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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100544217624
ISBN-139780544217621
eBay Product ID (ePID)166267994
Product Key Features
Book TitleJohnny Carson
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicTelevision / Genres / Reality, Game Shows & Talk Shows, Entertainment & Performing Arts
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorHenry Bushkin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-026951
Reviews"Twenty years since retiring and eight since his death, Carson remains the god of late night and the dean of American comedy." -- New York Magazine , Fall Preview "Most readers will be captivated by this high-definition, off-camera, extreme close-up view of the enigmatic entertainer." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Henry Bushkin's 'Johnny Carson' is that rare celebrity tell-all by an author who knows whom and what he's talking about." The New York Times "Few books like 'Johnny Carson' have been more engrossing. It's not just a juicy peek inside a celebrity's life...Bushkin's memoir is also a well-written corporate tale that reveals the tough business of staying America's favorite late-night host, full of stories of money, sex and skullduggery, peppered with plenty of laughs." The Associated Press "This is not a tawdry tell-all but rather, an insightful and sobering character study of a tortured man and failed husband and father, as told through the eyes and experiences of one of his closest confidantes." Huffington Post "[a] gracefully written, often insightful memoir" The Daily Beast "Twenty years since retiring and eight since his death, Carson remains the god of late night and the dean of American comedy." New York Magazine , Fall Preview "Most readers will be captivated by this high-definition, off-camera, extreme close-up view of the enigmatic entertainer." Kirkus "The book bears effective witness to a swinging era when celebrities were 'entertainers,' the highball glass was never empty, there were only three channels on TV, and Carson was its king." Bloomberg Businessweek "Show-business junkies old enough to have spent many of their late nights between 1962 and 1992 watching Johnny Carson, 'the King of Late Night,' will likely devour this long-anticipated memoir in one gulp...The portrait of Carson offered here, though, goes way beyond dish: it is a genuinely multifaceted look at the burdens and the excesses of celebrity. Equally fascinating, though, is Bushkin's own story." - Booklist "An insightful glimpse into the world of The Tonight Show and the star-studded life of Carson. An addictive read." - Publishers Weekly, "Henry Bushkin's 'Johnny Carson' is that rare celebrity tell-all by an author who knows whom and what he's talking about." The New York Times "Few books like 'Johnny Carson' have been more engrossing. It's not just a juicy peek inside a celebrity's life...Bushkin's memoir is also a well-written corporate tale that reveals the tough business of staying America's favorite late-night host, full of stories of money, sex and skullduggery, peppered with plenty of laughs." The Associated Press "This is not a tawdry tell-all but rather, an insightful and sobering character study of a tortured man and failed husband and father, as told through the eyes and experiences of one of his closest confidantes." Huffington Post "[a] gracefully written, often insightful memoir" The Daily Beast "Twenty years since retiring and eight since his death, Carson remains the god of late night and the dean of American comedy." New York Magazine , Fall Preview "Most readers will be captivated by this high-definition, off-camera, extreme close-up view of the enigmatic entertainer." Kirkus "The book bears effective witness to a swinging era when celebrities were 'entertainers,' the highball glass was never empty, there were only three channels on TV, and Carson was its king." Bloomberg Businessweek
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal791.45092 B
SynopsisAn endlessly dishy and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant., A revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and permeated the American consciousness. In the '70s and '80s he was the country's highest-paid entertainer and its most enigmatic. He was notoriously inscrutable, as mercurial (and sometimes cruel) off-camera as he was charming and hilarious onstage. During the apex of his reign, Carson's longtime lawyer and best friend was Henry Bushkin, who now shows us Johnny Carson with a breathtaking clarity and depth that nobody else could. From the moment in 1970 when Carson hired Bushkin (who was just twenty-seven) until the moment eighteen years later when they parted ways, the author witnessed and often took part in a string of escapades that still retain their power to surprise and fascinate us. One of Bushkin's first assignments was helping Carson break into a posh Manhattan apartment to gather evidence of his wife's infidelity. More than once, Bushkin helped his client avoid entanglements with the mob. Of course, Carson's adventures weren't all so sordid. He hosted Ronald Reagan's inaugural concert as a favor to the new president, and he prevented a drunken Dean Martin from appearing onstage that evening. Carson socialized with Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, and dozens of other boldface names who populate this atmospheric and propulsive chronicle of the King of Late Night and his world. But this memoir isn't just dishy. It is a tautly rendered and remarkably nuanced portrait of Carson, revealing not only how he truly was, but why. Bushkin explains why Carson, a voracious (and very talented) womanizer, felt he always had to be married; why he loathed small talk even as he excelled at it; why he couldn't visit his son in the hospital and wouldn't attend his mother's funeral; and much more. Bushkin's account is by turns shocking, poignant, and uproarious -- written with a novelist's eye for detail, a screenwriter's ear for dialogue, and a knack for comic timing that Carson himself would relish. Johnny Carson unveils not only the hidden Carson, but also the raucous, star-studded world he ruled.
LC Classification NumberPN1992.4.C28B88 2013
Bewertungen und Rezensionen
Relevanteste Rezensionen
- 25. Okt. 2023
Very interesting reading, especially for people that watched the tonight show on regular basis.
Book was in good shape and arrived in a timely manner.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Aug. 2017
The Johnny you never knew
Anyone who watched the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson will enjoy this book. On air, the fun, joking, star, when the camera shut off he was a different person. At the end, money and power will not buy you happiness or love. A sad person.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Apr. 2017
Bombastic Bushkin
Great and interesting read about Johnny Carson. I'm only giving it four stars because I suspect the motives of Mr. Bushkin are less than honorable. True of not, the stories still make good reading and I couldn't put it down once I started.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 02. Jul. 2023
Invites the reader into an otherwise unknown realm of a very private man.
Excellent compelling book detailing the private and public life of Johnny Carson, with scintillating vignettes only a close friend would have seen.
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- 26. Dez. 2015
I thought so
You just knew someone so powerful in the entertainment industry would have a book written about them telling of underbelly of the beast. A must read for Carson fans.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Jun. 2021
He was King of Late Night Television
excellent read could not put it down highly recommend this is written by his long time attorney so its well doneBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 28. Jan. 2020
The real, raw stories of the man in front of the camera.
I am not usually a reader but I heard about this book and thought I would give it a try. I am so happy I did because it is GREAT. This is NOT the Johnny Carson my parents watched on late night TV. This is the real, raw stories of the man in front of the camera. You won't regret this purchase.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Feb. 2016
Carson Book
Great behind the scenes contentBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 08. Jun. 2021
Johnny Carson Revealed
Informative book about the King of Talk ShowsBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Jul. 2021
good read
great tell all bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
