Backstage at the Tonight Show From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
by Sweeney, Don; McMahon, EdFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-04-27
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary
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 Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Randall, Don Rickles, Stevie Wonder, Martin Short, Liza Minnelli, 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.
Author Biography
Don Sweeney was Music Supervisor with the Tonight Show until his departure in 1995. A professional musician himself, his band was asked by Johnny Carson to play at several Tonight Show anniversary parties throughout the 1980s. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Table of Contents
| Foreword by Ed McMahon | ix | ||
| 1 The King of Late Night and I | 1 | (117) | |
| 2 Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band | 118 | (8) | |
| 3 Brushes with Celebrity | 126 | (43) | |
| 4 Buddy Rich | 169 | (10) | |
| 5 Jay Leno | 179 | (20) | |
| 6 Tonight Show Hits the Road | 199 | (15) | |
| 7 Branford Marsalis and the Tonight Show Band | 214 | (10) | |
| 8 That's a Wrap! | 224 | (4) | |
| Appendix What the Al Pined or Oh C'mon, Did He Really Say That?! | 228 |
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