Johnny Carson smiles onstage. “In the ’60s, every network had to have a full orchestra out; if you did a special like a ‘Dean Martin Roast’ or ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ the NBC or the ...

Johnny Carson’s longtime friend and neighbor Howard Smith is reflecting on their friendship 20 years after the late-night ...

On the 33rd anniversary of the last episode of The Tonight Show, read an excerpt from 'My Friend Johnny: The Last 20 Years of ...

Iconic talk show host Johnny Carson could be cold and aloof and treat aspiring comedians in a way that left them riven with insecurity, a new book claims. Writer Mike Thomas's new book Carson ...

Everybody who was anybody appeared on "The Tonight Show," and 17 million Americans tuned in – many from their beds. It was Johnny Carson vs. sleep, and sleep usually lost. "It did!" said Thomas.

“He seemed so graceful and effortless the way he did the show,” Kimmel adds, “but there was so much about Johnny that I don’t think anybody living knows.” In Zehme’s depiction, 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, ...

For thirty years, from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson presided over American popular culture from the 11:30 P.M. throne of “The Tonight Show.” At its peak, the show was ...

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night ... if you did a special like a ‘Dean Martin Roast’ or ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ the NBC or the CBS or the ABC orchestra would back ...