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"Johnny's Theme" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, based on a previous composition b
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
David Norris Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of observational comedy."
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.
The show went nationally in 1954 on NBC, and was with Steve Allen as host, then was succeeded by Jack Paar in 1957. On October 1, 1962, Groucho Marx introduced Johnny Carson as the new host. By 1974, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson had been on air for 12 years and it was the leading national late night program covering 99% of homes in ...
List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes; No. of episodes: 259: Release; Original network: NBC: ... Cass Elliot (guest host), Lee Marvin, Peter ...
Tony Danza (guest host), Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson This is the last time a guest host other than Garry Shandling or Jay Leno hosted. Leno became the sole guest host in August of 1988. Yellowjackets: 5,715: May 5, 1987 () Kristie Phillips, George C. Scott: Ray Stevens
Beginning with this episode, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson moved to the NBC Studios in Burbank, California, which stayed until the end of Carson's run on May 22, 1992. 2459 May 2, 1972 ( 1972-05-02 )