The Artie Lange Show - Henry Bushkin (in-studio) Part 1

The Artie Lange Show - Henry Bushkin (in-studio) Part 1

[@61dodgelancer]

Bushkin's book on Johnny Carson is a great read! Carson was the best! There has never been another late-night TV comedian in the same league with Johnny. He was a genius at making bad material that bombed into a hilarious moment.

[@meandthemrs7403]

I hate it when hosts interrupt there guests.

[@Milton754]

I always hate when this happens and the host really think that they being intelligent when they are interrupting. They don't realize that they are being rude.

[@BluesImprov]

@@Milton754 It's because they have NO idea of how to do a great interview. . .They think because their name is on the show that THEY are the show. . .They don't understand what Johnny Carson did understand. Johnny knew just how important the guest really was. . .Johnny stayed out of the way of guests for the most part and that's why he was the best. Watch KZbin clips of the Tonight Show especially when Carson had other comics on. . .They always said Johnny was the best straight man ever. . .He knew when to shut-up and let the guest do their thing. Watch clips of him with comics like Rodney Dangerfield and Buddy Hackett for example. Johnny would get the ball rolling and then step back and let those guys go. . .and it was great TV.

[@NguyetNguyen-tj1wr]

Agree, these 2 guys are super rude. I stop watching.

[@TheTubbeater]

yes

[@myersonline]

If you're going to interview a man for a book he wrote... read the damn book first. It's so obvious from your questions that you didn't even bother to crack a page. The book is actually quite fascinating!

[@tonyd7918]

I just finished this book. It was brilliant, and so easy to read, quite frankly, I could have finished it in three days if I wanted to. The way it's explained in the book (Bushkin's point of view, obviously), I don't think there was the wrong-doing Carson alleged. I loved Johnny to death, but man, it was no secret he was difficult on many levels.

[@EmmanuelKisiangani]

Bushkins' book is an amazing read. I thought this interview was off until I went to the comments. I am not alone! (Insert X-Files Theme) :-)

[@wkworld6741]

Compare this to the interview joan rivers did with him. Joan is a great interviewer and doesn't constantly interrupt like they do.

[@rubenherrera3852]

Artie Lange is as he appears.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Bob Newhart once had a funny line about Johnny's personal life. Johnny Carson’s first three wives were named, in order, Jody, Joanne, and Joanna. This was before Johnny married Alexis, his last wife. Bob Newhart kidded that he had married three similarly named women because "the man just couldn't bring himself to spring for new monograms on the towels."

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Speaking of self-deprecation within the first hour of the book this lawyer talks about how Johnny would use self-deprecation to smooth out an interview

[@xmm103]

Carson fans will love this book and still love Carson. He was a complicated man, and so therefore its a complicated love.

[@e2go]

@x mm People like you are so naive. If you love the guy, love him. Books are written to make money and push narratives. Today's Hollywood clearly wants to destroy Carson's legacy like they do with so many icons. Morons just keep falling for it every time. Taking stuff from the guy's personal life and spinning it through whatever narrative they are pushing and then expecting it to be accurate is silly. The dude brought joy to millions of people every day. They follow the guy for a lifetime then can have their opinion changed in two minutes by someone trying to push a narrative as long as it comes off fancy enough. I could give a damn less if he was a "diva" in some dirt rag book by people looking to make a buck. Funny how the vultures come out long after the guy is dead like they normally do. That way they can tell lies and never have to answer to anyone for it.

[@WintersWar]

What the hell is lange talking about? Did he ever see the tonight show? Carson was all about self-depricating humor.

[@dbmusicproductions9181]

These hacks are terrible talk show hosts. Bushkin's book was a good read telling the story of a unique entertainer who will probably never be rivaled for the giant he was.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

db Music Productions Agreed on all you said, the hosts are complete hacks. There isn't enough alcohol in the world to cause me to think Arte Lange has talent.

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

poor souls alcohol damages the brain

[@chadkosakowski7256]

As a young boy I’d sneak to watch Johnny Carson even if I had to take a nap or go to bed a little early to see him. Many times I would only get to see the monologue before being told to get in my room and go back to bed. I was six years old, I was completely fascinated by his comedy timing and interviewing skills. Today the whole late night programming and host I see and hear nothing but shit!

