--- title: Viral Irish Bat Family Gives Jimmy Kimmel Video Interview description: The hilarious family that tried to get rid of a bat in their house stole the show during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/4933402/bat-video-family-on-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-08T16:13:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:05.546Z og:title: Watch the Viral Bat Video Family Upstage Jimmy Kimmel og:description: Hilarity ensues og:url: https://time.com/4933402/bat-video-family-on-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5a139948a027e10/6988dd00cf40a85e90c494da/jimmy-kimmel-irish-bat-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 15 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Viral Bat Video Family Upstage Jimmy Kimmel twitter:description: Hilarity ensues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5a139948a027e10/6988dd00cf40a85e90c494da/jimmy-kimmel-irish-bat-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Viral Bat Video Family Is Even More Hilarious Stealing the Show on 'Jimmy Kimmel' > Sponsored content. 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The guests for Wednesday, September 6 included Dr. Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil"), Mike Tyson ("Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth") and comedian Martin Urbano. (Randy Holmes via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Wednesday, September 6 included Dr. Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil"), Mike Tyson ("Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth") and comedian Martin Urbano. (Randy Holmes via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 8, 2017 4:13 PM UTC The Internet fell in love with a hilarious and expressive family from Ireland this week after [a chaos-filled video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk0pA-G0Kz8) of them unsuccessfully trying to get a bat out of their house’s kitchen went viral. It appears that the laughs aren’t finished for the Fleming family either; they appeared via satellite in the same kitchen that they caught the bat in on [_Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ ](http://time.com/4882029/anthony-scaramucci-fired-jimmy-kimmel/)and effectively stole the show from Kimmel, which is a pretty amazing feat considering that it was his own show. During the brief but hilarious clip, the family introduces their dog, who peed on the floor during the infamous bat-catching incident, and the patriarch of the Flemings shows off an Irish jig while sporting the same football shorts he was wearing in the viral video. 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