Kimmel asks after Jeb makes his surprise cameo appearance.
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“If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president right now?”
After taking time to engulf Ryan Seacrest in flames, Kimmel finally walked out onto the Emmys stage, live.
Former GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush also made the opening sketch as the limo driver for Julia Louis-Dreyfus. “I play a young man who is, I think, like so many of us, profoundly alienated”, he told the crowd.
In this way, Kimmel actively engaged with the show, propelled it and stayed visible throughout, rather than bookending the broadcast with opening jokes then a fast good night with long absences in between, which is often the case with awards-show hosts. “Did you win?” This drew a huge laugh from the audience.
Under Kimmel’s leadership, the glitterati in the audience got a snack break as the kids from Netflix’s “Stranger Things” delivered peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches Kimmel said were prepared by his mother, who was seen in a remote kitchen hard at work. The late night host, who emceed the awards show, lost the award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series to Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. His pretend nemesis, Matt Damon, strolled onstage munching on an apple.
And just in case those unnecessarily-immersive experiences don’t seem like quite enough to you, you’ll be glad to know that the 360 degree videos will be compatible with Samsung Gear devices, meaning you can watch Kimmel and all of those botox-riddled faces feigning laughter and looking uncomfortable in virtual reality. Kimmel said, resigned, before trying to move on to the next category.
He then chose to give Kimmel some advice about winning. “You know you can make $12 an hour driving for Uber?”
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“I’m sorry, this is so humiliating”, Damon continued.
