Tara LynWeird Al Mention On Cnn
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Here's the part of Anderson Cooper:360 (Jan 24, 2005) where Jeanne Moos refers to Al:
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Heidi Collins: For all of his witty jokes, perhaps the most famous line from Johnny Carson's three decades on the "Tonight Show" was one he didn't even say. It was the two words bellowed each night by sidekick Ed McMahon as Carson entered the stage and our home.
CNN's Jeanne Moos looks at the lasting legacy of "Here's Johnny."
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now that Johnny is no longer here...
MCMAHON: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: It only seems right to praise a phrase anyone of a certain age can deliver with gusto.
CROWD: Here's Johnny!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here's Johnny!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: It's become the title of a book and subject of a song. (This is where you hear Al sing "Here's Johnny" and you see the Polka Party album cover)
Here's Johnny becomes here's Norfolk, Nebraska, Johnny's hometown. Then there's Jack Nicholson's rendition in "The Shining" said to have been ad-libbed by the actor. JACK NICHOLSON, ENTERTAINER: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: Chop this. Johnny seemed to go for that sharp humor. It was Ed McMahon who dreamed up the famous phased. He says he didn't just want to say here's "Johnny Carson." He knew it was good, because the day after he first used it...
MCMAHON: Everybody I passed was says "Here's Johnny!" I said, I got a gold.
Here's Johnny!
MOOS: But this kind of John was too much for Johnny, when various port-a-john tries to call their product line "Here's Johnny, the real one sued and won. And even now if you type in www.heresjohnny, a port-a-john Web site even pops up. As for Johnny's theme song, it was written by Paul Anka and originally had lyrics sung by Annette Funicello.
(SINGING)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like losing Elvis, I guess.
MOOS: For a comedian who was rarely grave, maybe it's a fitting epithet for his tombstone.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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This is the entire transcript if anyone is interested.
Tara Lyn
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Heidi Collins: For all of his witty jokes, perhaps the most famous line from Johnny Carson's three decades on the "Tonight Show" was one he didn't even say. It was the two words bellowed each night by sidekick Ed McMahon as Carson entered the stage and our home.
CNN's Jeanne Moos looks at the lasting legacy of "Here's Johnny."
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now that Johnny is no longer here...
MCMAHON: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: It only seems right to praise a phrase anyone of a certain age can deliver with gusto.
CROWD: Here's Johnny!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here's Johnny!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: It's become the title of a book and subject of a song. (This is where you hear Al sing "Here's Johnny" and you see the Polka Party album cover)
Here's Johnny becomes here's Norfolk, Nebraska, Johnny's hometown. Then there's Jack Nicholson's rendition in "The Shining" said to have been ad-libbed by the actor. JACK NICHOLSON, ENTERTAINER: Here's Johnny!
MOOS: Chop this. Johnny seemed to go for that sharp humor. It was Ed McMahon who dreamed up the famous phased. He says he didn't just want to say here's "Johnny Carson." He knew it was good, because the day after he first used it...
MCMAHON: Everybody I passed was says "Here's Johnny!" I said, I got a gold.
Here's Johnny!
MOOS: But this kind of John was too much for Johnny, when various port-a-john tries to call their product line "Here's Johnny, the real one sued and won. And even now if you type in www.heresjohnny, a port-a-john Web site even pops up. As for Johnny's theme song, it was written by Paul Anka and originally had lyrics sung by Annette Funicello.
(SINGING)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like losing Elvis, I guess.
MOOS: For a comedian who was rarely grave, maybe it's a fitting epithet for his tombstone.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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This is the entire transcript if anyone is interested.
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