‘Hey Look! Regular People!’: Kimmel’s Bus Tour Oscars Segment Earns Applause, Ridicule on Twitter
Jimmy Kimmel had a bus full of surprised tourists stop by the Oscars tonight, though viewers on Twitter are pretty split about how they felt about that segment.
The tour bus riders were told they were going to see an exhibit on dresses famously worn at the Oscars, though they didn’t know that they were being led into a room where those dresses would be worn by all of the celebrities attending tonight’s show. Some viewers on Twitter said the bit reminded them of Kimmel’s usual style on his show, though there were also those who felt like Kimmel used the tourists as a gimmick in order to capitalize on their surprised, unprepared reactions.
This tour bus skit is stupid. Hey look! Regular people! #Oscars
— Sowmya Krishnamurthy (@SowmyaK) February 27, 2017
The tour bus bit was too long, but I don’t agree that the joke was on the regular people. It’s a very Kimmel bit
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 27, 2017
Between pranking folks on a tour bus and mean tweets, Kimmel doing good job importing his late night show to #oscars #synergy
— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) February 27, 2017
I’m glad the tour bus got to take selfies in the front row of the #Oscars but if you EVER let me on tv in cutoff sweatpants I’m suing
— Robin Thede (@robinthede) February 27, 2017
That Oscars stunt was more polarizing than the election.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 27, 2017
This is really nice of Jimmy Kimmel, as there are no bigger fans of film than tourists who decide to take a bus tour during the Oscars.
— Jesse David Fox (@JesseDavidFox) February 27, 2017
Already physically ill thinking about the avalanche of Takes that will be generated about the tour bus bit
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) February 27, 2017
From our own Jon Nicosia & John Ziegler:
The smelly masses get to meet the beautiful people at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/k8JwoE462l
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) February 27, 2017
.#GaryfromChicago bit at #Oscars was great, but basis for whole thing was Hollywood’s belief that “real” people are so below them it’s funny
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) February 27, 2017
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