Highlights
- He is an Oscar winning Hollywood veteran but before he was famous, Morgan Freeman was doing advertisements for burger joints.
- The 73-year-old actor who was the special guest on The Jay Leno Show looked embarrassed as the TV host played a 1970's commercial starring him.
- "Do you remember auditioning, and doing, a McDonald's commercial, maybe in the early '70s, with Donny Most from Happy Days?" Leno asked.
He is an Oscar winningHollywood veteran but before he was famous, Morgan Freeman wasdoing advertisements for burger joints.
The 73-year-old actor who was the special guest on TheJay Leno Show looked embarrassed as the TV host played a1970's commercial starring him.
"Do you remember auditioning, and doing, a McDonald'scommercial, maybe in the early '70s, with Donny Most from
Happy Days?" Leno asked.
Upon realising the ad he was referring to, Freemangave the host an angry glare.
"I was sandbagged. I know you're going to show it, youdirty rat. But what you're going to see is not what Iauditioned to do," said the
Million Dollar Baby star.
Freeman jokingly threatened never to return to theshow after the clip was aired.