Testing Jimmy Kimmel's Knowledge of Marvel Comics & Pizza

Summary

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Funny You Ask with Ike Barinholtz: “Testing Jimmy Kimmel's Knowledge of Marvel Comics & Pizza”

Date: April 8, 2026
Guest: Jimmy Kimmel
Host: Ike Barinholtz

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Episode Overview

In this lively and hilarious episode of Funny You Ask, host Ike Barinholtz welcomes Emmy-winner and late-night icon Jimmy Kimmel. The duo embarks on a trivia-laced journey through Kimmel’s supposed areas of expertise: Marvel comics and (especially) pizza. Along the way, they reminisce about childhood and showbiz, drop obscure facts, debate culinary choices, share behind-the-scenes stories, and make each other—and the listener—laugh with plenty of irreverent banter. The episode features rounds of trivia, a “speed round,” and insightful discussions about pop culture, food, and comics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pizza Obsessions, Etiquette, and Anecdotes

[04:16–11:15]

• Pizza Purity: Kimmel and Ike agree that ordering chain pizza (Papa John’s, Domino’s) in cities with great local pizza is a kind of “sin.”
  • “I get really annoyed when people order Domino’s or Papa John’s in a city like LA or New York… It’s like, bro, you’ve got tacos on every corner that are infinitely better than Taco Bell.” — Kimmel [09:19]
• Pizza Memories: Kimmel shares a chaotic story involving Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson misunderstanding “Domino’s” as the game, not the pizza. [06:00]
• Little Caesars Lore: Kimmel relates the fact that the Little Caesar’s founder paid Rosa Parks’s rent—surprising Ike. [10:00]
• Homemade/Preferred Pizza: Jimmy’s favorite is a classic margherita, but he loves to get creative with clam pizza and thin, sheet-pan pies. [10:32]
• Kimmel’s Pizza Principle: He refuses to order California Pizza Kitchen for his kids, instead insisting on quality local pies even during sleepovers.
  • “My son wanted me to order California Pizza Kitchen. I was like, that's never happening.” — Ike [09:16]

2. Pizza Trivia & Italian Heritage

[04:27–05:39]

• Ike quizzes Jimmy on the origins of pizza and Neapolitan sauce ingredients; Kimmel nails them (“Naples” and “San Marzano” tomatoes).
• Discussion of their mixed Italian-Irish heritages and how it affects their pizza opinions.

3. 80s Pop Culture, MTV, & Trivial Pursuits

[22:02–29:46]

• MTV & Early Crushes: Both reminisce about the first music videos that were formative—or “boner-inducing”—including Madonna, Pat Benatar, and Vanity 6. Explores the shift 80s music videos brought to pop culture sex appeal.
  • “She was the first, like, sexy sex pot…Madonna really changed all of it.” — Ike [24:21]
• Bands They Missed: Jimmy wishes he’d seen Men at Work live; Ike would have loved more concerts but made the most of Vegas radio connections as a teen. [26:47]
• Susanna Hoffs Regrets: Ike laments missing her performance due to a work suspension. [25:50]

4. Marvel Comics, DC Rivalry & Superhero Nostalgia

[32:11–40:03]

• Comic Book Deep Divining: Ike tests Jimmy on original Avengers lineups and creators (Kimmel misses “the Wasp,” but recalls Jack Kirby, Stan Lee).
• Superhero Showdown: They pit Marvel and DC characters against each other (“Submariner vs. Green Arrow,” “The Thing vs. Peacemaker”), debate comic book weaponry (bows & arrows: “Their power is to use a medieval weapon!” [38:54]), and reflect on the era when superhero movies were “terrible” except Superman (1978).
• Favorite Heroes:
  • “Spider-Man. Not even close.” — Jimmy [35:39]
  • “Mine is Blankman. Remember the Damon Wayans film?” — Jimmy [35:42]

5. Bizarre & Memorable Personal Stories

[13:35–15:00]

• Ike’s real-life experience: delivering a pizza to a live taping of a Mexican dating show (Dos Corazones)—and ending up competing as a contestant on-camera.

6. Quirky Lightning Rounds & Trivia Exchanges

[17:01–21:42; 44:16–48:54]

• They trade trivia questions on everything from iPhones ("What does 9:41 mean?" [17:36]) to punctuation marks ("interrobang"), explorers (“Magellan" [19:36]), chef hats (100 pleats = 100 ways to cook an egg [29:46]), and more.
• Memorable misfires: Kimmel guesses “gunt” for the punctuation mark, and Ike quickly shuts that down.
• Speed Round: Kimmel and Ike race through questions on everything from X-Men schools to world history and 80s music—roasting each other for blanking on answers. (Sample misses: “Who voiced Ms. Frizzle?” “Julia Roberts”—nope, it’s Lily Tomlin. [47:18])

7. Psychology & Cultural Observations

[42:32–43:47]

• “What psychological effect describes why people with the least expertise often feel most confident?” — Dunning-Kruger Effect (Kimmel gets it right, pronounces its relevance in modern times).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “It's not often you get to talk to an American cultural icon, but here I am… Most importantly, introduced the world to Guillermo Rodriguez.” — Jimmy [01:45]
• “As a kid, I thought eating a whole pound of spaghetti was a normal serving size.” — Ike [15:48]
• “I call 911 and they have to just jump on my stomach so it shoots out.” — Jimmy, on pineapple mishaps [11:51]
• “There are no rules. It's like Outback Steakhouse. No rules … well, you could because you're famous. Your average Joe? No, thank you.” — Jimmy, on the loose structure of the game and implied celebrity privilege [31:54]
• “Who’s your all-time favorite superhero? Spider-Man. Not even close.” — Jimmy [35:39]
• “I love comics. I probably historically lean slightly DC.” — Jimmy [37:45]
• “If you play clarinet, the only way you’re getting laid is if you’re Woody Allen.” — Jimmy [29:29]
• “You won a million dollars [on my show] and I'm going home with what? … a pizza cutter engraved ‘Jimmy knows Pizza!’” — Ike & Jimmy, on comedic consolation prizes [49:10]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:24] — Kimmel's intro: Emmys, Guillermo, and a head-to-head with the president
• [04:16] — First pizza trivia questions; Neapolitan rules
• [06:00] — Woody & Owen, the Domino’s mix-up story
• [08:20] — Fresh Brothers “hack” and parenting pizza choices
• [11:16] — Homemade pizza, clam pizza, and Instagram inspiration
• [17:36] — iPhone 9:41 trivia
• [22:02] — 80s music video nostalgia and MTV memories
• [29:46] — Chef hats, and their supposed 100 pleats
• [32:11] — Marvel trivia: Original Avengers and comic book legends
• [38:02–39:12] — Marvel vs. DC “showdown” and superhero weapon debate
• [44:16] — Speed round: rapid-fire trivia covering pizza, music, Marvel, and more

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Tone & Style

The conversation is rapid, irreverent, self-deprecating, and loaded with pop culture references. The trivia serves as a jumping-off point for personal stories, roast-style jokes, and asides.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is comedic catnip for fans of pizza, 80s nostalgia, and comic book geekery. Kimmel is playful and quick-witted, bouncing between culinary purism and childhood stories, while Ike steers the chaos and trivia with self-mockery and charm. If you love learning random facts you didn't know you wanted, with a serious side of laughs, this is peak Funny You Ask.

