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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) 7.9
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities. |
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
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Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
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celebrity | variety | partially lost tv series | actor playing himself | running gag |Parents Guide:
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1 October 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Best of Carson See more »Filming Locations:
NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Company Credits
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| (1962-1966) | (1980-1992) | (1967-1980)Color:
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1.33 : 1
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Karnack: [annoyed] Karnack is attempting to divine an answer and you're sitting here, giggling. May I have silence, please?
Ed McMahon: Of course. You've had it many times before.
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In 1987, performer Juliet Prowse was mauled by a 80-pound leopard while preparing to go on the show to promote the broadcast of the Circus of the Stars #12, requiring 30-40 stitches to reattach part of her left ear. A few months earlier in September 1987, she was mauled by the same animal while rehearsing for the show Circus of the Stars #12. This time, she required five stitches. See more »Quotes
[Ed is laughing to himself]Karnack: [annoyed] Karnack is attempting to divine an answer and you're sitting here, giggling. May I have silence, please?
Ed McMahon: Of course. You've had it many times before.
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As great as Steve Allen and Jack Paar were, Carson took the ball, reshaped it, and sent it in for a shot heard round the world. There is a reason he hosted the show for 30 years, 4 times longer than his 2 predacessors behind him. He was brilliant at making anyone seem interesting. Steve could do it, and so could Jack (though not as well from what I've seen), but Johnny really had a grasp of finding the way to question people to fit their response style. He really was the first true King of Late Night. If others say it's Paar or Allen, then I say Carson became Emporer!
The skits were done cheaply, but they were so much fun, you laughed with them, not at them.
Originally, the Carson's show was 90 minutes, and it was trimmed to 60 in the early 80's since he felt he could not keep the level up like he had in the past, which made the way for David Letterman. Thank You Johnny!