Johnny Carson: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Johnny Carson : [on a supposedly rejected pilot]  "Lady of the Evening" - about Johnny Appleseed's sister, who goes from town to town spreading what *she's* got.

• Robert Blake : I'll tell you one thing: Once you've made love to a dancer... that's it, man. You're ruined for life.

  Johnny Carson : I didn't know that.

  Robert Blake : Oh, let me tell you...

  Johnny Carson : Well, what hours do you work?

• Johnny Carson : [on Robert Blake]  I don't know for sure what's goin' on inside of that head. I know what he's saying.

  Marsha Mason : Yes.

  Johnny Carson : I don't know sometimes if *he* knows...

  Marsha Mason : What's going on.

  Johnny Carson : What's really goin' on in there.

  Marsha Mason : Yes.

  Johnny Carson : There's a lot goin' on, and I get the feeling that he's not sure at times.

• Marsha Mason : [on Neil Simon]  We met and married in three weeks, and it was alright, and it was just... everything just - I mean, and it was like... just stepping off a cliff and flying. It was wonderful.

  Johnny Carson : And you've been married how long now?

  Marsha Mason : Two and a half years.

  Johnny Carson : And is it still...

  Marsha Mason : Yeah. Terrific.

  Johnny Carson : You're not in the final glide path, or anything? Still... still up there? And a straight course?

  Marsha Mason : No - no, no. No heights.