Clint Eastwood named the seven most beautiful women in Hollywood. Before he became a legendary director before the Oscars and the iconic roles, Clint Eastwood was simply a man with an eye for beauty, not the manufactured kind that came from Hollywood’s assembly line. The kind that changes the temperature of a room. In…
I’ll tell you I’ll tell you I’m I’m all right now. Last week I was in rough shape, though. You know, my wife’s father, he moved in with us. His electronic pacemaker. Every time he sneezes, the garage door opens. The funniest moments in television happened on Johnny Carson’s stage when legendary…
I’m a bad drinker. A bad drinker, Johnny. I mean, when I drink, I don’t know what I’m doing. The next day, I end up I usually wake up in some strange place with a kid with an accent playing with my feet. [laughter] >> Rodney Dangerfield crafted perfectly timed oneliners that created some…
Are you still still straight now? Yeah. Yeah. Still I haven’t had Johnny says that I think he’s talking you talking about drugs and liquor right? yeah. Good. Okay. Richard Pryor transformed The Tonight Show by bringing raw honesty, explosive energy, and fearless comedy. I had to stop drinking, you know, I I used…
from Robin Williams. Johnny Carson interviewed tens of thousands of guests during his 30-year reign as the king of late night. Most of them followed a simple script. Actors came on to promote movies. Musicians plugged their latest albums and authors tried to sell books. >> Oh my god, I’m okay now. I’m out…
George Strait known as the king of country music and also regarded as one of the greatest music acts in recent decades is one of the most respected musicians of all time his voice unique songs and genuine authenticity have set him in a class of his own in the music industry following more…
706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. A storefront, rented space, not much bigger than a living room with a plate glass window facing the street and a sign that said, “We record anything, anywhere, anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk through the door and press their voice onto an acetate disc. Weddings, funerals,…
On January 14th, 1973, at 12:30 a.m. Hawaiian time, Elvis Presley stood on a stage in Honolulu before 6,000 people in the arena and hundreds of millions watching worldwide via satellite. He was about to perform at the most watched entertainment broadcast in history, Aloha from Hawaii. But before singing one particular song, Elvis…
On January 20th, 1969, Elvis Presley was somewhere around his 23rd take of a song he had been wrestling with all night when he stopped and said the words that nearly ended it. He looked at the people in the room and said, “Look, I don’t think I should do this song.” Marty Lacer…
It was a regular Thursday afternoon when Elvis Presley walked into Charlie’s Records on Bee Street wearing his plainest clothes and no sunglasses. What he saw in the display window stopped him cold, his own signature, being sold for more money than most Memphis families earned in a month. The store clerk had no…
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