Actor John Krasinski last night appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live," which was broadcast from Brooklyn, New York. Host Jimmy Kimmel asked Krasinski about living in Brooklyn and being a Red Sox fan, “Do you feel like you have to hide?” Krasinski: “I never have because they're so accepting. I actually was in New York the year we won our first World Series … (and) I was actually dressed in full Red Sox regalia.” Kimmel: “Good idea.” Krasinski: “I was totally sober and I had my face painted and I was wearing a Boston Red Sox flag as a cape and I got up on the bar and was dancing on the bar and the bartender looked at me with only the way a New Yorker can look at you and says, ‘You're going to want to get down off that bar.' I was like, ‘Oh okay, this is something bigger that we’re talking about,’ and I ran out into the street and was almost hit by a garbage truck." Krasinski told the driver, "‘I’m sorry, we just won the World Series.’" Krasinski: "And he goes, ‘Good for you.’ They’d only won 19 or something up until then” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 10/16).
Last night’s edition of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” examined the history of protest by African-American athletes. Comedy Central’s Roy Wood Jr. “hosted” the segment, called “CP Time,” telling the audience, “Today is the 50-year anniversary of track stars John Carlos and Tommie Smith's historic protest for equal rights at the 1968 Olympics. Not only did they take a brave stand, they made it stylish for black people to wear gloves.” Wood: “It was a trend that lasted all the way to 1995 when O.J. Simpson singlehandedly killed it. Allegedly” (“The Daily Show,”10/16).
