Ted Williams the homeless man with golden voice on Lawrence O' Donnell tonight

[RamboLiberal]

After the booking wars this morning (and yesterday morning), one network gave a “golden-voiced homeless man” an offer he could not refuse — a job.

MSNBC announced today that Ted Williams is recording voice-overs for its “Lean Forward” campaign. The network says Williams’ ability to overcome his many struggles is the very thing that the campaign embodies.

Williams will be a guest on “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell” tonight at 10pmET, and will appear later on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”

Maybe he’ll move into 30 Rock?

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/introducing-the-new-voice-of-lean-forward_b47041

[2Design]

1. Just hope he stays clean and sober through all of this - a lot to handle

while still relatively new to a clean life

[SharonRB]

2. Is he going to take the job from the Cleveland Cavaliers?

Watching him on GMA this morning actually made me cry. It's a wonderful story. I see a movie down the road telling his story.

[gateley]

5. Oh - was he offered a job with them? Wonderful! What I didn't want to see

happen is all this media flurry then the media would move on and that he might not actually get a j.o.b.

[old mark]

3. K&R- I am sure it will be easier to stay sober with a job than being homeless...

I wish Mr. Williams all the best.

mark

[gateley]

4. Oh, I'm so glad he got a job. I heard an intro last night to KO about "job offers"

but didn't catch the show -- I was hoping he had been swamped!

It's great that MSNBC is acting on this -- and they're right -- it's what their campaign exemplifies.