Carson comments on late night wars and daytime talk shows
Johnny Carson, 68, says he finds the current TV talk show wars amusing after leaving The Tonight Show in 1992. He lives retired in Malibu and has no plans to return, criticizing daytime talk shows as a “gab bag” of dysfunctional hosts and hosts’ lives.
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Knots Landing Star Debuts as Captain Von Trapp
Kevin Dobson of Knots Landing made his singing debut as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. He faced nerves but aimed to expand his career beyond TV and film, with Dale Kristien co starring and a move to Phoenix Symphony Hall for upcoming shows.
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Secrets of his success Tommy Lee Jones reflects on punctuality and restraint
In a New York Times interview the actor says his secret is being on time and not kicking furniture or crying when not his turn. He admits to tears in Heaven and Earth, Oliver Stone's Vietnam War drama opening nationwide December 22, where Jones plays an American soldier returning home with an Asian wife and scars.
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Ex football star tops annual outstanding Americans list
Former NFL player Dennis Byrd tops the Ten Outstanding Young Americans list for this year. Byrd, 27, recovered from a broken neck suffered in a 1992 Jets game, wrote Rise and Walk, and works as a CBS on air analyst. The awards will be presented Jan 15 in Tulsa.
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Fans tie up phone lines for Garth Brooks concerts in three states
Fans trying to buy concert tickets by phone overloaded lines across southeastern Illinois southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky for about two hours Saturday. All three Roberts Stadium Evansville Indiana Brooks shows sold out. The stadium seats about 10 000. Meanwhile Candice Bergen and Robert Pastorelli shared anecdotes about a fan incident on set and Pastorelli recalled a 19 year old car crash that gave him a near death episode. The piece notes contributions from AP NYT and LA Daily News.
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Author of Anna and the King of Siam dies at 90
Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam which inspired the Broadway musical and films The King and I, died after a stroke at age 90 in Alexandria. She and her husband served in Siam in the 1920s and 1930s where she learned of Anna Leonowens, later writing the book in 1937, shaping later stage and screen adaptations.
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Arizona Lotto Draw Yields No Jackpot Saturday
The Arizona Lotto results show no top prize winner for Saturday. Six numbers were 2 7 30 31 39 40, with five numbers totaling 49 winning tickets at $1,135, four numbers 1,886 tickets at $61, and three numbers 31,777 tickets at $2.
Dec 6 in History 1993 Highlights and Arizona Facts
On December 6 1993 the year marks 340 days with 25 remaining. Notable events include 1957 failure of America's first orbital satellite launch at Cape Canaveral. In 1913 Boca Float grant lands were awarded to heirs. In 1790 Congress moved to Philadelphia and in 1969 the Altamont Stones concert ended tragically with four deaths, one from stabbing by a Hell's Angel.
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Frank Zappa, legendary musician, dies at 52
Los Angeles confirms rock and avant garde composer Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer at 52. Burial held privately in Los Angeles. Zappa had battled cancer for years and remained active, shaping music with The Mothers of Invention and a prolific solo career across about 50 albums.
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White House honors Kennedy Center picks
President Clinton hosted Kennedy Center Honors recipients at the White House with Johnny Carson Marion Williams Sir Georg Solti Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Mitchell. Clinton praised each honoree in the East Room noting Carson as king of late night and Mitchell for reshaping classical dance while Solti and Williams were lauded for global impact and gospel brilliance.
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