Slimming down

by Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon speaks for all those millions of us who for years have been climbing on and falling off the wagon. The system Ed uses actually helps him to surmount his obstacles without that sense of self-imposed martyrdom that dooms so many dieting "I don't have a name for it and I don't like to call it a diet because it's not really that."

222 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Colonel (retired) Edward "Ed" Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. was an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on Who Do You Trust? from 1957 to 1962 and on the Tonight Show, from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search, from 1983 to 1995. He later also became well-known as the presenter of American Family Publishing sweepstakes (not to be confused with Publishers Clearing House) who arrives unannounced at the homes of winners. He subsequently made a series of Neighborhood Watch Public Service Announcements reprising that role in parody.

He also cohosted the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, and has performed in numerous television commercials, most notably for Budweiser.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he anchored the team of NBC personalities conducting the network's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.