{"product_id":"johnny-carson-book-henry-bushkin-9780544217621","title":"Johnny Carson","description":"A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year. - Janet Maslin, Ten Favorite Books of the Year, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Here's Johnny  Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of \u003cem\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/em\u003e or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson and his \u003cem\u003eTonight Show\u003c\/em\u003e dominated the American consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Henry Bushkin was Carson's best friend and lawyer during that period, and his book 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. \u003cem\u003eJohnny Carson\u003c\/em\u003e 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. -- \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like \u003cem\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/em\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. -- \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e magazine Top Ten Book of the Year","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49520298328337,"sku":"CIN0544217624G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49520436216081,"sku":"GOR006087348","price":12.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547667669265,"sku":"GOR006155400","price":3.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50289661870353,"sku":"CIN0544217624A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104137638161,"sku":"CIN0544217624VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0544217624.jpg?v=1760695169","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/johnny-carson-book-henry-bushkin-9780544217621","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}