Jimmy Kimmel Has Emergency Appendectomy

Jimmy Kimmel is in in good shape after having an emergency appendectomy on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

"The surgery was a success," Kimmel's publicist, Lewis Kay, said in an e-mail Thursday. "The rest of this week's tapings of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' have been canceled until he is back on his feet.

The 39-year-old goofball who dates actress-comic-nut Sarah Silverman, has hosted the late-night talk show for four years.