Nice Carson obituary from the Chicago Tribune. (via Power Line) Most celebrity deaths have minimal impact on me, but I was surprised at how this one hit me as I watched some of the TV coverage on Fox last night. When I considered that he was perhaps the one person that I had seen more on TV than any other in my entire life, it made a little more sense. And most of that time was spent in good, light-hearted fun.
For years, the end of Johnny's monologue was the signal that it was OK to roll over and go to sleep. As aloof as were always told he could be in real life, I don't think anyone had more on-screen charisma and charm than Carson. I think he was kind of a "guy's guy" too. At least he connected with this guy. He was a talkshow host before there was a job description for that. David Letterman said "All of us who came after are pretenders...". How true.
Posted by dan at January 24, 2005 01:14 AM | TrackBack