Ed McMahon Gives Kanye West A Run For His Money
What do you do if you’re an elderly quasi-celebrity and you publicly default on your mortgage? Apparently if you’re Ed McMahon, you say “screw it” and poke fun at yourself by appearing as a rapper for a TV commercial.
The former American Family Publishing sweepstakes spokesman and Late Show sidekick is appearing in two new commercials for Freecreditreport.com. In one, he “looks for past winners to ask for some money back (but he doesn’t actually go through with it).” In the second, he channels his inner Hugh Hefner-slash-Kanye West-slash-50 Cent (?!?!), strutting around with two hotties and rapping:
“When I retired, I was famous, I had money and glory
I bought a house for 6 mill, I thought nothing could touch me
Until my credit went south, and debt started to crunch me
Next thing I know, instead of playing gin rummy
I was scrambling just to make ends meet
It wasn’t funnyGot a bump from the media chumps, but that was temporary
Wife with bad credit was scary, so I got wise
I may have fallen, but I got back up
Now I’m back on the attack, like a ninja swinging nunchucks
I told the haters, ‘Go on, take a hike’
It’s my show now, and I can do what I like.”
I generally don’t pay any attention to commercials at all, but I have seen so many of those same two or three Freecreditreport.com ads that I’d welcome a change. Plus, who doesn’t want to see an 85 year old white guy rapping? Love it!
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