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Jimmy Kimmel has been taking weeks off his nightly talk show since 2020.
He had utilized guests hosts before, famously, when his son was born andneeded immediate medical attention.
But it seems like the pandemic really put things in perspective for Kimmel.
First almost losing your son, then almost losing everyone else on the planet?
Yeah, youre going to learn how to stop and smell the flowers.
Before Jay Leno was the host ofThe Tonight Show,he was the resident guest host.
But others had done it before him most famously Joan Rivers, until that relationship broke bad.
Spreading the hosting love around is a magnanimous act.
10.Arsenio Hall
10.
Arsenio is coming in at No.
10 mainly because he already had a late-night show.
(You did your time!)
But seeing Hall take on our current (okay, 2021) moment was a delight.
He slipped the late-night-host persona on like an old, extremely shoulder-padded suit, and good for him!
9.Mayor Pete
9.
Pete ButtigieghostedJimmy Kimmel Live!under extremely bizarre circumstances.
He was the first pandemic guest host and did the showbeforethe weird at-home era took hold.
Hey, as long as Chastens laughing.
8.Kerry Washington
8.
Speaking of pandemic hosts, Kerry Washington did anat-home guest-hostinggig.
7.Shaq
7.
Shaq said if you dont laugh at his jokes, hell beat you up.
Nuff said; Im laughing.
Shaqs general (get it?)
6.Jennifer Lawrence
6.
But Lawrences turn hostingJimmy Kimmel Live!did what Lawrence does best: talk shit about reality TV.
Watch the above clip for her opening Q to Kim Kardashian.
5.Martin Short
5.
Martin Short had a banger run this year onJimmy Kimmel Live!both as himself andJiminy Glick.
4.Julie Bowen
4.
Like Washington, Julie Bowen can read the teleprompter and make it look normal.
3.Lamorne Morris
3.
Hes great in monologue, super-great in interview.
2.Nicole Byer
2.
Much like Shaq, Nicole Byer should be even more everywhere than she already is.
There is no level of ubiquity sufficient for her talent.
Give her a shownow, invite hot movie stars on that show, and let her proposition them sexually.
Its what the world needs.
1.John Mulaney (and Andy Samberg)
1.
This is beating anincredibly dead horse, but John Mulaney is good athosting stuff.
Hes showing the seams of the genre, and it makes everything feel more immediate and fun.
Its a level of insincerity that is perfectly tailored to his comedic persona.
