Ed McMahon Quotes

Ed McMahon Quotes

Ed McMahon died this morning at the age of 86 in Los Angeles, California. News reports gave no immediate indication of the cause of death but McMahon had been suffering from bone cancer and a variety of other ailments. Ed McMahon died early in the morning on Tuesday June 23, 2009. McMahon is best remembered for his former television role as the sidekick for Johnny Carson on NBC Television’s Tonight Show. Some famous quotes attributed to Ed McMahon follow.

Johnny once described our relationship by saying we were as close as two people could be without being married.
- Ed McMahon

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
- Ed McMahon

Golf courses sell real estate and that’s why they’re built.
- Ed McMahon

There was a time … when people didn’t go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o’clock because Milton Berle was on.
- Ed McMahon

There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it’s euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
- Ed McMahon

USA Today had this quotation related to a past foreclosure threat up on their site referenced to the Los Angeles Times
“Mr. McMahon is not facing eviction. Mr. McMahon is not homeless nor will he be. Not ‘on the street in a cardboard box.’”
Followed by this:
UPDATE: Publicist says Ed McMahon is not facing foreclosure. Thank heavens!
Los Angeles Times
“According to RadarOnline, Ed’s home was allegedly going to be auctioned off this month. But here’s what Bragman had to say in an e-mail: “A private mortgage holder purchased the mortgage on the home last year and Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are able to pay”

Ed McMahon on the topic of rebuilding New Orleans:
This is a city that’s had a terrible tragedy, but there’s an opportunity to build it back and build it back better. It could become a city that integrates rather than isolates, a city that inspires, a city that celebrates history and diversity and culture
- Ed McMahon

The most remembered and most famous of Ed McMahon quotes has to be the opening line of each show before Johnny Carson came on stage. For 30 years this long drawn-out introductory salute greeted Johnny …

“Here’s Johnny”
( Heeeerrrrss Johnny )
- Ed McMahon (1923 -2009) RIP Ed McMahon

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