If you’ve been waiting for Publisher’s Clearing House to get you a check, you might have to wait a bit longer.

Think about it. The man presided over Star Search when it meant something (no, it never meant anything, we were just young enough to think it might) and set the gold stadard for TV talk show sidekicks. I mean, sure it’s a small pool, but he set the bar. He also used to help run that old TV Bloopers show, which, really, became a DVD extra feature and America’s Funniest Home Videos.

You know, looking back I’m not sure if we’re here to praise his career or what. Yikes.

And how many different catch phrases will we remember you by? All of them? Well, if you said that … you are correct, sir.

Ed McMahon R.I.P.
March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009