Jimmy grew up wanting to be an artist (drawing).� He was a huge Letterman fan, even having Letterman themed parties.� Jimmy heard that Letterman started in radio, so when he decided to pursue comedy, Jimmy went into radio as well.�JK started his radio career in Phoenix, AZ by writing bits for Mike Elliot and Kent Voss, of the Power 92 morning team. After that Jimmy worked in Seattle, WA with Kent on a morning show called "The Me and Him Show." Jimmy got some flack for writing the parody song called "George Argyros is a Mighty Schmuck," about the owner of the Seattle Mariners. He was fired when the station changed formats.

His next radio gig was in Tampa, FL with Kent Voss again. He was fired when the station changed format. Next he went to Palm Springs and did the morning show there. Jimmy left Palm Springs for a more lucrative job with his old acquaintance Mike Elliot in Tucson, AZ, on the KRQ morning show. Jimmy and Mike were brought in to raise the station's slumping ratings. While ratings climbed, they didn't climb fast enough for the management's taste so the they were fired along with producer Chris Patyk... which made KRQ's ratings drop. Ha ha! (click for more info).

Jimmy's final radio gig was on the Los Angeles based station KROQ, where "Jimmy the Sports Guy" was in integral part of the Kevin & Bean morning show. A KROQ boxing stunt called "The Bleeda in Reseda," where Jimmy boxed "Michael The Maintenance Man" (another KROQ personality) teamed Jimmy up with Adam Carolla, who had volunteered to train Jimmy.� While still on appearing on KROQ, Jimmy began working on Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money," a show which received critical acclaim and won Jimmy an Emmy.�

With a successful television career, Jimmy left KROQ to work with Adam Carolla on "The Man Show."� Jimmy has been doing segments for the past several seasons on the Fox Sports pre-game show.� JK's game picks made him the #1 sports prognosticator on TV, and the audience enjoyed his bits (there was a distinct ratings climb when Jimmy was on).� However, his constant ridiculing of the hosts put him in hot water with the other sportscasters.

Due to the success of "The Man Show" (second only to South Park in Comedy Central's ratings),� Jimmy had the opportunity to produce a variety of new Comedy Central shows.� His most recent Comedy Central venture is "Crank Yankers."

On January 26, 2003 Jimmy began hosting his own late night TV show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live."� The show airs at 12:06, in the middle of Letterman and Leno.

Jimmy has two children.�The eldest, Katie, is a girl.� His son is Kevin two years younger.� Occasionally they appeared on the The Man Show or on Crank Yankers.� People occasionally email me questions about the kids.� I will not comment on them further, so please don't ask about them.

Currently Jimmy hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live, weeknights at 12:06 AM on ABC.� You can still see him on re-runs of The Man Show, and doing voices on Crank Yankers.

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