Book Log 2007 #54: When Television Was Young by Ed McMahon with David Fisher
We all know Ed McMahon from his sidekick duties with Johnny Carson and his blooper and giant novelty check work, but in this book he tells us about how he and many others broke into TV and helped to define the medium. It's not groundbreaking, but it's a pleasant enough read. McMahon does include bits of conversations with folks like Mike Wallace, Eli Wallach and Sid Caesar, which is nice, but it's hard to read this and not think that a more comprehensive oral history would be better.
But for what it is, it's OK, probably better suited for readers who don't know a great deal about the early days of TV.
06 December 2007
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