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She gained her greatest fame for appearances (1967–1984) on The Tonight Show, [4] including 100-plus appearances (1971–1984) as the buxom Matinée Lady on The Tonight Show in Johnny Carson's popular Art Fern's Tea Time Movie sketches, which were filled with sexual double entendres. After her death, Carson kept the Art Fern character off the ...
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.
Carson's official Tonight Show website; Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at IMDb The Man Who Retired a June 2002 Esquire article also available here; Johnny Carson, late-night TV legend, dies at 79, a January 2005 CNN article; A profile of Carson in The New Yorker from 1978
Desk- Johnny reads article from the Detroit Free Press; Note: Excerpts of this episode are featured in the Columbo episode "Forgotten Lady" which originally aired on September 14, 1975. 3205 June 30, 1975 ( 1975-06-30 )
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 )
Desk- "The Movie Fans Calendar" This was the episode featured on a Best of Carson repeat on Dec 8, 1980 when NBC News broke in during the desk material to announce that John Lennon was dead. 4159 March 29, 1979 ( 1979-03-29 )
Johnny is going for his record 4,192nd laugh; a clip of 'Henny Cobb' setting the record in the 1920s is shown. Johnny then goes from the dressing room to the stage with an entourage behind him cheering, tells a stupid joke, cries over his big celebration, and gets a phone call from President Reagan congratulating him.
Desk- "The Great Burbank Getaway Weekend"; Mighty Carson Art Players featuring Sabrina Houben, Ron Smith Lookalike- "Captain Stud" 5,187 June 25, 1984 ( 1984-06-25 )