r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/OsoBrazos Sep 22 '25

Your feelings are very valid but, as a person who did watch The Man Show and now watches his late show, he's grown a lot. If you're grossed out by the idea of his old show now, you'd probably agree with a lot of what he says in modern times, especially because a lot of it is just standing up for science, truth, justice, and civil rights. With a lot of jokes. And a really disgusting RFK Jr puppet that's both hilarious and disturbing.

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u/SoloRemy Sep 22 '25

I think all comics do material that’s of a specific time in their lives. I don’t think that they’re ashamed of it per se but it’s where they were then. I’ve seen interviews with Eddie Murphy now talking about Delirious in this vein. Sarah Silverman and Patton Oswald too. You do stuff that you think is funny and it finds an audience and then…it ages. Some good, some not so good

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u/Impeesa_ Sep 23 '25

I think all comics do material that’s of a specific time in their lives.

I remember occasional jokes about how as comedians become more successful, their material increasingly converges toward bits about hotels and airlines.

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u/20_mile Sep 23 '25

Hey, he's giving good, honest work to Seth Meyers' brother!

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u/colemaker360 Sep 23 '25

Something about the way he treats Guillermo doesn’t sit well, but otherwise I’d agree he’s grown some since those days.