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Welcome to the NBC Monitor Tribute Pages! Yes,
this is the site dedicated New for July-August 2009: Frank McGee hosting Monitor '61 on
the ****** We are sorry to hear of the passing of Ed McMahon. Ed, of course, was Johnny Carson's sidekick for 30 unforgettable years on "Tonight," but he also was Monitor's Saturday afternoon host for several years in the mid-'60s -- part of what some Monitor listeners consider the best group of hosts the program ever had (Ed, Gene Rayburn, Henry Morgan, Barry Nelson and Frank Blair). You can hear a bit of Ed hosting Monitor on the "Sounds of Monitor" page. We wish we had more audio of Ed, to illustrate just how good he was on those Saturday afternoons. ******** The picture below was taken for Monitor's 9th birthday celebration in 1964.
Top row, from left: Monitor executive producer Bob Maurer; Saturday night host Gene Rayburn; contributing comedian Selma Diamond; Sunday night host Frank Blair; contributing comedian Al Kelly; Saturday afternoon host Barry Nelson. Bottom row, from left: Saturday morning host David Wayne; Sunday afternoon host James Daly; contributing reporter Arlene Francis; contributing commentator Al Capp. |
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