Carson’s guests tended to lean toward entertainers ... Carson Shows Off His Trouser Snake Johnny Carson could be pretty funny with his pants on, too. Carson’s interactions with the animal ...

In, arguably, the funniest moment in all of Johnny Carson’s time hosting The Tonight Show, his guest, Ed Ames, demonstrates how to throw a tomahawk at a human-shaped target on a wooden wall.

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate ... Over those 30 years, Carson had on a variety of guests, from Robin Williams and Jane Fonda to musical acts such as Ella Fitzgerald and Elton John.

Re Johnny Carson obituary, Jan. 24: He listened, he admired, he sat in awe watching the parade of guests that he welcomed ... To me, Carson will best be remembered not with lengthy tributes ...

Or, as Carson’s longtime partner McMahon put it: “Johnny packs a tight ... night in a performance as his best self—like us, a rapt audience to his TV guests. Mr. Belth is the author of ...

The best I’ve ever seen ... and the dress worn by Bette Midler during her memorable appearance as the final guest on Johnny’s Tonight Show. Sotzing, president of Carson Entertainment Group and ...

For thirty years, from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, Johnny ... the guest, and the viewer all at once, course-correcting with breathtaking speed. As Kenneth Tynan noted when profiling Carson ...

“Heeeeere’s Johnny!” to the golf-swing pantomime that concluded each opening monologue, Carson turned “The Tonight Show”—pioneered by Steve Allen (cerebral, funny) and Jack Paar ...