Ed McMahon Quotes

United States, Actor
March 6, 1923 – June, 23, 2009.

Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor and singer. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their long association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do You Trust?, running from 1957 to 1962. Then afterwards, McMahon would make his famous thirty-year mark as Carson's sidekick, announcer and second banana on NBC's highly successfully The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992.

Also known as Military Officer, Radio Personality

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

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It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.

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- You
- Community
- Kind
All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.

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You can grow without destroying the things that you love.

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- Love
- You
- Grow
The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.

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

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- Important
- Success
- Single
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.

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- People
- Time
- House

Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.

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- Live
- City
- Same
Golf courses sell real estate and that's why they're built.

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- Real
- Why
- Golf