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R.I.P. Ed McMahon

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Posted on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 08:24:53 AM EST
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Ed McMahon, best known for being Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, has died at 86. He suffered from bone cancer and had been ill many months.

With his broad, genial, regular-guy features, Mr. McMahon had the face of someone you would buy a used car from. Indeed, for decades he was one of television’s most ubiquitous pitchmen, selling everything from boats to beer.

But it was in the role of the faithful Tonto to Carson’s wry Lone Ranger that Mr. McMahon made his sideman’s mark.

On his Tonight Show gig:

“I laugh for an hour and then go home,” Mr. McMahon once said. “I’ve got the world’s greatest job.”

R.I.P. Mr. McMahon.

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    RIP Ed.... (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by kdog on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 09:05:37 AM EST
    "I laugh for an hour and then go home," Mr. McMahon once said. "I've got the world's greatest job."

    And you did it well sir...one of the best laughs I've ever heard was Ed McMahon's...I can almost hear it now.

    I've got Ed and Johnny to thank for one of the most side-splitting nights of laughter I've ever had in my life...I was at a party where fungus was served and we watched 8 hours of "Best of Carson", they could hear us laughing from up the block, people were rolling on the floor freakin' dyin'.  Especially at the clips where Ed was obviously hammered, and the faces Johnny would make towards him...wild wacky stuff:)

    So Thank you Ed and Thank you Johnny!

    Many good memories (none / 0) (#3)
    by ruffian on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 10:44:12 AM EST
    of being up in bed as a kid and hearing my parents cracking up downstairs watching Johnny and Ed.

    R.I.P to both, I hope there is some sort of afterlife.

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    Ditto (none / 0) (#5)
    by desertswine on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 03:30:13 PM EST


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    by TeresaInSnow2 on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 11:39:12 AM EST
    like we're entering a new world, the Ed-free, Cronkite-free (he's very sick) world.  Not sure I like it.

    An Era passes (none / 0) (#2)
    by cal1942 on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 09:51:00 AM EST
    Doubtful that we'll ever see their like again.

    Ed McMahon was perfect alongside Johnny Carson.

    Today no one else, either singly or in tandem, comes even close.

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