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Further Highlights

• [40:03–41:08]: Love for classic sitcoms, especially The Honeymooners, and admiration for Jackie Gleason.
• [42:21–43:47]: Philosophical musing on the Dunning-Kruger effect, author name-order customs, and even Sasha/Malia Obama name order.
• [49:28]: Jimmy receives a pizza cutter engraved “Jimmy Knows Pizza,” joking about using it for mohel (circumcision) work, ending on a typical irreverent note.

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Bottom Line

“Testing Jimmy Kimmel's Knowledge of Marvel Comics & Pizza” delivers on its promise: the score doesn’t matter, the laughs are endless, and you’ll come away with more trivia, stories, and pop culture slices than you knew you needed.

Transcript

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[Jimmy Kimmel]

Where did you stand on putting pineapple up your ass?

[Host]

Yeah. The whole pineapple? Yes. It's also fun to walk around with just the pineapple top sticking out of your ass.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's not often you get to talk to an American cultural icon, but here I am sitting with the Emmy award winning host of his eponymous television show, a man who went head to head with the president of the United States and won.

[Host]

Oh, we'll see.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And most importantly, introduced the world to Guillermo Rodriguez.

[Host]

That is true. That is true. I'm impressed. You know his last name. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No, I mean, come on, it's facts. He also claims to know a lot about 80s music. I do pizza and Marvel comics.

[Host]

I do Jimmy Kimmel.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Welcome to Funny you ask.

[Host]

Thank you. It's great to be here.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You've had me on your show many, many times.

[Host]

I have.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And you guys always send a car.

[Host]

I parked on the street.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay. All right. Was it a meter?

[Host]

Yeah, meter.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You let me know what it costs. We want to. We want to go ahead and we're going to cover half of it.

[Host]

That would be great. I appreciate that. You think I will get a ticket at this hour?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think they have bigger problems right now than your car. We've been seeing each other. I just saw you. We've seen Each other at award shows.

[Host]

Only exclusively.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's a true show.

[Host]

We're not even. I don't think neither of us were nominated. We just. We like to meet. It's our rendezvous point.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

My networking, they have great apps, and I get to see some stars. When you're there, do you see anyone ever at those things that make you starstruck, or are you just so jaded and.

[Host]

No, I'm pretty jaded. Yeah. I mean, I. Yeah, that happens every once in a while. More. It's more like athletes I liked as a kid. That kind of thing makes a bigger impact. And then, you know, like, every time I'm with, like, David Letterman. I can't believe I'm there with David Letterman.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, that's a big one.

[Host]

People like that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

There's weird ones for me, like, I saw Delroy Lindo, and I, like, didn't know what to say. I was like.

[Host]

And it's just like, you've always been a big Delroy Lindo guy.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Truly, I love him. I think he is a truly great actor. And you never see, like, I don't see Delroy Lindo at Ralph's. You know, you see him at an award show, and I don't go to a ton that I was there, I was like, oh, my God, Delroy Lindo, really nice. He's a nice man.

[Host]

He probably was excited that you were excited. Right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I can't describe what he looked like other than he looked exactly like Delroy Lindo. He was like the sun was hitting the back of his head when he walked in. He looked very majestic. Like, he. He. He. He looked. He looked, quite frankly, fucking beautiful.

[Host]

Well, the name Delroy is almost of the sun. Right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

If it was Del Rey, it probably was Del Rey. A long time ago.

[Host]

Maybe so. Or maybe his mom had died. Del Rey picked out. She thought she was gonna have a girl.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes. And then she saw him, and it was a boy, so I can't.

[Host]

Well, Delroy.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Boom. That's. That's his origin story. Jimmy, I'm gonna ask you a question now, a trivia question. And this is about something that everyone loves. Okay. Pizza. I'm gonna start easy.

[Host]

Don't even worry.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

While there are several cities that claim to be the birthplace of modern pizza, it's generally agreed that this Italian city is where it all began.

[Host]

Well, that would be Napoli. Naples. Naples.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I would. I said Naples. I would have also accepted Napoli. You said both. That's one point on the board right there. For a bonus question. To truly be a Neapolitan. Pizza. The tomatoes and the sauce have to either be Pomodori, Pinello de Vesuvius or another type originating in the Campagna region. What is the other type?

[Host]

Oh, the other type would be San Marzano. Boom.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's two points right there on the fucking board. That's how that works. That is how that works. It's easy.

[Host]

I didn't even know those were the official rules till now, but I figured it had to be San Marzano.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's San Marzano. You have two points. Are you. You are Italian?

[Host]

I'm half Italian. On your.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I'm assuming your mom's side.

[Host]

Yes. Unless your dad was Joan Icono Iacano, I thought.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Otherwise your dad was named, like, Camolino.

[Host]

Dad is mostly Irish and a little bit German.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Irish. Italian. Irish Italian. I'm going to ask you a question, please. And I think I know what you're gonna say, so I'm gonna. I want us to answer on the count of three. We'll answer on three.

[Host]

Okay? Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What is the best pizza in the world? One, two, three.

[Host]

Okay. Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay. I thought he was gonna say you've

[Host]

always been partial to the Papa.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I don't even like their pizza. I like the guy. I. I just. He seems like.

[Host]

Seems like he has it all together.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Got it all together. Nothing can go wrong. Have you ever had Papa John's pizza?

[Host]

I'm sure I have. Yeah. Like a kid's birthday party or something like that. I'm the worst, really, like, when it comes to pizza. Like, my. My wife, when she sees cardboard come in the room, she's like, oh, let me out of here. He is, by the way, the funniest. This is a pretty good story. So one day, it was, like, a Sunday afternoon, and Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson came over to. And they were a lot of fun.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Very fun.

[Host]

Yeah. We spent some time with Woody.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

We know Woody well.

