http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/23/obit.mcmahon/index.html
Very sad...thank you Ed for the laughs and memories. Rest in peace.
Very sad...thank you Ed for the laughs and memories. Rest in peace.
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Ed McMahon Dies at 86
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firepoint525 said:
Very sad indeed. RIP
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FreddyE1977
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This Bud's for You, Ed!
..."Right you are, Sir!"
How weird is this? I had the radio on this afternoon, and after mentioning Ed's passing, they played the exact same Carnac segment I watched yesterday on YouTube. It was the one with the line "A Thousand Clowns...Who came up with NBC's fall schedule?"
I always found it interesting that militarily, at least, Ed outranked Johnny. Johnny had been an ensign in the Navy during the tail end of WWII, and Ed retired from the Marine Corps Reserves as a full colonel.
I always found it interesting that militarily, at least, Ed outranked Johnny. Johnny had been an ensign in the Navy during the tail end of WWII, and Ed retired from the Marine Corps Reserves as a full colonel.
I'm reminded of something that happened on
Ed's 80th birthday. Johnny called him and told
him he was giving him a birthday present. "You're
80. That means I'm 77," said Johnny. When Ed
asked what the present was, Johnny said, "This
call is your present."
To think that Johnny's first choice for announcer-
sidekick on "Who Do You Trust?" was Hank Sims,
the voice of the Quinn Martin shows as well as
"Police Squad." Sims wouldn't move from LA to
New York. When Johnny got "The Tonight Show,"
he tried again to get Sims, who still refused (the
show originated in New York at the time). Ed
actually replaced Bill Nimmo on "Who Do You Trust?"
but the chemistry he and Johnny had would not have
been the same with either Hank or Bill.
Also, don't forget that Ed was a major part of the
Jerry Lewis Telethon.
This sounds corny, but if there's a "Tonight Show"
on some network in heaven, Johnny and Ed will be
together tonight.
Ed's 80th birthday. Johnny called him and told
him he was giving him a birthday present. "You're
80. That means I'm 77," said Johnny. When Ed
asked what the present was, Johnny said, "This
call is your present."
To think that Johnny's first choice for announcer-
sidekick on "Who Do You Trust?" was Hank Sims,
the voice of the Quinn Martin shows as well as
"Police Squad." Sims wouldn't move from LA to
New York. When Johnny got "The Tonight Show,"
he tried again to get Sims, who still refused (the
show originated in New York at the time). Ed
actually replaced Bill Nimmo on "Who Do You Trust?"
but the chemistry he and Johnny had would not have
been the same with either Hank or Bill.
Also, don't forget that Ed was a major part of the
Jerry Lewis Telethon.
This sounds corny, but if there's a "Tonight Show"
on some network in heaven, Johnny and Ed will be
together tonight.
Corky Marlowe said:
Ed served in WW2 and returned to Korea.
K
kirkiefan
Guest
MSNBC's website had a video obit talking about Ed being the commercial spokesman for Publishers Cleraing House..Ed was actually the pitchman for American Family Publishers.
Remembered Ed hosting a short-lived daytime game show "Snap Judgement" on NBC in the late 60s then taking over for the overworked Hugh Downs on the original "Concentration."
Ed's last years were rough...I pray he's now at rest and at peace.
Remembered Ed hosting a short-lived daytime game show "Snap Judgement" on NBC in the late 60s then taking over for the overworked Hugh Downs on the original "Concentration."
Ed's last years were rough...I pray he's now at rest and at peace.
kirkiefan said:
...actually, Downs quit Concentration in 1965, two years before Snap Judgment took to the air. In Total Television, Alex McNeil indicates it was Jack Barry who relieved Downs of his duties there, in the first gig Barry had in network TV after being banished in the Twenty-One rigging scandal. McMahon took over Concentration after leaving Snap Judgment to Gene Rayburn, then doing double duty (Match Game was still running); Bob Clayton took Concentration about a year after that...
What about Tommy Newsom? In Severinsen's absence, Johnny would say something to Newsom, who would in return deadpan the funniest lines! ;DKML-224 said:
Doc Severinson was on Larry King tonight. He said the Ed you saw on TV was the same guy off the air.
mleach said:
It was Clark who suggested that McMahon interview for the job
on "Who Do You Trust?" "Big Top" had just been canceled, McMahon
was looking for work, and Clark had heard through a mutual acquaintance
named Chuck Reeves that Carson was looking for a replacement for Bill
Nimmo. According to the story, McMahon went up to Carson's office,
and they talked while watching a building going up across the street.
After about ten minutes, Carson thanked McMahon, who then left.
McMahon heard nothing until Sunday night, when "Trust" producer
Art Stark called McMahon in Philadelphia and wanted to know why
he wasn't in New York; "Johnny wants you to start tomorrow." Big Ed
took the train from Philadelphia to New York every day, spending most
of the day (until showtime at 3:30) looking for a place to live, which
he finally found.
mleach said:
...interestingly, when the game show Missing Links was on the NBC daytime schedule from September 1963 to March 1964, Ed McMahon was the emcee. When the show moved to ABC that March, Dick Clark took over as emcee...
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