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Carson the magnificent

Carson the magnificent

Book 2024

"In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson -- the only one he'd granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was tapped for the Esquire feature story thanks to his years of legendary celebrity profiles, and the resulting piece portrayed Carson as more human being than showbiz legend. Shortly after Carson's death in 2005 and urged on by many...