[Host]

Yes. So they came over and they were always competing. Like, you hear these stories and you think, yeah, whatever. But they are, like, really, like, they're always, like. We had some pitchers of beer, and they were, like, holding their arms straight to see who could hold the beer at arm's length for the longest amount of time. Like, that kind of thing. And at a certain point, I was cooking, and. And it was hard for me because Woody doesn't eat any kind of meat. Like, he's, like, barely bread, you know? Like, I don't even know what he eats. He just eats molecules. So I'm. I was making. I was gonna make pizza. I Figured, okay, I. I think he'll. He'll give an exception and eat some. And so I'm working. I'm out in the pizza oven and I'm working on the pizza, and Woody and Owen are in my house with my wife. And Woody says, hey, we're gonna. What's the address? We're gonna order Domino's. And my wife's like, goes, please don't do that. And they're like, well, why not? And she's like, Jimmy, you know, he's been like preparing this meal for a while now. He's gonna be really upset if you order Domino's. And they're looking at each other like, what is wrong with Jimmy? This is like, what a weird guy. And she's looking at them like, what a. You know, weird. What weird guys? And they finally figured out that they meant the game dominoes. And this is, by the way, before Instacart, where would be a normal thing to order dominoes? Yeah, this was like during the time where, like, who you gonna call to get Domino's ordered to your house?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I'm not even sure it's. It is still a normal time. Domino's are just not something I order. I'm never like, ah, shit, we need Parcheesi right away. You know what I mean? It's like, games are something that you plan, but I guess, I guess if you're Woody, you have access to that.

[Host]

There's this weird hold that Fresh Brothers seems to have over children.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, they love it. They love it.

[Host]

They love Fresh Brothers.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Do you know the Fresh Brothers hack?

[Host]

No.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

There's a hack for Fresh Brothers because my kids ordered it. And their normal pizza is fine, but it's little kid pizza. But if you get there, it's, hear me out. Cauliflower crust, thick cupped pepperoni, extra cheese, well done. It tastes like if you ever had. You know, in Chicago, we have two kinds of pizza. We have deep dish, but we also have tavern style, which is like ultra kind of thing. It tastes like a decent tavern style. That's my Fresh Brothers hat.

[Host]

I feel like I don't even know you anymore. That will never happen because I will never order Fresh Brothers.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

But my question is this. Let's say your kids are like, we want pizza. Your daughter's having a sleepover. You're gonna order pizza for your friends. They want Fresh Brothers. Would you order Fresh Brothers for yourself? You'll make your own pizza even though you're ordering pizza?

[Host]

No, I would order a good pizza. I order from another place. Like my kids Last weekend, my son wanted me to order California Pizza Kitchen. I was like, that's never happening.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That won't happen.

[Host]

This is never, ever going to happen in this.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I get really annoyed when people order Domino's or Papa John's in a city

[Host]

like LA or New York. When they're in Brooklyn and they order, like, pizza.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's a sin. That's a fucking sin. I know people that order Domino's in New York and la. I'm like, what are you doing? It's like, we're going to Taco Bell here. It's like, bro, you've tacos on every corner that are infinitely better than Taco Bell.

[Host]

It is the most unacceptable thing I can even imagine.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I hate it.

[Host]

What is with that said? If I'm at, like, a kid's birthday party and that's the only thing there. Oh, I will definitely eat it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Six of them. And actually, I will say I do have a soft spot for if I'm going to eat shitty pizza. Little Caesars.

[Host]

That is the best.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That is the best one. And do you know the. The fact about that guy?

[Host]

Well, Little Caesar.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Little. Little Caesar, he was a dwarf, right? He was a little, little person. And he paid Rosa Parks's rent every year of her life until she died.

[Host]

Did she know?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No, no. She thought she was like, just making

[Host]

Little Caesar did that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Little Caesar did that. His name was like Mike Rosenstein or something. But God bless. Good man. I think he left us, but he's a good man. You love to cook pizza at home. If I'm coming over and I'm like, give me a Jimmy. What's on that pie?

[Host]

Well, I really love just your straight, you know, margarita pizza. Yes, I love it. But when I get fancy, when I do something special, yes, I will. I love a clam pizza that's really. And it's really butter, garlic clams, salt, parsley, and that's nice.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

We do pizza night. We don't have like a cucharan. We just put it in the oven, high heat.

[Host]

But that works.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It works beautifully. I'm a big sheet pan pizza guy. I like the dough nice and thin. Do you follow Dave's Pizza Oven on Instagram? He's fantastic every day. It's just a new pizza he's made. And they're beautiful pies. And he made one where like three quarters of the pie is a regular pizza and then the far left side of it is a calzone. And I made it and it's beautiful. Wow.

[Host]

It's like dog earing a Book?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes.

[Host]

Yeah. It's like when you save your page.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I ate the whole thing. I felt really bad the next day. Where did you stand on putting pineapple up your ass?

[Host]

Well, I will do. Yeah. The whole pineapple? Yes. You're skinning it for fast. If it's cut into rings. Absolutely not.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No, you got to get the whole thing up there. I like to get. What's the point?

[Host]

And what I do is I go from bottom in so I can use the top as a handle.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, oh. See, I break the top off and I keep having to call 911.

[Host]

Yeah. No, I keep the top on.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I call 911 and they have to just jump on my stomach so it shoots out.

[Host]

It's also fun to walk around with just the pineapple top sticking out of your ass. The kids love it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Settle the debate once and for all.

[Host]

White people. What's that? No. Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That was actually the answer.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What city has the best pizza? Jacksonville or Shreveport?

[Host]

There is good pizza and you find it in strange spots nowadays.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You do you actually.

[Host]

Because of the Internet, I think it is. That's one of the few good things that happened.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

When I moved to LA, I moved here in 2000, and there was not good pizza. There was Baroni's, which is in the Deep Valley, which is incredible. And there was Damiano's.

[Host]

Damianos was good. I used to go there all.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I used to go there all the time. Conan o' Brien or Greg Daniels told me the story one time. Greg Daniels and his wife and Conan go to Damiano's at night to have a pizza. And they're sitting there and the pizza gets put down in front of them, and a little piece of plaster falls right in the pizza. And they're like, oh. And three seconds later, a guy, a construction worker, comes crashing down, really top of the table. And Conan goes, oh, my God. And got up and ran away. Greg Daniels is like, are you okay?

[Host]

And then they turned it into John and Vinny's.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah.

[Host]

There was always an illegal, like, poker game happening in the back of Damiano's.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It was shady. I was on their do not deliver list for a minute because I complained. Because one night I ordered a shrimp parm sandwich and I ordered it at 8 o', clock, and guess what time it came? It never. It never came, ever. And I called, where is it? Where's the sandwich? And they said, oh. And then finally the owner was being a dick, and I called the next day to complain, and he goes, we're not delivering to you anymore. So I would have to use my neighbor's phone.

