The historical detail from the prologue of A Girl Named Zippy was "And then here comes a candy striper"
A Girl Named Zippy is Kimmel's first memoir, Kimmel describes her beginnings as a baby who was always seriously ill, speechless as well as bald baby who did not speak neither nor grow hair until she was 2 years old.
She earned her nickname from her father because she would always "zip" around the house like a person who is a famous chimp on TV who could roller skate.
