Johnny Tonight: A Behind the Scenes Closeup of Johnny Carson & the Tonight Show by Craig TennisMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Nice memoir from a Tonight Show principal during peak years. Much of this easy-to-read entertaining recollection is about the mechanics of putting on such a talk show generally - which I feel must correlate to many other shows - and the rest to dealing specifically with the complex and demanding and intensely private Carson. This includes insights into his person and life outside of the show, like a drum kit set up at his house and his then lucrative clothing line.
For me the most memorable and interesting parts and in the final chapters noting specific guests like Tiny Tim as an ultra-right wing patriot, Charles Bronson similarly conservative, David Carradine living scruffily in a cabin, the behavior of occasional guest host David Steinberg, and more.
Includes several pages of B&W photos.
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