They say celebrity deaths come in threes. I’m starting to believe them (whoever “they” are).
Ed McMahon died June 23rd, just two days before Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.
I used to love watching the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Ed McMahon was the best sidekick ever. I remember watching that and thinking that one day I wanted to have a sidekick of my own. (Why be Ed McMahon when you can be Johnny Carson and have your very own Ed McMahon?)
Having worked in the media I can say I agree wholeheartedly with David Brenner (who often filled in as a guest host for Johnny Carson). Brenner said, “Ed McMahon was the best sidekick TV has ever known.” It’s not easy being a sidekick and letting someone else get all the glory when you are the one ‘setting up the funny.’ I’ve been in that seat many times. It’s much easier to be the funny guy than the sidekick. He played that role as if he were born for it.
Ed McMahon lived a long life and his family should be proud of all he did in his 86 years on Earth. He will be greatly missed.
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