gave her dog." LMAO

[@AmethystEyes]

Ones I love: Conan O'brian, Seth Meyers, Wanda Sykes, and of course Jimmy Kimmel.

[@chrisallen7355]

+AmethystEyes Same with me :)

[@jfaulsti10]

+AmethystEyes Nothing beats Colbert in my opinion.

[@jimmyschiff2396]

+jfaulsti10 Except for the 4 that Amethst listed.

[@jimtrim30]

J

[@CoachingHigher]

AmethystEyes Colbert

[@ghadajebnani6460]

John Oliver to host the next WHCD !!!!! Who's with me??

[@wolfstar675]

Sounds good.

[@davidmaione2742]

+Applehead feather Terrible idea, John Oliver is a fucking idiot. His thick-rimmed hipster glasses and radical liberal agenda don't make him intelligent, right, or wanted.

[@hyperion1028]

+Maloney Bologna agreed!

[@blognewb]

+Maloney Bologna shut the fuck up

[@StereOasis93]

+Maloney Bologna His Cambridge university degree does though.

[@AmericanHoney88881]

Jimmy Kimmel crushed his delivery....he was authentic and confident...with witty material...and he read the room well. Some others appear to just be reading a tablet left on top of the podium whereas Jimmy seemed to know his material inside-and-out, and was very comfortable in the spotlight.

[@shmoeg]

Definitely. I didn't know how to put it but you summed it up perfectly. His cadence was natural and not stiff. Which makes it a lot funnier and less forced

[@basketanand]

Should have ended with "apologies to Matt Damon"

[@TheOutlanderReport]

Wow he did a Ricky Gervais at the Emmys. He roasted everyone. I'm binge-watching correspondence dinner speeches and Kimmel is definitely the most "edgy".

[@newwavenancy]

I think a lot of commenters are really underestimating the level of seemingly life and death political tension and general uncertainty post 9/11. As a liberal you could ostracize yourself by not being openly patriotic. The word "patriot" was used more than "snowflake" is now. Even MSNBC fired 3 different hosts because they didn't support the Iraq war. In context and in content, Colbert exceeded edginess. It wasn't a clever roast like this, or like Gervais at the Emmys (who I love), it was shocking, true satire, and people still ask him about it on a regular basis. With Obama, it was totally different political climate, and thank god for that. If Trump would actually show up to one there might be another shot at being truly subversive.

[@lordemed1]

Cicely Strong

[@lexyswope]

His adorable kids were still in the cabbage patch.

[@ivanpatarcic73]

Erm... Colbert?

[@SimuLord]

@@newwavenancy America in the post-9/11 cultural dark ages was a definite "You had to be there" time in history to understand. It's like the 90s were an extended period of collective joy-teals and magentas and Michael Jordan-and everything just went wrong somehow. Nobody smiled. Nobody laughed. The most sadistic piece of torture porn ever committed to network television was the number 1 show on television and Kiefer Sutherland was a secular Jesus among Republicans for playing Jack Bauer. If people think America's moving toward authoritarianism _now_, if they think "cancel culture" is out of control...it's got nothing on a time when performative patriotism was demanded lest one be branded an outright terrorist. For Colbert to shatter that entire cultural illusion in one brilliant display of subversion and speaking truth to power...I don't frankly know how he was able to walk off the stage with such enormous brass balls.

[@lightingcue1]

The C-SPAN camera work never ceases to amaze me.

[@chetanphoenix]

I wanted the Obama joke to continue We all need to stand together whether we are black like president Obama, or white like president Obama.. Whether we are Christian like president Obama or Muslim like president Obama.. Born in the US like president Obama or born abroad like president Obama..

[@12sin8]

I love how deadpan Jimmy's delivery is throughout this whole thing!

[@ahmarsaeed6085]

Mr. President, Salaam. lmfao!!!

[@nithinjay4166]

the ron paul scooby doo joke tho, lmao

[@Nordikaventurier]

One of the smartest comedians EVER right there. I enjoy every minute of hearing him think outloud

[@DreamsGoneToDie]

The Rick Perry part of the Unnecessary Censorship was the best. "I stroke your balls, you stroke mine." I lost it. :D And "Mr. President, Salaam." Mere seconds into his routine and he's tearing it up.

