JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT - DVD-AMERICAN MASTERS (PBS)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Documentary, Music, Romance
• Plot: Quite possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Carson interviewed 23,000 guests in 4,531 episodes. Yet he remained a very private man who rarely gave interviews himself. With unprecedented and unrestricted access to Johnny's personal and professional archives, the multiple Emmy' and Peabody award-winning AMERICAN MASTERS series and two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones explore the life and career of one of the most beloved yet enigmatic icons in American entertainment history.; ; Narrated by two-time Oscar' -winner Kevin Spacey, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night features more than 40 original interviews, including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Drew Carey, Garry Shandling, Steve Martin, Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres, Arsenio Hall, Mel Brooks, Dick Cavett, Carl Reiner, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinsen, and other members of The Tonight Show staff.;
• Cast: Kevin Spacey, Muhammad Ali, Steve Allen, Ed Ames, Loni Anderson, Bea Arthur, Jack Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Lucille Ball, Rona Barrett, Michael Barrie, Ginny Beauregard, Richard Benjamin, Jack Benny, Candice Bergen, Joey Bishop, Paul Block, David Brinkley, Mel Brooks, William F. Buckley, Vicki Budinger, Carol Burnett, Barbara Bush, George Bush, Dyan Cannon, Truman Capote, Drew Carey, George Carlin, Cory Carson, Dick Carson, Homer Carson, Joanna Carson, Joanne Carson, Johnny Carson, Katherine Carson, Ruth Carson, Bill Carter, Dick Cavett, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jill Corey, Bill Cosby, Perry Cross, Frederick De Cordova, Ellen DeGeneres, Angie Dickinson, Barry Diller, Phyllis Diller, Phil Donahue, Joan Embery, Peter Falk, Jimmy Fallon, Felicia Farr, Joe Frazier, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Judy Garland, James Garner, Dan Gingold, Al Gore, Merv Griffin, Buddy Hackett, Fred Haise, Arsenio Hall, Linda Hunt, Stan Irwin, Al Jean, Graham Kaye, Sally Kellerman, John F. Kennedy, Bob Kerrey, John Kerry, Peter Lassally, Steve Lawrence, Laurence Leamer, Jack Lemmon, Jay Leno, David Letterman, John Lithgow, James Lovell, Rick Ludwin, Shirley Maclaine, Norman Mailer, Dean Martin, Steve Martin, Luisa Mattioli, Claudia McMahon, Ed McMahon, Bette Midler, Roger Moore, Gary Morton, Joe Namath, Bob Newhart, Tommy Newsom, Jack Nicholson, Richard Nixon, Conan O'Brien, Jack Paar, Dolly Parton, Victoria Principal, Richard Pryor, Mark A. Catalena, Peter Jones
• Director: Mark A. Catalena
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: PBS
• Media Format: Movie