Category Archives: Asides

Jimmy Kimmel On Wyclef Jean Running For President Of Haiti

Wyclef Jean has announced that he will run for pres­i­dent of Haiti. He said he hopes the Hait­ian peo­ple will look past the fact that he has very lit­tle polit­i­cal expe­ri­ence and for­give him for that hor­ri­ble remake of ‘We Are The World.’” — Jimmy Kim­mel on Wyclef Jean run­ning for pres­i­dent of Haiti

Craig Ferguson On Oregon Health Officials Shutting Down A 7-Year-Old Girl’s Lemonade Stand

Health offi­cials in Ore­gon have shut down a 7-year-old girl’s lemon­ade stand because she didn’t have a license. Offi­cials haven’t issued a state­ment yet. They’re busy pop­ping bal­lon ani­mals and stomp­ing on sand cas­tles.” — Craig Fer­gu­son on Ore­gon Health Offi­cials shut­ting down a 7-year-old girl’s lemon­ade stand

Jimmy Fallon On Houston’s Newest Set Of Quintuplets

A woman in Hous­ton just gave birth to a healthy set of quin­tu­plets. The mom says she’s excited about her babies, and can’t wait to watch them grow up on what­ever chan­nel gives them a real­ity show.” — Jimmy Fal­lon on Houston’s newest set of quintuplets

Jimmy Fallon On Potential Mineral Mining In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the U.S. has dis­cov­ered large deposits of iron, cop­per, cobalt, gold, and lithium. Or as most peo­ple would call it, ‘Not Osama bin Laden.’” — Jimmy Fal­lon on poten­tial min­eral min­ing in Afghanistan

Jimmy Fallon On The New Skinny Dipping Record

The Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion Of Nude Recre­ation tried to break the record for the most peo­ple skinny dip­ping at once. In other news, the oil spill is now the second-most dis­gust­ing ocean dis­as­ter of all time.” — Jimmy Fal­lon on the new skinny dip­ping record

Craig Ferguson On The Potential Presidential Power To Shut Off The Internet

There’s a new bill in the Sen­ate that would give the pres­i­dent the power to shut off the Inter­net. Al Gore is strongly opposed to it, not because he invented the Inter­net, but because he just signed up for Match.com.” — Craig Fer­gu­son on the poten­tial pres­i­den­tial power to shut off the Internet

Jay Leno On Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding

The count­down is now under way for what a lot of peo­ple are call­ing, the wed­ding of the year — on July 31 Chelsea Clin­ton is get­ting mar­ried. Bill and Hillary are thrilled; they say they don’t care who the groom is as long as it’s not Levi John­ston.” — Jay Leno on Chelsea Clinton’s wedding