For Laughing Out Loud: My Life and Good Times [ADVANCE READING COPY, UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS] [SIGNED]

McMahon, Ed; Fisher, David

Published by Warner Books, a Time Warner Company, New York, 1998

About this Item

Fine unread condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication and Index Page. Two small creases at the lower front right cover corner. All pages are in very fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). Signed by the author, Ed McMahon, with red Sharpie/marker at the center of the first free front half title page. "My name is Edward Peter Leo McMahon. Junior. And I am one of the very fortunate people who grew up to do exactly what I spent my whole childhood dreaming of doing, even if no one is quite sure exactly what it is that I do." So says Ed McMahon, one of the most recognizable personalities in the history of television. For fifty years Ed McMahon has been part of American's lives. He is the nation's most welcome visitor, regularly giving away millions of dollars to sweepstakes winners. He has sold hundreds of products, from the Jenny Craig diet plan to Budweiser beer, on thousands of commercials seen around the world. He appears with Jerry Lewis every year on the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. He launched the careers of performers like Rosie O'Donnell, Martin Lawrence and Coolio after they appeared on Ed McMahon's Star Search. But, of course, what he is most famous for is his role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on the Tonight Show. In this story-filled autobiography, the man who made it all look so deceptively easy talks about the brightest stars, the zanniest bits, and the most embarrassing moments on Johnny's couch and backstage. Ed shares insights about the sublte genius of Carson, who is also a deep and long-standing friend, and reveals the origins of such cultural catch phrases as "Heeeeer's Johnny!" "Hi-yooooo," and "You are correct, sir!" Ed also fondly looks back on his early years - how he broke into radio disk-jockeying while still a teenager and ventured into the infant medium of television, where he ultimately logged more screen time than perhaps anyone else in the history of the industry. He also talks candidly about his drinking, his marriages, his divorces, and his family, in particular the tragic loss of his son Michael. With a career spanning half a century, the Ed McMahon story is big. It's so big that Ed's very own story can be said to be the story of modern American entertainment itself. So, ladies and gentlemen, "Heeeeeerer's Ed!" with the story of his life and good times told as warmly, as revealingly, and as hilariously as only Ed McMahon can tell it." - from the rear outer cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: For Laughing Out Loud: My Life and Good Times [ADVANCE READING COPY, UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS] [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Warner Books, a Time Warner Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Bound
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books/Autographs