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After falling into disrepair for some years, the city of Phoenix purchased the Orpheum Theatre in 1984 and began a 12-year, $14 million restoration. The Conrad Schmitt Studios created the transformation and the Orpheum reopened on January 28, 1997, with a performance of Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing . [ 5 ]
NOTE: 11/22 broadcast cancelled due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Scheduled guests for 11/22 were actor Kirk Douglas , comedian Henny Youngman , singing group The Willis Sisters and actor/comedian Dave King .
The Tonight Show from the Museum of Broadcast Communications website; 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 ...
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.
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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.
No. Original release date Guest(s) Musical/entertainment guest(s) 1597: January 1, 1969 (): Godfrey Cambridge, Pat McCormick, Alejandro Rey: N/A: 1598: January 2, 1969 (): Flip Wilson, David Susskind, Parker Fennelly
Johnny interviews prop man Jack Grant to find out who could have lifted the missing cigarette box and lighter from the Tonight Show prop box. After the break, Johnny talks about visiting his childhood home in Avoca, Iowa for the first time in over 50 years.