I am too young to remember the best of Carson's career, but I've seen many of the highlights on various specials over the years. Love the animal bits. One of my favorite bits of all time was the Copper Clapper Caper with Jack Webb.
Concerning the coverage on the cable channels tonight: I find it sad that the younger hosts on all of the channels (not singling anyone out in particular) have no skill at interviewing the truly great icons of showbusiness (Merv Griffin, Rich Little, Mickey Rooney, etc.) Today's anchors are most at home interviewing politicians with no personality or entertainers promoting their movie. I know what their problem is: they don't listen to the person they are interviewing. They've never had to listen before.
Ironic, since that's one of the things that set Carson apart from the talk show crowd.
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