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Documentary reveals a different side of late night king Johnny Carson
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| May 07, 2012
| By Hollie McKay
Posted on 05/07/2012 8:48:37 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
Occasionally, when he was really bombing, the band would start playing and he would do a soft shoe routine as a last resort. Cracked me up every time.
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posted on
05/07/2012 10:55:56 AM PDT
by
drew
To: EyeGuy
Yep. Just about every famous comedian working today including Dave Letterman, Jay Leno, Roseanne Barr, Tim Allen, Paul Reiser, Robin Williams, Ellen, Jerry Seinfeld and on and on, got “called over” to the couch. Some were told they could stay there for the rest of show. Show biz heaven.
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:07:20 AM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
gay.
I'm sure his 4(?) wives would question that. :-\
your right; liberal queers are prone to stating that accusation.
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:07:36 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(WA. DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...old Brazilian saying: "$@me $hit; different flie$". :^)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
thanks for those memories :)
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:13:56 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Chen Guangcheng: Gutsy call, Obama /UltraMegaDrippingSarc)
To: TStro
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:21:09 AM PDT
by
donna
(Mitt? NEVER!)
To: Le Chien Rouge
My favorite was when he was interviewing Arnold Palmer's wife and asked her if she did anything special before a tournament.
She replied, "I kiss his balls".
Carson responded, "I'll bet that makes his putter stand on end".
To: US Navy Vet
I just have to say...Chicken McNuggets!
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:48:51 AM PDT
by
JediJones
(From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
To: kidd; US Navy Vet
Since Carson, the networks have chosen only professional clowns to do late-night. They dont have anyone who can mix it up a bit. Leno cant. Letterman cant. Don Imus does both types of interviews, but sucks at both.In addition, unlike these others, Carson was never ideological, petty or just plain mean.
To: ohiobushman
Carson was great. One thing that saddened me was when he announced the older shows were lost because NBC reused the tapes.
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posted on
05/07/2012 12:04:13 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: Robert DeLong; Le Chien Rouge
Without looking it up, I believe the line was something like “I’ll bet that straightens out his putts(putz)”
To: US Navy Vet
Perhaps the most poignant aspect of the documentary is the exploration into Carsons painful relationship with his mother. While at his peak Carson commanded a nightly audience of 15 million viewers, double that of Leno and Letterman combined, he could never get the approval that he longed for from his mom, who never thought her son was funny enough, good enough, successful enough.Such codswallop. This is the standard dime-store psychiatric analysis of just about every notable person in the world. "He never got the approval of [either or both parents], which caused him to [whatever]." No way to disprove such an assertion, but little reason to believe it, either.
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posted on
05/07/2012 12:24:24 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
To: tarheelswamprat
Supposedly, the whole story is bogus. It never happened. Guess I heard that somewhere and fell for it. Still makes for a great story.
To: US Navy Vet
Thanks for posting, I am anxious to see the documentary next week. We were great fans of Johnny and miss him terribly. He was smart, funny and had a lot of class. As with many of his generation there is no one today like him. He was one of a kind.
I am very grateful that I still was able to see many of the great ones while growing up in the 60's and 70's. Young people today are exposed to so little talent and have no clue as to what they have missed.
To: Robert DeLong
LOL! That's the one I was going to post!
Great minds and such...!
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posted on
05/07/2012 12:59:20 PM PDT
by
Dubh_Ghlase
(Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
To: US Navy Vet
I like how Johnny vanished off the radar after he retired....not one of those performers who feels the need to be “on.”
To: Redleg Duke
Ill never forget the night Ed Ames threw the tomahawk at the human outline on the sheet of plywood!LOL..
IIRC they claimed that was the longest sustained laughter ever on the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeN0QkZmmY
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posted on
05/07/2012 1:44:09 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(A)
To: Vinnie
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posted on
05/07/2012 1:49:00 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(A)
To: Dubh_Ghlase
I know for a fact that the story has been around a lot longer than the internet. I have been telling it for years, decades even. Probably will continue to do so since it is such a great story. LOL
To: nicksaunt
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posted on
05/07/2012 2:33:21 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Redleg Duke
80
posted on
05/07/2012 2:33:45 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to DC to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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