Entertainment Icon McMahon Takes Readers Back to the Good Ol’ Days
When Television Was Young
(Los Angeles) Not so long ago the idea of live pictures being sent through the air and into a magic little box in our living rooms was the stuff of science fiction. Today, we take for granted that we can flip through hundreds of channels, witness live events taking place anywhere in the world, and TiVo what we don’t have time to watch. That’s quite a leap from turning on the set and waiting for it to warm up, then adjusting the “rabbit ears” to get a clearer picture.
When Television was Young: Live, Spontaneous, and In Living Black and White (Thomas Nelson, ISBN # 978-1-4016-0327-4, September 2007) is a trivia lover’s dream. Ed McMahon is not just a legendary entertainer; he’s a walking encyclopedia of television’s early days. And now he has compiled that priceless knowledge into this comprehensive, enlightening, and often humorous little book.
Did you know that Lucy and Desi Arnez were TV’s first interracial married couple and that CBS received hate mail because of it? That theatres and businesses would change their hours because everyone was watching Milton Berle? How about the fact that Clarabell, the clown on The Howdy Doody Show, never spoke a word because management didn’t want to pay him union wages?
Get the inside story of the earliest TV shows that had America glued to their sets. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The controversial Amos ‘n’ Andy, quiz shows, sports, movies, and more. Readers get first-hand accounts from the stars themselves along with some of the writers, producers, and cameramen who brought TV to life.
From pots and pans salesman to Johnny Carson’s famous sidekick, host of Star Search, and co-host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, Ed McMahon knows how television began because he was there.
ED MCMAHON IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW
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