ED MCMAHON: “I CAN PREDICT SUCCESS WITH A SINGLE LOOK”

ED MCMAHON: “I CAN PREDICT SUCCESS WITH A SINGLE LOOK”



LAS VEGAS (Wireless Flash) – Want to be the next Britney Spears or Rosie O’Donnell? Just let Ed McMahon take a gander at your performance. That’s because after years of launching careers for unknown talent with Star Search, McMahon says he only has to look at a performer to tell if they are destined for stardom. Johnny Carson’s former sidekick says he can tell if a person has “the fire” to make it or not and a good sign of talent is, in his words, “Their pants could be on fire but they’d tell their joke anyway.” What’s more, the 78-year-old McMahon says he sees himself as the conductor bringing people to their fame. But he’s honest. For those that have a limited amount of fire, McMahon recommends they get into something else besides performing. McMahon’s latest talent search TV show, Next Big Star, airs Sunday evenings on PAX.

Fri 09-21-01