[Host]

I had a weird Damianos delivery experience where I delivered four Damianos one night

[Jimmy Kimmel]

for, like, a bit for the show,

[Host]

as a bit for the show. And it was late. It was, like, midnight. And I had this idea, looking back, stupid idea, but I wanted to do some of the jobs that people were doing while the show was on.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Host]

And one of them. I used to be Pete's delivery guy when I was in high school. And I had the weirdest experience. This is going to sound like I made it up. I did not make it up. I get an order. I go to the address. It's this warehouse much like this one, somewhere in the Hollywood area. I don't remember exactly where it was, but I go in, and there is a Mexican dating game show happening. It was somebody working on the show had ordered a pizza. And I walk in. There are hundreds of people. There's not a car anywhere in sight. Hundreds of people in this thing. It's called Dos Corazones was the name of the show. And I show up, and I got, you know, my pizza delivery outfit on. Of course, I have a camera crew with me, and I walk in, and they're like, what are you doing here? And I said, well, I'm delivering a pizza, but can I be on the show? And they're like, yeah, okay. So in the middle of the show, there were these three guys trying to date this. This woman. I come out, and I've got a pizza. And I joined the show as, like, one of the contestants. And it was not set up. It seemed like it was totally set up, but it was just. It just happened, and it was impossible to explain. And one of the weirdest things that ever happened.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And that's how you met Molly. That is amazing.

[Host]

That is a beautiful microorizone.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Mi Corazone, Molly McNearney. Okay, this is a tough one.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You got to give up either pizza or tacos.

[Host]

Oh, tacos.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You got to give up pizza or meat. Like, I'm talking, like, apl. Meat.

[Host]

You talking about beef or you're talking about all meats?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I'm talking about beef and pork.

[Host]

I would give up beef and pork.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Pizza or pasta?

[Host]

I would give up pizza.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Over. Oh, wow.

[Host]

Yeah. Pasta. Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Pasta or booze.

[Host]

Oh, I barely drink. So drink a lot.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Pasta or family.

[Host]

I would give up.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Not Molly and the kids. Like, like a second cousin. Like someone who works on your show.

[Host]

Oh, no. I'm even talking about Molly and the kids. Yes. Pasta. A nice bowl of Pasta, I don't think I could live without it. I, you know, I didn't know that it wasn't normal to not eat a whole pound, a whole box of spaghetti. That was, that was. I thought it was a serving size.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, I cooked pasta for the kids and for a while I was double cooking like two different bags of pasta. And Erica, one day is like, what do you think's happening? Or do you think a bunch of marines are going to show up here? Like, it's too much food, man.

[Host]

Yeah, I never really got that. In fact, on Good Friday, you know, I would fast all day, but then I would negate all of that by I'd start the pot of water boiling at like 11:43pm so that the pasta could be fully cooked at the stroke of midnight. And then after fasting all day, I would kill a whole pound of pasta with like some Progresso clam sauce in a can, which I doctor up a little, but not that much.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, you gotta doctor up.

[Host]

And I just destroyed. Destroy it at midnight and go right to sleep.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's, that's the, that's the kind of. That produces really good smells the next morning.

[Host]

Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Here's how this is going to work. By the way, in front of me, I have a deck of trivia cards based on some subjects that you said you know a little bit about.

[Host]

I just know I'm going to lose. I mean, whatever this is, I know I'm going to lose.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, we're going to find out because in front of you, you have a bunch of completely random trivia cards in all different categories that I will pinky swear I have never looked at.

[Host]

I've seen you win a million dollars with ease.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I've. I've. I've lost a lot in life many times.

[Host]

I've never seen that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, I think it could happen today because right now I'm just gonna say you have two points. I have zero. Will you please select any card at random and ask me a question?

[Host]

Sure.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah.

[Host]

Yeah. Here we go. I'll just go right from the top. All right. Ike, in Apple advertisements, every iPhone displays the exact same time 9:41. What moment does the time 941 commemorate?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

9:41 is the day that the time. Oh, God. Is it like the time Steve Jobs was born? Now streaming, Disney invites you to go behind the scenes with Taylor Swift in an exclusive six episode docu series.

[Announcer]

I wanted to give something to the fans that they didn't expect. The only thing left is to close

[Jimmy Kimmel]

the Book the end of an era and don't miss Taylor Swift. The Eras Tour, the final show, featuring for the first time, the tortured poets department, now streaming only on Disney.

[Host]

You're close.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Is the time he died.

[Host]

That would be weird. Seeing his house. That'd be gross. Yeah. If he had predicted the time of this crazy.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And here's the craziest thing, folks. That's wild. I don't know. See, you already got me. What is it?

[Host]

It's the time that Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 9:41am 2007.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Wow. Boom. Okay, right there. That's a big X for me.

[Host]

Part of being the game show host is it makes you seem smart.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I know, I know.

[Host]

Like, you know, I'm like, he unveiled the first iPhone 941A. I'm like, I know this. I have no idea. And by the way, that's a dumb reason. It's such a dumb reason.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's a bit much, guys.

[Host]

I mean, come on. You could come up with something better than that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's also arbitrary time.

[Host]

I also feel like they worked it out. It's like, okay, it'll never be a date, so we'll never have like a 911 situation.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Right.

[Host]

With our time. We gotta make it a 9:41.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah. I've also. It doesn't work because I've never noticed that.

[Host]

I've never noticed that. I noticed that might not even be true.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think it's. Throw that card out. Okay. It.

[Host]

All right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Are you gonna ask me another question?

[Host]

You want another one?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go for it. Why not?

[Host]

One of history's most ambitious sea voyages proved the Earth could be circled. But it came at a pretty steep cost for its leader. Which explorer's expedition became the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe, even though his crew had to finish the journey after his death.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think the answer to this ties into a question that you asked me on ABC's who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

[Host]

And as I recall, I think your dad.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

My dad knew it more than I did. But the answer, I believe, is Ferdinand Magellan.

[Host]

That is absolutely correct. And I can't believe that I remembered that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Crazy. That is so crazy.

[Host]

As you know, I can barely remember who the guest was on the show. I did.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I asked you tonight. It took you a good four count.

[Host]

Takes a beat for me. And I just remember being so impressed that your dad knew the Magellan's path.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He knew a rough version of the path. It was pretty great. It was pretty, pretty impressive.

[Host]

Yeah, my dad doesn't know anything.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Ask me one more. But then I'm going to ask you a question.

[Host]

The written language doesn't change often, but once in a while, someone invents a new symbol. Question. What punctuation mark, invented in the 1960s, combines a question mark and an exclamation point into one symbol?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

A question mark and an exclamation point. What the.

[Host]

How would that even work?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

How do you.

[Host]

Very tall X question mark.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Or would it be a very bendy exclamation mark? Like, you know what I mean? Like, is it like a. It's not a colon, and it's not a semicolon.

[Host]

I have a hint if you want it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, give me the hint.

[Host]

Bang. We have a new punctuation mark.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

The gun.

[Host]

You say the gunt. No, that's a different thing.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think it's a gunt.

[Host]

You've married two different things in the way that they should be, but this, in this case, it's the interrobang.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I have never heard that, Never seen it, never heard of it. But I. I love it. And now I will use that three times tomorrow in a sentence.

