Carson the magnificent [LP]

"In 2002, Bill Zehme landed an interview with Johnny Carson--the only one he'd granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Shortly after Carson's death in 2005, Zehme signed a contract to do an expansive biography. He toiled on the book for nearly a decade before a cancer...

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Main Authors: Zehme, Bill (Author), Thomas, Mike, 1970- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Edition:Large print edition.
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245 1 0 |a Carson the magnificent [LP] /  |c Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. 
250 |a Large print edition. 
264 1 |a [Waterville, Maine] :  |b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,  |c 2024. 
264 4 |c Ã2024 
300 |a 513 pages (large print) ;  |c 22 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-509). 
505 0 |a Prologue: Tiptoeing up the mountain -- There will be a tomorrow -- Kind of like television roulette -- A tight suitcase -- It's all in the timing -- The difference between love and lust -- A gesture from God -- And so it has come to this -- Epilogue: Like the widow at a funeral. 
520 |a "In 2002, Bill Zehme landed an interview with Johnny Carson--the only one he'd granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Shortly after Carson's death in 2005, Zehme signed a contract to do an expansive biography. He toiled on the book for nearly a decade before a cancer diagnosis halted his progress. The hundreds of pages Zehme managed to complete are astounding both for the caliber of their writing and how they illuminate one of the most inscrutable figures in entertainment history. Completed with help from Zehme's former research assistant Mike Thomas, Carson the Magnificent offers an honest assessment of who Johnny Carson really was."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
600 1 0 |a Carson, Johnny,  |d 1925-2005. 
630 0 0 |a Tonight show (Television program) 
650 0 |a Television talk show hosts  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Television personalities  |z United States  |v Biography. 
655 7 |a Large print books.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Biographies.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Thomas, Mike,  |d 1970-  |e author. 
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