AS SEEN ON TV: ED, FARRAH, AND MICHAEL

Due to the events of the last three days, today's "As Seen On TV" is a triple feature...

We've lost three major entertainers in the past three days:

Ed McMahon, the ultimate late-night sidekick and pitchman,

Farrah Fawcett, the sex symbol of the 1970's,

Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop

For all that they contributed to the world of show business, each of them shared at least one factor in common - they all had cartoon versions of themselves appear in the TV dimension known as the Tooniverse.

ED McMAHON

Ed McMahon played a virtual reality version of himself in an episode of 'Duck Dodgers'. It was part of the testing Duck Dodgers had to go through in order to be re-certified as an agent of the Protectorate.

FARRAH FAWCETT

On an episode of 'Johnny Bravo', we learned that Farrah was the cousin of the little girl who lived next door to Johnny. And he attempted all sorts of schemes in order to get into the birthday party so that he could get a kiss from the only person who had hair as good as his own.

MICHAEL JACKSON

Of the three, he was the only one to have a regular presence in an animated series ('The Jackson 5ive'). However, Michael's voice was only heard in the songs. His speaking voice was provided by Donald Fullilove. (All of the Jacksons were played by voice actors due to their other commitments.)

May all three of them rest in peace.....

BCnU!