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Johnny Carson

Henry Bushkin

A revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power, by his lawyer, wingman, fixer, and closest confidant. From 1962 until 1992, Johnny Carson hosted

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill Burr mentioned reading about Johnny Carson's mother being mean and cold towards him in a book written by Carson's lawyer and that he would laugh about the story because of the absurdity.

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I remember reading in that book what Johnny Carson's lawyer wrote and just how mean and cold his mother was and anytime Johnny would try to do something nice for her to try to get the loving emotion f...

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-23-22

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-23-22

Bill Burr mentioned reading about Johnny Carson's mother being mean and cold towards him in a book written by Carson's lawyer and that he would laugh about the story because of the absurdity.

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I remember reading in that book what Johnny Carson's lawyer wrote and just how mean and cold his mother was and anytime Johnny would try to do something nice for her to try to get the loving emotion from his mom that he so wanted she would be even colder when he would try to get that from her and she would be so fucking mean all he could do is just then retell the story to his lawyer and then he would just start laughing because what the fuck else are you going to do

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