Yet again another American icon has gone to his heavenly reward, Ed McMahon. A lot of us grew up watching him as Johnny Carson's sidekick. Their banter was at times, pardon the pun, heavenly hilarious. He was a man of many talents- actor, TV show host, contest spokesman. He had a particularly, in my opinion, gravely voice...a certain timbre to it that made it recognizable. I cannot write more about this man, as I did not follow him faithfully, but I had to write a brief entry about a man who did play an important part in American entertainment. He will be missed. If you ever watch re-runs of Alf watch for the episode when Alf dreams he is Johnny Carson's replacement for a night, and how Ed and Alf interact is priceless.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!
Yet again another American icon has gone to his heavenly reward, Ed McMahon. A lot of us grew up watching him as Johnny Carson's sidekick. Their banter was at times, pardon the pun, heavenly hilarious. He was a man of many talents- actor, TV show host, contest spokesman. He had a particularly, in my opinion, gravely voice...a certain timbre to it that made it recognizable. I cannot write more about this man, as I did not follow him faithfully, but I had to write a brief entry about a man who did play an important part in American entertainment. He will be missed. If you ever watch re-runs of Alf watch for the episode when Alf dreams he is Johnny Carson's replacement for a night, and how Ed and Alf interact is priceless.
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