Head music booker Scott Igoe said that once Pitt was on board, he reached out to the musicians who had appeared previously on the show and had proven themselves to be good sports. “The Friday morning after it aired, Jimmy came in and said ‘I need Ben Affleck.’”Īffleck’s consent lead to Harrison Ford’s involvement - he was a fan of Silverman and Damon’s video, apparently - which then lead to Brad Pitt’s cameo as the delivery guy who presents Affleck and Kimmel with a cake celebrating their love. “From the minute Sarah’s video with Matt played, revenge has been percolating in Jimmy’s mind,” says Jill Leiderman, the show’s executive producer. The video, Kimmel’s response to girlfriend Sarah Silverman’s plaintive “I’m F-ing Matt Damon,” which aired on the show’s 5th anniversary special in January, features a host of musicians, “We Are the World”-style, singing about the glory of Kimmel’s and Affleck’s tawdry relationship.Īmong those in on the gag: Joan Jett, Good Charlotte’s Benji & Joel Madden, Perry Farrell, Macy Gray, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, Huey Lewis and Josh Groban, who is featured in a heartfelt/obscene crescendo. The post-Academy Awards debut of Jimmy Kimmel’s “I’m F-ing Ben Affleck” video on his late-night ABC talk show Sunday has tallied almost 500,000 views on YouTube less than 24 hours after it premiered. Comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman pose at the premiere of "Juno" at the Village theatre in Westwood, California, December 3, 2007.
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