JOHNNY CARSON BREAKS SILENCE: KNOCKS FOX FOR TOO MUCH PATRIOTISM AT SUPER BOWL; THINKS BUSH IN ENRON COVER-UP

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Don't look for Johnny Carson to make an appearance during NBC's 75TH Anniversary Special -- even though NBC head Bob Wright has made a personal plea.

"That ain't gonna happen," the retired Carson tells ESQUIRE magazine. "That ain't gonna happen."

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Reporter Bill Zehme has been courting Carson for years and the relationship has paid off in spades: On May 8th, ESQUIRE rolls out an exhaustive exclusive interview with the press-shy Carson, running 10 pages.

Carson rips FOX for its Super Bowl red-white-and-blue coverage following 9/11: "When you look at the production -- give me a break!" Carson says. [b]"Norman Mailer said something about patriotism being a nice thing, but just ease up a bit... It's nice to live in this country, but ease up!"[/b]

Carson takes on Bush: [b]"Can you believe this Enron mess? I love how his good friend 'Kenny Boy' suddenly turned into 'Mr. Lay'... Give me a break! It will be a long time before we ever understand what's going on behind that story."[/b]

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He tells Zehme that the only time he wished he was back on the air and not retired was during the Monica Lewinsky mess.

"It's John. I regret it now," Carson said to Wright in a phone call. "I haven't seen such an abundance of material in my life!"

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See article at:[url]http://www.drudgereport.com/mattjc.htm[/url]

Eric The(SuddenlyJayLenoRisesInMyEstimation)Hun[>]:)]

Johhny who?

Strange views from someone who professed to be such a Reagan fan. That being said i havent watched many late night talk shows since he retired.

[b]Gopher[/b], buddy, where you been?

I haven't seen you at any of the Gun Shows lately! Come by and see us!

As a matter of fact, you may need to e-mail me if you don't have anything planned for this weekend!

Eric The([email protected])Hun[>]:)]

You can always tell when the elections are getting closer, all the Hollywood types start volunteering their commie opinions again.

[i]sigh[/i]

I don't know what he was like earlier on (as I wasn't born yet). But, his shows in the late 80's/early 90's just before he left weren't ever worth watching IMHO. Jay Leno does the Tonight Show a million times better than Carson did. Now, I know why...Carson is commie Rat bastard.

Just goes to show, who gives a crap about a celebrity's opinions (no matter how entertaining he was) on life. Puke.

M4-AK

Ditto M4-AK. Why anyone listens to the dancing bears in Hollywood, I'll never know. When did experience in acting turn into wisdom in political matters?

Yep