Here's Johnny! [Mass Market Paperback]

Ed McMahon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2006

For 30 years, Johnny Carson entertained millions of The Tonight Show viewers, creating a landmark of television. Now, Carson's irreplaceable partner and straight man Ed McMahon tells the touching, turbulent, and laugh-out-loud funny story of his personal, professional, and public relationship with one of the most beloved icons in entertainment history.

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About the Author

Ed McMahon is an entertainment icon. In addition to 30 years on the Tonight Show, he is well-known as the presenter of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes and the host of Star Search. He has also appeared in numerous films.

From AudioFile

Ed McMahon made his living as Johnny Carson's second banana, bantering with the "Tonight Show" host through 30 years of shows. This book brings no surprises; by now fans are familiar with the shy talk show host who was always "on." Still, with an emphasis on classic "Tonight Show" moments, McMahon's recollections will bring back warm memories for viewers. Brief audio clips from the show remind us that McMahon hasn't got his Johnny voice down pat, but he's an engaging reader with a conversational style--and sharp comic timing as well. There's an extensive photo album on CD-ROM to jog memories about some of the bits McMahon mentions. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425212297
• ISBN-13: 978-0425212295
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,634,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ed writes a fitting tribute to a great comedian, October 26, 2005

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Renaldo Rigatoni (Elkhart, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship (Hardcover)

Ed McMahon has written a fitting tribute to a great comedian, Johnny Carson. Ed, who spent almost thirty years with Johnny on the "Tonight Show," gives readers his take on Johnny as a performer and a human being.

Johnny was a difficult man to get to know personally. Ed comments that Johnny felt more at home in front of a camera entertaining 10,000 people than going to a party attended by 10 people. Carson was an extremely private person. McMahon tries his hardest to give us a glimpse of the "real" Johnny.

I cut a star off the review because there are several minor mistakes and goofs in the text. Ed seems to have some trouble with chronological events. Names of individuals are mentioned in the context of the "Tonight Show" before these individuals were well-known. With the number of shows Ed and Johnny did, and the number of guests they had and famous folks they skewered, it's understandable.

I recommend this book to anybody who loved Johnny and misses him. Johnny was unique. At the end of the book, Ed discusses why we'll never see anybody like him again. Certainly none of the current crop of talk-show hosts holds a candle to Johnny. Johnny could be satiric without being mean-spirited. He could be likeable without asking to be liked. He could interview a lady with a collection of "potato chip" people and places, yet still interview a nuclear physicist or philosopher with equal ease and believablity. The only talk-show host in Johnny's league would be the late Steve Allen. Both men were great wits with insatiable curiousities. They were well-read and literate. They were gentlemen, who showed respect and civility to all who sat next to them at the desk. They are missed dearly.

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For Laughing Out Loud (all the way to the bank), November 6, 2005

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Hedley Lamarr (kentucky, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship (Hardcover)

I bought this book within the first week of its release. I was (still am) a big Tonight Show fan when Johnny sat in the chair. This book is a fast read, and I did enjoy the new pictures I had neer seen before. I gave it one star because I bought Ed's first book on Johnny - For Laughing Out Loud. I'm sorry, but I felt like I was reading the same book over. The sad thing is, Ed (in both of his books) tells us all these stories on the tonight show, but it's like a retelling of the 4cd set of the tonight show Johnny put out in 1990's. It's like he can't remember any story besides what is in this cd collection. To make matters worse he repeats most of this info over in this, his second book. If you don't have either book, I would start out with Ed's - For Laughing Out Loud, as you can get this on Amazon for 1 cent.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hate to say...was dissapointed, January 29, 2006

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David L. Perry "Dave" (Grew up in Williamston, Michigan, now live in Hilliard, Fl.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship (Hardcover)

I loved Johnny Carson. However the book that Ed McMahon wrote just repeats itself over and over, i kept saying to myself "it has to get better" and it never did.

There are some funny spots in it, and it did make me laugh once in awhile.

Miss you JC.

Dave