--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Finds Out How Far People Will Go to Be on TV description: Jimmy Kimmel is back to his old tricks of proving that people will do pretty much anything for a chance to be on TV. canonical: https://time.com/5393733/jimmy-kimmel-pedestrian-question-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-12T14:45:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:48.493Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Found Out How Far People Will Go to Be on TV og:description: Get ready to cringe og:url: https://time.com/5393733/jimmy-kimmel-pedestrian-question-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3495768ad50b23a4/698939ff4ee262f5ec312d3a/screen-shot-2018-09-12-at-10-13-42-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-Fool-Release og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Found Out How Far People Will Go to Be on TV twitter:description: Get ready to cringe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3495768ad50b23a4/698939ff4ee262f5ec312d3a/screen-shot-2018-09-12-at-10-13-42-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Found Out Exactly How Far People on the Street Will Go to Be on TV  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 12, 2018 2:45 PM UTC  ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 12, 2018 2:45 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5388504/new-york-times-op-ed-trump-jimmy-kimmel/) is back to [his old tricks](http://time.com/4972185/jimmy-kimml-people-agree-to-anything/) of proving that people will do pretty much anything for a chance to be on TV. In a new edition of his cringeworthy segment “Fool Release” that aired during Tuesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late-night host once again [sent his team out to Hollywood Boulevard](http://time.com/5282168/jimmy-kimmel-man-on-the-street-books/) to prove that passerby will agree to some ridiculous stipulations in hopes of getting their 15 seconds of fame. “From time to time, we like to test the patience of the people passing by our studio to find out just how far they’re willing to go to be on television and what contracts specifically they will agree to enter into without reading any of those contracts,” Kimmel explained. Unwitting participants in the bit agreed to everything from revealing the first names of their last five sexual partners to getting a mouth swab test to allowing footage of themselves stating that “Harvey Weinstein is innocent” to be completely taken out of context. 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