No matter the topic, the finest docs make you realize how much we needed a film on a particular subject. And that rule couldn’t apply more to Tiny Tim: King for a Day, director Johan von Sydow’s overview of the otherworldly life and times of one of the most Wtf pop celebrities of the last century. (It hits theaters on April 30th.)
For those who vaguely recall Tiny Tim, or never heard of him at all, the man born Herbert Butros Khaury was the oddest of ducks even during the Sixties,...
For those who vaguely recall Tiny Tim, or never heard of him at all, the man born Herbert Butros Khaury was the oddest of ducks even during the Sixties,...
- 4/28/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
46 years ago today, history was made on an episode of “The Tonight Show.” Novelty singer Tiny Tim — known for his ukulele playing and falsetto voice — married Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson’s talk show. It was the most-watched episode of Carson’s “Tonight Show” until his finale. Before televised celebrity weddings became a common occurrence, this was a wholly new spectacle. 45 million viewers tuned in for the event. (Compare that to a meager 4 million viewers watching Kim Kardashian’s much-publicized 2011 wedding to Kris Humphries.) Other notable December 17 happenings in pop culture history: • 1965: Judy Garland and The Supremes became first artists to perform at the Astrodome in Houston, Tex. • 1971: “Diamonds Are Forever,” the seventh Eon Productions James Bond film, opened in U.S. theaters. • 1976: “Freaky Friday,” starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris, had its theatrical release. The remake of “King Kong,” starring Jessica Lange in her first film role,...
- 12/17/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Alicia might be expressing sweet relief in the above picture, but I'm not so placated. I won't declare Sunday's The Good Wife a disaster, but it still perpetuated a number of the problems I have with season four: regurgitated drama at the firm, too little of people we care about, and a Kalinda storyline that's radioactively bad. Someone hold up a Geiger counter to her grizzled man Nick's face and tell me if his shock-blondness is Silkwood-related.
Fortunately, there was one triumphant performance that felt like a cool balm on an otherwise aching sore. Ready to clap?
Aw, yeah: Guess who ruled last episode? This guy.
Mr. Alan Cumming enjoyed what may be his finest moment on the show when he confronted -- or should I say, brought up in a mumbled, diplomatic fashion -- the potential of Alicia's affair with Will leaking to the press. Perfect pausing, conscientious glances,...
Fortunately, there was one triumphant performance that felt like a cool balm on an otherwise aching sore. Ready to clap?
Aw, yeah: Guess who ruled last episode? This guy.
Mr. Alan Cumming enjoyed what may be his finest moment on the show when he confronted -- or should I say, brought up in a mumbled, diplomatic fashion -- the potential of Alicia's affair with Will leaking to the press. Perfect pausing, conscientious glances,...
- 10/15/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Sidney Reznick, a comedy writer who penned jokes for showbiz legends Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope and Johnny Carson -- not to mention presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey -- died July 24 in Los Angeles, five days before his 93rd birthday, his son reported. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 One of the last surviving writers from radio and TV's Golden Age, Reznick served as a staff writer for Carson on The Tonight Show in New York and Los Angeles. He was on stage when ukulele player Tiny Tim ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips") memorably wed Victoria Mae Budinger (aka Miss Vicki) on the late-
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- 8/1/2012
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson ended his 30-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Twenty years after his final broadcast, Carson remains unmatched as an American television icon.
Carson's abilities as a television host set the prototype for all late-night hosts who would come after him. Effortlessly likable, quick on his feet and always present, his monologue and guest interviews were a staple of the American cultural diet. In the new PBS documentary "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night," his one-time permanent guest host Joan Rivers called Carson "the ultimate straight man," praising his ability to let his guests have the spotlight during interviews.
One of his successors, Conan O'Brien, said in the documentary that his forebear's greatest slight of hand was to simultaneously appear innocent as well as "the coolest guy in the room."
"Johnny is to comedy what Walter Cronkite was to news,...
