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Video: Jimmy Kimmel Asks Coachella Fans About Fake Bands
If you ever doubted that Jimmy Kimmel is one of the best people ever to grace the small screen, brace yourself: you're about to become a believer.
In dealing with the topic of Coachella, Kimmel observed last night that lots of people who go to the festival love nothing more than to know about bands who no one else has ever heard of. In that spirit, the late night talk show host sent a camera crew out to Indio, and did what the rest of us only dream of doing -- he asked a bunch of fans what they thought about bands whose names he made up.
"These bands are so obscure that they do not exist," he said.
The ensuing footage is so priceless we're actually surprised that it's being given away for free on YouTube. A quick sample:
Reporter: Are you as excited as I am about The Obesity Epidemic? / Fan: I just like their whole style, like their whole genre is great. They're kind of like, very innovative, and they're new...
PRICELESS.
Here's the whole video:
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