The Jimmy Kimmel Show was pulled off the air last night. Apparently, while being interviewed at the Lakers/Detroit Pistons game, Kimmel said "I hope the Pistons don’t win because if they do the fans will burn down the city of Detroit". An ABC affiliate in Detroit was so "outraged" that they decided to pull Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air in Michigan. The ABC home office soon followed suit, pulling the show nationwide.

Let’s forget that Jimmy Kimmel was just making a silly joke for a second… Is ABC trying to pretend that they don’t burn down houses in Detroit? Detroit’s "Hell Night" arsons are known worldwide and are even a major plot point in the blockbuster film The Crow. Saying that they like to burn down houses in Detroit is like saying that they like barbecue in Texas or that they like Springsteen in Jersey… it’s just a simple fact.

Instead of banning the Kimmel show in Detroit, maybe they should be banning gasoline and matches…