John Karl
Oct 12, 2019


>>Jimmy: I GUESS WE DON’T HAVE A DRESS CODE, HUH?>>YOU’RE LOOKING AT MY SNEAKERS.>>Jimmy: I AM LOOKING AT YOUR SNEAKERS.>>LAST NIGHT I SAID TO MY WIFE, I’M ON JIMMY, WHAT SHOULD I WEAR? SHE FAVGAVE ME SOME ADVICE. THEN MY 17-YEAR-OLD SON SAID YOU HAVE TO WEAR COOL SNEAKERS. I’M ACTUALLY A SNEAKER ADDICT. A NIKE SNEAKER ADDICT.>>Jimmy: HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY PAIRS OF SNEAKERS?>>50. BUT I GIVE A LOT AWAY.>>Jimmy: WHAT SIZE ARE YOU?>>11 1/2.>>Jimmy: OH, THAT’S PERFECT, THAT’S ME.>>I HAVE SOME IN THE CAR.>>Jimmy: WHEN I GOT YOUR BOOK, I WENT RIGHT TO THE INDEX TO LOOK UP MY MANAME. [ LAUGHTER ] AS I DO WITH ANY BOOKS. AND I WAS TOUCHED PERSONALLY TO READ THE DEDICATION IN THE BOOK. YOU WANT TO READ THAT ALONG WITH ME, THERE, IT SAYS OF THE MANY DECISIONS I’VE MADE AS BOTH A BUSINESSMAN AND MAN, I’M MOST PROUD OF HIRING JIMMY KIMMEL, AND THAT INCLUDES PROPOSING TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WILLOW, JIMMY, YOU ARE MY PRIDE AND MY JOY. I LOVE YOU. I DIDN’T EXPECT THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]>>THE BOOK IS FROM THE HEART. STARTING WITH THAT.>>Jimmy: YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF ROSEANNE, CAUSED YOU MORE HEADACHES THAN ANYONE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. WOULD YOU SAY THAT’S TRUE?>>ABSOLUTELY.>>Jimmy: AND I DID NOT MAKE THE BOOK.>>HERE’S WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND. YOU’VE BEEN ON THE AIR 17 YEARS THIS JANUARY. I’VE NOT BEEN ON THE SHOW.>>Jimmy: YOU’VE NOT.>>I’VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO BE ON THE SHOW.>>Jimmy: OH, NO, YOU’VE NOT.>>SO MAYBE.>>Jimmy: SO YOU’RE SAYING WE’RE EVEN?>>YES. WE’RE EVEN.>>Jimmy: SPEAKING OF 17 YEARS, I DO HAVE YOU HERE, THIS IS MY DISNEY ID CARD FOR ABC.>>YEAH.>>Jimmy: AND YOU SEE THERE’S A LETTER ON THE BACK OF THE CARD, A LETTER N, WHICH MEANS “NO DISCOUNT.” SO, WHEN I GO TO THE DISNEY STORE NEXT DOOR, IF I GO TO DISNEYLAND, THEY’RE LIKE, FULL-PRICE CHURROS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.>>ACTUALLY, WE INCREASED THE PRICE.>>Jimmy: YOU STARTED IN ABC IN 1974.>>45 YEARS AGO.>>I WAS THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT.>>Jimmy: WHO’S LIKE THE BIGGEST STAR YOU WORKED WITH WHEN YOU WERE A KID DOING THAT JOB?>>FRANK SINATRA.>>Jimmy: THAT’S A PRETTY BIG STAR. DID YOU GET TO TALK TO FRANK SINATRA?>>IT WAS ACTUALLY COOL. ABC WAS DOING A LIVE FRANK SINATRA CONCERT FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WHERE HE WAS NOIN THE BOXING RINK. HOWARD COSELL INTRODUCED HIM. AND I WAS ASKED AT SOME POINT TO GET MR. SINATRA LISTERINE. IT’S NOT LIKE THERE’S A LISTERINE STORE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THIS IS 45 YEARS AGO. AND FOUND LISTERINE, WENT TO HIS DRESSING ROOM, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, FELT LIKE I WAS ABOUT FOUR FEET TALL. AND A SECURITY PERSON, WHO WAS ABOUT TEN FEET TALL OPENED THE DOOR, YES? I SAID I HAVE MR. SINATRA’S LISTERINE. FRANK SINATRA APPEARS. WHAT’S YOUR NAME? I TOLD HIM MY NAME. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN. HE SAID WHAT DO YOU DO? I GAVE HIM MY TITLE, GAVE HIM THE LISTERINE. HE HANDED ME A FRESH $100 BILL.>>Jimmy: WOW.>>EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THE CONCERT GOT A GOLD CIGARETTE LIGHTER THAT SAID “THANKS, FRANK”. I SPENT THE $100 BILL IN LIKE FIVE SECONDS AND KEPT THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER.>>Jimmy: OH, THAT’S PRETTY GOOD. OH, YOU HAVE IT, YOU HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. MAY I HAVE A LOOK AT IT?>>YEAH.>>Jimmy: THIS IS FROM FRANK SINATRA.>>NEVER BEEN USED. PROBABLY WORTH ABOUT $5. I GAVE IT TO MY DAD.>>Jimmy: WOW.>>WHO WAS A BIG SINATRA FAN. MY DAD DIED IN 2011.>>Jimmy: LOOK AT THAT. AND NOW YOU’RE GIVING IT TO ME, WOW. SO NICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] REALLY MAKES UP FOR THE DISCOUNT. [ LAUGHTER ] YOU — >>HOLD ON. I’M PUTTING THIS IN MY POCKET.>>Jimmy: YOU DID AN EVENT WITH OPRAH LAST WEEK, AND AT THAT EVENT, OPRAH SAYS SHE WISHES YOU WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT. AND SHE SAYS IF YOU DID RUN FOR PRESIDENT SHE WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR PASSING OUT LEAFLETS.>>MM-HM.