You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.

We got some dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.

Stop laughing.

And when I do, start fucking.

Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.

Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.

You fucking guys are unbelievable.

Why are you laughing?

Evening, everybody.

Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.

And today, I am pleased to introduce to you, the downfall of Jimmy Kimmel, our most

controversial type of episode where every time we've done a couple of these,

downfall of Will Ferrell, downfall of Howard Stern.

I guess you could say Dane Cook and Martin Lawrence were in that category,

where inevitably people that have never watched before the show before see the title

and get very upset and argue the meaning of the word downfall and all of that.

But essentially, what I'm saying is there's been a massive change in Jimmy Kimmel.

I think that's in arguable.

And whether downfalls the right word or not, I think there is a segment of his audience

that once loved him and now despises him. And today we're going to analyze why

and whether or not that's justified, whether or not, you know, I think I do a pretty decent

job of keeping it unbiased. Some of our subjects have disagreed in the past and threatened to sue me, but,

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