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A revealing and incisive consideration of the King of Late Nighttime at the elevation of his fame and ability, by his law firm, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and permeated the American awareness. Inside the '70s and '80s he was the country's highest-paid entertainer and its most enigmatic. He was notoriously inscrutable, as mercurial (and sometimes cruel) off-camera as he was alluring and amusing onstage. During the apex of his reign, Carson's longtime legal professional and closest friend was Henry Bushkin, who now shows us Johnny Carson with a breathtaking clearness and depth that nobody else could. As soon as in 1970 when Carson appointed Bushkin (who was simply just 27) until the instant 18 years later when they parted ways, the author witnessed and often took part in a string of escapades that still preserve their power to astonish and fascinate us. One of Bushkin's first assignments was helping Carson break into a posh Manhattan apartment to assemble evidence of his wife's infidelity. More often than once, Bushkin helped his consumer avoid entanglements with the mob. Naturally, Carson's activities weren't all so sordid. He managed Ronald Reagan's inaugural concert as a opt to the new leader, and he avoided a drunken Dean Martin from appearing onstage that night. Carson socialized with Frank Sinatra, Jack port Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, and a large number of other boldface names who populate this atmospheric and propulsive chronicle of the King of Late Nighttime and his world. But this memoir isn't just dishy. It is a tautly rendered and extremely nuanced family portrait of Carson, disclosing not only how he truly was, but why. Bushkin points out why Carson, a voracious (and very skilled) womanizer, experienced he always needed to be committed; why he loathed small discussion even while he excelled at it; why he couldn't visit his boy in the hospital and wouldn't be present at his mother's funeral; plus much more. Bushkin's consideration is by turns stunning, poignant, and uproarious - written with a novelist's vision for fine detail, a screenwriter's ear canal for dialogue, and a knack for comic timing that Carson himself would relish. Johnny Carson unveils not only the hidden Carson, but also the raucous, star-studded world he ruled.
