John William "Johnny" Carson, 1925 - 2005
Born: 23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa
Died: 23 January 2005, Los Angeles, California
Carson grew up at Norfolk, Nebraska, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, worked in radio, was a writer for Red Skelton, and hosted various television game shows. In 1962 he was picked to take over the Tonight Show from Jack Paar and hosted it until retiring thirty years and some 5,000 entertaining hours later. His first guest was Groucho Marx, his last was Bette Middler. He considered David Letterman his "rightful successor", but NBC gave the job to Jay Leno. During retirement, Carson has kept up with the news, sailed, made the occasional cameo appearance, and wrote the occasional joke which he sent to Letterman to use in his opening monologue. He made millions happy by knowing how to get others to talk. I have to end this with a quote from Ed McMahon, "Heeeere's Johnny!"
Biography from Wikipedia and Museum of Broadcast Communications
Johnny Carson quotes:
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- Adults ask questions as a child does. When you stop wondering, you might as well put your rocker on the front porch and call it a day. permalink
Johnny Carson - And so it has come to this. I am one of the lucky people in the world. I found something that I always wanted to do and I have enjoyed every single minute of it. permalink
Johnny Carson - His last Tonight Show (22 May 1992) - Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place. permalink
Johnny Carson - Death is nature's way of telling us to slow down. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head -- this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto — usually a mop or a leaf blower. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy is welcoming people from other lands, and giving them something to hold onto. Usually a mop or a leaf blower. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy means free television, not good television, but free. permalink
Johnny Carson - Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. permalink
Johnny Carson - Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there. permalink
Johnny Carson - Playboy Magazine interview with Alex Haley (December 1967) - For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. permalink
Johnny Carson - Happiness is seeing the muscular lifeguard all the girls were admiring leave the beach hand in hand with another muscular lifeguard. permalink
Johnny Carson - Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. permalink
Johnny Carson - I am taking the applause sign home, putting it in the bedroom. permalink
Johnny Carson - His last Tonight Show (22 May 1992)
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