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Author : Henry Bushkin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544217621
An unreserved and incisive account of the career and personal life of the "King of Late Night" at the height of his fame and influence is shared from the perspective of his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant.
Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Saint Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312922566
America's best-known talk-show host and TV's most phenomenal success is completely revealed in this spicy, and scandalous biography written by the acclaimed author of As Time Goes By. The most authoritative of the unauthorized Carson surveys.--Kirkus Reviews.
Author : Ed McMahon
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781418530839
Here's Johnny is like sitting with Ed and Johnny over lunch: The last time I saw Johnny, about a year before he died, we had chicken, a couple of glasses of red wine, and then we just sat there and reminisced, going back and forth the way we did on the show. We talked about our kids, and our careers and the state of America, just two lucky guys who loved each other and the good luck of our careers. Ed McMahon is the only person who was with Johnny Carson, even before The Tonight Show, when they both first appeared on Who Do You Trust. Now, with Johnny's blessing before he died, McMahon can finally share all the stories that only he knows. From the sofa at Johnny's right, to backstage, to their personal relationship - McMahon will provide a real view of the man who was so careful to only show one side of himself to the public. Brilliant in front of the camera, but shy in person, Carson seldom gave interviews. Only McMahon can tell the stories and provide the insights into the personality that made Johnny Carson more of a friend we invited into our home than a television star. This entertaining tribute will feature over 200 pictures, many never before published, from both McMahon's and Carson's private archives.
Author : Thomas Elton
Publisher : Thomas Elton
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Johnny Carson – Was a well known U.S based comedian and TV host, producer, and writer who was known for his unique style. Johnny Carson was most remembered for hosting the Tonight Show and gained the TV Academy's Governor's Award & six Emmis. Would you like to know about Johnny Carson? Also are you interested in great Biographies & Memoirs? If so you have found the ideal source to discover the best Johnny Carson Biography and Memoir packed with his success story, plus in-depth detail about the celebrities’ life and achievements. Johnny Carson was a great comedian who managed to captivate not only the audiences of America but many people all over the world from many different races and creeds. In which he also influenced popular culture and became a household name. Johnny Carson was the host of The Tonight Show and captured the American people’s consciousness from 1962 until 1992. Also during the ’70s and ’80s Johnny Carson was the country’s top - paid person in show business and he was mostly enigmatic. He was very well known worldwide, clever, as mercurial (& sometimes mean) when he was off stage and out of sight from cameras as he was very funny and charming when on stage. Discover what made Carson such a great respectable figure and great comedian and learn about his struggles and climb to fame as you take a great insight into his life. Johnny Carson - A Biography of My Life and Time as a Comedian is a great story of his rise and fall in the show business industry! This is an ultimate distinctive and revealing story of the Don of Late Night TV at the very height of his fame and power and, ideal for all Johnny Carson Fans. Johnny Carson, Johnny Carson Biography, Biographies & Memoirs, Performing Arts, Arts & Entertainment, The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson Books
Author : Bette Midler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476774404
Bette Midler, also known as Divine Miss M—the indomitable and incomparable singer, actor, and musical theater extraordinaire, with a career spanning almost half a century—revisits her classic memoir, now with a new introduction. This book was a kind of last hurrah. When I read it, I hear a disarmingly younger, sweeter voice…I am not sure that this little confection captures a whole time, but I think it’s an accurate picture of the spirit and tone of what I was doing in those days...I hope it holds up, and that you find your best younger self in it as I do... With her brassy voice and bold performances making the world finally pay attention, this ambitious Jewish girl from Hawaii, needs no introduction. Grammy award–winning singer, Academy Award–nominee, Broadway star of her critically acclaimed one-woman show, and beloved actress in The Rose, Beaches, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills—Bette Midler is a household name whose career and fans span generations. In A View from A Broad, Bette relives her career through memories of endless rehearsals, her fear of flying, crazy schedules, and wisdom she learned from Thai Gondoliers with her trademark razor-blade wit that her fans have grown to know, love, and expect. Filled with photographs, a new introduction, and heartwarming stories that highlight only a portion of a brilliant career, A View from a Broad is the perfect gift for anyone who loves music, theater, or just plain fun—and will be cherished by the fans of Divine Miss M for years to come.
Author : Don Sweeney
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781589796379
This book is a collection of celebrity vignettes and anecdotes from the peak years of the Tonight Show, and includes behind-the-scenes looks at more than two dozen celebrities, including Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Randall, Don Rickles, Stevie Wonder, Martin Short, Liza Minnelli, Ed McMahon, and Johnny Carson himself. With an eye for the eccentric, amusing, or downright bizarre, Sweeney's brief portraits offer a glimpse at celebrity from the other side of the curtain.
Author : David Paige
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 087191560X
A biography of Johnny Carson, the host of one of the most popular late night television programs.
Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062037473
A candid, unauthorized portrait of Johnny Carson draws on the observations of ex-wives, paramours, colleagues, family, and friends to provide a close-up study of America's most famous talk-show host.
Author : Sy Kasoff
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781452041698
Odyssey is a memoir covering the period I worked on the Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson, who was just getting started. A lot of good things that happened (and some not so good) came roaring back to me - including inside stuff I had almost forgotten about. As for insights and observations along the way, I can only hope they are as sharp as they appeared to be when I wrote them. Anyway, and all in all, I had a very good time - then and now.
