Charming late-night legend Johnny Carson may have seemed to some fans like he could have done anything he ever wanted to do. But long before he began hosting the most famous celebrities, there was one ...

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, ...

From 1962 to 1992, America went to bed with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. On the show, Johnny perfected the art of the topical opening monologue, performed in long-running comedy sketches ...

He-e-e-e-re’s Johnny … and some of Johnny Carson’s capers in Omaha. Johnny Carson, left, uses a magic trick while filming a Falstaff beer commercial for WOW-TV while he worked in Omaha from 1949 to ...

An elderly woman in Columbus, Neb., turned on her color TV set, tuned in the Tonight show, and settled back to watch Johnny Carson. “And now—here’s Johnny!” called Announcer Ed McMahon as the star ...

It’s time to celebrate legendary talk show host Johnny Carson and his 100th birthday — and what better way to do that than a nonstop, 100-episode marathon of his iconic The Tonight Show? Shout TV has ...