When you have a funeral, the church bells "toll." I wonder if it's somehow related? Like, they'll have to take me out feet first - a euphamism for "I'll do this till I die."
How about "tow." When a car breaks down, you "tow" it because it can't move under its own power. They'll put ropes on him and haul him out. The booth, I guess, is the announcers' booth.