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It aired under the name Tonight for several of its early years, 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 show's announcers would refer to the show by including the name of the host; for example, since 2014 it is called The ...
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The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been 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), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
Classic Tonight Show moment, Pee-wee Herman explains the Tonight Show controversy, the $4.8 million skit (2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird watches restricted Super Bowl footage while wearing a mink Snuggie), Ben Stiller gives a The More You Know public service announcement, Robin Williams performs an Irish jig, Conan sings "The End of the Show Song".
It also aired on Thursday, February 5, 2015, during the Tonight Show's week in Los Angeles (the show did not air on Friday that week). During the period of the COVID-19 quarantine when the show taped at 30 Rock without a live audience, the sketch aired on Thursdays because the show only taped four days a week, taking Fridays off.
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West ("The Gambler", "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight") Desk- "Courses Offers from the University of Burbank" (i.e. speed eating, modern dance for animals, history of coughing, and aborigine playwrights.)
Jay Leno makes his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He would later become a guest host in 1986, and became the permanent host on May 25, 1992. He would later become a guest host in 1986, and became the permanent host on May 25, 1992.
Buster Poindexter ("Hot, Hot, Hot", "Somebody Buy Me A Drink") A videotape of Johnny trying his jokes out on shoe-shine man Floyd Jackson, security guard Eddie Murphy, and commissary worker Wyn Hoonahan while they sit at Floyd's stand.