Carson's abilities as a television host set the prototype for all late-night hosts who would come after him. Effortlessly likable, quick on his feet and always present, his monologue and guest interviews were a staple of the American cultural diet. In the new PBS documentary "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night," his one-time permanent guest host Joan Rivers called Carson "the ultimate straight man," praising his ability to let his guests have the spotlight during interviews.
One of his successors, Conan O'Brien, said in the documentary that his forebear's greatest slight of hand was to simultaneously appear innocent as well as "the coolest guy in the room."
"Johnny is to comedy what Walter Cronkite was to news,...
- 5/22/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
On May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson ended his 30-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Twenty years after his final broadcast, Carson remains unmatched as an American television icon.
Carson's abilities as a television host set the prototype for all late-night hosts who would come after him. He was effortlessly likable, quick on his feet and always present; his monologue and guest interviews were a staple of the American cultural diet. In the new PBS documentary "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night," his one-time permanent guest host Joan Rivers called Carson "the ultimate straight man," praising his ability to let his guests have the spotlight during interviews.
One of his successors, Conan O'Brien, said in the documentary that his forebear's greatest slight of hand was to simultaneously appear innocent as well as "the coolest guy in the room."
"Johnny is to comedy what Walter Cronkite was to news,...
Carson's abilities as a television host set the prototype for all late-night hosts who would come after him. He was effortlessly likable, quick on his feet and always present; his monologue and guest interviews were a staple of the American cultural diet. In the new PBS documentary "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night," his one-time permanent guest host Joan Rivers called Carson "the ultimate straight man," praising his ability to let his guests have the spotlight during interviews.
One of his successors, Conan O'Brien, said in the documentary that his forebear's greatest slight of hand was to simultaneously appear innocent as well as "the coolest guy in the room."
"Johnny is to comedy what Walter Cronkite was to news,...
- 5/22/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien is trying to breath a little excitement into his low-rated program. And he'll do it with a tried-and-true gimmick, an on-air wedding.
When the TBS program celebrates its one-year anniversary next week, they'll take their show on the road to New York's Beacon Theater. It is there that O'Brien will officiate the wedding between one of his long-time staffers and his boyfriend, Vulture is reporting. This follows the recent law passed in New York state allowing for gay marriage, something that is still against the law in California where "Conan" is taped.
Show sources tell Vulture this isn't a publicity stunt, but that's hard to imagine given the fact that it's...well...a televised wedding and O'Brien is well behind other late night programs. O'Brien's show is only pulling a 0.4 in the coveted 18-49 demo, half of what Letterman, Jon Stewart and Leno...
When the TBS program celebrates its one-year anniversary next week, they'll take their show on the road to New York's Beacon Theater. It is there that O'Brien will officiate the wedding between one of his long-time staffers and his boyfriend, Vulture is reporting. This follows the recent law passed in New York state allowing for gay marriage, something that is still against the law in California where "Conan" is taped.
Show sources tell Vulture this isn't a publicity stunt, but that's hard to imagine given the fact that it's...well...a televised wedding and O'Brien is well behind other late night programs. O'Brien's show is only pulling a 0.4 in the coveted 18-49 demo, half of what Letterman, Jon Stewart and Leno...
- 10/28/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Conan O'Brien is planning to officiate a wedding between two men on his late-night show. The wedding will take place during a special episode O'Brien is taping at the Beacon Theater in New York, part of a celebration for his TBS show's one-year anniversary. Producers have yet to settle on an air date for the episode, but the wedding will reportedly be between a longtime Conan staffer and his partner. Besides likely generating massive ratings for the show, the episode will also mark a first for late-night TV, and presumably be far more heartwarming than that other famous talk-show wedding, between Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki back in 1969. I don't really know how Conan plans a wedding, but can I put in a vote for the Masturbating Bear to step in as ring-bearer, or would that kill the [...]...
- 10/28/2011
- Nerve
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