leah remini and zac brown band are on the way.mmy: your three best friends in show business as far as i understand are -- >> ben vereen -- >> jimmy: i wasn't thinking ben vereen. i was thinking steve martin -- >> yes! >> jimmy: paul shafer. >> yes! >> jimmy: and chevy chase. >> chevy is a great friend but number three i think is eugene levy. and katherine o'hara and the chas of "cheers". >> all ahead. >> shelly long when she gets on a roll. >> jimmy: i enjoy watching you and paul shafer together. you have a lot of history together. >> he was an usher at my wedding. he looks to me like -- paul looks like a prom chaperone from the future. >> jimmy: in what way? >> i don't know. he looks like the world's hippest thumb. his head is a perfect light bulb. from a distance he looks like a hip suit has an idea. i met paul in "godspell" in 1972 and we became close friends. in 1974 i was doing a play in ontario, 40 miles west. fortune in men's eyes. and it was a drama and we were prisoners and i played rocky and i was really bad in it. i cou

i want to thank martin short, leah remini. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time.ibe and music from band of horses. "nightline" is next. thanks for watching. good night! >>> tonight on "nightline" the surprise announcement that made this nba player a game changer. why jason collins decided to come out. who is supporting him and who is not. >>> billion dollar trial, the jacksons are fighting back four years after michael's death. is his family crusading for justice or dollars? inside this courtroom thriller. >>> and mown tall brawl. men dedicated to protecting everest climbers launch an attack against them. tonight an unlikely threat >> announcer: from new york city, this is "nightline" with dan harris. >> good evening. history was made today, not just sports history but american history. a 7 foot, 255 pound nba player named jason collins surprised everyone by coming out of the closet in the pages of "sports illustrated." here's abc's amy robach. >> reporter: no move on the court could have ever landed jason collins in the record books like the one he made today. th

tonight -- martin short, leah remini, and music from zac brown band with cleto and the cletones.nd now, no doubt about it, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. it is great to have you

will be here, the great martin short will be with us, as will pierce brosnan, gabourey sidibe, leah reminireau, our friend science bob pflugfelder will join us and we'll hear music from zac brown band, alice russell, band of horses, and the airborne toxic event. >> jimmy: next to the internet, marvel comics and storm troopers, our first guest is the best thing ever to happen to nerds; she plays penny on the big hit show "the big bang theory", which airs thursdays at 8 on cbs, please welcome kaley cuoco. >> jimmy: how are you? >>'s good to soo you. it's been so long. >> jimmy: when was the last time you were here? >> i think it's been 10 years. i was 17 when i was here. i couldn't even drink. >> jimmy: that's too long. >> that's a long time. i did drink but i wasn't supposed to. >> jimmy: glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i understand that you have something that you want to get off your chest. >> yes. there has been a reason since it's been a long time. i've been saving, it's really important that i came and there's a big reason. i want to start at the beginning. there's kind