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    best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's...
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    Starring Johnny Carson is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the third installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Johnny Carson, it...
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    Joanne Carson (née Copeland) (October 20, 1931 – May 8, 2015) was an American model, stewardess, and television host, who was married to Johnny Carson from...
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    The Johnny Carson Show is a 1955–56 half-hour primetime television variety show starring Johnny Carson. While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton...
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  • hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010)...
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    "Dick Carson, Emmy-Winning Director and Brother of Johnny Carson, Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 9, 2022. Dick Carson at IMDb...
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  • Starring Johnny Carson, which aired from October 1, 1962 to May 22, 1992. Lists include first-run episodes only and do not include Best of Carson rebroadcasts...
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    show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show...
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  • deceased pet dog, the poem was first recited on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981, and later published in the 1989 collection Jimmy Stewart and...
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    appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on April 27, 1965. During the course of the show, Ames and Johnny Carson were discussing Ames' tomahawk throwing...
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    episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television...
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  • "Johnny Carson" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1977 album The Beach Boys Love You. It was written by Brian Wilson as a tribute...
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    Tonight Show host Johnny Carson said, "Johnny Mathis is the best ballad singer in the world." Mathis appeared on the show with Carson's successor, Jay Leno...
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  • Carson Entertainment Group (formerly Carson Productions and Carson Productions Group) is a television production company established by Johnny Carson...
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    variety shows, including The Dean Martin Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and The Late Show with David Letterman, and voiced Mr. Potato Head...
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    prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show. Hosted by her mentor, Johnny Carson, the show established Rivers's comedic style. In 1986, with her own...
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  • percussionists—as Johnny Carson took over from Paar. From 1962 until 1992, when the show was known as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the band was...
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    This led Jackson to early appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, then she was cast as a regular on SNL. His final role in a film was...
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  • for the recruitment of Johnny Carson to The Tonight Show in 1962 and keeping him with the network for 30 years. Along with Carson, Tebet was also responsible...
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  • Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) "Here's Johnny", catchphrase that was reused by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film The Shining "Here's Johnny", a song...
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  • Comedy Directing - Television Breakthrough Performer Best Viral Original Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence Comedy Icon Award Nominations were announced...
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  • "Johnny's Theme" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from the show's inception in 1962...
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  • entertainment and airing immediately following The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, notable guests of Tomorrow throughout its eight-year run included Ken...
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  • saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently...
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. During his numerous appearances on The Tonight Show, Reynolds also told Johnny Carson that he suffered from anxiety...
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  • and film actress. She appeared regularly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the Art Fern's Tea Time Movie sketches. Born...
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    Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics...
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  • the last minute and the comeback special portion was nearly scrapped. Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers...
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    Starring Johnny Carson where he became a frequent guest host. Shandling was, for a time, considered the leading contender to replace Johnny Carson. In 1986...
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  • eventually settling on The Tonight Show after the seating of long-time host Johnny Carson in 1962. In later decades, network programmers, advertisers, and the...
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