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American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Premieres nationally Monday, May 14 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings)
Interviewees (in alphabetical order)
Mike Barrie – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson writer, 1968-1972, 1978-1992 Ginny Beauregard – former personal assistant Richard Benjamin Paul Block – former The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson talent coordinator Mel Brooks Drew Carey Joanne Carson – second wife Bill Carter – author, The Late Shift ; media critic, The New York Times Dick Cavett Perry Cross – first producer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Ellen DeGeneres Angie Dickinson Joan Embery, animal expert
Jimmy Fallon Dan Gingold – stagehand, Carson’s Cellar Arsenio Hall Stan Irwin – former producer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Al Jean – former The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson writer Graham Kaye – Carson’s tennis coach Peter Lassally – former The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson executive producer Steve Lawrence Laurence Leamer – Carson biographer Jay Leno David Letterman Rick Ludwin – NBC Executive in Charge of Primetime and Late Night Programming Steve Martin Claudia McMahon – Ed McMahon’s daughter Bob Newhart Conan O’Brien Carl Reiner Don Rickles Joan Rivers Ray Romano Helen Sanders – former assistant Jerry Seinfeld Doc Severinsen Garry Shandling Jeff Sotzing – nephew and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson producer Tom Shales – TV critic Ed Shaughnessy – former The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson drummer Raymond Siller – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson writer, 1969, 1976-1988 David Steinberg Craig Tennis – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson head talent coordinator, 1968-1976 Bob Wright – NBC President and CEO, 1986-2001 Bill Zehme – Carson biographer
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