He probably drinks no more than Johnny Carson did in his New York City years, and unlike Carson, he’s apparently a friendly drunk. But he seems to fall and hurt himself fairly frequently, and that has to worry NBC. Plus, unlike back in the 1960s, everyone in the bar has a camera recording him.
Then he should invite his friends to his apartment in New York City for drinks. Seems an easy solution.
Yes, things were much different 40 years ago.
Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon sober, high or drunk are heads and shoulders above the latest night show hosts. I have consulted with the Karnak The Great and he assures me they are minor league compared to the Johnny the Great. The ghost of Ed McMahon agrees.
Jay Leno was good and those fools at NBC fired him. Even Jay Leno agreed that Johnny Carson was the best and his desire was to be his equal. He almost made it. If NBC had not fired him, he might have become the equal of the Great Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon.
It should be noted that Carson and McMahon had dinner and drinks after each show. They went over each and ever detail of the show. They analyzed what was good and bad and how to improve on the next show. They were perfectionist and funny as hell.
There will never be an equal.
Hard to say. I think to be a stand up comic, you surely go thru the drinking, but you don’t see these drunk on stage. The problem with drinking is always the guy who drinks to excess vs the guy with the disease. If he has the disease, then it’s a matter of time. He needs to address it either way if he can. Doubt very much that he will stop drinking altogether.
Funny funny guy. I like him.
Some can handle their liquor and some can not. Jimmy needs to lay off the bottle or it will ruin him.