Book reviews

Here's Johnny!
Ed McMahon Book Review

Read a book review online (click here to search reviews)
Books Movies  
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mystery/Thriller Literature Romance Biography Video
Ed McMahon Books
New book search
Ed McMahon Message Board
Get more information about this book
Plot Summary of Here's Johnny!
"Here's Johnny is basically a love letter from Ed McMahon to the late, great Johnny Carson. Encompassing their long career and friendship, the book opens up with Ed mourning the passing of his friend. It then goes on to tell how Ed started out on televison in Philadelphia and how that led to him getting an audition for Johnny's show. Then, in between some personal behind the scenes stories, the book then is crammed full of stories of Ed and Johhny's time on the Tonight Show. A short book filled with funny stories, anecdotes, and tid bits that will bring back fond memories of the great Johnny Carson."
Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Here's Johnny!
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession: - actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - TV Comedy Actor
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - California
City? Yes
City: - New York - Los Angeles
Century: - 1960's-1970's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
Most similar books to Here's Johnny!
Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories of a Life Unaccording to Plan by Hillary Carlip
Ozzie by Ozzie Nelson
Hollywood Causes Cancer: The Tom Green Story by Tom Green
Reminder by Dennis Waterman
Daddy's Boy by Chris Elliot


Click here for more information about this book


Ed McMahon Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Bobby Blades  

SCHOLARS:


Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
Three ways to search for Biography books!

1) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot or subplot below!

Animal story?

Big Business story?

Disaster Story

Ethnic/regional/gender

Family, hate

Family, ill

Family, love

Food

Job/profession/poverty story

Kids growing up/acting up?

Life in an institution

Outdoors story

Pal/friendship story

Phys disability/mental struggle?

Political/social rights fight

Road trip

Romance

Royalty bio

Sports story

Taboo Sex Story?

War/Spying



or 2) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
3) Even more search options available with a Detailed Booksearch (click here)

Use our site!
17 FREE Sci-Fi Ebooks!
FREE "How to be happy" Ebook!
Funny Videos
Feedback


Most recent discussions:

General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
George W. Bush 8:20:38 PM
Robert Segarra 1:49:56 PM
Karen Armstrong 10:51:40 AM
Slavomir Rawicz 6:40:45 PM
Anonymous 1:39:52 PM
Deric Longden 9:20:02 AM
Suzanne Weyn 6:24:19 PM
Colin Forbes 12:23:54 PM
John Christopher 5:12:45 AM
Tom Clancy 2:19:45 AM
Margaret Peterson Haddix 5:36:55 PM
Nikolai Tolstoy 7:46:16 AM
J.K. Rowling 11:40:22 PM
Jack Higgins 4:54:08 PM
Eloise Jarvis McGraw 12:51:17 PM
Jane Rubino 1:21:00 PM
Lori Wick 2:11:45 AM
Betty Mahmoody 5:57:33 PM
Patricia Cornwell 2:48:17 PM
Andrew Clements 9:13:44 PM

Silicon Valley
More message boards