Did Johnny Carson really have a thing for Joyce Dewitt?
I've read on here a couple of times that he had a thing for her? And I have so many questions as I was just a little kid in the late '70s and really missed the height of Joyce's fame.
Did he ban Ray Buktenica from appearing on his show when they were the hottest couple in Hollywood in the late '70s ala Brangelina? Did he flirt with her the way David Letterman used to flirt with Isabella Rossellini (amongst others) back in the day? Did she throw her weight around in Hollywood, knowing that she had one of the most powerful men in the business eating out of the palm of her hand (and wanting to eat out of the 'palm of her lap', if you know what I mean)?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 21, 2019 3:52 PM
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Oh...that makes more sense, because while Joyce was an attractive lady, looks wise she was nothing more than an off-brand Liza Minnelli
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 21, 2019 2:21 PM
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Carson had a thing for Angie Dickinson
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 21, 2019 2:23 PM
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I wish she married him instead of that dopey Philip. Janet's send off was pathetic. Did the producers even think of approaching him?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 21, 2019 2:30 PM
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Joyce and Bushkin were living together in his Century City condo in the 80s.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 21, 2019 2:32 PM
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Joyce was cute, but more importantly she was on a top 5 network show and she was the girlfriend of Carson's lawyer, "Bombastic" Bushnik. Plus Carson tended to chase anything in a skirt anyway. So yes, he pursued her for awhile but she apparently wasn't interested. One thing you can say about Joyce DeWitt, she wasn't really one of those ruthlessly ambitious types. If anything, she was a bit too laissez-faire about her career.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 21, 2019 2:34 PM
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Johnny Carson had a thing for lesbians, probably not knowing they were lesbians - Lana Cantrell, Judy Carne, Lauren Hutton, Fannie Flagg, even Lena Horne. Obviously he knew Martina Navratilova was one, but he loooooved her.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 21, 2019 2:40 PM
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"really missed the height of Joyce's fame."
Yes, she really soared higher than Everest at her peak.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 21, 2019 2:59 PM
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[quote]If anything, she was a bit too laissez-faire about her career.
Well, after she saw how they chewed up and spit out Suzanne Somers, Joyce thought she better keep a low profile.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 21, 2019 3:02 PM
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Someone put a post-plastic surgery and obnoxious nose jobed picture of Joyce like this on Phyllis Newman's Facebook page thinking it was Phyllis.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 21, 2019 3:07 PM
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I think he was partly attracted to women who were funny and sexy.
His mother was a narcissistic cold piece of shit. A Mother like that usually end up with sons who crave love and attention from lots of women. JFK is another example.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 21, 2019 3:15 PM
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R12 Poor Joyce had a terrible nose job. I thought her original Italian nose really suited her face.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 21, 2019 3:17 PM
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[quote]I think he was partly attracted to women who were funny and sexy.
So how do you explain his attraction to Joan Rivers?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 21, 2019 3:17 PM
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R14, I don't think that nose was "original," but is it didn't look like the local butcher had shaped it.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 21, 2019 3:20 PM
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I found one of her High School yearbook photos and it looks like she might have had a subtle nose at some point before she got the disastrous one she now sports.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 21, 2019 3:25 PM
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[quote]when Ray Buktenika and Joyce were Hollywood’s hottest couple
BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAAAAA!!!!!
Oh my sides!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 21, 2019 3:30 PM
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This was daytimes hottest couple Circa 1992!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 21, 2019 3:52 PM
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