Jimmy Kimmel Disses EpiPen During Emmy’s

You know something has hit mainstream, national consciousness when it leaves whatever industry vertical it’s associated with and percolates up to the rarefied air of TV celebrities and awards.

And such is the case of EpiPen, the maker of which has been charging obscenely high prices for this life-saving product for people and children with allergies, including to nuts.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who was hosting the Emmy Awards Sunday night, suddenly cut to a shot of his mother making 7,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for anyone who was hungry.

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