Canceling Jimmy Kimmel
3 Martini Lunch
Radio America
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
First, they examine ABC/Disney’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air after his brazen lie that Charlie Kirk was murdered by a MAGA supporter. With affiliate stations preparing to boycott Kimmel, ABC pulled the plug. The story gets more complicated because Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr seems to have been involved in trying to get Kimmel canceled. Jim argues the government should have stayed out of it but makes clear he won’t be shedding any tears for Kimmel.
Next, they react to former President Barack Obama chiding Republicans over their response to Kirk’s murder while insisting he never used tragedies for political gain. Jim and Greg highlight multiple examples where Obama did just that and Jim shares insights about where Obama really stands among Democrats these days.
Finally, they explain how the first suspect arrested after Kirk's murder is clearly a horrible person, even if he didn't pull the trigger. Jim and Greg reveal why the man claimed to be the shooter in the immediate aftermath and what horrifying content police found on his phone.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.3 | Very glad you're with us here on the Thursday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:17.4 | Grab a stool. |
| 0:18.1 | Today we're going to be talking about a lot of different things. |
| 0:20.6 | In just a moment, we'll be talking about Jimmy Kimmel's indefinite suspension as host of the |
| 0:26.7 | late night show on ABC. Get into the details of that and what's turning into a bit of a controversy |
| 0:32.1 | about his indefinite suspension. We'll also be taking a look at the eye-rolling comments |
| 0:37.2 | of former |
| 0:37.7 | President Barack Obama about how he never took advantage of tragedies to try to score points |
| 0:43.3 | against his political opponents. And remember that guy who they thought was the shooter in the |
| 0:49.2 | beginning gave himself up, said, just shoot me, I'm the shooter. And then it turned out he wasn't |
| 0:53.2 | the shooter. Well, he's out he wasn't the shooter. |
| 1:10.1 | Well, he's a really bad guy. And we're going to find out a lot more about him in just a moment, too. So Jimmy Kimmel, not being on the air, certainly a good thing. But that's a little more complicated as you dig into it. So what are you most pumped about today? It is. I do kind of feel like if you're a cop who arrests that guy. and it turns, you know, |
| 1:11.5 | arrest me, arrest me. |
| 1:12.0 | You get him. |
| 1:12.0 | And it turns out he did, arrest me, arrest me, you get him. |
| 1:26.8 | And it turns out he did not do the bad thing that he appeared to be confessing to. But he turned out to do this other really awful thing. Yeah, it's a win-win, you know, okay, you know, you got him. Um, you know, it's kind of like, uh, uh, on Halloween, you know, you go trick-t. And oh, I got something really good in my bag, it turned out. |
| 1:28.9 | And by the way, believe it or not, listeners, the workers are noisier today than they have been in past episodes when you've heard the and all that other noise. It's even worse today. So I'm in a different part of the house, and hopefully it's not too, hopefully it's not too interrupting. I will shout if necessary |
| 1:44.0 | so that you can hear me |
| 1:45.8 | because hey, who likes this when they're taping? and hopefully it's not too interrupting. I will shout if necessary so that you can hear me. |
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