[@Kleavers]

Still my favorite routine in the Correspondents' Dinner. Kimmel is a great comedian.

[@pitkruninger7942]

It is really good in terms of the roasts! However, in my humble opinion, Kimmel rushes a bit with the delivery. Colbert was (to me) in that regard better, Conan also.

"Aren't all marriages gay?" was the best line IMO

[@nickmordo]

Olive Garden State = win

[@Hulkamania4eva]

He tore them apart, what a great piece of political comedy. Brilliant!

[@Dabket3araB]

I think by far Jimmy Kimmel has done the best in these WH Correspondents' Dinners.

[@baxakk7374]

+Dabket3araB Colbert

[@hyperion1028]

+Baxa KK Mchale

[@gajendrayadav1908]

Dabket3araB Conan!!

[@x-lab88]

Seth Myers dude hilarious

[@NightOwlGamingz]

Dabket3araB conan was better but still he was very funny

[@eliw2333]

“Look it’s Chris Christie get him” I’m dead 🤣

[@Foggen]

It's difficult not to have some jokes flop, but he did a good job leaving them behind and moving on.

[@StraightNoChaser86]

I've watched a few of these and all I can say is that some comedians just have it.

[@AllenMQuinn]

15:56 LMFAO The Barbara Walters joke had me crying. I wish he took more pauses to let some of the jokes sink in.

[@richicamacho7989]

It took me out!!!

[@lordemed1]

Barbwa Wawa didn't seem to like it, haha

[@marshwetland3808]

@@lordemed1 She was smiling. She can take a joke.

[@nukeout]

The rush limbaugh burn at 10:00 was savage 🔥

[@182parker]

That seal team 6 Denver nuggets joke was as brutal as it was clever

[@maheshkatta9278]

Could u explain it?

[@icensnow121]

black basketball players and kardashians.

[@MultiJamie54321]

Mr. Mills, I am about to high-five the President of the United States. Eat it. Best high school rebuttal ever.

[@TexMexRustlinGirl]

Kimmel is a savage but Conan is king

[@christiancabemb1459]

+MrSting17 totally disagree kimmel was great but conan was even better

[@voice_from_pizza]

The unnecessary censorship was F-ing genius

[@YouJustGotAnimated]

I think Ferguson, Colbert, and Kimmel were the one's that were actually well-received, but that's no surprise, they're all hilarious :D

[@scorpla]

Loved all of it, but the last 6 minutes was my favorite! Some great questions asked throughout. Love Jimmy Kimmel. (And telling your history teacher to 'eat it?' Perfection!!!)

[@system2thinker659]

Joke of the night...if it wasn't so true: "This is really incredible, what a collection of people here in one room. We have members of the media, politicians, corporate executives, advertisers, lobbyists and celebrities; everything that is wrong with America is here in this room tonight."

[@mrnessss]

that mitt romney joke at 17:45 was so good 😂

[@mfundimkhize3137]

Funny and true! 17:34😂😂

[@MimiB1974]

I see why Trump wouldn’t ever attend one of these dinners.... his small ego would NEVER make it through the laughs

[@shadowcat1606]

He was in the audience once and the host (Seth Myers, i think) tore him a new one. Trump just radiated seething rage and hatred.

[@drinkmoreorganicplants9459]

@@shadowcat1606 only a hateful person will say such a thing. The greatest President TRUMP, ( I am a democrat )has done more for this country than any of the Bushes, Clinton or Obama. President TRUMP radiated true form and courage , changing our economy that is the envy of the world, the only President who did not take a paycheck - the only President almost crucified by the media and the lying democrats in Congress for doing his job. Your eyes and your heart walking deadman19 is the only one seething in rage and hatred...these dinners are a waste of time, only serves the egos of attendees like the Romans of old before their fall. Democrats for TRUMP 2020!

