Ed McMahon goes back to work with Jimmy Kimmel
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Hot Momma
TV legend Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show,” has had some tough times of late, but things may be looking up.
A highly publicized “The Wall Street Journal” article reported that McMahon was $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan for a home in Beverly Hills, California, and his lender had filed a notice of default. Follow up stories reported Ed’s wife Pam was spending money on shopping like there was no tomorrow putting McMahon further and further in debt.
The former “Star Search” host made the headlines again when he filed a lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, two doctors and the owner of a home where he says he fell during a dinner party in March 2007 claiming negligence, battery, elder abuse and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He is seeking unspecified damages, claiming the injury left him unable to work — until now.
Ed McMahon is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The first of the four spots, which was filmed this past week and features McMahon and Jimmy Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show.
McMahon, who recently underwent a third neck surgery tells:
“It felt very good to be out of the brace and working again. I spent my whole life doing commercials, so here I was back doing a commercial again. It was very comforting. Believe me.”
In the four segments for Pontiac, McMahon and Kimmel point out the various amenities of the Pontiac G8, G5, G6 and Vibe. One of the spots features McMahon — who once pitched Budweiser and the American Family Publishing sweepstakes — teaching Kimmel how to properly sell a product. Another has the duo preparing for a road trip to Rosarita, Mexico.
McMahon said. “That’s what I went in to do. Of course, we had fun with it. There’s one where Kimmel’s locked up in trunk, and I’m pretending to be Jimmy Kimmel. It was fun, but we’re still selling a product.”
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