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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohnny Carson tonight on "American Masters"
Looking forward to this.
"Johnny Carson: The King of Late Night" (120 minutes) premieres on PBS' "American Masters" at 9:00pm Monday, May 14th (check local listings). The film will also be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 17th.
Narrated by long-time Carson devotee Kevin Spacey (whose near-perfect impersonation of Carson is respectfully excluded here), Jones's film is the definitive study of Carson's life and career. Featuring "Tonight Show" clips culled from 4,000 hours of tapes from Carson's substantial archives and 45 exclusive interviews with a virtual who's-who of comedians, biographers and late-night TV movers and shakers, this is a film that will have Carson fans grinning ear-to-ear with fond recognition.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/demand/2012/05/johnny_carson_the_man_behind.html
Narrated by long-time Carson devotee Kevin Spacey (whose near-perfect impersonation of Carson is respectfully excluded here), Jones's film is the definitive study of Carson's life and career. Featuring "Tonight Show" clips culled from 4,000 hours of tapes from Carson's substantial archives and 45 exclusive interviews with a virtual who's-who of comedians, biographers and late-night TV movers and shakers, this is a film that will have Carson fans grinning ear-to-ear with fond recognition.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/demand/2012/05/johnny_carson_the_man_behind.html
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Johnny Carson tonight on "American Masters" (Original Post)
pokerfan
May 2012
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monmouth
(21,078 posts)1. I am really looking forward to this...n/t
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. Kevin Spacey doing Johnny Carson
(He gets in a Sarah Palin / Rush Limbaugh joke.)
monmouth
(21,078 posts)5. Thank you so much..n/t
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)2. I heard an interview with the documentarian on NPR a few days ago...
He was really exhaustive in trying to identify more about Carson than the public persona, talking to every possible close acquaintance. All seemingly told him the same thing--that as long as they knew him, they really never "knew" him--even a couple of his ex-wives who would talk said the same thing. It is curious, what led to him being so closed in and private... Nontheless, I'd bet this piece will provide more than has been revealed in the past.
I'll have to try to watch it.
badhair77
(4,191 posts)3. Thanks.
I thought I had missed it.
markpkessinger
(8,381 posts)6. Carson was truly a class act! n/t
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)7. Did they finally find the Zsa Zsa clip with the cat?
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)8. I remember when that happened!
Because I remember seeing it with My Own Eyes!