Henry Bushkin Talks Johnny Carson

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2013

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Who WAS Johnny Carson? Guest host Mike Pesca will talk to Henry Bushkin about just that. He was Carson's longtime lawyer and fixer. Carson even once called Bushkin his best friend. And Johnny didn't make friends easily. Then later, we revisit Jesse Thorn's conversation with a woman who was part of an entirely different television phenomenon - Friends. Lisa Kudrow will talk about playing the "dumb" one on Friends, but also her real life career in brain science. Plus, Jim DeRogatis talks about how the arty punk band Wire proved that you don't need mega-talent, just some really good ideas. And our friends at the film site The Dissolve will tell you which of the dozens of movies out now are actually worth watching. Lastly, Mike talks about why he's cheering Keith Olbermann's return to sports.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Gina from Madison, Wisconsin.
0:02.6	I'm Jennifer from Bethel Park, PA.
0:04.8	Hey, I'm Alex from Rochester, New York.
0:07.1	Both I with Jessie Thorn is produced independently
0:10.0	and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:12.5	You should support the show like I did.
0:14.2	Just visit maximumfund.org slash donate.
0:18.4	Thank you.
0:19.7	I'm Mike Paskin for Jessie Thorn this week.
0:21.8	Johnny Carson spent 30 years as host of the Tonight Show.
0:24.8	He came off as a genial Midwestern guy.
0:27.6	Offscreen though, he could be very different.
0:30.0	Carson and home wasn't the guy you saw on television.
0:33.6	And that's what I think makes him so interesting.
0:36.4	And that's what I think makes his brilliance
0:38.7	all the more important, because you realize
0:41.5	that this was a great performance he was putting on every night.
0:44.9	Because this really wasn't who he was.
0:47.6	It's Bullseye.
0:48.6	Who was Johnny Carson?
0:57.7	Coming up, I'll talk to Henry Bushkin.
0:59.6	He was Carson's longtime lawyer and right hand man.
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