By Sylvia Gurinsky
NBC News anchor Brian Williams' very funny imitation of talk show host Regis Philbin earlier this week on "Late Show With David Letterman" alluded to something that happens frequently with guests, even very famous ones, on talk shows: They can be dull, and both questions and answers can be formulaic.
That didn't happen when actor James Stewart appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." When Stewart described what he did on his summer vacation, he often did so in verse.
Stewart became known for his poems, including the classic "The Top Step In the Hotel in Junin (Is Mean)," about a balky step at an Argentina hotel. Here's another one about his trip to Lake Barengo in Kenya. Get ready for a surprise if you haven't heard it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rQJutUBHTo
Stewart's travels also resulted in a poem about a destroyed movie camera - from the camera's perspective.
Many of Stewart's poems were published in a book, appropriately called "Jimmy Stewart and His Poems," in 1989. Some of them are available for viewing in DVDs of some of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" episodes.
Here's another classic to wrap things up: Stewart's emotional tribute to his dog Beau:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNJjIwlHk8
See you next week. Until then, Happy Viewing!
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