On the 33rd anniversary of the last episode of The Tonight Show, read an excerpt from 'My Friend Johnny: The Last 20 Years of ...

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night host. The comedian’s most beloved gig was hosting “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” for 30 seasons from 1962 until his retirement in ...

Despite millions of people watching him for decades, Johnny Carson kept a relatively small inner circle. One friend of the ...

Jay Leno had the difficult task of following Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show. He had to carve his own path without ...

Johnny Carson’s longtime friend and neighbor Howard Smith is reflecting on their friendship 20 years after the late-night ...

Here, is an excerpt from the work. Viewers of The Tonight Show during the 1970s and '80s might have assumed that Bob Hope was one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests. No one appeared on the show ...

“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 franchise that he ...

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you ...

His son, Richard Carson, died in a car accident. He was 39. "Johnny lamented the fact that he was not much closer to his sons," said Thomas. "He was married to ‘The Tonight Show.’ That was his ...

Everybody who was anybody appeared on "The Tonight Show," and 17 million Americans tuned in – many from their beds. It was Johnny Carson vs. sleep, and sleep usually lost. "It did!" said Thomas.