"I was on the Johnny Carson show, I believe 114 or 104 times. And aside from those times on the air, I never spoke to him. I never met him"

Tony Randall's quote speaks to the nature of celebrity and the detach in between the general public personality and the personal individual. It is a tip that even though we may seem like we understand celebs, we typically don't understand them at all. Randall's quote also speaks with the power of television and how it can produce a false sense of intimacy between the viewer and the celeb. Randall was a frequent guest on the Johnny Carson show, yet he never spoke with him or fulfilled him. This speaks with the power of television to produce a false sense of intimacy between the audience and the star. It likewise speaks to the power of star and how it can develop a false sense of familiarity in between the general public and the star. Randall's quote is a reminder that despite the fact that we might seem like we understand celebrities, we often do not understand them at all.