{"product_id":"book-i83l","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.\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A fascinating book about a complex man.” — \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e magazine Top Ten Book of the Year","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341795107120,"sku":"BDi83l","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49341795139888,"sku":"ZEi83l","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49341795205424,"sku":"ZMi83l","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i83l-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776518190","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i83l","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}