Johnny Carson, famously private, is revealed in a new biography
Not so with “Carson the Magnificent,” the long-awaited life of the late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson by Bill Zehme, ...
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Johnny Carson
Among the remarkable alumni of the University of Nebraska, no star has shone brighter, for longer, than that of the King of Late Night, Johnny Carson ’49. Carson’s Tonight Show was, not to exaggerate, ...
How Johnny Carson gave Bob Uecker his ‘Mr. Baseball’ nickname
Johnny Carson had no idea. When the late host of “The Tonight Show” first dubbed Bob Uecker — who died Thursday at the age of ...
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Johnny Carson — the King of Late Night, and of Good Manners
It was exactly 25 years ago tonight that Johnny Carson signed off for the last time as the host of The Tonight Show, ending a 30-year run on NBC. Jeff Sotzing was there. “It was an overwhelming ...
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Johnny Come Late Night
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 Show, the still-running NBC late-night ...