Kimmel begs for Super Bowl digs By CLIFFORD PUGH Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Poor Jimmy Kimmel. The late-night talk show host doesn't have a place to stay during Super Bowl Week. Kimmel needs accommodations in the Houston area -- preferably with a view of Reliant Stadium -- while here to host a Super Bowl-themed show Jan. 30. Kimmel, whose show appears weeknights at 11:05 p.m. on Channel 13, lamented his plight Wednesday night and made a televised plea for a bed to rest his head. The offers are flooding in -- 250 by mid-Thursday afternoon, according to executive producer Duncan Gray -- and Houstonians have until the end of the weekend to make their case. "The idea is to find a great group of people who we'd have the most fun with and really try to make them part of the show," Gray said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. Anyone interested in offering Kimmel some Houston hospitality can apply on the ABC Web site (www.abc.com). Entrants, who must be 13 or older, have to tell about their house in 50 words or fewer and what makes it the best place for Kimmel to host the show. Proximity to Reliant Stadium is important, but "that is a secondary consideration," Gray said. "It's really about who lives in the house." An interesting pet might score an advantage. "We wouldn't want an alligator or tiger," Gray said. "But a talking rabbit or a monkey that does tricks might be a good match." The Kimmel team got the idea to come to Houston for the Super Bowl last month, but when they checked into accommodations, everything was booked. So they decided to depend on the kindness of strangers. "Necessity is the mother of invention," Gray said."Also, creatively, it's much more of a fun idea." The Kimmel team will narrow the finalists down to between three and five by next Tuesday, with the winner announced the week of Jan. 20. The inhabitants of the winning house might receive a small honorarium to cover any wear and tear on the house. "But it's not like a big movie coming to town," Gray said. Instead, they will likely be satisfied to host Kimmel, cousin Sal and the rest of the gang live in their living room.
I saw that last night when he made the announcement. I'd like to have the show at my house but I dont know how my parents would like it.
I actually went to the website and offered up my apartment. Here's to hoping he keeps Adam Corrola at home.
Only if he can teach me how to be unfunny and untalented, and somehow get my own television show. Actually, I only need the latter.
I'm actually going to do this. Reason? My neighbors downstairs complain about the stupidest crap, and I want payback, baby!
I want to see his show live. I'm a big Kimmel fan. Did you see the game of head touching last night? The mugshots of Henry Earl? Cousin Sal working in the video store? Henry Earl: http://jail.lfucg.com/services/offenders/offenderdetails/?inmateid=337 Right now 2 "hot" lesbians who offered their apartment are in the lead.
I should be in the lead. I offered him all the booze he could guzzle... free of charge. (as long as he brought Bill Simmons)
Bite your tongue! Sarah Silverman's one of the greatest comedians alive. Her appearances on Conan O'Brien are brilliant.
I've seen her a few times and she's been painfully unfunny each time. Maybe I just haven't see the right one.
Don't know how to do that. Email me if it's something urgent. Roommate's in the hospital with appendicitis (or something) & this afternoon I'm headed out of town for a wedding...may be early next week before I can find out.
