MacBook records Jimmy Kimmel show during Power Outage

Kimmel records today's show with his MacBook (Photo: abc.com)

This just in: after a power outage hit the taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier today, our intrepid host lept to the rescue with a Mac user’s quick thinking – plus the Power of QuickTime. Kimmel improvised and with the help of the crew taped the entire show using his MacBook’s iSight webcam.

Kitchen Performers and Video Bloggers rejoice – your video production tool of choice has been vindicated! The show airs Wed 23 June at 12:05AM EST on ABC if you want to see how it all worked out…

Thanks to MacWorld for the tip.

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MacRat
It will be interesting to see how it turned out.
BoxMac
… and if ya wanna do that, go here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnI73sSDZYk
swomper
If there was a power outage that forced him to record AND broadcast the entire show from his laptop, why and how did he have ALL the studio lights on and how did he send out the broadcast feed with no power?” Just an observation. Nice publicity stunt though!
http://www.nimbling.com Herman
@Swomper: very valid question! :)
John Frum
It was a stunt–and it worked.
The odds that ABC has no emergency backup power in each of its television studios? Zero.