Backstage at the Tonight Show

Download or read book Backstage at the Tonight Show written by Don Sweeney and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.