After a CGI and star-studded 2016 Emmy Awards opening montage, Jimmy Kimmel delivered what’s usually the make-or-break moment for any awards show host – the opening monologue.
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It took a few months, but Jeb Bush is ready to make jokes about his presidential campaign.
Ex-presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush told Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel he’s “in between jobs” right now. “You can make $12 an hour driving for Uber!”
But before tackling Trump, his first targets were Sarah Paulson and her Emmys guest Marcia Clark, who she portrayed on The People vs. O.J. Simpson. Though Kimmel was initially reluctant, the two got into a rendition of Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (including a dream sequence dressed in Wham wigs) – a callback to Corden’s first karaoke sketch in BBC’s Red Nose Day. “We’re living in one”, Kimmel quipped.
Bush, who showed occasional flashes of self-awareness during his ill-fated run for the Republican nomination, really leaned into his public image, asking Kimmel, “Are you nominated”, then deadpanning, “Wow”. He asked her if this time, she wanted O.J.to win.
The 2016 Emmys began with the most groanworthy premise for an opening video imaginable, the “I’m late to the awards show” thing that was already exhausted when Jimmy Fallon did it back in 2005. “Thank you for coming from England to tear us all apart with your intricate plot, you sneaky little crumpet muncher”, Kimmel said pointedly.
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If it weren’t for television, Kimmel said, Trump would be at home, “quickly rubbing up against his wife, Malaria, while she pretends to be asleep”. “Miley Cyrus or Cee-Lo”.
