Louise Lasser joins Mark to discuss her Johnny appearances, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, hosting Saturday Night Live, and her various roles in Woody Allen films.Meet Louise Lasser at Chiller Theatre October 27-October 29 in Parsippany, NJ. For details and a complete guest line up visit: http://chillertheatre.com/
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Andy Friendly joins Mark to discuss working with Tom Snyder on Tomorrow, his friendship with Rick Carson, visiting Johnny’s home in Bel Air, booking David Letterman for his first time on network TV, and growing up the son of CBS news pioneer Fred Friendly.
His new book, Willing To Be Lucky: Adventures in Life and Television is available for pre-order: http://amzn.to/2wPKyvO
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William Katz joins Mark to discuss his job as talent coordinator on The Tonight Show in NY, Johnny’s discipline, receiving a bizarre phone call from Gloria Swanson, attempting to book Betty Grable, and discovering David Brenner at an audition.
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Tom Moore joins Mark to discuss writing for Johnny in NY and Burbank, the backstory of Pat McCormick streaking during Johnny’s monologue, and an awkward incident involving guest host Jerry Lewis.
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Pat Bradford joins Mark to discuss working as a talent coordinator on The Tonight Show, the clever way she convinced Kirk Douglas to be a guest, and Jimmy Stewart coming to the rescue when dealing with a difficult famous guest.
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Jo Anne Worley joins Mark to discuss Johnny appearing with her on Laugh-In, her Tonight Show appearances, being discovered by Merv Griffin, and stories from working on Laugh-In.
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Don Schiff joins Mark to discuss doing cue cards for Johnny Carson in New York and Burbank, going over cue cards with Johnny in his office prior to taping, doing cue cards for all the guest hosts including Burt Reynolds and Joan Rivers.
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Hank Bradford joins Mark to discuss being Johnny’s head writer, doing standup on The Tonight Show, and his friendship with Pat McCormick.
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Vikki Carr joins Mark to discuss her Johnny appearances, guest hosting The Tonight Show, and opening up for Johnny on the road.
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Joey D’Auria joins Mark to discuss his Johnny appearance, winning The Gong Show, doing a remote with David Letterman, and his 17 years as Bozo on WGN’s The Bozo Show.
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