Ed McMahon told a Las Vegas radio station in an interview a few years ago that his tombstone might include the two things he wanted to be remembered for: "Being a great broadcaster and a great Marine."
McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's big-voiced sidekick, died Tuesday at age 86.
Before his health took a turn for the worse over the past year, he had shared some of his favorite "Tonight Show" memories with the morning crew at KKLZ-FM, 96.3 (Mike O'Brian, Jim Tofte and Charly Kayle). McMahon told them his top-three favorite replacement guest hosts for Carson were Don Rickles, Bob Newhart and Kermit the Frog. The best practical joke Carson played on him? As McMahon was leaving the NBC lot one night in his limo, security stopped him and asked to search the trunk.
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