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Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Johnny Carson about?
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 confidantFrom 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and permeated the American consciousness. In the '70s and '80s he was the country's 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's longtime lawyer and best friend was Henry Bushkin, who now shows us Johnny Carson with a breathtaking clarity and depth that nobody else could.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's first assignments was helping Carson break into...
Who reads Johnny Carson?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Henry Bushkin
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (3,040 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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