[@shadowcat1606]

@@drinkmoreorganicplants9459 that's the saddest, most pathetic attempt at a trolling i've ever seen. And on youtube that really says something. Unless you're serious, in which case you're an obvious example as to how medicare under Trump fails horribly, because you're what happens when people can't afford their medication.

[@thatleftyjames2893]

Drink More Organic Plants telling the truth isn’t a great thing here...

[@RChayes71788]

He sat there at Obama's 2011 Dinner, took it with composure, and then he went took that man's job, the most powerful position in the world. If that's not the biggest dick swinging move, idk what is; he doesn't have to attend after earning that Xbox Achievement

[@manos2729]

Kimmel the best one after Conan

[@jtomczak100]

wanda sykes was awesome to

[@dropndeuces82]

Lol ya ok . Horrible compared to Letterman or Carson

[@bill8985]

"The people who watch Bill Maher know he's an a**hole." What a great line.

[@mostnormal]

"You know, it's one thing to oppose gay marriage; it's another, altogether, to do it in a sweater vest." Best line ever.

[@wolfstar675]

"To me Ron Paul looks like the guy who gets unhooded at the end of every Scooby Doo episode" 🤣🤣🤣

[@marshwetland3808]

I've never even seen Scooby Doo and that was funny. It also cracked Obama up pretty hard.

[@floatingoncloud91]

ahahah the joke about dubai giving out complimentary white tiger cubs was funny!!!!

[@tommarks3726]

I love that at the end"eat it Mills" lol

[@fifiaames5935]

The Mitt Romney / Monopoly joke was one of the best! "he kept trying to put the dog on the car". LMAO

[@ajcbng8289]

Just revisiting for nostalgic and enjoyment purposes. Stellar, Jimmy. 😁

[@LongueTiedNoLunger]

Best moment at 21:50. Totally off the script, and from the heart.

[@__skillz]

He fucking nailed the delivery on every joke

[@ShantanuSrivastava_kux]

Kanye West. Donal Trump. Someone's roasted at a Correspondent's Dinner and they file a nomination for the President of the United States.

[@Cb138inRs]

I didn't think I was gonna watch all of it. You're a good showman Jimmy.

[@dasheio5767]

I hate it when people can't laugh at themselves at these kind of events. You would look much more dignified and a lot less uptight if you at least cracked a smile at your own expense.

[@TheAllisterMac]

man he destroyed every body. he was awesome!

[@rflcanela]

Kimmel is a brainless Zombie.

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

"Mr. President, Salam."

[@landry2611]

Kimmel makes my top 3 hosts with Conan and Cecily Strong (I LOVE HER). Honorable mention is seth meyers

[@Mallrick]

he look very nervous hahaha

[@wolfstar675]

Yet he fucking nailed it.

[@aminatabarrie8338]

Jimmy kimmel is a great guy and funny,love you jimmy.

[@TheLaurenkent]

I stand corrected. The best line is, "16 years ago was a long time ago. There was no Facebook, there was no Google. And a "tweet" was something Barbara Walters gave her dog." This time I did go back so I could quote him as accurately as possible.

[@miklas-dj9kd]

The balls on this guy...

[@Shimigani1701]

miklas1911 that's why we love him

[@abrahamrivera6298]

miklas1911 never criticizes Democrats....so ballsy

[@ZorcTheDarkOnex]

"Everything that is wrong with America is here in this room tonight." loved that !

[@sangunpark8734]

lmfaooooo god damn the christie bits and the joke about print media was killer

[@chaitanyakotra3755]

"No matter if you're black like President Obama, or if you're white like President Obama" LMAO

[@SuzPratt11]

👀 Bravo.......love the old school roasts Jimmy

[@RenM908]

I think Bill Maher or Bill Burr would be great for this!

[@SuperMathewson]

I think he did it in 95

[@xxYetterxx]

Seth Meyers was better last year. And frankly the Obama's speech was funnier than Kimmel was.

[@lbr218]

Haha I love when Eric Stonestreet stood up :)

[@RonnieTheFish]

Oh my this was so funny thanks for the upload

[@samuelking32]

i love the skit at the start it was priceless!

[@UrthMind]

Jimmy Kimmel is a legend for this! Thank you, sir!

