Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJimmy Kimmel has been a part of my life since the moment I arrived in Los Angeles in 1996 and started listening to him every morning as Jimmy the Sports Guy on KROQ’s “Kevin & Bean Show.” As a radio geek myself, I’ve always loved that Kimmel started in radio, where it’s live; you must think fast and you have to rely on your instincts since there’s no audience to give you immediate feedback.In many ways, radio was the perfect training ground for Kimmel as he prepares to host this year’s Emmy telecast — which will be live and with no audience, forcing him to think fast and rely on his instincts.“I’m fairly comfortable with the idea of not getting a response from an audience,” Kimmel tells me. “Of.
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