>>Jimmy: WOULDN’T IT BE FUN JUST SO WE COULD SEE OPRAH PASSING OUT LEAFLETS? WOULDN’T THAT BE A TREAT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]>>AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING WITH THIS, BUT I WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT IF YOU ALSO JOIN OPRAH.>>Jimmy: IF I JOIN OPRAH? OH, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY PASS OUT LEAFLETS. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. I’LL MOW LAWNS. IF DONALD TRUMP IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE, IMPEACHED, WILL YOU REMOVE HIM FROM THE HALL OF PRESIDENTS AT DISNEYLAND AND DISNEY WORLD WITH HIS ROBOT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]>>I THINK I’M ALLOWED TO PLEAD THE FIFTH.>>Jimmy: YOU ARE. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE ANY SECOND THOUGHTS WHEN YOU WERE WRITING THE BOOK ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD PUT IN THERE, WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT PUT IN THERE?>>WELL, IT’S GLARING THAT YOU’RE NOT IN THERE. I OBVIOUSLY MADE THAT DECISION.>>Jimmy: I ASSUME YOU’RE SAVING THAT FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.>>I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK THAT WAS ESSENTIAL LAY COLLY A COLLE LEADERSHIP LESSONS, I DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF EDITING, 2,800 EDITS, FIVE DAYS BEFORE MY DEADLINE.>>Jimmy: REALLY?>>YES.>>Jimmy: WOW. WHO CAME UP WITH THE TITLE? WAS THAT YOUR IDEA? “RIDE OF A LIFETIME”?>>IS IT A GOOD IDEA?>>Jimmy: I CAME UP WITH SOME OTHER ONES. MAYBE USE IT FOR THE NEXT ONE. THIS ONE IS “I BOUGHT FOX AND I’LL BUY YOU TOO” “CROUCHING IGER.” SPEAKING OF C-3PO, AT THIS COUNTRY THAT IS DISNEY, THAT IS PRACTICALLY A COUNTRY NOW. THE COMPANY’S WORTH ALMOST FIVE TIMES WHAT IT WAS WHEN YOU STARTED. YOU BOUGHT MARVEL, PIXAR, LUCASFILM. THERE’S SOME TALK YOU MAY BUY THE OCEAN. I UNDERSTAND. PACIFIC, PACIFIC.>>IF THAT WORKS, WE’LL MOVE ON TO THE ATLANTIC, RIGHT?>>Jimmy: WE LOST SPIDERMAN TO SONY SOMEHOW. AND THEN YOU GOT SPIDERMAN BACK. HOW DID YOU GET SPIDERMAN BACK?>>MIRACULOUSLY.>>Jimmy: WAS TOM HOLLAND REALLY A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION?>>HE WAS, HE WAS. WE HAD AN EVENT CALLED D-23.>>Jimmy: RIGHT.>>AND TOM WAS THERE, BECAUSE HE’S A VOICE IN A NEW PIXAR MOVIE CALLED “ONWARD” WITH CHRIS PRATT, AND HE SAID SOMETHING ON STAGE. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE FANS WANTED TOM BACK AS SPIDERMAN.>>Jimmy: YES, IT WAS.>>MADE BY MARVEL AND OUR MARVEL PRODUCTION TEAM.>>Jimmy: RIGHT.>>AND AFTER D-23, TOM REACHED OUT TO FOLKS WHO WORK WITH ME AND SAID CAN I PLEASE HAVE BOB’S PHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL? OF COURSE I’M VERY PROTECTIVE. AND I SAID SURE. HAVE HIM REACH OUT TO ME. WE SPOKE E A, AND HE CRIED ON T PHONE.>>Jimmy: OH, DID HE REALLY?>>NO, NOT REALLY. IT WAS OBVIOUS HE CARED SO MUCH. AND HE’S A GREAT SPIDERMAN, ISN’T HE?>>Jimmy: HE’S THE BEST SPIDERMAN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]>>AND I FELT, I ACTUALLY, I FELT FOR HIM, AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE FANS WANTED ALL THIS TO HAPPEN. SO AFTER I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH HEM IIM I MADE A COUPLE PH CALLS TO OUR TEAM AT DISNEY, AND I CALLED THE HEAD OF SONY. I SAID WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THIS DONE FOR TOM AND THE FANS.>>Jimmy: LIKE TWO DIVORCED PARENT COMING TOGETHER AND FIGURING IT OUT, AND THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENED.>>THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENED. HE CALLED ME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND I CALLED THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES WHEN THEY’RE NEGOTIATING OR PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE NEGOTIATING WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEY KIND OF FORGET THAT THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY MATTER.>>Jimmy: THERE ARE SPIDER MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE WHOM YOU HAVE TO THINK OF IN THESE SITUATIONS.>>THERE’S A WHOLE PARKER FAMILY OUT THERE.>>Jimmy: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE PARKERS BACK TO MARVEL YOUR GOD INTENDED THEM TO BE. BOB IGER! AND WE’LL RETURN WITH MUSIC FROM ANDERSON .PAAK AND SMOKEY ROBINSON.

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