Author : Terry Galanoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000023749986
Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Television personalities
ISBN : OCLC:1337195229
Author : Craig Tennis
Publisher : New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0671414518
Takes a behind-the-scenes look at America's favorite talk show and offers revealing portraits of Johnny Carson and some of his guests, as well as describing the people, activities, and mayhem involved in producing, preparing, and presenting the Tonight Show
Author : Bill Zehme
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451645279
A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was tapped for the Esquire feature story thanks to his years of legendary celebrity profiles, and the resulting piece portrayed Carson as more human being than showbiz legend. Shortly after Carson’s death in 2005 and urged on by many of those closest to Carson, Zehme signed a contract to do an expansive biography. He toiled on the book for nearly a decade—interviewing dozens of Carson’s colleagues and friends and filling up a storage locker with his voluminous research—before a cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatments halted his progress. When he died in 2023 his obituaries mentioned the Carson book, with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman calling it “one of the great unfinished biographies.” Yet the hundreds of pages Zehme managed to complete are astounding both for the caliber of their writing and how they illuminate one of the most inscrutable figures in entertainment history: A man who brought so much joy and laughter to so many millions but was himself exceedingly shy and private. Zehme traces Carson’s rise from a magic-obsessed Nebraska boy to a Navy ensign in World War II to a burgeoning radio and TV personality to, eventually, host of The Tonight Show—which he transformed, along with the entirety of American popular culture, over the next three decades. Without Carson, there would be no late-night television as we know it. On a much more intimate level, Zehme also captures the turmoil and anguish that accompanied the success: four marriages, troubles with alcohol, and the devastating loss of a child. In one passage, Zehme notes that when asked by an interviewer in the mid-80s for the secret to his success, Carson replied simply, “Be yourself and tell the truth.” Completed with help from journalist and Zehme’s former research assistant Mike Thomas, Carson the Magnificent offers just that: an honest assessment of who Johnny Carson really was.
Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537069047
*Includes pictures *Includes their own quotes about their lives and careers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading From the day television existed as an entertainment medium, giant companies have battled each other for viewers, but in the history of television programming, no show was as consistently excellent in the ratings as The Ed Sullivan Show, a variety show that brought on all kinds of acts, from dancers to artists and singers. It was the longest running show to maintain one time slot, and today it is widely remembered for introducing the nation to the likes of Elvis Presley and The Beatles. When Elvis was on the show in 1956, over 82% of the nation's entire television audience tuned in, a rating that would make even the Super Bowl blush. Indeed, being booked on The Ed Sullivan Show became so important for performers that Aretha Franklin once noted, "And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying." The Ed Sullivan Show has been commemorated as one of the most influential programs in the history of American television, and behind it all was the seemingly unassuming man whose name was on it. Even after Ed Sullivan had become an American institution on the strength of his show, one critic from Time asked, "What exactly is Ed Sullivan's talent?" Or as comedian (and frequent guest) Alan King put it, "Ed does nothing, but he does it better than anyone else in television." Of course, Ed Sullivan did have plenty of talent, especially when it came to identifying others', and over the course of nearly two decades, he became America's biggest starmaker. While Elvis and The Beatles are most remembered, Sullivan helped open the door to Motown acts, and his show was so culturally significant that Reverend Al Sharpton said of those performances, "I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan." Perhaps the most ironic aspect of Sullivan's fame is that almost everyone tended to agree that he was stilted and unnatural in front of cameras. In 1955, one writer for Time colorfully described Sullivan as "a cigar-store Indian, the Cardiff Giant and a stone-faced monument just off the boat from Easter Island. He moves like a sleepwalker; his smile is that of a man sucking a lemon; his speech is frequently lost in a thicket of syntax; his eyes pop from their sockets or sink so deep in their bags that they seem to be peering up at the camera from the bottom of twin wells." At the same time, however, the writer conceded, "Yet, instead of frightening children, Ed Sullivan charms the whole family." Among America's comedians, few if any have had the kind of influence on pop culture and society like Johnny Carson, the iconic host of The Tonight Show from 1962-1992. In addition to winning too many awards to count, Carson is proof that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as admitted by subsequent comedy show hosts like Jay Leno and David Letterman, who not only vied to replace Carson but also used his format for their own shows (and still continue to do so). For several years during the 1950s, Carson rotated around various daytime shows as host, meeting important friends like Ed McMahon along the way, but he made it big when he replaced Jack Paar as host of The Tonight Show in 1962. For the next 30 years, his mix of monologues, skits, and interviews would make his show must-see television on weekday nights, turning him into the highest paid television personality of the 1970s, and giving him the creative freedom to bring others along with him. In addition to bringing along his sidekick McMahon, Carson let guests host the show occasionally as well, thereby giving the spotlight to comedians like George Carlin, Letterman, Leno, and Joan Rivers. On the 25th anniversary of his debut on The Tonight Show, Carson earned a Peabody Award that labeled him "an American institution,"
Author : Paul Corkery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0942101006
Based on hundreds of interviews and documentary information, this first major biography of Johnny Carson presents a great American success story.