enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnac_the_Magnificent

   Carnac the Magnificent was a recurring comedic role played by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. One of Carson's most well-known characters, Carnac was a "mystic from the East" who could psychically "divine" unknown answers to unseen questions. The character was introduced in 1964. [1]

3. Johnny Carson - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson

   As Allen acknowledged in his book The Question Man, this bit had been created in Kansas City in 1951 by Bob Arbogast and used on The Tom Poston Show in New York where it eventually ended up on The Steve Allen Show, much to the surprise of both Bob and Steve. The Carnac character and routine also closely resemble Ernie Kovacs' "Mr. Question Man".

4. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring...

   Carson as Carnac the Magnificent, a reoccurring comedic role he introduced in 1964. Carnac the Magnificent, in which Carson played a psychic who clairvoyantly divined the answer to a question contained in a sealed envelope. This was to some degree a variation on Steve Allen's recurring "The Question Man" sketch. The answer was always an ...

5. A long-awaited biography of Johnny Carson proves he's the ...

   www.aol.com/news/long-awaited-biography-johnny...

   For Carson fans, the biographical details will be familiar — many can be found in the very fine 2012 “American Masters” documentary “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night,” in which Zehme ...

6. Decades after Carson left late night, his influence endures ...

   www.aol.com/news/decades-carson-left-night...

   Johnny Carson was so popular during his heyday that a late-night quip about a toilet paper shortage caused a run on the product at grocery stores across the country in 1973, nearly a half-century ...

7. Laughs, tears and Bette Midler: How Johnny Carson left 'The ...

   www.aol.com/laughs-tears-bette-midler-johnny...

   Late-night television changed forever when Johnny Carson handed over "The Tonight Show" to Jay Leno in May 1992. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

8. List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Tonight_Show...

   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

9. Here's Johnny: Magic Moments from the Tonight Show

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here's_Johnny:_Magic...

   Commemorating the Johnny Carson success story and the many stars who have emerged after appearing on his NBC-TV nightly talk show the set features appearances by Groucho Marx, Ike & Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Lenny Bruce, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis, Aretha Franklin, The Smothers Brothers and the unforgettable Art Fern. [6]