Thanks for posting.
I was at a business in San Francisco when I met a young Asian lady with an obviously Chinese first name and the last name McMahon. I assumed she was married, and said “I expect that was not your name when you were born.” She said “Oh, no. I was adopted”. I thought about mentioning that the only McMahons I knew of were JIm McMahon of the Chicago Bears and Ed McMahon, but didn’t do so.
It turns out she is Ed McMahon’s adopted granddaughter.
Thank you for posting this.
So many have passed on. Most would never talk about their war experiences, probably bad memories they would prefer to remain buried. One of my oldest cousins was a paratrooper in the Pacific about the time I was born.
The only war story he ever related was one that was a fortuitous, happy experience. He had parachuted over an island and heard screams above him as he was drifting down. He never knew how he reacted quickly enough to catch the soldier whose chute had failed, but they held onto each other until they landed. For years and years he always got a Christmas card from the guy.
As a kid, I was intrigued by the Japanese rifle he brought back as a souvenir. Compared to a German Mauser, what a piece of junk!
I found this interesting in Wikipedia:
“On August 14, 2008, real estate mogul Donald Trump announced that he would purchase McMahon’s home from Countrywide Financial and lease it to McMahon, so the home would not be foreclosed. McMahon agreed instead to a deal with a private buyer for his hilltop home, said Howard Bragman, McMahon’s former spokesman. Bragman declined to name the buyer or the selling price, but he said it is not Trump. Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump:
“ For Mr. Trump, this acquisition was not business-related, but, as he has stated, was meant to help out an American icon. If another buyer should emerge who will create the benefit Mr. Trump sought for Ed McMahon, then he is clearly pleased. ”
In early September, after the second buyer’s offer fell through, Trump renewed his offer to purchase the home.”
Surely this Carson Show episode with traitor Jane Fonda had to bug Ed...
“The Fonda episode was especially fascinating for what Carson did. Fonda was there to promote her movie Julia, but Carson’s intro was about something else: “Here’s a gal I admire highly,” he said “as a person who has taken a stand on issues that at times were unpopular… called a radical.
It’s a funny thing, how people who were called radical at the time are now considered people who were right on.”
No current host would introduce such controversial topics before a guest had even taken her seat.
(It also demonstrates how the political pendulum swings back and forth — and back again: Fonda, excoriated in conservative circles in the late-’60s/early-’70s as “Hanoi Jane” for her anti-Vietnam War stance, was being treated by a very Establishment figure like Carson as a principled person.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/johnny-carson-tonight-show-antenna-tv-163304490.html
Is great to hear about the greatest generation. How the stood up and was counted when we needed them!
I find it very interesting that Ed was born in Detroit. I grew up there, and it would be nice to know exactly where he was born. Also, Charles Lindbergh was born in Detroit. I will research to see how many other famous people were born in my city.
Walked into a near empty Vegas casino back in the 90s in the middle of the afternoon to grab a beer at the bar & as I sat down I noticed Ed McMahon & Dick Clark were sitting at the table behind me chatting.
I raised my beer to salute them & turned around to mind my own business. Pretty cool to see these 2 icons from the entertainment era up close.
I never new this about Ed. It reminds me of an episode with George Gobel who was a flight instructor also
Patriots need to take back the entertainment field because of its heavy influence on youth.
Guess who is a rising star along these lines?
Chris Pratt
The kids love this guy; can't get enough of him.
Watch:
Chris Pratt gives powerful speech about God's love at MTV Movie & TV Awards
There, fixed it.
Having known people involved in his first life (pre-fame), my view of him was always very negative. That hasn’t changed.
I wish I could find a clip of this, but anyway...at the beginning of one show Johnny and Ed were talking about their military service.
Then Johnny said something like this: Most people don’t know it, but Ed was a Marine pilot. And he single-handedly attacked and sank a Japanese destroyer. But Ed did not get a medal because the war had been over for five years.
Art Carney would be a good subject too. And Eddie Albert.
NOT a ‘soldier’. Marine.
There is a link further along that I added that explains all.