Johnny Carson & Doc Talk Thanksgiving, turkey and all
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Johnny Carson & Doc Talk Thanksgiving, turkey and all
Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship
Movie City Indie (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Johnny Carson & Doc Talk Thanksgiving, turkey and all
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
SCSUScholars (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Title with apologies to Johnny Carson ) CBO is now saying that the stimulus is working as planned. Menzie Chinn provides an outline; Derek Thompson calls it "the handiwork of dirty Keynesians." If by dirty Keynesians you mean people who use large-scale macroeconometric models, then I would say you're right. But that's what everyone uses in this business. You would think we'd...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
... cop to Prothero's keystone cop. What I didn't know was that Prothero would be Ed McMahon to his Johnny Carson. On the other side, the contenders are just as well credentialed — maybe more so — with one holding a philosophy of science degree from Cambridge (Meyer) being the less qualified, since Sternberg holds two degrees in evolutionary and theoretical biology. Not to mention that...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... Dave, for years after BIZARRE went off the air, would regularly appear on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON and with David Letterman . Einstein, who is in real life Albert Brooks' brother and also a regular on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM , just launched a new version of the Super Dave show. But to some, he will always be remembered for his time on BIZARRE . Ten volumes of episodes of the...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Sometime after the release of “Lawrence of Arabia,” a newly famous Peter O’Toole collapsed in a drunken heap on the set of the Johnny Carson Show. The film’s producer, Sam Spiegel, placed the blame for O’Toole’s accumulating indignities squarely on ...
Taliesin meets the vampires (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Dino Boy was part of Space Ghost and this particular 6 minute segment, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, was first aired in 1966. The almost Boys Own like show had the premise that the young ‘Dino Boy’ (Johnny Carson) was in a plane and had to bail out over the Lost Valley, there he was saved from a sabre toothed tiger by the caveman called Ugh (Mike Road) and...
Film Hound (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Before Jack Hanna was mixing up the wildlife with David Letterman and Jim Fowler was shaking up Johnny Carson with his furry friends, Marlin Perkins started it all back in 1963 on a show called Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (resurrected in 2002). Perkins was a conservationist and animal lover but had more than a few mishaps - here's a clip from the vault, complete with retro laughtrack:...
A Spork in the Drawer (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
posted by gyma Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. - Johnny Carson Not sure what the...
Healing Hospitals - Formerly Ask a Hospital President (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
One of Johnny Carson’s funniest ongoing “bits” (He was the guy who was on the Tonight Show before Jay Leno) was that of Carnac the Magnificent. Carnac was a psychic with a large elaborate turban and a plethora of envelopes, all of which were “hermetically sealed” and had been kept in “a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls’ porch since noon”...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Many years ago “Who Do You Trust'” was a program on television that was hosted by Johnny Carson even before he and his “side-kick” Ed McMahon entertained us on the Tonight Show. The title of that show could also serve as the title for the news report that this commentary focuses on. [...]