They announced that Ed McMahon died today.
Unless you’re over the age of 40, you remember Ed (IF you remember Ed) as a one-note joke, one of the over-the-hill Publisher’s Clearing House pitchmen. Or perhaps as a news item, last year, when he was losing his palatial home.
If you’re over 40, you remember him as Johnny Carson’s (pictured left, with McMahon) second banana, a fixture on the Tonight Show, or perhaps as the host of a pre-Simon Cowell talent show.
McMahon was one of those guys who was famous for being famous. In thinking back on his career, he was just sort of always there…like wallpaper, he never seemed to NOT be there. Until he – and Carson – were gone. But just because McMahon was famous for being famous, does not mean he was not a valuable asset to Carson, or didn’t have talent on his own.
I believe his talent was in being…um…wallpaper. Let me explain. Read the rest of this entry »
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