- Johnny Carson: [reading list of celebrities' phobias] Down here I see Ed McMahon, and you have acrophobia.
- Ed McMahon: Right.
- Johnny Carson: Which is a fear of heights.
- Ed McMahon: Right.
- Johnny Carson: And yet you were a flyer.
- Ed McMahon: Right.
- Johnny Carson: Now, how do you explain that?
- Ed McMahon: 'Cause I had a safety belt on.
- Johnny Carson: [on Ed's acrophobia] And yet you can sit in an airplane.
- Ed McMahon: Sure.
- Johnny Carson: And that doesn't bother you?
- Ed McMahon: No.
- Johnny Carson: Alright... Well, do you scream a lot when you're flying?