Word: tonight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also brings to the taping a wiry grace and spontaneity that successfully hide all the tensions that contribute to the show's success. Precisely what those tensions are is something that the Tonight staff prefers not to discuss. There...
...rest of Tonight's 37-man staff has already been scrambling since 10:30 a.m. in their dingy old headquarters. One of the critical functions-shared by the show's producer, its two associate producers, four writers and four talent coordinators, and supervised by the star-is the selection of the Tonight guests. The pay is only $320, but the pool is limitless, explains Tony Randall, because the show "is plugsville." Bob Hope, for example, came on recently, chatted a bit, and then showed a 21-minute clip from his latest film, Eight on the Lam. At Tonight...
Freer Format. Lesser-known prospects get screened at pre-interview sessions. Comedienne Joan Rivers was rejected six times before she was considered ready; she has been on 18 times since. After the talent is selected, Tonight staffers rough out a crib sheet for Carson, proposing possible lines of questioning and the guest's likely answers. Carson rarely talks to the guests beforehand, lest "they leave their fight in the gymnasium...
...problem with TV Director Dick Carson, who is Johnny's 37-year-old brother, nor with Announcer McMahon, who is one of Johnny's closest friends, despite gossip to the contrary. On the other hand, Carson did fire Tonight Producer Art Stark, who was also a close friend and associate for eleven years. Explains McMahon: "Art was more fixed in his idea of the show. Johnny has a freer idea-more explosive." Staffers say that Carson insisted on format changes-chiefly bits that would allow him to get out of his chair for more skits and business with...
...Tonight's dinner will be optional black tie. A gift in Master Finley's name is expected to be made to the University. Among the other speakers will be Zeph Stewart, Master of Lowell House, and Michael A. Weinberg, Allston Burr Senior Tuotor in Eliot House...