Carson the Magnificent; By Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas; Simon & Schuster; 336 pp., $30.00 Johnny Carson was omnipresent on American television for three decades (1962 to 1992), flickering in the ...

David Letterman compared Johnny Carson to a “public utility.” Walter Cronkite anointed him the “most durable performer in the whole history of television.” An “OK” hand signal from ...

It was around Christmas in 1989, when Johnny Carson held a small box up to the “Tonight Show” cameras. “What do you think this weighs?” Carson said, his wrist bending from the weight.

A tell-all new book claims there was a dark side to Johnny Carson. Mike Thompson co-authored "Carson the Magnificent." Thompson says no one can compare to Carson. Americans loved his spontaneous ...

From Ed McMahon’s indelible introduction, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” to the golf-swing pantomime that concluded each opening monologue, Carson turned “The Tonight Show”—pioneered by Steve ...

The Amazing Kreskin, the famed mentalist who appeared on The Tonight Show numerous times, has died at age 89. Kreskin's manager Ryan Galway confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly. "I know you ...

The entertainer grew to prominence in the 1970s by demonstrating his intuitive ability dozens of times on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and in live performances. "What Kreskin said at ...

From 1962 to 1992, millions of Americans went to sleep only after tuning in to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson ... including TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes and the amateur talent contest ...