TCM Says 'Heeeeere's Johnny!'
Turner Classic Movies has licensed 50 Johnny Carson interviews with Hollywood films stars and others, culled from his three decades atop the Tonight show.
The Carson on TCM showcase will premiere in summer 2012.
Interview subjects include Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Drew Barrymore (who co-hosts TCM’s Essentials with Robert Osborne) Doris Day, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart (a Carson favorite), and Elizabeth Taylor. along with the veritable host of others.
It is not the first time TCM has tapped a talked to flesh out its views of Hollywood’s stars. In 2006, it licensed some film interviews from the Dick Cavett Show, including with Alfred Hitchcock and Groucho Marx (a Cavett favorite).
One of Carson’s strengths as an interviewer was that he was clearly a big fan of many of the Hollywood greats, and while they would usually treat him as an equal, given his TV star billing, he always seemed slightly deferential, which made it easier for the audience to identify with him as one of them, rather than simply watching two stars talking.
Uvik commented:
what the hell keyboard is he plyniag, it sounds like crap, why don't they put him on a proper grand piano.the band and the horn section sounds great,Ray ain't pullin off the pitch bend thing too well, sounds cheezy, Ray would have been a killer guitar player
Kara commented:
The reason for his korbeayd is because its the style. Electric Blues. If you see the immediate band, excluding the horn section, everything is plugged in, guitar, electric bass, drumset, and his korbeayd. A piano in this style would just sound out of place. I agree it does get a little on the cheesy side. But its alllllll the style man.
Lanny commented:
I certainly HOPE they mean the summer of 2013.
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George Cloyd commented:
Hello, Mr. Eggerton:
Although I don't work in the broadcast industry, I frequently read B & C to learn what is going on in the field of broadcasting. It is a very informative journal.
I watch TCM frequently. I look forward to these rare Carson treats.
By the way, I think you mean that these interviews with debut on TCM in the summer of 2013. Just thought you should know.
Kind thanks.