04063cam a2200373 4500 286582742 TxAuBib 20170303120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544217737 054421773X B00CICPU4O Amazon 37cbf455-60b3-4699-840a-4ba3ee41dbce OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1425401 OverDrive (Product ID) 1425401 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bushkin, Henry. Johnny Carson [Libby]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 12MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>November 4, 2013<br /> Bushkin performed many roles for the King of Late Night Johnny Carson during their 18-year relationship—lawyer, advisor, tennis partner, to name a few—but the role of best friend is the one that never quite fit. In this biography/memoir hybrid, Bushkin recounts his tenure working under Carson at Carson Productions and living it up with his boss in Vegas and on yachts. He provides a keen glimpse at what this iconic comedian was really like: a man who was generous and beloved but "capable of marring a nice moment with a cutting remark." And it was those cutting remarks and erratically sour moods, which Bushkin blames on Carson's fraught relationship with his mother, that pushed others away from Carson, including three wives, and eventually poisoned his relationship with the author. Bushkin constantly reevaluates their relationship as he reveals the monstrous side of Carson and how fearful Bushkin was of incurring his wrath. With all this, the book is an insightful glimpse into the world of The Tonight Show and the star-studded life of Carson. An addictive read.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<p>"A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year." – Janet Maslin, "Ten Favorite Books of the Year," <i>New York Times</i><br /> "Here's Johnny!" Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of <i>The Tonight Show</i> or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1961 to 1993, Johnny Carson and his <i>Tonight Show</i> dominated the American consciousness.<br /> Henry Bushkin was Carson's best friend and lawyer during that period, and his book 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. <i>Johnny Carson</i> 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.<br /> "A fascinating book about a complex man." — <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><br /> "Like <i>The Tonight Show</i>, 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." — <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i><br /></p> <p>A <i>People</i> magazine Top Ten Book of the Year</p>. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-03-02 23:00:02. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=37cbf455-60b3-4699-840a-4ba3ee41dbce https://samples.overdrive.com/johnny-carson?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/johnny-carson?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/johnny-carson?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)