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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: With Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson. Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
In 1960, he shot a pilot for a prime-time TV series, "Johnny Come Lately", that was not picked up by a network. Carson had sat in for "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar in 1958 and, when Paar left the show four years later, NBC chose Carson as his replacement, taking over the catbird seat on October 2, 1962. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ...
The Johnny Carson Show is a 1955–56 half-hour primetime television variety show starring Johnny Carson. While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show, local Los Angeles television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal.
Apr 29, 2024 · Johnny Carson (born October 23, 1925, Corning, Iowa, U.S.—died January 23, 2005, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedian who, as host of The Tonight Show (1962–92), established the standard format for television chat shows—including the guest couch and the studio band—and came to be considered the king of late-night television.
Premiere: 5/14/2012 | 00:00:30 | NR. Johnny Carson (10/23/1925 – 1/23/2005) was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531...
May 13, 2012 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962 - 1992 NBC) c. 1970's. NBC/Photofest. Fifty years ago, Johnny Carson became the host of The Tonight Show. During his 30 years as host, he reached a...
May 22, 2012 · Ross Luippold. May 22, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017. On May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson ended his 30-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Twenty years after his final broadcast, Carson remains unmatched as an American television icon.
