Johnny Carson [videorecording] : king of late night / co-production of Thirteen's American Masters in association with WNET and Peter Jones Productions ; writer, director, producer Peter Jones ; director, producer, editor Mark Catalena ; producer Brian Tessier ; Art Works ; Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Special features: behind-the-scenes footage of Kevin Spacey's voice-over session ; interview outtakes with Jerry Seinfield, Garry Shandling, Ray Romano, Drew Carey and more. Narrator, Kevin Spacey.
Summary:
Possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Carson interviewed 23,000 guests in 4,531 episodes. Watch as the life and career of one of the most beloved yet enigmatic icons in American entertainment history is explored.
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