{"product_id":"johnny-carson","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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fascinating book about a complex man.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine Top Ten Book of the Year\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","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947873435879,"sku":"9780544334489","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_e2759b00-67da-49ab-ad64-6890e4df8c33.jpg?v=1775502669","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/johnny-carson","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}