Talk Show: And We'd Love to Have You Back

l"HIS WIFE ASKED THAT HE NEVER RETURN." THE ODD COUPLE

Six years have passed and late-night talk show host with a progressive pulpit Jimmy Kimmel has yet to ask one "researcher" to return to his show and didn't ask him to return on the night that he had appeared, choosing rather, on a hot mike conversation between taping breaks with the live studio audience, to be frank and forthcoming, regarding the fringe independent he thought would be a great VP choice for a presidential candidate he loathed.

Television viewing audiences received the keeping up appearances bipartisan and open-minded pitch from Jimmy Kimmel about providing a candidate a chance to explain what had been depicted as an awkward situation, but during the break, after that seven-minute interview, not even 15 minutes of fame, Kimmel was entirely forthcoming about his thoughts, and probably never expected the former army top spy, who spent seven minutes discussing investigative tactics and procedures, to turn the tables in a sting to bring the comedic star and former Oscars host up on racketeering charges, about which not even his attorneys are making jokes, electing a right to remain silent.

He who laughs last, they say, laughs the hardest.