By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Phil has done more work that’s touched greatness than probably anybody else who’s been here.” -Lorne Michaels Are you familiar with these phrases? “Fire bad!” “I’m just a caveman….” “Hello, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such movies as…” If you recognize any of the above, then […]
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Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $36)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.” -Johnny Carson Comedy-variety has always been my favorite television show format. And from 1962 to 1992 Johnny Carson was the undisputed master. I fondly remember the mid-eighties when NBC […]