Transcript: 'Tonight Show' Sidekick Ed McMahon Dies

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June 23, 2009
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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
06-23-2009
'Tonight Show' Sidekick Ed McMahon Dies

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM

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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

Ed McMahon died early this morning at age 86. He had many jobs: radio announcer, fighter pilot, door-to-door salesman, but there's one post he held longer than any other.

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Mr. ED McMAHON (Announcer, "The Tonight Show"): Here's Johnny.

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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

From 1962 to 1992, Ed McMahon introduced Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." Then after the monologue, he sat next to Carson's desk and laughed to his jokes.

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