01776cam a2200301 i 4500 2627438258 TxAuBib 20251125120000.0 241126s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024405134 9781451645279 hardcover 1451645279 hardcover (OCoLC)1420449682 TxAuBib rda Carson the Magnificent / Bill Zehme ; with Mike Thomas. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index. Prologue: Tiptoeing up the mountain -- There will be a tomorrow -- Kind of like television roulette -- A tight suitcase -- It's all in the timing -- The difference between love and lust -- A gesture from God -- And so it has come to this -- Epilogue: Like the widow at a funeral. Twenty years in the making, Zemhe and Thomas's book examines "one of the most inscrutable figures in entertainment history: a man who brought so much joy and laughter to so many millions but was himself exceedingly shy and private. Zehme traces Carson's rise from a magic-obsessed Nebraska boy to a Navy ensign in World War II to a burgeoning radio and TV personality to, eventually, host of The Tonight Show--which he transformed, along with the entirety of American popular culture, over the next three decades-- Provided by publisher. 20251125. Biography. Biographies. lcgft