Jimmy Kimmel Wishes Oscars Host Conan O’Brien “Good Luck” — With Help From Another Oscar

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As Conan O’Brien prepares to kick off the 97th Academy Awards as a first-time host, his friends in late-night are rooting for him.

Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the last two years’ Oscars, had help from a different Oscar as he wished his pal good luck in hosting Sunday night’s awards show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, airing at 7pm ET/4pm PT on ABC and streaming live on Hulu. “Happy Oscars Sunday!” he captioned a photo of himself with Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch during a recent Jimmy Kimmel Live sketch.

As Oscar displayed his iconic “scram” cardboard sign in the photo, Kimmel held up one of his how that read, “Good luck Conan!” During a press conference, O’Brien praised three-time host Kimmel and wife Molly McNearney for their support, joking that they invited him to an expensive restaurant and ordered “tons of appetizers that I don’t eat.

I don’t eat shellfish. He ordered it and then stuck me with the bill, while Molly gave me all of the pitches and the things that I should know.