I just cribbed the following off the weblog of a gent named Fred Bals… One of the funniest live moments I ever saw was on the Carson show during that summer — a guest appearance by Rose Marie (of "Dick Van Dyke" fame), whose age Carson had jokingly referred to in his introduction. Another guest […]
This coming Saturday, Game Show Network will run a six-hour marathon of old quiz programs on which the late Mr. Carson appeared. Here's a schedule. […]
Every few years, Johnny Carson used to sit for a major interview of some sort. Back in '78, he let writer Kenneth Tynan tag along with him for a while and the result was a long profile in The New Yorker, which Tynan later reprinted in his book, Show People. The New Yorker folks have […]
Esquire Magazine has reposted the 2002 article by Bill Zehme about Carson in retirement. I guess it will forever qualify as Johnny's last interview. […]
Steve Martin says goodbye to Johnny in The New York Times. I set this link up so you shouldn't have to register. (For some reason, a lot of folks still don't want to sign up for sites like the Times, even though it's free, it doesn't seem to generate Spam, and you can easily get […]
From Frank Conniff comes this message… In my opinion, the best Carson Tribute would that NBC could have done would have been to show five Carson shows in their entirety all this week with short wraparounds by Leno at the beginning and end. It's my understanding that something of the sort was discussed, not necessarily […]
I noticed one other change in tonight's Tonight Show as it aired. After her song, k.d. lang went over to the guest chair and said a line or two about how wonderful it always was to appear with Johnny. That was cut, presumably to make room for the clip they edited in of Carson and […]
And I see someone there had the sense to edit in a little of the clip of Carson going across the hall to interrupt Rickles during his C.P.O. Sharkey taping. They didn't run it when I saw the show taped earlier today. By the way: This will only be of interest to about three of […]
Thanks to an invite from one of the Tonight Show writers (gracias, Marvin), I went out to watch the taping of this evening's episode, which is all about Mr. Carson. The guests were Ed McMahon, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Drew Carey and K.D. Lang — or as most folks type it, k.d. lang. I thought […]
They've cancelled their planned guest line-up (Paris Hilton, et al) and they're having on Ed McMahon and some veteran comics — Rickles, Newhart and others who appeared often with Carson — who'll sit around and talk about Johnny. If I can get through with an appointment in time, I'm going to run out and go […]
Paul Harris is devoting much of his popular radio program this afternoon to talk of J. Carson. I will be among those talking on KMOX, the voice of St. Louis, heard at 1120 on your dial…that is, if your dial is located in or around St. Louis. Alas, KMOX does not yet stream to the […]
Cartoonist Daryl Cagle gets the drop on all others who are composing Carson obit drawings. […]
James Randi is an expert magician who specializes in debunking those who use magic techniques to claim psychic or otherwise unworldly powers. He appeared several times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, exposing frauds of that nature, and Johnny was a big supporter or his work. He shares his thoughts on Carson's passing. […]
I keep finding good articles about Johnny on the web. Here's Paul Brownstein with a largely on-target piece about The Tonight Show serving as a showcase for new comedians. [Los Angeles Times, they make you register] […]
My pal Andy Ihnatko remembers Johnny. […]