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Ed McMahon's Realtor Makes Donald Trump An Offer He Can't Refuse
Posted by STV at 9:50 AM on August 16, 2008
Cheers to Ed McMahon, whose week started with more miserable news about lawsuits and money owed but ends with word that he's managed at least one solution: He's found a buyer for his Beverly Hills manse, which was mere weeks away from foreclosure after the beleaguered 85-year-old legend defaulted on $4.8 million in loans with Countrywide. Alas, the inevitable catch: The buyer is Donald Trump, who boasted to the LA Times about his "honor" in leasing the home back to McMahon, adding, "When I was at the Wharton School of Business, I'd watch him every night. How could this happen?"
Good question, and one that's partially answered in a fascinating advertisement published this week in the Los Angeles MLS Open House Guide. There, broker Alex Davis made a last-minute, full-page appeal on McMahon's behalf, laying out the dire scenario along with some of the speed bumps he and McMahon had struck along the way: "Lowball offers" of $4.6 million, flaky speculators, and the last of the bank's deadline extensions. But finally the pitch comes down to selling McMahon himself: "[Y]ou will be the hero of a man who's been the hero of so many others if you could help bring this deal to fruition." Ah — so that's what Trump was after. Read the full ad after the jump.
- MLS Open House Guide [MLS via LAT]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Maryanne
Posted August 20, 2008 6:03 AM
I think ol' Ed needs to grow up and not let big Daddy take care of him...lets face it Ed, you blew it with the finances and now you want someone else to take care of it....take your lumps and be a man...sell the house for what you can get for it and pay back the money you owe....by the way just cause you have a brace on your neck doesn't mean you can't work....youre not gonna dig ditches big boy!
creamsissle
Posted 10:06 AM 16/8/08
Here's hoping that the fine print of the deal requires Ed to be a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice 2.
creamsissle
kookla
Posted 10:44 AM 16/8/08
Great. Could you imagine that blowhard Trump as your landlord?
kookla
WGARefugee
Posted 10:25 AM 16/8/08
I hope he doesn't mind setting an extra place at the dinner table every night for Mephistopheles.
WGARefugee
mothrafairy
Posted 10:55 AM 16/8/08
I love it: A man obsessed with schlocky self-advertisement rescues the very icon of Advertisement for Schlock.
It may not be ironic, but it ain't no fly in your chardonnay, either.
mothrafairy
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 11:21 AM 16/8/08
"Hey, old guy. Just pretend the cameras aren't there and if I see you in the shot again, I'll re-break your neck. Why you standing around? The pool needs to be deskanked. And make sure to add a Bounce sheet to that dryer load of towels. Apprentice Dirk was complaining about the static. Chop. Chop."
Little Mintz Sunshine
Losin_it
Posted 1:32 AM 17/8/08
Donald needed to mention that he watched Ed while he was as student at the prestigious Wharton School of Business, just in case it is possible anyone has forgotten Donald attended the prestigious Wharton School of Business.
Losin_it
EuroDad
Posted 9:41 AM 17/8/08
@Losin_it:
was there actually TV back then or did he watch him on stage or something?
EuroDad
WGARefugee
Posted 11:28 AM 18/8/08
He only watched The Tonight Show while he was at the prestigious Wharton school so he wouldn't be distracted by the Vietnam War.
WGARefugee
NoGrumpys
Posted 2:11 AM 19/8/08
"Hey-O"
I bet Carnac didn't even see that coming.
Would now be a good time for Ed to re-start shilling Alpo?
I assume it is a large part of his current diet
NoGrumpys
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 4:19 AM 19/8/08
"When I was at the Wharton School of Business, I'd watch him every night. How could this happen?"
Mr. Trump? Wharton is on the line. They'd like their degree back.
Little Mintz Sunshine