Join Diesel, A Bookstore on Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm as we welcome Howard Smith to the store to discuss and sign My Friend Johnny: The Last 20 Years of a Beautiful Life with Johnny Carson and Friends.

For two decades, Howard Smith shared an extraordinary friendship with Johnny Carson—not as the legendary Tonight Show host, but simply as John. A neighbor turned close companion, Howard entered John’s private world, far from the spotlight. In My Friend Johnny, Howard paints an intimate portrait of the man behind the iconic desk—funny, kind, and generous, yet deeply complex.