Ed McMahon: Self - Announcer

Quotes 

• Johnny Carson : Mother's Day is dear to everyone's heart. Did you know that?

  Ed McMahon : That's true - yes.

  Johnny Carson : Western Union and the Florists' Telegraph Delivery association, mainly.

  [dead silence from the audience as they wait for a punchline that is not forthcoming, then sympathetic laughter] 

  Johnny Carson : ...My god - I went deaf!... A tumor actually...