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Carson's Comedy Classics. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC, the third iteration of the Tonight Show franchise. The show debuted on October 1, 1962, and aired its final episode on May 22, 1992. [1] Ed McMahon served as Carson's sidekick and the show's announcer.
October 1, 1962. (1962-10-01) Groucho Marx, [1] Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, Joan Crawford, Tom Pardi, Rudy Vallée. The Phoenix Singers. Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the first time at the age of 36, replacing Jack Paar. Joined by Ed McMahon as the announcer and sidekick, along with Skitch Henderson and the NBC Orchestra. 2.
Carson's official Tonight Show website; Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at IMDb The Man Who Retired a June 2002 Esquire article also available here; Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dies at 79, a January 2005 CNN article; A profile of Carson in The New Yorker from 1978
Jay Leno, Charles Nelson Reilly, Norman Fell. Tony Bennett. Desk-Johnny demonstrates the snow and smoke machine on the Tonight Show backdrop set. 3870. February 9, 1978. (1978-02-09) Jill Ireland, Pete Barbutti, Dr. Robert Jastrow. Johnny Mathis.
Beginning with this episode, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson moved to the NBC Studios in Burbank, California, which stayed until the end of Carson's run on May 22, 1992. 2459 May 2, 1972 ( 1972-05-02 )
The Tonight Show. The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Robert Morse, Phil Foster, Stiller and Meara. Monti Rock. Lewis would apologize the next night for a joke that involved using the bathroom while flying over Mississippi. 1665. March 25, 1969. (1969-03-25) Jerry Lewis (guest host), Charlie Callas, George Carlin. Mason Williams, Patrice Munsel.
Robert Blake, Charlie Callas, Ray Johnson. James Galway. 4375. February 29, 1980. (1980-02-29) Bambi Lin Finney, Joan Embery, Helen Shaver, Jerry Weissman. Anthony Newley. Political Blackouts- (Johnny as Brezhnev with a new Afghanistan leader- a ventriloquist dummy, as Carter, as a Congressman, and Walter Cronkite.)