Bush poked fun at Trump, but mostly at himself in a skit where he portrayed the limo driver for Louis-Dreyfus.
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Pointing out the diversity of the 2016 Emmy nominees, Kimmel joked, “The Emmys are so diverse, the Oscars are now telling people we’re one of their closest friends”. He dropped out of the race in February.
He then gave Kimmel some advice on his Emmy candidacy.
“I am, yeah”, Kimmel answered. His first order of business was walking Jeffrey Tambor’s automatic-win Emmy to the actor seated in the audience, joking about saving everyone “22 minutes”. But that’s an unfair standard to hold any one human being up to, and Kimmel seems to be holding his own just fine.
“Did you know you can make $12 an hour driving for Uber?” the politician said.
“Who do you have lined up to fill in the spot on the Supreme Court”, Kimmel cracked.
“Many have asked who’s to blame for Donald Trump and I’ll tell you who, h’es sitting right there, that guy – Mark Burnett”, he said.
“Thanks to Mark Burnett, we don’t have to watch reality shows anymore, because we’re living them”, Kimmel said.
After hitchhiking for a time, fellow late night TV host James Corden picks Kimmel up and they engage in a short round of his renowned segment Carpool Karaoke, before Corden grows tired of Kimmel’s singing and kicks him out. “He would be at home right now, quietly rubbing up against his wife Melania while she pretends to be asleep”. “You’re a pretty big loser, and I for one feel pretty sorry about that”. “It makes a lot of sense”, Damon said, not really sympathizing with Kimmel’s loss (duh!).
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Moments later, the ever-nimble Kimmel gained his comeuppance when he introduced the next presenter as, “finally, a Damon with talent”.
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I wonder how many Republicans watching the Emmys wistfully sighed that their nominee’s humor is a little less forgiving and refined than that of the man they so summarily rejected.
