Today in History

2010-02-22T18:56:30Z

<div><p>Today is Saturday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2010. There are 342 days left in the year.</p><p></p><p>Today's Highlight in History:</p><p>On Jan. 23, 1960, the Swiss-Italian-made bathyscaphe (BATH'-ih-skahf) Trieste, owned and operated by the U.S. Navy, carried two men to the deepest k...

NBC to host celebration of Ed McMahon on July 1

2010-02-26T16:16:42Z

<div><p>Ed McMahon's publicist says a celebration of the late "Tonight" show sidekick, who died Tuesday at 86, is set for July 1.</p><p>McMahon's publicist, Howard Bragman, tells The Associated Press Friday that Tonight Show' sidekick Ed McMahon as a part of broadcasting history</div><div><p>"The Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien paid tribute to Ed McMahon as a "truly funny man" whose partnership with LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed McMahon, a fixture on U.S. late-night television for 30 years as the full-throated announcer and sidekick for Johnny Carson on Johnny Carson and heck of a TV pitchman</div><div><p>When Johnny Carson ruled as king of late-night TV, Ed McMahon was the prince of second bananas.</p><p>McMahon's great talent as Carson's "Ed McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show", died early Tuesday aged 86, his spokesman confirmed.</p><p>McMahon passed away at the Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight" show sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.</p><p>McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan U...

ed mcmahon

2009-06-23T10:02:40Z

*file photos* * MCMAHON DIES Beloved U.S. TV personality ED MCMAHON has died at the age of 86. The former Tonight Show sidekick passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning (23Jun09) at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in

APTOPIX Obit Ed McMahon

2009-06-23T08:31:29Z

FILE - In this May 22, 1992 file photo, Ed McMahon, left, shakes hands with talk show host Johnny Carson, during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif. McMahon has died at a Ed McMahon, right, and talk show host Johnny Carson. McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009 at a

Obit Ed MacMahon

2009-06-23T08:00:37Z

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 1968 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby, right, sits with Ed McMahon on the set of NBC's "Late Night" with Johnny Carson television show in New York. McMahon, the loyal "Kenny Rankin dies in Los Angeles of lung cancer at age 69</div><div><p>Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New Yor...

Leno's last `Tonight' draws 11.9 million viewers

2010-02-27T01:38:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Leno's last `Tonight" draws 11.9 million viewers, short of his record and Carson's farewell</div><div><p>Jay Leno's final "Tonight" show drew nearly 12 million viewers but fell well short of his most-watched night or Johnny Carson's farewell.</p><p>Leno wrapped up his 17-year run on "Tonigh...

O'Brien ushers in new era of `Tonight' on Monday

2010-02-27T04:14:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Bigger room but same Conan: O'Brien ready for `Tonight' debut Monday, comedy style intact</div><div><p>Conan O'Brien wants viewers to think of his "Tonight Show" debut Monday as the introductory course to a new late-night era.</p><p>"I'm not going to cure cancer on the first...

TV Jay Leno

2009-05-29T19:00:38Z

Fans wait in line for Jay Leno's final appearance as the host of "The Tonight Show," outside NBC Studios Friday May 29, 2009 in Burbank, Calif. Leno has posted an impressive 17...

Hospitalized Ed McMahon to mark his 86th birthday

2010-03-03T20:16:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Hospitalized Ed McMahon plans to mark his 86th birthday Friday with friends, family on hand</div><div><p>Ed McMahon's lengthy hospital stay hasn't dampened his spirits as he prepares to observe his 86th birthday on Friday.</p><p>The veteran TV personality plans to mark the occasion at an undisclosed Ed McMahon, 85, hospitalized in intensive care; person close to him says he has bone cancer</div><div><p>Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on "Tonight" and a familiar TV commercial pitchman, is hospitalized in intensive care, and a person close to him said Friday that McMahon has bone cancer.</p&...

Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles

2010-02-27T23:41:05Z

<div><p>Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86.</p><p>Blackwell died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of ...

Half a century later, Smothers Brothers still making ’em laugh

2010-03-04T10:23:36Z

<div><p> In the verdant, sun-basked wine country north of San Francisco, comedian Tommy Smothers talks seriously over the phone about his life, his career and the peace he has discovered in the vineyards of Sonoma Valley.</p><p>A dog barks periodically in the background, adding to the ...

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