Jimmy Kimmel, a straight-As student whose idol was David Letterman, spent his formative years in Brooklyn and Las Vegas before attending college at UNLV and Arizona State where he got his first taste of radio. After bouncing around professional radio stations, he became known as Jimmy the Sports Guy on LA’s KROQ. In 1997, his radio face showed up on TV as the host of Comedy Central’s hit game show Win Ben Stein’s Money, a gig he won a Daytime Emmy for in 1999. In 1999, he formed production company Jackhole Industries with his bestie Adam Corolla and together they
