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tblue37

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Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:56 PM Dec 2025

Kimmel: "You grow up reading Superman and you learn to value truth, justice, and the American way. And [View all]

then you start to realize, especially over the last year, you don’t know where that all went. You don’t know what the American way even is anymore.”

“This is not an easy job to do, and sometimes it feels like we’re spinning our wheels. You see so many awful and destructive acts, all this damage we inflict on ourselves on purpose.

“And it can make you feel crazy trying to wrap your head around these things that are so clearly wrong.

“You grow up reading Superman and you learn to value truth, justice, and the American way. And then you start to realize, especially over the last year, you don’t know where that all went. You don’t know what the American way even is anymore.”

“When I hear from people who tell me that they watch our show, and the shows that my friends and colleagues do on the other channels, and that it makes them feel less crazy, it makes me feel less crazy too.”


https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/you-dont-know-what-the-american-way?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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Jimmy Kimmel drives the bus down the middle of sanity. bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #1
What a GREAT quote! EPIC!!! calimary Dec 2025 #2
Which one, cm? ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #5
This one: calimary Dec 2025 #18
Superman talking to the Next Generation Nictuku Dec 2025 #3
Where are the faces of variety in that drawing? 🤔 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #6
a) It's a vintage drawing, of course. But also: b) those are the kids who need to hear that message! Beartracks Dec 2025 #10
Sure Jan... littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #11
LOL Beartracks Dec 2025 #12
I like that you're doubling down on your support for Superman. 😆😉🤓 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #14
I'm sending this to EriKa KirK IzzaNuDay Dec 2025 #17
I often say: I am about Truth, Justice, and the American Way - I was raised on Superman. yellow dahlia Dec 2025 #4
Mr. Dahlia makes an excellent point. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #7
He just informed me - he stole it. yellow dahlia Dec 2025 #8
I found it. Richie Havens asked the question on his 1972 album, Live at the Cellar Door. yellow dahlia Dec 2025 #15
The Cellar Door! I loved that place! DFW Dec 2025 #16
TY & Jimmy Kimmel.. Well Stated, Cha Dec 2025 #9
That's the problem with the voting youth. BradBo Dec 2025 #13
He stole that bit from Richie Havens GreatGazoo Dec 2025 #19
A refugee, created by two Jews Behind the Aegis Dec 2025 #20
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