John Mulaney surprises Jimmy Kimmel with a very niche gift

Nick Kroll joined via FaceTime for the moment.
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Sam Haysom
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John Mulaney appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, and he brought a weird gift with him.

Spending much of their conversation talking about his appearance on a charity version of a Kimmel-hosted episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? alongside Nick Kroll, Mulaney ends the appearance by calling up Kroll on FaceTime.

"Nick, so far I've clued the audience in that we had a difficult time with an Easter Island question," Mulaney said. "What they don't know so much is that you and I and Jimmy constantly text about Gene Simmons, the front man of KISS, and that throughout the taping of Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire I was trying to slip in quotes of Gene Simmons.'"

The resulting gift? An Easter Island-style statue of Gene Simmons' head, with an accompanying quote. That's surely got to be the most unique late night present ever given.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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