[Host]

The interrobang.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I'll ask, like, for a check and be like, oh, where do I sign by the interrobang.

[Host]

Cool.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

All right, I'm going to ask you

[Host]

a question, but you have to say it like this. Where do I sign by the interrobang? I wonder if it's more question or

[Jimmy Kimmel]

signed right by the gunt. All right.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You ready?

[Host]

I'm ready.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

This is a question about 80s music, my friend.

[Host]

I should have told you. Really? My knowledge of 80s music is the. I can identify the songs themselves within a split second of them playing the trivia. Maybe not as good, but go ahead.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, then you might not get this. Okay. Originally released as a single, what Lionel Richie hit won him an Academy Award? Say you.

[Host]

Say me. Boom. Wow.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Now for the bonus, can you tell

[Host]

Love by Huey Lewis.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What movie was this song featured in that won him the Oscar?

[Host]

White Nights.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Jimmy Kimmel right there.

[Host]

Say you, say me Beat Power of love from back to the.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Back to the future.

[Host]

Wow. Which doesn't seem right to me.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That does not seem right. That does not seem right. I mean, I will say one thing, one thing about the 80s. That was the decade for having a song, a hit song that had the same name as the movie.

[Host]

Yeah, you're right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You know what I mean? Like, Ghostbusters was on the charts forever.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Like, that's crazy.

[Host]

Now, you know Ghostbusters is I want a new drug. Was. I want a new drug.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Allegedly.

[Host]

No, I know this for sure. And Huey Lewis can't talk about it, but I can. Ivan Reitman went to Huey Lewis and said, hey, we'd love you to do a theme song. And he's like, I don't want to be the movie, like, soundtrack guy. Yeah, I did that already. And I really. I don't want to be the guy, but thank you very much. And so he went to Ray Parker and said, hey, write a song like Huey Lewis. And there they had it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I. That's. That's wild. Yeah. I can't believe Ray Parker Jr. Would do that. Ray Parker, I think, would do that.

[Host]

By the way, I'm a big Ray Parker Jr. Fan.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He was great. Ray Parker Jr.

[Host]

He's my Delroy Lindo. You want another one?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, let me ask you a question real quick. We grew up in the 80s. Yes. Right. What was the first MTV video that you saw that you were like, I. I got. I got. I got a boner.

[Host]

Oh, well, kind of all of them. I know, it's funny, I found this website that they play videos from the 80s. It's like an 80s rewind website.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think I follow them.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah. And it's fun to watch. And I was looking at it. I remember, like before Madonna, it was, you know, the, you know, the singers weren't like, great looking. She really changed. I think all of.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

She was the first, like, sexy sex pod.

[Host]

Yeah, she was the one. Really. But I do remember I watched one the other night and I was like, oh, you know, Pat Benatar was pretty good looking.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, yeah.

[Host]

You know, and I think that I remember Vanity 6, sex shooter was a big one for me where I'd have to. Sex shooter.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That was Vanity.

[Host]

Your direction.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, Vanity was one of the. Yeah, she was like an all timer for me.

[Host]

That was her group, Vanity 6. Although we never saw the other five people in it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, why would you.

[Host]

If you. And Apollonia was another one, was really good.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Really good.

[Host]

Prince. Yeah, Prince was good at recruiting, but yeah, those. Almost any. Even the Ghostbusters video, which had for no reason a woman in lingerie in the Ghostbusters. They set up as much money as they spent on that movie and getting all those celebrities in that video. They then spent like $40 on like a bed with some neon lights on it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And that's all we remember.

[Host]

Ray Parker Jr. Was kind of menacing this, this woman. And she was kind of moving away from him during a lot of it is. It was Weird. It was like the ghost was there for sex whether she wanted it or not.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I mean, that's what he's talking about when he says, bustin makes me feel good.

[Host]

Maybe.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, that's what he meant.

[Host]

Right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I was obsessed with the Bangles. I love Susannah.

[Host]

I still do.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I. And I. I've met her because she's married to the great Jay Roach. And I met her at a party one time like, like five years ago. And I was like sweating and I was really nervous.

[Host]

Can I tell you something? When I got suspended at ABC, we were in the middle of 80s week and Susanna Hoffs was going to be on singing, and I was excited about it. And then it didn't happen.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

They took this from us.

[Host]

They took that. Yeah, screw you.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Screw you, Trump.

[Host]

But Susanna Hoffs, yeah, she has. She's visited the show before and she's still great looking and.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah. Gorgeous and so cool.

[Host]

And her voice is so great.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, my God.

[Host]

And. Come on. You know what? Actually thought about this the other day. It's weird that you mentioned that if I was J. Roach, every once in a while I would turn to her and go, come on, honey, let's go make some noise. Until she hated me, I would keep. I would do it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I think the reason they're together is. He doesn't do that. Yeah, he does. I see you in a different light today. It's just weird. If you could have seen one band tour in the 80s, who would you have seen?

[Host]

Who? I didn't see.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Who you didn't see.

[Host]

Okay. I didn't go to a ton of concerts either, but I loved Elvis Costello and I loved Huey Lewis and I got to see both of them in concert in the 80s. In the 80s. I saw Billy Ocean one night.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Whoa.

[Host]

I saw Lionel Richie with my mom.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's a nice. That's a big one. That's a big one. You lived in Vegas, so they were all playing.

[Host]

Yeah, they were all coming through. And then sometimes. And I had a friend who was a disc jockey who would pretend I was caller number 97 and give me tickets to these things. So I would get to go to a lot of these. Although Huey Lewis, I did. I went there at like 4 o' clock in the morning and was 17th in line to buy tickets. But who do I wish I had seen? I feel like one of the most underrated bands of the 80s is men at Work. Oh, I think Colin Hay is one of the most underrated performers. Brilliant songwriters.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes, yes.

[Host]

And I would have liked to have

[Jimmy Kimmel]

seen them yeah, that's a good one. I'm trying to think. I didn't see a lot of concerts. I saw Stormfront, Billy Joel, which was legendary.

[Host]

That's a good one.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He's probably been on your show. Billy Joel.

[Host]

He has been on the show, and I've seen him probably seven or eight times.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I saw. The only time I've seen him in person. I was in Florence, Italy, at this restaurant that all my friends told me was great. And I walk in and I saw the best thing you could see at a restaurant that you're about to eat it, which was Billy Joel going like this. I was like, oh, I'm in for a treat.

[Host]

I'm in the scene from an Italian restaurant.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

We sat down, I got a bottle of bread, a bottle of white. It depends on my appetite. What were you like in the 80s? Were you like.

[Host]

I was thin. I was. I was just like this. Really? I was just. I was. I have. You know what? I went to my high school reunion, and I won Least Changed because I was just like this.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I was very cool. Yeah, No, I was. I was. I was, like, fun. I was like. I was a combination of, like, Ducky.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Because I was friends with lots of the girls.

