{"product_id":"johnny-carson-isbn-9780544334489","title":"Johnny Carson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.\" – Janet Maslin, \"Ten Favorite Books of the Year,\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Here’s Johnny!\" Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson and his \u003ci\u003eTonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e dominated the American consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Bushkin was Carson’s best friend and lawyer during that period, and his behind-the-scenes memoir 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 couldn’t visit his son in the hospital and wouldn’t attend his mother’s funeral; and much more. This \u003ci\u003eJohnny Carson\u003c\/i\u003e biography 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating book about a complex man.\" — \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e, the book has many a merry moment . . . [Johnny Carson] was also one of a kind, and is missed. This book brings a bit of him back.\" — \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine Top Ten Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis intimate biography goes beyond the television icon to reveal the complex man behind the desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Insider’s Account:\u003c\/b\u003e Told by Carson’s longtime lawyer and best friend, Henry Bushkin, who saw the private moments the cameras never did.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe King of Late Night:\u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the scenes of \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e and discover the ambition and insecurity that drove its legendary host for thirty years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Complicated Legacy:\u003c\/b\u003e A shocking and poignant exploration of Carson’s personal demons, from his voracious womanizing to his refusal to visit his son in the hospital.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHollywood Power:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness how incredible fame corrupts, and the price Carson—and those around him—paid for his throne in a golden era of television.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Henry Bushkin’s ‘Johnny Carson’ is that rare celebrity tell-all by an author who knows whom and what he’s talking about.” – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e  “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.” – \u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e  “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.” – \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e  “[a] gracefully written, often insightful memoir” – \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e  \"Twenty years since retiring and eight since his death, Carson remains the god of late night and the dean of American comedy.\" – \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Fall Preview  \"Most readers will be captivated by this high-definition, off-camera, extreme close-up view of the enigmatic entertainer.\" – \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e   \"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.”– \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e  \"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.\" \u003ci\u003e- Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e  \"An insightful glimpse into the world of The Tonight Show and the star-studded life of Carson. An addictive read.\" \u003ci\u003e- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890033750245,"sku":"NP9780544334489","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544334489.jpg?v=1730232414","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/johnny-carson-isbn-9780544334489","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}