[@StaunchComic]

Jimmy Rocks! Thanks for posting this.

[@AravindVel]

Love Christie. He is game for everything.

[@ProtectAndServe22]

That scumbag has a good poker face huh?

[@georgeheaton]

I don’t know why but this just always cheers me up when I watch it 😂

[@turkqb4]

this was hilarious. poked fun at everyone. and actually raised some serious notes while remaining funny.

[@darrylpropes2883]

All the Hosts have been great! the It's nice to see some laughter and a President who can take the punches to say the least, but also dish-out shit well deserved too. LOL..He is a great President,Father and Husband. He truely is for the middle class and the un-fortunate people here and it's a joy to have a true President at your back as much as he can.

[@andeedaloco]

jimmy did great. made fun of both sides and really had some good jokes in there

[@llaming4055]

No one can beat wanda sykes!

[@aratosm]

Eh, I think they are close. Wanda had the best joke, but Jimmy had far more good ones.

[@mrgrimm415]

Lla Ming Jimmy did.

[@jebusfubar4]

that Current TV bit was awesome

[@GWhiz99]

Among guest on 1st-ever ep. of ABC’s “Jimmy KIMmel Live!”: NFL DT Warren Carlos Sapp (b. 12/19/72) after a helicopter hop, airing after Sapp and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Jerry Rice and the OAKland Raiders 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII on ABC. Kimmel: hosted “Win Ben Stein's Money”; emceed White House Correspondents dinner on 4/28/12 as Joe GIBBs Racing’s KYLE BusCh was winning The Capital City 400 in Richmond,VA. BusCh was born in Las Vegas, NV and Kimmel’s family moved there when he was 9

[@ghislaneorsomething1547]

This is so disappointing. I don't know what you guys are talking about. He doesn't take any real shots and a lot of the jokes are recycled or just chuckle stuff. It isn't bad, he is funny, but it's not at all like conan or maher or colbert. colbert's was actually incredible.

[@pattypaan]

Agreed, one of the safer monologues, a lot of cheeky one-liners but nothing 'savage' as some commenters are saying. The best performances are those that make the crowd shuffle in their seats

[@wongyip7394]

@@pattypaan because more than half are algorithm comments Any real human will acknowledge which are the real deal like conan

[@maverikSK]

if you think he killed it, look at Conan's speech.

[@benitosez8538]

"And a tweet was something Barbara Walters gave her dog"...HILARIOUS!!!

[@gorillaguy1000]

At 2:43 he like totally passed up the pres, giving barely a thought to the handshake...dayum

[@sabinrawr]

Phillip Guetterman Yeah, but he got a high-five. That counts for something!

[@Leboaux81]

Conan was good, Kimmel did the best Wihite house Correspondents dinner yet... Hope Louie CK do it some time :)

[@chey6073]

Kim Håkansson well now he’s never gonna do it 😶 John Oliver would absolutely murder this !

[@seamac206]

Louis C.K. doing this gig would have been like that episode where he opened up for Seinfeld at the benefit in the Hamptons

[@rflcanela]

Kimmel is a brainless Zombie.

[@anjalynafitzgerald9505]

Starts at 2:30 hope this helped 🤠

[@briantheman890]

His ending was the best... "eat it Mills".

[@SebastienCade]

I thought he did a wonderful job, and to me his timing was spot on. It was a little fast, but I guess I just relate to people who speak that way. The first few jokes had me in stitches. Great job either way though.

[@braydenanderson2520]

Eat it Mills!

[@gmpm]

brilliant. has he ever done standup? I know he's MC'd roasts and done some bits here or there, but Jimmy really is a naturally funny guy, he doesn't even have to try. Mad props for him on this, this was tough but fair, you know he wanted to go rated R but settled for PG-13. YOU DA MAN JIMMY!

[@Amir3793]

The Lincoln joke had me dying

[@MyNameIsJoure]

Jimmy completely destroyed everyone in the room.. High-five Jimmy!

[@stanimal01]

There was a lot of truth in this speech. He should have gotten more laughs but it hit too close to home. Thanks Jimmy, for saying what a lot of us were thinking.