It was a fun afternoon on social media when Jimmy Kimmel tweeted that he was pondering taking the Metro to the Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre — and then actually did it, riding the Red Line from Hollywood to downtown Los Angeles. His tweets and some of the reaction are below.
ABC News, Variety and People, among others, were media outlets that picked up the story.
And some of the reaction:
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Your next assignment, Jimmy: Get a TAP card. Welcome to the Metro riders corps!
I do believe he is holding one in his right hand in the first picture….He obviously needed one to get through the turnstiles.
Yes. Why assume people don’t pay?
Maybe Metro should get with Jimmy Kimmel. And start to issue Tap cards with Jimmy Kimmel on them.
Cross-promotion, since Metro is the best way to get to the El Capitan. //media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_hollywood_highland.pdf
Any pics of him at the Nokia blue line station? That ones mine… The public art there, Time and Pressence, by Robin Brailsford. Go Jimmy!
Hi Robin;
Sorry, we don’t have any pics of him at the Pico Station. But good work on the art! 🙂
Steve Hymon
Editor, The Source