{"product_id":"9780544217737","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,” \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson and his \u003ci\u003eTonight Show\u003c\/i\u003e dominated the American consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003ci\u003eJohnny Carson\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A fascinating book about a complex man.” — \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Like \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show\u003c\/i\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.” — \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine Top Ten Book of the Year","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120279503088,"sku":"9780544217737","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544217737_p0.jpg?v=1763711899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544217737","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}