--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Teddy Bear Prank Video description: Do not mess with Jimmy Kimmel canonical: https://time.com/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T19:41:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:56.340Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Proves the Best Revenge Prank Is Giant Teddy Bears og:description: Do not mess with Jimmy Kimmel og:url: https://time.com/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Proves the Best Revenge Prank Is Giant Teddy Bears twitter:description: Do not mess with Jimmy Kimmel twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Proves the Best Revenge Prank Is Several Giant Teddy Bears by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 5, 2017 7:41 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 5, 2017 7:41 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel knows a thing or two about pranks, but it turns out he is also pretty skilled at revenge. Kimmel is a notorious prankster, whether he’s teasing Kanye West fans about [furry Yeezys](http://time.com/4536502/jimmy-kimmel-prank-kanye-west-yeezy-boost-2000/?iid=sr-link1), tormenting children about their [Halloween candy](http://time.com/4554642/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-kids-prank-2016/?iid=sr-link2), engaging in a [prank war](http://time.com/4151274/john-krasinski-jimmy-kimmel-continue-holiday-prank-war/?iid=sr-link4) with [John Krasinski](http://time.com/3636164/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=sr-link8) and Emily Blunt, or getting woken up by [Rihanna](http://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=sr-link7). So when his brother and sister-in-law sent Kimmel’s two-year old daughter, Jane, a giant eight-foot tall teddy bear for Christmas, he knew just what to do. To “thank” them for the thoughtful, refrigerator-sized gift, Kimmel returned the favor, sending his beloved family members five of the massive bears to their house to delight their children. “We tried to send a live bear, but the authorities won’t allow that apparently,” said Kimmel, before issuing a warning to anyone who would dare to challenge his resolve: “You send me one bear, I will send back five.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Proves the Best Revenge Prank Is Several Giant Teddy Bears","datePublished":"2017-01-05T19:41:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:56.340Z","description":"Do not mess with Jimmy Kimmel","url":"https://time.com/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Pranks","Jimmy Kimmel","jimmy kimmel live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4623845/jimmy-kimmel-bear-prank/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Proves the Best Revenge Prank Is Several Giant Teddy Bears"}}]}] ```