--- title: John Krasinski Pranks Jimmy Kimmel in Brooklyn description: It's no secret that Jimmy Kimmel loves a good prank. But during Live!'s latest run in Brooklyn, John Krasinski managed to get one over on the host. canonical: https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-18T15:03:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:32.377Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Left His House Wide Open for John Krasinski to Pull an Epic Prank og:description: "That's just what it's like to be neighbors" og:url: https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef8282013885cc59/69893ce786f68e03066ea726/screen-shot-2018-10-18-at-10-56-09-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1668 og:image:height: 938 og:image:alt: John-Krasinski-Jimmy-Kimmel-Prank og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Left His House Wide Open for John Krasinski to Pull an Epic Prank twitter:description: "That's just what it's like to be neighbors" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef8282013885cc59/69893ce786f68e03066ea726/screen-shot-2018-10-18-at-10-56-09-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Left His House Wide Open for John Krasinski to Pull the Most Epic Prank Ever > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 18, 2018 3:03 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 18, 2018 3:03 PM UTC It’s no secret that [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/) loves a [good prank](http://time.com/5309761/jimmy-kimmel-prank-nba-finals/): See his annual campaign to get parents to convince their kids that [they ate all of their Halloween candy](http://time.com/4508599/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank-videos/). But during _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_‘s latest week-long run in Brooklyn, Kimmel’s longtime friend and [master Dunder Mifflin prankster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnk4seEHmgw) John Krasinski managed to get one over on the late-night host. After airing a highlight reel of all the epic pranks they played on each other during the years they were neighbors in Los Angeles, Krasinski revealed that he had turned Kimmel’s Brooklyn Airbnb into a tourist attraction, complete with a welcome banner, inflatable Christmas decorations and a gospel choir. “That’s just what it’s like to be neighbors, you know? This is why I moved. But the good news is we’re neighbors this week,” Krasinski said leading up to the reveal. “Where are you staying in Brooklyn?…Doesn’t matter I already know!” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Left His House Wide Open for John Krasinski to Pull the Most Epic Prank Ever","datePublished":"2018-10-18T15:03:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:32.377Z","description":"\"That's just what it's like to be neighbors\"","url":"https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef8282013885cc59/69893ce786f68e03066ea726/screen-shot-2018-10-18-at-10-56-09-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef8282013885cc59/69893ce786f68e03066ea726/screen-shot-2018-10-18-at-10-56-09-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John-Krasinski-Jimmy-Kimmel-Prank","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Left His House Wide Open for John Krasinski to Pull the Most Epic Prank Ever"}}]}] ```