Escobedo<\/a> over the years. The pair became best friends as children after Kimmel\u2019s family moved in across the street from Escobedo\u2019s home in Las Vegas. Once Kimmel later landed his show at ABC in 2003, he brought Escobedo and his band, Cleto and the Cletones, along since the beginning.<\/p>\n\u201cWe had so many adventures,\u201d Kimmel said through tears during Tuesday\u2019s show. \u201cWe would laugh so hard. We had our own language that almost no one else understood. We didn\u2019t have to say anything. We\u2019d sit here at rehearsal every day. We didn\u2019t have to look at each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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