![]() ![]() ![]() Pitts said Black was always a big hit, even performing a show after the taping of Carson’s show. Pitts said he would host Black on his trips to the West Coast and went along to enjoy the Tonight Show live. Pitts and Black became fast friends and as Black became more well known, he was invited to appear with Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. As for the Greens and the Record Stockman, they published Black’s first five books. ![]() Looking back now, Pitts said his newspaper owed a great deal of its success to the inclusion of Black’s column. At the time, Pitts owned and edited the Livestock Market Digest, and he called Black knowing his readers would enjoy his tales. About the same time On the Edge of Common Sense began running and eventually became syndicated, Lee Pitts of San Luis Obispo, Calif., began writing his own column, It’s the Pitts. ![]()
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