[@forapps9364]

True. The problem with today's late night hosts is that they are not well read or interested in having interesting and diverse guests from across the nation.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

"Nobodies taking this job from me" that's right ✅

[@43Aquaman]

Bushkin looks like a super villain.

[@johnking5174]

Can I ask - why if Carson knew back in the days of high tax, he was only going to keep $150,000 a year of his $5 million salary, did he not accept lower salary from NBC, meaning he would be paid less, but keep more?

[@dorothygale1104]

He still got the $5 million salary, the vast majority was deferred so that he wasn’t paying taxes in it. He wasn’t losing it to taxes; he just didn’t have most of his salary available to him at the time. It was a bad way to avoid taxes because in avoiding taxes, he didn’t’ have most of his salary available to him because it was deferred. If he accepted a lower salary, he would be screwing himself.

[@johnking5174]

@@dorothygale1104 What a terrible system that was back then. In England in the seventies, the income tax rate for high earners was a whopping 83% for any earnings over £20,000 a year back then. This led to many British TV stars trying to find a way of getting around it, usually by asking BBC for example to pay their salary in part cash, part check.

[@tertommy]

Could they let the guy finish a sentence?

[@arlenmargolin1650]

That's weird just last night I started listening to an 8-hour audiobook for the story of Johnny Carson Lord knows I fell asleep and Lord knows it keep me sleeping something interesting stuff though

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

I love Artie ALOT but he's so high here, it's embarrassing. Constantly interrupting the guest, inserting himself into their stories, competing with his co-host over meaningless details, the manic energy and voice trailing off at the end of sentences - it's so obvious. Does he actually have food in his mouth at the very beginning of the interview? Jesus. What a waste of a fascinating guest.

[@coffeehigh420]

WTF wtt WTF WTF WTF WTF ...... wow wow wow wow wow why would Artie do this to himself (as it has unfolded today) This man had everything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF

[@rosu5726]

That man should be forced to diet.

[@tgmolitor6215]

Read the book. Lange is a horrible interviewer who appears hasn't read the book.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

Can’t stand this interview! I just listened to the book on audiobook KZbin, and this ignorant moron doesn’t know shit!

[@destinyfet]

Artie get your shit together and return to Direct tv. Your format was the best!

[@ThePoushal]

"Our views differed." Bombastic Bushkin should have rather said "I stole Johnny's money."

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

coca cola shite company sugar shite,,,, good on Carson ,,, tough job to keep going,,

[@arlenmargolin1650]

I know that lawyers are supposed to maintain the confidentiality and maybe it's just for things of certain nature but I would think that any lawyer that divulges anything about anyone at any time is just stepping out of bounds and if this man is just yapping for money then watch it the wheel of karma starts spinning real fast when it gets towards your neck!

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Geez , read the book before you interview someone. Don't skip from him going into Joannne's secret apartment all the way to the separation of Bushkin from Carson. you miss all the goodies in-between, Jesus-Aged-F-ing-Christ.

[@reneadinaro8183]

I'm 49 yrs old so I remember Carson. Could someone please explain to me what exactly was his talent? He was meh funny. He sat at a desk and asked questions. To do that research your guests. Rivers and Rickles were 1000 times funnier. The fact that Carson was sooo popular and hence powerful shows just how moronic we are as a society.

[@bobzani]

That's only YOUR opinion.

[@monkeyb1820]

up until around 1980 or so, Johnny would do a club or two in Vegas (like Seinfeld does), so he was a comedian, although he came up doing magic tricks. His main talent was a tremendous mix of on-screen charisma, good looks, good at interacting with guests, which lead to good ratings and advertising revenue for NBC. Rivers and Rickles were hilarious, but had a 'harsher' style, whereas Johnny's style was more broader in appeal. But much of it just boils down to charisma and likeability, very 'ratpack like' even though he was not in the ratpack (although he gradually became friends with them).

[@fightman49]

G’s, Artie Lange is annoying.