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Carson's official Tonight Show website; Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at IMDb The Man Who Retired a June 2002 Esquire article also available here; Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dies at 79, a January 2005 CNN article; A profile of Carson in The New Yorker from 1978
Carson hosted several shows besides Carson's Cellar, including the game show Earn Your Vacation (1954) and the variety show The Johnny Carson Show (1955–1956). [ 3 ] [ 16 ] He was a guest panelist on the original To Tell the Truth beginning in 1960, becoming a regular panelist from 1961 to 1962.
Johnny Carson's Tonight Show established the modern format of the late-night talk show: [5] a monologue sprinkled with a rapid-fire series of 16 to 22 one-liners (Carson had a rule of no more than three on the same subject) was sometimes followed by sketch comedy, then moving on to guest interviews and performances by musicians and stand-up comedians, in no fixed order.
Mighty Carson Art Players- "G. Walter Schneer- I.R.S." & Desk - Johnny shares how Albuquerque 3rd & 4th graders complete proverbs. 4750 March 19, 1982 ( 1982-03-19 )
Carson forgoes monologue, opting to sit on the front of his desk and talk about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who had been a guest on the show eight weeks earlier. Later in the program, King's appearance from February 8, 1968 is replayed.
Johnny Carson bids farewell to late night on his final episode of The Tonight Show, which aired 30 years ago.(Photo: Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank) (NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
The 11th anniversary of Johnny's show is celebrated, with a surprise appearance by Dean Martin; Mighty Carson Art Players present Tea Time Movie 2830 October 3, 1973 ( 1973-10-03 )
No. Original release date Guest(s) Musical/entertainment guest(s) 4,213: September 4, 1990 (): Jay Leno (guest host), Shirley MacLaine, David Lynch, Richard Libertini: Paul Young