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as showman, [>]
Sinatra, Frank, Jr., [>]
Singer, Bruce, [>], [>]
skills as a performer, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]. See also The Tonight Show
Smith, George, [>]
Sneaky Pete’s restaurant, Los Angeles, [>]
Snyder, Tom, [>], [>]–[>]
Sommers, Joanie, [>]
Spelling, Aaron, [>]
sponsors, [>], [>], [>]
Spontaneous Combustion, [>]
Spruce Goose tour, [>]
Stadella, Dante Charles “Danny,” [>]–[>]
stage manager, role and responsibilities, [>]
Stallone, Sylvester, [>]
stand-up, enjoyment of, [>]
Stark, Art, [>], [>], [>]
Stark, Ray, [>]
The Star Maker, [>]
Staub, Jerry, [>]
steakhouses, New York City, [>]
Stevens, Walter, [>]
Stevenson, McLean, [>], [>]
Stewart, Jimmy, [>], [>]
Still Talking (Rivers), [>]
Stradella, Rosa, [>]
Supertrain, [>]–[>]
talk shows, [>]–[>]
Tallyho Hotel, Las Vegas, [>]
Tandem Productions, [>]
Tartikoff, Brandon, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
taxes, tax shelters, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Taxi, [>]
Taylor, Elizabeth, [>]
Teachers Only, [>]
Tebet, David, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
television shows, financing, [>]. See also Carson Productions
Tellez, Jeannie, [>]–[>]
Tellez, Rudy, [>]
tennis
as basis for Carson-Bushkin bond, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and Carson’s increasing competitiveness, tantrums, [>]
Carson’s love for, [>]–[>]
doubles match with Enberg and Blackmore, [>]–[>]
with Marty Trugman, [>]
with Trapenberg, [>]
See also Wimbledon
Thicke, Alan, [>]
Thomopoulos, Tony, [>]–[>], [>]
Thompkins, Angel, [>]
Three’s Company, [>]
Time magazine cover, [>]
timing, innate sense of, [>], [>]
The Today Show, [>]
The Tomorrow Show, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
The Tonight Show
Al Bushkin’s visit to, [>]
anniversary parties, [>], [>]–[>]
audience size, viewers, [>], [>]
Bombastic Bushkin skits, [>]–[>]
under Carson, importance, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Carson’s debut, [>]
Carson’s final show, [>]
Carson’s ownership of, [>]
Carson’s salary and contracts, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
celebrity guests, [>]–[>], [>]
comedians fostered by, [>]
daily critiques, [>]
decision to quit early, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Emmy awards, [>]
guest hosts, [>]
hiring of de Cordova, [>]–[>]
impact of Carson’s free agency, [>], [>]–[>]
Las Vegas gigs while doing, [>]–[>]
missed shows, vacations, [>], [>]
move to Los Angeles, [>]
NBC’s earnings from, [>], [>]
during 1967 AFTRA strike, [>]–[>]
after Paar’s departure, [>]
poker game, [>]
private litigation with NBC, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
producers, [>], [>]
and Raritan Enterprises, [>]–[>]
refutation of National Inquirer story on, [>]–[>]
and Rivers’s long-term prospects, [>]
theme song, [>]
tribute to Rick Carson, [>]–[>]
Werblin’s earnings from, [>]–[>]
writing staff, [>], [>]
Toots Shor’s restaurant, New York City, [>]
Tormé, Mel, [>], [>]
Toxic Parents (Forward), [>]
transactional relationships, [>]–[>]
Trapenberg, Bob, [>]–[>], [>]
Tribune Company, [>], [>]
Trugman, Ellin, [>]
Trugman, Marty
relationship with Bushkin, [>], [>], [>]
as rental agent, [>]
tennis games with Carson, [>]
Trugman, Richard
help arranging Carson-Holland wedding, [>]
law partnership with Bushkin and Kopelson, [>]
new offices in Century City, [>]
relationship with Bushkin, [>]
Trump Tower apartment, sale of, [>], [>]
TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes, [>]
[>] Club, New York City, [>], [>]
Tynan, Kenneth, [>], [>], [>]
Ulrich, Peter, [>]
U.S. Information Agency, [>]
U.S. Navy, [>]–[>]
vacations, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]. See also Wimbledon
Vallee, Rudy, [>]
Vanderbilt Club, New York City, [>]
van Dongen, Kees, [>]
vaudeville, and early TV comedy, [>]–[>]
Video Village, [>]
Viner, Mort, [>]–[>], [>]
Voight, Jon, [>]
Vollbracht, Michaele, [>]
Walsh, Jimmy, [>]
Washington, D.C. See Inaugural Gala, 1981
Wasserman, Lew, [>]
Webb, Del, [>]–[>]
Webster, Melissa, [>]–[>]
Weinberger, Edwin “Ed”
Amen, [>], [>]
background and experience, [>]
The Cosby Show, [>]
firing of, [>]–[>]
firing of Rick Carson, [>]–[>]
hiring of by Carson Productions, [>]–[>]
hiring of Rick Carson, [>]–[>]
MTM Enterprises, [>]
partnership with Daniels, [>]
personality, [>]
relationship with Carson, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
as writer for Tonight Show, [>]
Weinblatt, Mike, [>], [>]–[>]
Weintraub, Jerry, [>]
Welcome Back, Kotter, [>]
Werblin, David “Sonny”
during apartment break-in, [>]
background, [>]
as Carson’s manager, [>]
dinner with Henry and Judy Bushkin, [>]
firing of, [>]
hiring of, [>]
at nightclubs with Carson, [>]
questionable deals made by, [>]–[>], [>]
relationship with Carson, [>]–[>]
Werblin, Leah Ray, [>]
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, [>]
White, Betty, [>]
White House visit, 1981, [>]–[>]
Who Do You Trust? [>], [>], [>]
Wick, Charles, [>], [>]–[>]
Wilder, Billy, [>]
Wilkerson, Tichi, [>]
William Morris Agency, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Willowbrook mall project, Houston, [>]–[>], [>]
Wilson, Flip, [>], [>]
Wimbledon, annual trips to, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Winters, Jonathan, [>]
Wood, George, [>]–[>]
Wood, Robert D., [>]–[>]
Woodward, Joanne, [>]–[>]
work, performing, enjoyment of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wynn, Steve, [>], [>]
Xanadu (musical), [>]
Yablans, Frank, [>], [>]
Yorkin, Bud, [>]–[>]
About the Author
HENRY BUSHKIN is a lawyer living in Los Angeles. For eighteen years he was Johnny Carson’s personal legal advisor, fixer, confidant, and close friend.
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