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  2. Sep 2, 2020 · 9 The Host: Johnny Carson. Often viewed as the greatest late-night talk show host not just in the history of The Tonight Show, but in late-night - period, Johnny Carson's unprecedented 30-year run as host began after NBC saw the success Carson had in hosting ABC's Who Do You Trust?

  3. Johnny Carson. John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy 's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award.

  4. Mar 11, 2022 · On June 23, 2009, he died of health complications at the age of 86. Johnny Carson's final resting place is a well-kept secret and not even Ed McMahon knew where his family took his ashes.

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    • Jack Paar. Host Jack Paar appears with Joey Bishop on The Tonight Show on December 21st 1962. Paar was a comedian, TV radio personality, and sometime actor, and he hosted The Tonight Show from 1957-1962.
    • Johnny Carson. Tom Selleck during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on February 16th, 1984. Prior to taking on the role, Carson hosted a game show called Who Do You Trust?
    • Jay Leno. Former Tonight Show host Steve Allen during an interview with host Jay Leno on September 27th, 1994. Standup comic Jay Leno was the last Tonight Show Host before Jimmy Fallon—and the only Host who did it twice.
    • Conan O’Brien. Conan O'Brien hosts The Tonight Show on January 22nd, 2010. A former writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, Conan O’Brien took over the Tonight Show after hosting Late Night with Conan O’Brien from 1993-2009.
  5. Apr 2, 2014 · After college, comedian Johnny Carson worked as a television writer for Red Skelton's show. He moved to New York City and in 1962, Carson replaced Jack Paar as host of The Tonight Show for an Emmy ...

  6. Nov 13, 2009 · 1962. Johnny Carson makes debut as “Tonight Show” host. On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson takes over from Jack Paar as host of the late-night talk program The Tonight Show. Carson went on...

  7. Dick Cavett remembers Carson’s first apartment, at 1161 York Avenue, as a “four-bedroom bachelor pad over the river with his telescope there, [which he] claimed he used for astronomy.” He had a car and driver available day and night.

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