They say you never forget your “first.” I don’t necessarily think that’s true. Thanks to a fake ID and a roommate who always seemed to have a stash of crushed Adderall, I don’t remember my first semester of college. A “first” I will never forget, however, is the day I started interning at “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Go around and tell me what school you’re from,” asked one of the producers as the new interns were taking a tour of the set.
“I go to NYU,” one announced. “I attend Brown University,” shared the next.
“California University of Pennsylvania,” I followed.
“I don’t even know what that means,” the puzzled producer hollered.
Not only did I have to reveal what school I went to after the Ivy-Leaguer, but I was the only one who went to a school that sounded like it was made-up on the spot! I wasn’t about to let that get me down, though, because I was the only intern dressed to impress in a sweet-ass tie. Unbeknownst to me, that was about to bite me in the ass.
“Don’t let Jimmy see you wearing that tie,” the producer informed me.
At first I thought he was just messing around. But then, throughout the morning, a handful of people approached me with the same advice. I started to get nervous. Once the afternoon rolled by, the interns got to sit in the audience for the show’s rehearsal. When Kimmel made his entrance, I immediately hid my tie by holding a piece of paper over it. When I noticed Kimmel wasn’t even looking my way at all, I settled down and stopped covering up my tie.
Then, in the middle of sending a text message, I heard the words I will never forget:
“So, when did you realize wearing that tie was a bad idea?” Kimmel asked from his desk as he stared right at me. “We’re not fancy here. I’m not even wearing shoes!” he added, placing his feet on his desk.
Suddenly, all eyes were on me. Caught off guard, my faced turned red with embarrassment.
Hoping not to attract so much attention to myself for what I was wearing, I decided to show up the next day dressed in casual summer clothes. Just when I thought I was clear of any jokes about what I was wearing, I noticed that the old Indian lady from craft services was wearing the same board shorts as me — and so did everybody else.
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