Backstage at “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”

Signed photo of Johnny Carson (Photo courtesy of Barbara Meltzer)

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to be part of The Tonight Show during Johnny Carson’s 30-year reign as host?

By News Desk

Barbara Meltzer was the assistant to the producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 10 years – eight in New York City and two in Los Angeles – during Carson’s 30-year reign as host of the iconic late-night talk show from 1962 to 1992.

Meltzer will be in conversation onsite at the Pasadena Senior Center with Annie Laskey, the center’s director of events, Thursday, Aug. 24, at 2:00 pm for what Laskey anticipates will be a fun and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at television history. An audience Q&A will follow the conversation.

Anyone 50 and older is welcome to attend. To register for this free event or for more information, visit this website or call 626-795-4331. Neither membership with the Pasadena Senior Center nor residence in Pasadena are required to attend.

After leaving The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Meltzer became director of NBC-TV’s Creative Services Department in Los Angeles and, several years later, executive in charge of talent for PBS’s KCET-TV. In more recent years she has been the founder and president of Barbara Meltzer & Associates Public Relations & Marketing. One of the agency’s divisions serves the public relations and marketing needs of clients whose services, products, and programs are targeted to adults 50 and older.

Backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
August 24, 2023
2:00 pm
Location
Pasadena Senior Center
85 E Holly St.
Pasadena, CA 91103