Remembering Ed McMahon Jun 23, 2014 | Television Ed McMahon died five years ago today. Here are two of my favorite appearances by Ed on my radio show: An extended conversation about being Johnny Carson’s second banana, how he taught fighter pilots to land on aircraft carriers as a Marine Colonel, and his days as a pitchman on the Atlantic City boardwalk (4/5/00). A conversation about his book, “When Television Was Young” (11/1/07).
