Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel” last night and discussed taking over for Stephen Colbert and growing up a Lakers fan in Southern California. Wilmore said, “I'm going to get that tear tattoo for my Lakers.” Host Jimmy Kimmel said, “It has been a tough year for the Lakers.” Wilmore: “I like when Clippers fans try to throw that in my face. ... They’re doing all good now, 'Yeah, we beat your ass.'” Kimmel added, “And they multiply. All of a sudden, they exist.” But Wilmore said he was “not mad at the Clippers, but I say, you know Clippers, you might get out of the second round this year” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 1/8).
NBC’s Jimmy Fallon said, “A steamy romance novel was just published and is centered on New England Patriots superstar Rob Gronkowski. This is real. It’s called ‘A Gronking to Remember.’ It’s real. Turns out this is actually just the latest in a series of erotic books about athletes. Here is another one. This one is about Michael Strahan and it’s called ‘Filling the Gap.’ The one about U.S. bowling champion Norm Duke is called ‘One Ball, Three Holes.’ … There’s one about Manti Te’o. It’s called ‘As Good As He Imagined.’ And finally there’s one about Green Bay Packer HaHa Clinton-Dix called ‘Ha Ha Clinton Dix.’” More Fallon: “After the Donald Sterling controversy, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer became the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Well, it looks like he’s having a pretty good time. Check him out. He looks less like an NBA owner, more like one of those wind socks at a car dealership. When he saw that, Donald Sterling was like, ‘Now I hate white people’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 1/8).
