Jimmy Kimmel films entire show with iSight, conspiracy theorists raise an eyebrowFiled under: Cult of Mac
In a shocking turn of events, tonight's Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 am Eastern on ABC) will be an unexpectedly 'very special' episode. As seen in the clip below, and as reported on the show's Facebook page, a freak power outage took out the studio cameras and production control room on Monday night -- leaving Jimmy to improvise a camera setup using his MacBook Pro instead. The laptop was under a cover, but despite the frequent on-set practice of masking the logo, you can clearly see the glowing Apple through the case back. The show ran a rerun last night, but the laptop-live show will air tonight.
Ahem.
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I hate to be the one to point this out... but Jimmy's network, ABC, is a Disney division. Disney, in turn, owns Pixar; naturally, Pixar's chairman sits on Disney's board and happens to be the largest single shareholder in the entertainment mega-conglomerate. Yes, folks, both Mickey Mouse and Jimmy Kimmel work for Steve Jobs, in a manner of speaking.
We already know that Mac plugs and Apple references are business as usual for Pixar (in fact, there's a flat panel iMac prominently featured in Toy Story 3)... could a Mac-saves-the-show stunt be extra publicity for a teensy Apple product launch this week? [See below -- looks like "no, it isn't."] Not that the iPhone 4 particularly needs the help.
We'll try to get an answer out of ABC's press relations team in the morning to determine whether this is a true story of comic ingenuity. or a very elaborate Apple ad. Update: True/Slant had a reporter at the show, and they did in fact start quite late after power problems; Kimmel was apparently in no mood for these shenanigans. The New York Times posted a brief interview with Kimmel where he said the stunt was not an Apple promotion; in fact, he was concerned Apple might take the whole thing the wrong way.
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