Hi Everyone,

Today, Ed McMahon died and the LA Times did a story about him and how he was the
quintessential sidekick--getting no glory next to Johnny Carson for so many
years.? Here is a bit (that reminds me so much of Gabrielle) from the article
that can be found at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-et-ed-mcmahon24-2009jun24,0,2998712.st\
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"It's easy to underestimate his accomplishment -- or even to wonder whether it
should be called an accomplishment at all. We live in a nation of aspiring
quarterbacks, pitchers, lead singers and presidents, where we are told to dream
big and have it all. (The vice presidency of the United States is regarded as a
rarefied form of failure.) But in a world where everyone is innately a star,
what does it mean to settle for life as a mere moon?

And yet, just as the moon plays upon the Earth, animating its tides and its
werewolves, the sidekick is not without power of his (or her) own. His very
presence is the proof that his presence is required. He may come as a straight
man, a stooge, a teacher, an apprentice, a servant or pal, but he completes the
star-hero in some way to their mutual advantage -- as a counterweight, an
anchor, a witness, a frame for the picture, a setting for the stone. Like Jiminy
Cricket, a conscience."

Portia

BATTLE ON, XENA and GABRIELLE!


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