LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jimmy Kimmel isn’t planning to use his superpowers at the Emmys.
When the talk show host first emceed the ceremony four years ago, he pranked folks not watching the live telecast by bringing Tracy Morgan on stage to pretend to be unconscious.
The host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” urged viewers to post “OMG Tracy Morgan just passed out on stage at the Emmys” on social media. A few years later, the “30 Rock” co-star was seriously injured in a car crash.
“I have to be careful because I obviously have powers that no one ever anticipated,” joked Kimmel after ceremoniously rolling out the red carpet Wednesday morning in anticipation of Sunday’s ceremony. “I’m hoping to be on the next season of (the Marvel superhero series) ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'”
The massive red carpet – more like a red sidewalk, really – will cover the entire plaza surrounding the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Kimmel teased the television academy for boasting that this year’s red carpet will be the longest in the ceremony’s history at 1,325 feet.