Dwight Howard To Film Commercial For McDonalds In L.A.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #1 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm

ORLANDO -- Fresh off his winning a gold medal with Team USA, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard will be in Los Angeles on Wednesday to film a commercial for McDonald's.

The commercial, which will likely begin airing early the NBA season in October, could include the Superman T-shirt and red, flowing cape that Howard wore back in February when he won the NBA's Slam Dunk competition.

Howard, who averaged 10.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in Team USA's eight Olympic wins, is also expected to be featured in a major advertising campaign by Adidas for the upcoming season. Howard has been a lower-level spokesman for Adidas since coming into the NBA in 2004.

Howard, 22, won't return to Central Florida until this weekend and he's expected to make an appearance at his kids camp. The Saturday-Sunday camp for ages 7 through 18 will be held at the Magic's headquarters at RDV Sportsplex. More information on the camp can be found at http://www.dwighthowardcamp.com.

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Post #2 » by **UCFJayBird** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:30 pm

he better be talking about healthy food at McDonald's, if that exists, lol.

edit: all I can picture is Dwight wearing the cape, taking off with a lone nugget in his hand. He leaps and dunks the nugget into a little thing of sweet & sour sauce. MMMMMM!!!

Post #3 » by **craig01** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:03 am

Don't eat that crap.

theTHIEF · Post #4 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:08 am

Happy for Dwight...he really deserves this kind of stuff...but man, just what we dont need any more of in this country, advertisement which will appeal to the children and in turn instill acceptance and glorification of these types of foods...so sad, depressing really...I'm against the product, but again, wicked happy for Dwight....the Adidas commercial will be special...

MagicStarwipe · Post #5 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:10 am

Anyone know if Ronald McDonald can shoot freethrows?

DMannOC · Post #6 » by **DMannOC** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:37 am

MagicStarwipe wrote:Anyone know if Ronald McDonald can shoot freethrows?

Gerhalt11 · Post #7 » by **Gerhalt11** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:52 am

Do they serve Vitamin Water at McDonald's?

ivDT · Post #8 » by **ivDT** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:52 am

i just hope that dwight's commercial isn't anything like those godawful chicken biscuit/southern style chicken sandwich commercials.

trebone · Post #9 » by **trebone** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:36 pm

i like the idea of dunking a nugget while he kisses the rim for all the world to see!

magicmamma · Post #10 » by **magicmamma** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:21 pm

It looks like Dwight has been "discovered" and will be making more money off the court than on.

Pancho_Pantera · Post #11 » by **Pancho_Pantera** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:59 pm

Does this mean the Lakers/Clippers will sign him? /Laker Clipper fans.

weezt0e · Post #12 » by **weezt0e** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:00 pm

i just hope that dwight's commercial isn't anything like those godawful chicken biscuit/southern style chicken sandwich commercials.

I have NEVER hated a commercial more than I hate those!!!! Every time I hear that music start playing I want to go Vincent Van Gough on my ears!

theTHIEF · Post #13 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:03 pm

the McDonalds chicken sandwich commercial that is run on BET is even better...nothing screams black folk like a good old helping of breaded chicken...

lovehoops01 · Post #14 » by **lovehoops01** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:06 pm

Speaking of VitaminWater....They were giving away free samples at one of the Publix stores out near UCF yesterday, and they had a company truck out there. It's painted with an image of Dwight and it says it's fueled by "Dwight Power.'' I thought that was pretty cool. Let's just hope Dwight doesn't let this distract from his game. It's going to be a challenging season.

Post #15 » by **SS_MagicMark** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:13 pm

I have this image of Dwight at a McDonald's Playland, going down the slide and landing in the pit of plastic balls.

TNMagicFan · Post #16 » by **TNMagicFan** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:14 pm

I'm happy to see Dwight is starting to get what he deserves . I can't wait to see the Adidas ad

theTHIEF · Post #17 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:14 pm

I have a cardboard display with Dwight on it that has him dunking and says "Dwight Powered", it's about 5' tall...not a vitamin water fan by any means, but, I like the advertisements...

TNMagicFan · Post #18 » by **TNMagicFan** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:56 pm

One good thing bout the McDonald's ad,(if done as the article mentions) it will cement Dwight's nickname as "Superman" . Definitely one of the coolest nicknames in the NBA

Post #19 » by **craig01** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:34 pm

SS_MagicMark wrote:I have this image of Dwight at a McDonald's Playland, going down the slide and landing in the pit of plastic balls.

I hope he washed his hands after......you know what those 3 year olds do in there.

magicmamma · Post #20 » by **magicmamma** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:24 am

ivDT wrote:i just hope that dwight's commercial isn't anything like those godawful chicken biscuit/southern style chicken sandwich commercials.

The commercials are really awful, but just out of curiosity I tried one of the sandwiches. After all, I think their grilled chicken sandwiches are decent. But this thing was not good at all.