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Vincent Price Agreed to Do the Voice Work for Thriller for $20,000 Instead of Taking Percentage of Album Sales

Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, having sold 70 million copies worldwide. The song sealed MTV’s image as the new cultural force that eliminated racial barriers in the station’s music treatment. But did you know that Vincent Price had a role in the production of the Thriller song? Vincent Price Rapped on “Thriller” […]

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When former ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson died in 2005, ‘Late Show’ host David Letterman recited a comedic monologue at the beginning of the show, revealing later that every joke had been written by Carson, who had been sending in one or two jokes a week during his retirement

Letterman pays tribute to Johnny Carson It was Johnny Carson’s last monologue and, predictably, it drew plenty of laughs. David Letterman paid tribute to Carson, who died Jan. 23, by delivering a “Late Show” monologue Monday composed entirely of jokes the retired “Tonight” show host had quietly sent him in his final months. Only after

When former ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson died in 2005, ‘Late Show’ host David Letterman recited a comedic monologue at the beginning of the show, revealing later that every joke had been written by Carson, who had been sending in one or two jokes a week during his retirement Read More »