What happen to Joe Theismann
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Hes got a restaurant and turned down a job broadcasting espn's college games.
Some of this is amusing:
Last year, Jimmy Kimmel visited the Monday Night Football booth and delivered perhaps the funniest comment from any booth guest all season (not that that's saying much) by asking Joe Theismann, "How's the leg?"
That was in reference to the brutal compound fracture that Theismann suffered during his playing days on Monday Night Football, courtesy of Lawrence Taylor. Tonight Kimmel is back in the booth, and even though Theismann is no longer on the MNF announcing crew, Kimmel is still cracking jokes about him.
Kimmel's lines included asking, "What happened to Joe?" and "Do you think Joe is watching right now?" He also said Theismann is "watching from his living room with steam coming out of his ears" and "I thought Tony had him fired."
Tony Kornheiser seemed to find the jokes funny, but Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski clearly felt uncomfortable. Honestly, I thought it came across as a little mean-spirited. Yes, Theismann is bitter about the way he lost the MNF gig, but that doesn't mean Kimmel needs to kick him when he's down.
Kimmel did have one funny line, though: "Harrington's not a great quarterback but he's very nice to his pets.
Some of this is amusing:
Last year, Jimmy Kimmel visited the Monday Night Football booth and delivered perhaps the funniest comment from any booth guest all season (not that that's saying much) by asking Joe Theismann, "How's the leg?"
That was in reference to the brutal compound fracture that Theismann suffered during his playing days on Monday Night Football, courtesy of Lawrence Taylor. Tonight Kimmel is back in the booth, and even though Theismann is no longer on the MNF announcing crew, Kimmel is still cracking jokes about him.
Kimmel's lines included asking, "What happened to Joe?" and "Do you think Joe is watching right now?" He also said Theismann is "watching from his living room with steam coming out of his ears" and "I thought Tony had him fired."
Tony Kornheiser seemed to find the jokes funny, but Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski clearly felt uncomfortable. Honestly, I thought it came across as a little mean-spirited. Yes, Theismann is bitter about the way he lost the MNF gig, but that doesn't mean Kimmel needs to kick him when he's down.
Kimmel did have one funny line, though: "Harrington's not a great quarterback but he's very nice to his pets.
