Modified On June 1, 2006
…sorta.
We hear reports from the field that Kimmel chastised the folks at US Weekly for being crass. Yes, you read that right.
From what we can piece together, Kimmel held up a copy of the Wenner Media mag while seated at his desk in the early going on Tuesday night’s installment of his show.
(That publication’s Fashion Police regularly taps eight or nine or ten comics and/or writers to make snarky comments on the questionable fashion choices of the beautiful people.)
Kimmel’s beef (we suspect) was that they had chosen to mock a celebrity (although as yet unknown, we figure it was Kimmel’s girlfriend Sarah Silverman), who was depicted entering (or exiting) a rape awareness fundraiser. (The logic being, we suspect, that folks entering or exiting such a worthy cause should be exempt from the catty comments of a bunch of smart alecks in a glossy gossip mag. Although, we’re really not sure what transpired.)
We hear that when the camera closed in on a tight shot of the page, the comment most prominently featured was authored by– Traci Skene, editor and publisher of the WWW’s most beloved magazine about standup comedy!
We’re currently trying to get a videotape of the segment. If anyone out there has one, let us know! (There’s a SHECKYmagazine T in it for the first person to contact us!)