Johnny Carson was a acquire of entertainment all himself. When he retired and was replaced by Jay Leno, an era of television ended. When he died, an era of mankind died with him. There was never anything like Johnny Carson before him and most likely there will never be another Johnny Carson again.
Carson hosted "The Tonight prove" which had a long line of hosts before him, including Steve Allen, Ernie Kovacs and Jack Paar, the last regular host who Carson ultimately replaced. After he died, Carson then went on to host the note for almost 30 years, a feat that has been equalled by nobody else.
Carson's sidekick on the explain was a guy by the name of Ed McMahon. McMahon was really there unprejudiced to play off Carson and be his straight man. He didn't really have grand talent, but he didn't have to. He played his role perfectly and the two of them formed a chemistry that rivalled the mammoth duos of all time.
The premise of the indicate was very simple and graceful worthy location in stone. At the beginning of each prove McMahon would introduce who the guests would be for that evening after announcing the star of the present and then would near out with the now distinguished line, "Here's Johnny!" Carson would then near out and do a brief monologue. In his monologue he would basically camouflage the novel events of the day, mostly picking on the sitting President of the United States. Most would say that his monologue was the funniest piece of the present.
After the monologue, the indicate would consume a commercial atomize and upon return Johnny would be seated late his desk. The rest of the explain would focus mostly on bringing on the various guests. This was a chance for up and coming stars to shine. Getting onto the expose was almost a free go to success if you were respectable. Many mountainous stars got their open on Carson's showcase. Who could forget the first time that George Carlin first appeared on the explain?
After the guests would fabricate, they'd sit down with Carson and chat. Some of the guests, like Carlin and Robin Williams, were harmful and provided some of the most memorable moments on the expose. Carson was a master at interviewing people as he made them feel so at ease.
But the indicate wasn't unprejudiced about guests. Carson also had his cast of characters whom he played on the point to, like Karnac the exquisite. This is where Carson would assign on his runt turban and pretend to be able to guess what the contents of individual envelopes were. Whenever McMahon would catch to the last envelope he would impart this, bringing on large cheers from the studio audience, as the jokes were really handsome unpleasant. To these cheers, Carson would acquire some kind of snarl like, "May the fleas from a thousand camels infest your arm pits". The laughs were some of the greatest on television.
Carson filled our homes with some of the greatest TV moments ever. And for that we will always be thankful.