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Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n 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<\/b> <\/p>\n From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show<\/i> and permeated the American consciousness. In the \u201970s and \u201980s he was the country\u2019s 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\u2019s longtime lawyer and best friend was Henry Bushkin, who now shows us Johnny Carson with a breathtaking clarity and depth that nobody else could. <\/p>\n 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\u2019s first assignments was helping Carson break into a posh Manhattan apartment to gather evidence of his wife\u2019s infidelity. More than once, Bushkin helped his client avoid entanglements with the mob. Of course, Carson\u2019s adventures weren\u2019t all so sordid. He hosted Ronald Reagan\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n But this memoir isn\u2019t 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\u2019t visit his son in the hospital and wouldn\u2019t attend his mother\u2019s funeral, and much more. Bushkin\u2019s account is by turns shocking, poignant, and uproarious \u2014 written with a novelist\u2019s eye for detail, a screenwriter\u2019s ear for dialogue, and a knack for comic timing that Carson himself would relish. Johnny Carson<\/i> unveils not only the hidden Carson, but also the raucous, star-studded world he ruled. User Rating: 3.76 (based on 8378 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: johnny-carson.epub<\/em><\/p>\n
. First published January 1, 2013. Original format: Kindle Edition. Pages: 323. #johnny-carson-ebook #johnny-carson-epub #read #download<\/p>\n