Talk:Ed McMahon

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Neighborhood Watch

What was the website listed in McMahon's neighborhood watch commercials?- JustPhil 20:23, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Star Search

The sentence "...knack at contestants..." makes no sense. What is it trying to say?

Home in Foreclosure

Major news event as reported in the WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121254369208443705.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us should be worked into the story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.24.5 (talk) 03:23, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism

I'm not wiki savvy enough to fix this, but the "Legal Problems" section as edited by 68.231.221.12 contains copy and paste, word for word plagiarism from a recent Associated Press article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.161.23 (talk) 19:23, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

The edit in question is here. I've removed that text. I don't know how to cite the AP story in a way that could easily be checked by someone after some time has passed, but see for example Times Leader, NPR (datelined LOS ANGELES July 25, 2008, 06:21 pm ET but that I guess is just when NPR republished it or when the AP put out a revised version, as this doesn't look like a case in which someone else got the text from wikipedia), and many other google hits on a search for some of the text in question. Thanks for reporting this, 96.227.161.23. I would also remind everyone of the biographies of living persons policy. Kingdon (talk) 03:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

There's still a ton of this stuff... look at the bottom half of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.146.208.157 (talk) 02:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

military title

In the intro, he is referred to by his military rank and branch of service. That is a practice normally reserved for people who are primarily known for their military careers, not entertainers. His military career is mentioned fairly prominently in the article. --rogerd (talk) 19:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Death?

CNN, Yahoo! News, or msnbc.com have NO information on his death.....where is this sourced? 12.19.50.73 (talk) 04:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

You're right. Refs to death are back out. --Swinterich (talk) 05:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Someone must be anxious to put him in the ground. Although pneumonia at age 86 is not good. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 05:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

This needs to be removed until it is true. Or at least sourced.Maybenot28 (talk)maybenot28 —Preceding undated comment added 05:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC).

Birth?

The sidebar says Ed was born in Lowell, MA but the article says Detroit. Which is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.187.14 (talk) 12:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I just un-deaded him again (7:48p PST 2/28/09). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.240.116.22 (talk) 03:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually the article states he was born in California and raised in Lowell, web info has him being born in Detroit, Michigan, USA???l santry (talk) 12:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Cash 4 Gold?

I've recently seen him in and mentioned on Cash 4 Gold ads on Myspace - I was wondering if they just used stock photography or if he is an actual endorser. MegaZega93 (talk) 05:38, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

According to CNN American Morning Tuesday 23 June 2009 @ 8:25 AM EST, he was a paid celebrity actor in the adverts. 70.29.212.226 (talk) 12:28, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Very sad news

I once had the privilege of meeting Mr. McMahon and his daughter and speaking with them at length. He was as friendly and as down-to-earth a gentleman as you'd hope he'd be. It's a memory I'll especially cherish now that he's gone. I attended a taping of The Tonight Show while in high school. Flip Wilson was the guest host, so I missed out on seeing Johnny Carson perform...but I did get to see Mr. McMahon do his thing and boy, did he make it look easy. A genuinely classy act was he. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

time to "semi protect" ? the vandals are swarming

can't remember how to request/suggest

time to "semi protect" ? the vandals are swarming

can't remember how to request/suggest--71.183.238.134 (talk) 15:05, 23 June 2009 (UTC)