[Host]

I was compared to Ducky in. In high school.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

And then, like, a little bit like, Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. Yeah, sure. But then, like, just enough coolness from, like, maybe, like Emilio estimates in the Breakfast Club. Because I played basketball. I played a little bit of sports. I was kind of like a hybrid of those three.

[Host]

I was in the band. I played clarinet.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah.

[Host]

So not cool at all.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, the ultimate getting instrument.

[Host]

But as far as what I look like, I looked like Ralph Macchio in the Karate Kid.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Very cute.

[Host]

Yeah, I was. I was kind of cute. But clarinet is a tough one. The clarinet is not a good instrument for.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, the only way you're getting laid if you play the clarinet is your Woody Allen.

[Host]

Yeah, right. Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That guy's constantly getting laid.

[Host]

Or Pete Barbudi. There's something for the old folks.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

All right. Ask me a question, will you, please? Can you do me a favor? Can you ask me a question? I love questions. I want a question.

[Host]

Your question is, chef hats aren't just for show. Their design is quite symbolic. Why are traditional chef's hats said to have 100 pleats?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

A hundred pleats? Because that is the way Escofier designed. Is that. I don't know.

[Host]

Do you want the hint?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, give me a hint. Give me a hint.

[Host]

The hint is there Are many ways to do this certain activity.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Master B.

[Host]

That's it. No, the answer is one on the board. A weird answer to symbolize the hundred ways a chef can cook an egg.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, okay, okay, I'll take that.

[Host]

Are there really a hundred ways?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I can't think of more than five.

[Host]

There weren't 100 ways back then. You might get up to 100 now with our modern equipment, sous videing and

[Jimmy Kimmel]

stuff, but back then it was like poached, fried, over easy even.

[Host]

Then they did sous vide cooking, but it was in an animal bladder.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's how I still do it.

[Host]

Yeah. So you do it the natural way. Yes, but I'm okay. Hard boiled, soft boiled, poached fried, scrambled omelette. You can't. That's only six right there.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

94 more.

[Host]

There's not the.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Out of here. Those French. Give me another question just because I love it.

[Host]

Long before in flight entertainment, air travel was uncomfortable and sometimes terrifying at high altitudes. What major aircraft innovation allowed commercial airplanes in the 1940s to safely fly higher above weather, turbulence and mountains?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's gotta be like, God, these are really hard. These are really hard. I'll say. A second engine.

[Host]

Hint. You can finally fly without oxygen masks.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, pressurized cabin.

[Host]

That is correct.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Wow, that's good. Put one on the board. The score is, I don't know, four to two maybe.

[Host]

Or are we competing?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I mean, there's no rules. It's like Outback Steakhouse. No rules.

[Host]

Yeah, yeah, there are rules there, though. I'm pretty sure, like, I couldn't walk in naked and get a meal.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, you could because you're famous. Your average Joe. No, thank you. I'm going to ask you a question now.

[Host]

Go ahead.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

There's a question about comics.

[Host]

Okay, great.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Everyone knows the Avengers, but not all of us read the OG comic released in 1963. That original group consisted of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant man, and this other superhero who is not Captain America.

[Host]

Now, I think it's the Beast and it's the Defenders. Is it? No, no. Oh, wait, hold on a second.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Original OG Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor.

[Host]

Oh, the original Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk,

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Thor, Ant Man, Ant man, and this other super. I have a hint.

[Host]

Okay, give me the hint.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

She appeared in several of the Marvel movies and was never lost.

[Host]

I'm gonna be honest with you. I didn't pay much attention to the girl superheroes when I was a boy. But there's the Scarlet Witch. She's probably too new. She's an X Men. No, it's not the Invisible Girl. Sue Storm, is it? No, she wouldn't leave that group. Oh, I don't know the Wasp. Oh, well, that makes of course, the Wasp, Antman and the Wasp. You'd think I would have known that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You can buy this back with a bonus question. The Avengers were created by what comic legend who also created Black Panther and Fantastic Four, amongst others.

[Host]

Steve Ditko, Stan Lee. What?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Jack Kirby. Jack Kirby. Jack Kirby, the Goat. Couple questions about. May ask you a couple questions about comic book. How old were you when you got into comics?

[Host]

I. I had a short run with comics. I was like. It was like age 6 through 9 and then it was done until my son was born, my son Kevin. And then I got back into it again.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Do you still read them?

[Host]

Not really.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You don't go to Golden Apple and lay them all over the house and you gotta mow the lawn.

[Host]

Well, when a Marvel movie comes out, I'm excited.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

You're excited? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is crazy now to see like superhero movies were terrible. We grew up with the exception of like Superman 2 or Superman well, yeah,

[Host]

but I thought, you know, when I was a kid, like I loved that Spider Man TV series, the Hulk TV series.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

The TV series were good, but the movies were non existent. They would make a Fantastic Four every few years. That was really bad.

[Host]

That was bad.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, it was very, very bad. I. Were you bullied?

[Host]

I was bullied. But not for the comic books.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Right? Me exactly. Me too.

[Host]

Yeah. Just living in Brooklyn, people would just fight. We would just fight all the time. And there were these two boys around the corner who were a couple years older than us, Eddie Fahey and Tommy Black. And they would every once in a while venture over to our block to beat us. And I do remember distinctly it being snowy and one of those boys, either Eddie or Tommy, I don't remember which, grabbing me by the back of my hair and grinding my face into the. Into the sidewalk.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's like a Christmas story.

[Host]

It was really. It was really efficient.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah. You know, I just remember the worst. I didn't get bullied badly, but there was a couple times and it was always worse if you were talking to like a girl. And I remember I was talking to this girl was like a couple years older. And I was like in fourth grade and one of the eighth graders walked up and he just looked at me and hocked a loogie in my face like the full. And just. And I went crazy. I was like, you fucking piece of shit. But he was much bigger than me. I Don't think about it anymore a lot. Who is your all time favorite superhero?

[Host]

Spider Man. Not even close.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Mine is Blank Man. Do you remember Blank Man? Damon Wayans film?

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Love him.

[Host]

Love him.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He should be in the Avengers. He should be in the New Avengers. What actor who has not starred in a comic book movie would you want to see do one?

[Host]

Oh, wow. Yeah. You remember like when Brando was in Superman.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes.

[Host]

Which, by the way, that's one of the best comic book movies. That first Superman, the first man.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Superman 2, I think is even better than Superman.

[Host]

But the cred. The opening credit.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Incredible.

[Host]

Superman.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Incredible, incredible.

[Host]

And Gene Hackman is, you know, and Ned Beatty.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I mean, come on. Yeah. Otis.

[Host]

Mr. Luthor.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Mr. Luto is very mad at you.

