Jack LaLanne, a TV pioneer who urged coach potatoes to get fit long before Richard Simmons and others, has died, his longtime agent told The Associated Press. He was 96.
Rick Hersh told the AP that LaLanne died of respiratory failure from pneumonia Sunday at his home in Morro Bay, Calif.
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The hilarious late night host is at it yet again! In honor of his 1000th episode last night, Jimmy Kimmel created a very special video featuring himself and his long lost twin, Richard “Slimmons” Simmons. We’re really feeling the short-shorts and bedazzled tank look (perhaps the hair should go, though). Maybe you should run with it more often! Your take: What do you think of the video? Better than his spoof on Sarah Silverman’s? Who do you think he should feature in his next one?
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It's only been a few weeks since Jimmy Kimmel was doing you-know-what to you-know-who, but now he's back with a new video, this time with fitness and sweatband guru Richard Simmons to reportedly try some workouts (Disclaimer: getting "whipped into shape," according to People.com). Kimmel taped the new video in honor of his upcoming 1000th episode, airing April 3. And while just a few frames from the new video have surfaced (here, on ET.com), at least there's an image of their costumes while some sweatin' to some oldies (or maybe new-ies, we'll see) together. What would be your dream routine for Kimmel and Simmons? Is Kimmel wearing short-shorts going to be a riot or a train wreck? And how must Simmons feel, constantly being the object of so many spoofs? I'm praying for answers to all my questions — and more! — when the video airs on Jimmy Kimmel Live at 11:35 pm/ET — a special new time for Thursday's 90-minute show (ABC). — Anna Dimond
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Question: Is it better to work out before or after you eat?
Answer: Did someone change the name of this column to "Ask Richard Simmons" while I was away?
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NBC has added 30 Rock to the list of programming available for download at iTunes.... Sweating oldie Richard Simmons visits Late Show with David Letterman for the first time in six years, when he appears on this Wednesday's broadcast.... TV Guide Channel's own Melissa Rivers has been recruited by Speed TV to work the yellow-carpet arrivals coverage of Friday's NASCAR Nextel Cup banquet, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria. OK, someone tell me why it is yellow.
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