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JOHNNY CARSON DIES AT 79 EMAIL VirtualeMedia Entertainment News Link to a Friend Click Here!
Tonight show legend Johnny Carson died Sunday Jan 23, 2005 of emphysema. Born in 1925, Johnny was drawn to perform and entertain. He started out in Theatre and as a Magician. Johnny had taken over the Jack Parr Show in New York City, NBC studio 6B before later moving to California. Before the takeover, Johnny was talking to Ed McMahon backstage and told him, "When we take over the Tonight Show, I'm taking you with me.." said Ed McMahon in an interview with Larry King in December 2003. Johnny and Ed always clicked when together. One night on the Tonight Show, Ed was doing an Alpo commercial and the dog could have cared less about the Alpo. Ed was just getting that awkward look when Johnny came out and played the dog while mimicking actually eating the Alpo. On another occasion, during the taping of the show, it became obvious that the material was not going well, Ed set fire the the paper that Johnny was reading. Without flinching, Johnny placed a trash can from behind his desk on top and held the paper above it, at the same time Doc in the band began playing 'Taps'. Just another example of the great combination of players on the Tonight Show working as a masterful comic team. The show was actually taped even though all the clocks you saw would indicate 11:00pm. Ed would start the show by warming up the audience. Ed needed a catch phrase so as not to become like woodwork on the show. He thought all weekend before coming up with "Here's Johnny". This caught on like wildfire, everyone was saying for about 6 months. One of my favorite scenes from the show was when an elderly woman had brought her rather unusual chip collection. Johnny had hidden a bowl of chips behind his desk and when she was looking away and talking to Ed, Johnny went CRUNCH!. The look on the woman's face was priceless...More
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