You think, ‘Whaaa? Why is he going?'” This is David Letterman quoted in the Carson Esquire piece about Johnny Carson’s retirement. Letterman is correct, there was no real reason for Carson ...

NEW YORK – It was Johnny Carson's (search) last monologue and, predictably, it drew plenty of laughs. David Letterman (search) paid tribute to Carson, who died Jan. 23, by delivering a "Late ...

It was Johnny Carson’s last monologue and, predictably, it drew plenty of laughs. David Letterman paid tribute to Carson, who died Jan. 23, by delivering a “Late Show” monologue Monday ...

Leno, who took over the "Tonight Show" job after Carson's retirement, speaks of Johnny with respect but without much sentiment. Letterman, on the other hand, has never made a secret of his regard ...

"The Tonight Show" had just gone to Jay Leno. Johnny Carson had long hoped his friend David Letterman would get the job -- as did Letterman. So when Letterman next appeared on Carson's show ...

If going out on top didn’t appear to be in the cards, at least David Letterman ... older than his idol, Johnny Carson, was when he retired — it made sense that Letterman would decide ...

David Letterman is a legend. He came to life with his late late-night talk show, and he gave young kids who were fine with the excellent Johnny Carson but needed something they understood more a gift.

Johnny Carson conspired ... in the best interests of Carson’s show to not have a similar program with a cheaper and younger host on NBC. Now, in the months before Letterman steps off of the ...

THE most sublime seg ment on David Letterman’s tribute to Johnny Carson was also its saddest. It was when Johnny’s former bandleader, Doc Severinsen, conducted a small orchestra in a ...

Monday, David Letterman devoted his show - the first ... and the reason I moved is because of Johnny Carson and 'The Tonight Show,"' Letterman said. "And I'm not the only one.

David Letterman is in talks to remain host of ... If a deal is reached, Letterman would surpass the late-night run of his idol, Johnny Carson, who hosted The Tonight Show for 30 years.