Before Johnny Carson was a comedian, he was The Great Carsoni, the 14-year-old magician who entertained youthful audiences in Nebraska for $3 a show. While he ultimately took a different route into ...
Johnny Carson remains the undisputed King of Late Night, but perhaps we should tack on another title: history teacher. 1. Johnny Carson wasn't all ears. Nostalgia dictates that Carson was TV's most ...
Late-night talk shows are a uniquely American invention that blend humor, the news of the day, and celebrity guests. While Johnny Carson was not the first late-night ...
A special episode of 'Daily Variety' podcast marks the 100th anniversary of the TV legend's birth Throughout the 1950s, Carson hosted a number of local and network series for CBS, including “Platter ...
For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw before they closed their eyes and went to sleep. Carson, the critic David Thomson once noted, ...
Most of what late-night talk shows offer has been supplanted by the internet — except for the role of the wry, dispassionate host. By Calum Marsh The late-night host looms over the culture to this day ...