Ed McMahon RIP

[saildog]

I was listening to NPR on the way home and they had an interview with Ed from 1988. The interviewer asked him what he would like to have inscribed on his tombstone and Ed said, "How about "He was a good entertainer and a great Marine.".

I knew he was a Marine Corp fighter pilot in WW2 and also flew in Korea, but what I didn't know was that Ed stayed in the Reserves and retired a Colonel. He then moved over to the California Air National Guard where he was commissioned as a Brigadier General.

[mego73]

Now Johnny's got someone to say "Herrrreee's Johnny!" in the hereafter.

RIP.

[Hector]

I think you're splitting hairs on what defines "talent".

The guy charmed millions of people and held his place in pop culture for
decades---if that's not a talented move, I don't know what is.

Ed made his job look "easy"....THAT was part of his talent

RIP

Ehhhhhhhhh...no.

[huedell]

Ehhhhhhhhh...no.

Yeah...whatever Hector...you name someone else who had
a place in pop culture for all those decades and I'll show you yet another
who had "talent".

If what you were saying was true ANYONE could've done what Ed did
and that is WAY FAR from the truth.

It'd be nice to show some respect to
one of the 20th century's BIGGEST names in TV.

[trekman101]

RIP Ed...he was a good guy

[Hector]

Yeah...whatever Hector...you name someone else who had
a place in pop culture for all those decades and I'll show you yet another
who had "talent".

If what you were saying was true ANYONE could've done what Ed did
and that is WAY FAR from the truth.

It'd be nice to show some respect to
one of the 20th century's BIGGEST names in TV.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...no .

[huedell]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...no .

You know I love ya...

but face the facts, "get real" and ALL that...

the guy was a talk show LEGEND...

a successful TV producer

and a prolific pitchman that worked for decades on TV.

(not to mention a few intriguing MOVIE roles)

The guy JUST died
and all ya wanna do is
MINIMIZE his legacy in a thread dedicated to him?

Noooooot cool.

Just some food for thought.

[Hector]

He was a court jester...nothing more...nothing less.

[Hector]

Legacy...what legacy?

A television personality?

Come on now, lol.

Legacy is something like Jesus, Dr Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mother Theressa, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Issac Newton, Picasso, Mozart, etc...

Ed McMahon?

Come on now, lol.

[Hector]

I already said he was perhaps personable and charming...I think that was a nice thing for me to say about him.

[huedell]

Legacy...what legacy?

A television entertainer?

Come on now, lol.

Legacy is something like Jesus, Dr Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mother Theressa, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Issac Newton, Picasso, Mozart, etc...

Ed McMahon?

Come on now, lol.

Well, I see this is getting us no where

Not everyone has to be MLK or Jesus to have talent or a legacy.

Entertainers aren't just "throwaway fools" in my eyes....
they bring happiness to people...that is DANG valuable, eh?
and McMahon was a huge personality within this entertainment field
that I value highly------that's one "short" point I'll make.

Another is that RIGHT after I attempted to list his many accomplishments,
you minimized him to "court jester". That seems pretty belittling to me.

No worries Hec...I'm was just curious as to why you look at things this way
and that's why I even bother replying.

[huedell]

I already said he was perhaps personable and charming...I think that was a nice thing for me to say about him.

Yes, Hector---that's why I haven't called you a "Grinch" or anything

[Hector]

Why....thank you...Huey Dewey...

[Seeker]

You know that somewhere up in heaven Johny Carson is doing the intro for his buddy.

Hhhheeeerreeeees Ed.