[Host]

Otisburg, it's just a little town. Mr. Luther. Otisburg, I could take it. I could clean her. Otisburg.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah. Lex. My mom lives in Hackensack. Rest in peace. Rest in power, King.

[Host]

What was the question?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

One actor that's never done a comic book movie that you would.

[Host]

Are there any who've not done a comic?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

There's a couple left. There's a couple left.

[Host]

Is Ike Barinholtz the answer I'm gonna do.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I can announce this. I'm gonna do a Marvel movie soon. You are marvelous. Ms. Maisel. Movie. I'm gonna play Steve Allen and I'm getting jacked for it.

[Host]

Okay. Someone who'd be funny to see Pacino in one of those movies.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Well, he kind of does Dick Tracy counter.

[Host]

No, I don't think that he's a superhero.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He's not. He's just a regular villain. But he's just ugly.

[Host]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah. You know, you might be right about Dick Tracy.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Just have him be one of those, like, Marvel superheroes where he's like, you gotta get the tesseract, otherwise the whole planet's gone. Like, that would be very funny. Have him do that. Like Marvel. Captain America. I would love to see Giamatti do one.

[Host]

Oh, well, he has. He was the rhino.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He. Oh, that's right.

[Host]

He was the rhino.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Sorry, Paulie G. I'm sorry.

[Host]

Yeah, he got that wish.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I love comics. I grew up reading comics and I love Marvel. I probably historically lean, slightly dc. Do you slightly dc?

[Host]

Really?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Let's have a little battle royale. You name a Marvel hero and I will name a DC hero. We'll break down who wins.

[Host]

Okay. Submariner.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay. Submariner goes up against Green Arrow, by

[Host]

the way, which I thought was the submariner my whole life. Yeah. Submarines. Okay. The thing.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

The thing I'M going to say. I'm going to go ahead and say Peacemaker.

[Host]

You know this could go on forever, right?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, yeah. Well, no, but I think it's who. Who wins in the fight. Who wins in that first fight? Submariner versus Green Arrow. I'll give you some. I think Submariner wins that fight.

[Host]

Well, then Green Arrow have a ring that gave all sorts of magic powers.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Green Lantern.

[Host]

Oh, that's green.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Green Lantern would beat the out of Submariner.

[Host]

Right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

But I think Submariner gets Green Arrow because he's just like a little. With a goatee.

[Host]

Yeah. Like, Green Arrow and Hawkeye are not great.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No, they're not. You have a bow and arrow. Like, we got rid of that weapon, like, 400 years ago.

[Host]

Their power is to use a medieval weapon. Prehistoric.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

A maceman. It sucks.

[Host]

Hang on, let me get my arrow.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Let me just reload. Give me half a second here.

[Host]

Oh, wait a minute. Your bullets bounce off you. Okay. Shit.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Who's your all. If you're picking one person to fight in the Marvel universe, who are you picking? I'm picking Superman.

[Host]

Okay. Yeah. Superman's hard to top, but. Well, they say Captain Marvel is the most powerful superhero.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That is true. She's from another planet.

[Host]

That is what they say. Superman. One of the fun things about Superman is he's not that smart. Like, because they had to make Batman a genius.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, they had.

[Host]

They had to dial it down a little bit on Superman being smart. But I do remember in the. In the 70s, there were these big comic books, oversized comic books, where they would have the Marvel heroes fight the DC heroes.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, the cross. Yeah, the crossover thing.

[Host]

I had a couple for me that was. That was like. You know, it was like when Lenny and Squiggy showed up on Happy Days. You know, it was excitement on that

[Jimmy Kimmel]

level, as I love crossover episodes. Oh, it's so fun.

[Host]

Me, too. Like when Cliff Clavin was on Jeopardy. You know, like, it's like people who

[Jimmy Kimmel]

had never been in my kitchen. Alex. Remember, his categories for the first round were, like, Boston postal codes, local beers,

[Host]

you know, it was like the Honeymooners episode where Ed Norton was rehearsing Name that tune with Ralph Kramden. And every time he'd warm up every song on the piano by playing Suwannee River. He'd be like, dun, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. And then he'd go into the song, and Ralph was great at it, whatever. And he gets on the show. And of course, the song is. Who does this song? Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. And he just stops for a second and he's. And he's freaky. His eyes are bugging out and he goes, ed Naughton. There. There are no shows funnier than the Honeymooners.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Truly. I. I watched this whole, like, documentary about Jackie Gleason, and I walked away being, like, the coolest man that ever lived.

[Host]

He really.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He smoked four packs of Pall Malls a day. That's. I can only do three before I start to get a cold.

[Host]

He was. Yeah, just one of those guys, you know, I asked actually, Tom Hanks. I saw him somewhere and I said,

[Jimmy Kimmel]

hey, you know what?

[Host]

I've always wanted to ask you? What was Gleason like? You know, and he told me some Gleason stories. And. But at the time, you know, he was. He was old and he was not like.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Right, well, right.

[Host]

I think he had gangrene in that movie, didn't he? Or something.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Like something horrible.

[Host]

He had to cut off his feet, this guy. And I love. I love a big guy who's. Who's a good dancer.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That's why he was very lightness. You're like, Farley was like that. Farley was very light.

[Host]

Was like that. Belushi for sure was like that. You know, else was like that. Rerun from what's Happened Barry. Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

One of the best dancers ever.

[Host]

I remember, like, I rarely remember seeing my dad laugh.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What's happening?

[Host]

Because my dad was usually mad and looking at the walls and going, like, who put their hands on the walls at all times? And why is the door open? The air conditioning is going out. But, man, when rerun with Break Dance, my dad really laugh his ass off.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember. I love that show. And I remember d, the little sister would always eat peanut butter out of the thing. And I started doing that. My mom got mad at me.

[Host]

He became a veterinarian in Orange County.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No.

[Host]

Yeah. One of the great deadpan child actors.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Amazing deadpan on that.

[Host]

Always got a laugh.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, yeah, she was great. And Shirley Hempfeld. Don't get me started on Shirley Hemphill.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

All right. Can you ask me a trivia question, please? I love, love it. I love it, I love it. I need it.

[Host]

Ike your question is there's a well documented cognitive bias that explains why people with the least expertise often feel the most confident. What psychological effect describes this?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I believe it's dunning Kruger.

[Host]

That is correct.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes. I have it.

[Host]

That is absolutely correct. Great.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Boom. Wow. That's, I think, probably like, the most important medical diagnosis to explain the current moment. We're living in right now. All these have the most extreme. They're Dunning, Kruger, tens.

[Host]

Yeah, you're right. I hadn't thought about that.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah, they're just like. People told them that they were kind of good at some point.

[Host]

And I wonder if Dunning and Kruger had any kind of a discussion about whose name would go first.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Right.

