Johnny Carson might have been furious with Don Rickles for busting his cigarette box, but Rickles wasn’t the comedian Carson ...

The winner? “Heeeeerrre’s Johnny!” the nightly words, spoken by sidekick Ed McMahon, that brought out Johnny Carson to start another episode of The Tonight Show, the still-running NBC late-night ...

Johnny Carson despised Bob Hope as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show due to their rivalry. Despite his feelings, Carson ...

Among the remarkable alumni of the University of Nebraska, no star has shone brighter, for longer, than that of the King of Late Night, Johnny Carson ’49. Carson’s Tonight Show was, not to exaggerate, ...