SPORTS GUY SMILEY: Matthew at the Sardonic Subversive pays tribute to The Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, calling him "the cultural icon of males 18-34," and summing up my feelings perfectly:
It's a shame such a mind gets wasted with Kimmel, where a man with all the buzz is on a show with none of it.
I don't know what the problem is- we all know how hilarious Simmons is, as well as some of the other 'Kimmel' writers (including the guy who created "Mystery Science Theater 3000"), but I've never been able to get through more than five minutes of Kimmel's show, or for that matter the new ESPN2 morning show "Cold Pizza" (on which Simmons sometimes appears). I like that Kimmel has on certain people (such as Kaiju, and the "Super Bowl is Gay" guy) who no one else would think to book, but regardless- the first year of the show confirms my theory that there's an extremely finite amount of talented television comedy writers out there these days- and most, if not all of them, work for "The Daily Show."
At any rate, I get the distinct impression that both "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "Cold Pizza" are the types of shows that Simmons would be tearing to shreds if he weren't involved with them.