Johnny Carson
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Carson's Century February 10, 2025
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Carson, the late-night television talk show host and, at his peak in the 1970s and '80s, probably the most famous and best-paid entertainer in the USA. To celebrate the occasion we have thi...
Johnny Come Late Night December 23, 2024
In 2006, the cable channel TV Land surveyed the greatest catchphrases in American television. The winner? “Heeeeerrre’s Johnny!” the nightly words, spoken by sidekick Ed McMahon, that brought out Johnny Carson to start another episode of The Tonight ...
The Amazing, Disappearing Johnny Carson November 07, 2024
For thirty years, from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson presided over American popular culture from the 11:30 P.M. throne of “The Tonight Show.” At its peak, the show was regularly watched by seventeen million people. (The current late...
Heeere’s … Johnny the Iceberg! November 05, 2024
Bill Zehme, the premier magazine-profile writer of the 1990s, once told me that it was like he had two fathers. “Johnny,” he explained, “was the cool dad with the television show.”At a time when U.S. presidential candidates are fielding questions fro...
