Jimmy Kimmel’s New Bestie

Forget friendship bracelets, once you hit age 50, it’s all about getting colonoscopies together. In his own bid for health and friendship, Jimmy Kimmel headed to the doctor’s with Katie Couric by his side on Tuesday evening’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Kimmel turned 50 in November, the age the American Cancer Society recommends starting tests for colorectal cancer. In a sneak peek shared with People, Kimmel and Couric hit Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.

• “So we’re going to take a careful look in your colon today and the goal is to identify polyps. So if we see any polyps, we’ll remove them,” Dr. Christina Ha tells Kimmel.
• “And then I can have it?” asks Kimmel. “Whatever is in there, I need. I want all the pieces. I want this to be like an Ikea bookshelf where you’re like, ‘Why are these screws left over?’ “
• Couric, 61, adds that Kimmel, “wants to put it on his desk.”
• When Couric asks why more people don’t get screened, Kimmel is quick to answer: “Because they go up you’re a–! That’s why.”
• Couric’s mission to up colon cancer awareness is personal. Her husband Jay Monahan died from it 20 years ago.