Backstage at the Tonight Show

From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno
Author(s): Don Sweeney, Ed McMahon
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, United States
Imprint: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781589793033, 978-1589793033

Synopsis

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.