Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno

Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
by Don Sweeney

Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
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Author: Don Sweeney
Foreword: Ed McMahon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-27
ISBN: 158979303X
Number of pages: 248
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Summary of Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno

Don Sweeney was with the Tonight Show for nearly twenty years, and was one of the few staff members asked to remain when Jay Leno took over in 1992. This book is a collection of celebrity vignettes and anecdotes from the peak years of the Tonight Show, and includes behind-the-scenes looks at more than two dozen celebrities, including Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra, David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Ray Charles, Tony Randall, Buddy Rich, Don Rickles, Stevie Wonder, Ed McMahon, and Johnny Carson himself. With an eye for the eccentric, amusing, or downright bizarre, Sweeney's brief portraits offer a glimpse at celebrity from the other side of the curtain.

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