On the 33rd anniversary of the last episode of The Tonight Show, read an excerpt from 'My Friend Johnny: The Last 20 Years of ...

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” which set a standard for late-night programming that might never be matched. Carson wasn’t the ...

making The Tonight Show something all of America could enjoy together. It was exactly 25 years ago tonight that Johnny Carson signed off for the last time as the host of The Tonight Show ...

A compilation edition (priced at $14.99) includes highlights from the 1960s through Carson's emotional farewell show and his ... experience assembling the "Tonight" anniversary shows in culling ...

In 1982, Johnny Carson was the undisputed king of ... is approaching his 20th anniversary as “Tonight Show” host. Sitting in his NBC office this week, smoking a lot of Pall Malls, he ...

Johnny Carson rose ... 4,532nd edition of “The Tonight Show” — his last — and then disappear forever. But “Tonight” went on. The short history since then: Carson’s successor, Jay ...

On The Tonight Show, Carson explained to guest, Roseanne Barr, that he wanted to quit while still on top of his game. He shared, “Beverly Sills, who’s a wonderful opera singer, once said ...

Despite millions of people watching him for decades, Johnny Carson kept a relatively small inner circle. One friend of the ...

who wrote for "The Tonight Show," described the Carson behind the scenes as "tense." "He would walk around doing relaxing exercises," Cavett told FOX News. "I always wanted to say to him, 'Johnny ...

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night host. The comedian’s most beloved gig was hosting “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” for 30 seasons from 1962 until his retirement in ...

Here, is an excerpt from the work. Viewers of The Tonight Show during the 1970s and '80s might have assumed that Bob Hope was one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests. No one appeared on the show ...