The Most Iconic (and Cringeworthy) Moments in Talk Show History

Obama reads mean tweets about himself

One of Jimmy Kimmel's funniest bits is "Mean Tweets", a segment in which celebrities read mean tweets about themselves on video. One particular segment was groundbreaking for a number of reasons, the primary being that it involved none other than President Barack Obama.

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The More You Know

  • Brad Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio is fluent in German.
  • HBO added a gun to the title of “The Sopranos” because they were worried people would think it was a show about singing.
  • The extremely popular British sci-fi television series Doctor Who ran from 1963 to 1989 and was re-booted in 2005; the title character, Dr. Who, has so far been played by 13 different actors, including female Jodi Whittaker, during its run.
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