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Thread #121772 Message #2662778
Posted By: curmudgeon
23-Jun-09 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obit - Ed McMahon - June 2009
Subject: RE: BS: Obit - Ed McMahon - June 2009
A couple of bits of trivia:
"First broadcasting job was at WLLH-AM in Lowell, MA" He beat out Ray Goulding (of Bob and Ray) to get this job.
1950 Performed as a clown on "The Big Top" (CBS) He was the clown who crashed out of a large bass drum at the start of each performance of the Sealtest Big Top. A former colleague of mine replaced him when he moved up the ladder.