Word: good
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still do. I didn't think I'd have a problem with interviews because I had hosted the Tonight show, and there, if you just sit and follow the notes that the staff has prepared for you, you can do a pretty good interview. But for some reason, on this show I had a lot of trouble. I think I just was frightened that suddenly I had to perform as the host of my own show. I was intimidated by guests. So it took a while to overcome that. I remember at one point having a major shift of attitude...
...Your interplay with bandleader Paul Shaffer has become a major part of the show. Are you good friends...
...still makes me laugh. In fact, I don't even watch the Tonight show because how good he is makes me nervous and insecure. I look at that show, and I say to myself, "Yeah, see, you're no Johnny Carson...
Barely two weeks in office, George Bush is already a victim of his own success. As President-elect, he seemed to do no wrong: he ad-libbed long speeches and looked good on television. His Cabinet appointments, if not dazzling, were largely reassuring. His humor was winning, and his informality a relief. Freed of his campaign handlers, he seemed spontaneous, working without a net and keeping his balance...
Nothing that good is forever. Last week Bush opened in the Big Top and turned in a more mixed performance. The Capitol crowd that liked his warm-up act took a dim view of some of his proposals. The President briefly took control of his agenda, but then other events -- abortion, taxes -- seized control of him. Bush hit the ground running, but ran into trouble...