[Host]

Or was it just alphabetical?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I'm sure Dunning was like, listen, we always do this alphabetical, so we'll go dk. But I could see Kruger being like, well, I did the research and, you know, I was the one that, yeah, you know, blah, blah, blah.

[Host]

Or even just Kruger. Dunning sounds better.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Kruger, Dunning, first of all, does sound better. I wonder if in the scientific community, it's just a given that it's always alphabetical.

[Host]

You know, it's another weird one. Sasha and Malia. Malia is older. Why is it Sasha and Malia and not Malia and Sasha?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Malia's older. I was. I would have bet a million dollars. Sasha soldier. She always gets the first. That's really weird. Yeah. Even though Malia. Even though you're the second, you're the first of my heart. That would be something he would maybe say.

[Host]

He might not allowed, but maybe.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yeah. I'm in private, Jimmy. This brings us to the point of the show where we have the speed round. Are you ready to play a speed round? Yes.

[Host]

Speed round.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

All right, Mr. Kimmel, this is how the speed round's gonna work. All right, you have 90 seconds to answer as many of these questions as you can. If you don't know the answer, say pass, and I will tell you if you got it right.

[Host]

This is just how it worked on When Ben Signs Money, except for we'd have the same set of questions. Questions.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes. These are different questions. My questions are going to be in your categories. Your questions for me are going to be all over the map. Okay, what are the five basic ingredients in pizza?

[Host]

Dough, flour, water, salt. Five basic ingredients? Yeast and. Flour. Water, salt, yeast and. Are you gonna say sugar?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I was gonna say oil, but I will explain. Except sugar.

[Host]

Oil is not. No.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What band was formed in Australia in 1977 but didn't cross over until American audiences until their album Kick a decade

[Host]

later in Excess Boom.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What is the name of the school where the X Men live?

[Host]

Jesus. I know this. I forget.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

The Italian word for a person who makes pizza is Pizziolo. Name the preeminent super group of the 1980s with songs like Headed for the Light and Handle with king. There super group, 80s.

[Host]

Oh, I don't know.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What is Reed Richards and Sue Storm's child's name? Baby, ACDC had three lead singers. Name two of them.

[Host]

Angus Young and that other guy.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What Connecticut town has been called the pizza capital of America?

[Host]

Oh, Jesus. I know this and can't remember it.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

What 1981 single spent a whopping 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard charts?

[Host]

1981. Total Eclipse of the Heart.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Name one of Daredevil's two main arch enemies.

[Host]

Kingpin.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes. Which New York City borough is credited as the birthplace of hip hop?

[Host]

The Bronx.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

He was the opposite of. He was opposite George Michael and Wham.

[Host]

Oh, it was Queens and Andrew Ridgeley.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Boom. You got it. The one you did very well, by the way. You were tearing through that. Yes. The ones you did not get. Correct. 1981 single physical by Olivia Newton John.

[Host]

Oh, that was a good one. Yeah.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Connecticut town, New Haven, Connecticut. Lead singers of acdc. Bon Scott, Brian Johnson. And the original was Dave Evans. And the preeminent Supergroup of the 1980s, Traveling Wilburys, Reed Richards and Sue Storm's child was. Franklin Richards.

[Host]

Okay.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay, let's go.

[Host]

Are you ready?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes.

[Host]

I'm going to read fast. You tell me when to start.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Copy you. And start.

[Host]

What is the name of the world's hottest chili pepper?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Ghost chili?

[Host]

By US Law, exit signs must be one of what two colors?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Red. And see if I got it right or wrong. Please.

[Host]

Correct. What event is commonly believed to have sparked World War I?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

The secret.

[Host]

No. Who devoiced Mrs. Frizzle on the children's television series the Magic School Bus?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Julia Roberts.

[Host]

What is the only country that has played in every single FIFA World cup tournament?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

England.

[Host]

Who? What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Jamestown.

[Host]

The construction of the Colosseum began while which Roman emperor was in power?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Augustus.

[Host]

How much. How many permanent teeth do Most adults have? 42. Who wrote to Kill a Mockingbird?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Harper Lee.

[Host]

What animal has the biggest eyes?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Uh, uh, whales. Who?

[Host]

Actors Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart starred together in what 2002 thriller?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Uh, Panic Room.

[Host]

Which 1950s crooner sang the hit song beyond the Sea?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Bobby Darin.

[Host]

What body of water is known for its extremely high salt content?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Dead Sea.

[Host]

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

John Philip Sousa.

[Host]

Who? What inspired the name for the ipod?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It was the time Steve Jobs created it.

[Host]

And that's all the questions we have. Carolina Reaper. Is the world green or red exit signs? You got that right. What event commonly believed to have sparked

[Jimmy Kimmel]

World War I of France?

[Host]

Ferdinand that's right. Yeah. Voice. Ms. Frizzle. Lily Tomlin.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Lily Tomlin.

[Host]

Only country played in every FIFA tournament. Brazil.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Brazilia.

[Host]

Jamestown. You got correct. The Roman emperor was Vespasian.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay.

[Host]

How many permanent teeth? 42. I mean, 32. You said 42.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I have 42.

[Host]

You got Harper Lee. Right? Biggest eyes. The giant squid.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Oh, okay.

[Host]

Panic room. You got right. Bobby Darin. You got right. The Dead Sea. You got right. Francis Scott Key. You got right.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

No, I said Sousa. I got that wrong. Oh, shit.

[Host]

The Ava Pod.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

My favorite song.

[Host]

The Evapod from 2001 A Space Odyssey. Inspire the name for the ipod nerds. And that's that. I would like to note that when you were on my game show.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes.

[Host]

You won a million dollars.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Yes. Yes.

[Host]

And I'm going home with what?

[Jimmy Kimmel]

That. I'm so glad you asked. That is just a perfect talk show host pivot. Because everyone, even when they lose, which you didn't, you won. You walk out with a gift. And for you, because you love pizza so much. Oh, we got you. Here you go.

[Host]

Right here. By the way, never put olive oil in your pizza.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

In the pizza dough. You wouldn't do that. A little bit.

[Host]

I would not.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Okay. I like that. I like that.

[Host]

Oh, a pizza cutter. Oh, that says, Jimmy Knows pizza.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

It's engraved Jimmy knows Pizza. And this is for you. You don't have to. You could sell this, by the way, on ebay if you wanted to. If you want to make a couple

[Host]

extra bucks, I'll use this on my pizzas. It's brand new. I don't know if you're aware of this, but on the weekends, I work as a moil. I circumcise Jewish boys and men sometimes. But I'll use this for both.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

I actually was thinking about getting a little more off. I'll be more religious.

[Host]

Give you a little trim.

[Jimmy Kimmel]

Give me a little trim. Jimmy Kimmel, we cannot thank you enough for coming on. Funny you ask. You did very well. You should hold your head up high.

[Host]

Thank you. I'll try.

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