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Ed McMahon was an American TV personality known for his work as Johnny Carson’s sidekick and announcer on The Tonight Show for over 30 years. He also hosted various game shows and events, including the original Star Search and the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
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About the Ed McMahon
Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr.was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962. McMahon then made his famous thirty-year mark as Carson’s sidekick and announcer on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.
McMahon also hosted the original Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-hosted TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes with Dick Clark from 1982 to 1998, presented sweepstakes for American Family Publishers, annually co-hosted the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon from 1973 to 2008 and anchored the team of NBC personalities conducting the network’s coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade during the 1970s and 80s.
McMahon appeared in several films, including The Incident, Fun With Dick and Jane, Full Moon High and Butterfly, as well as briefly in the film version of the TV sitcom Bewitched and also performed in numerous television commercials. According to Entertainment Weekly, McMahon is considered one of the greatest “sidekicks”.
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Ed McMahon was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. He is best known for being Johnny Carson’s longtime sidekick and announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.
Ed McMahon hosted the original Star Search from 1983 to 1995, co-hosted TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes with Dick Clark from 1982 to 1998, and annually co-hosted the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon from 1973 to 2008.
Ed McMahon made his famous thirty-year mark as Johnny Carson’s sidekick and announcer on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.
Ed McMahon appeared in several films, including The Incident, Fun With Dick and Jane, Full Moon High and Butterfly, as well as briefly in the film version of the TV sitcom Bewitched. He also performed in numerous television commercials.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Ed McMahon is considered one of the greatest ,sidekicks, in television history, known for his long-running role alongside Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
10 Quotes by Ed McMahon
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Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn’t mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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You can grow without destroying the things that you love.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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It’s really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don’t have a downtown, you really don’t have anything. It’s hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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All Americans need a sense of place. That’s what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don’t play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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Golf courses sell real estate and that’s why they’re built.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it’s euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)
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There was a time… when people didn’t go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o’clock because Milton Berle was on.
Ed McMahonAmerican announcer, game show host, actor, spokesman (1923-2009)