TV Time: Matt Damon Takes Over Jimmy Kimmel Live

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It took 10 years and 1,205 bumped appearances for Matt Damon to FINALLY get his revenge against late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.

On Thursday’s episode, January 24, Matt Damon abducted Jimmy Kimmel, tied him up and proceeded to change everything about the regularly scheduled program. Jimmy Kimmel Live was now Jimmy Kimmel Sucks, Kimmel’s regular sidekick Guillermo was replaced by Andy Garcia, Kimmel’s regular band leader Cleto Escobedo III was replaced by Sheryl Crow and the cue card holder who happened to be Ben Affleck was kicked off the show for writing nice things about Jimmy. Plus since Damon wasn’t comfortable doing a comedic monologue he got Robin Williams to take over for a bit. You would think that would be enough to be the best episode ever but the awesomeness didn’t end there!

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Damon revealed how much Kimmel wants to be him by showing screen test of Kimmel auditioning for every role he starred in such as “The Adjustment Bureau” with Emily Blunt and “Good Will Hunting.” Damon proceeded to bring on A-lister after A-lister who shared stories on how much they truly hated Jimmy Kimmel. Nicole Kidman was the first guest up and gave Kimmel a lap dance before taking a seat with Damon and shared how she never been on the show because “he f*cking sucks.” Gary Oldman, Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon, and Demi Moore all piled onto the late night couch to embrace their hate for Kimmel which pleased Damon greatly.

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In between all these amazing guests other Hollywood big names wished Damon good luck on taking over the show. Jennifer Lopez, Sally Field, John Krasinski, Robert De Niro, Don Cheadle and Oprah Winfrey provided the show with videotaped well wishes, not to mention Kimmel’s own parents even gave testimonies to how much they loved Damon more than their son.

Before the show wrapped Sarah Silverman, Kimmel’s ex, came on the show and described her relationship with Kimmel to hot dog vendor stands in New York and then summed it up saying “it was a roller coaster.” Sheryl Crow performed her new single “Easy” and right before Kimmel would have a chance to speak, Damon ended the show saying, “I’m sorry we’re out of time.”

See how Matt Damon opened the show below and see all the clips of the epic episode on YouTube on the Jimmy Kimmel Live channel.