"No pants" is a multi-purpose tag line here at Bedlam Manor, so actor, writer, and comedian Larry Miller provided great satisfaction today with his tribute to Johnny Carson, complete with a rich, detailed account of his own penultimate appearance on The Tonight Show, involving a side-splitting trouser malfunction. Read the whole thing, preferably aloud, then note his sincere conclusion:
You all know how good Carson was. In an era that seems to grow coarser each day, he radiated manners and virtue. Everyone used to say that Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in America when he was on, but I think it just might have been Johnny Carson. I know who I'd trust more, and I sure know who was funnier.Posted by Alan at January 25, 2005 10:44 PMThere's an old Jewish saying that every man's heaven or hell is determined by what people say about him after his death. It's a good thought, and if it's true, Johnny Carson is soaring very, very high.
Tip via Power Line.