Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, corncobs, sheep's wool -- and, later, thanks to the printing press -- newspapers, magazines, and pages of books.
Conan O'Brien kicked off his new gig on "The Tonight Show" with a bit showing him in a mad cross-country run from New York to Los Angeles, arriving at his locked studio only to realize he'd left his keys behind.
You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's "Tonight Show" -- would be receiving praise and honor.
Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, corncobs, sheep's wool -- and, later, thanks to the printing press -- newspapers, magazines, and pages of books.
Conan O'Brien kicked off his new gig on "The Tonight Show" with a bit showing him in a mad cross-country run from New York to Los Angeles, arriving at his locked studio only to realize he'd left his keys behind.
You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's "Tonight Show" -- would be receiving praise and honor.
Jay Leno plans "something really unusual and different" when he hands over "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien on May 29, 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him.
In a manner of speaking, there have been three emblems of the Phillies in the free-agency era: the team's over-the-top mascot, the Phillie Phanatic; the too-cool Hall of Fame third baseman, Mike Schmidt; and the voice of the Phillies over thousands of games, Harry Kalas, who was both uber-excitable and uber-cool. He died on Monday at age 73, found unconscious in the Washington Nationals' broadcast booth.
Across the country, real estate agents and home sellers in wealthy neighborhoods who grew accustomed to seven-figure bidding wars during the boom are feeling the sting of the housing crunch.
The nation's foreclosure crisis threatened a high-profile victim this week: TV legend Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home
The foreclosure problems sweeping the United States apparently have ensnared Ed McMahon, who is best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
The foreclosure problems sweeping the United States apparently have ensnared Ed McMahon, who is best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.
Merv Griffin, whose talk show once rivaled that of Johnny Carson's and whose real-estate empire once rivaled that of Donald Trump's, has died. He was 82.
Madison Avenue has always viewed the infomercial as its sleazy stepchild, a "yell 'n sell" venue for Veg-O-Matics and pocket-sized fishing rods. That was before Tim O'Leary, CEO of Respond2, starte...
Let us now praise Merv Griffin, who doesn't get the old-school talk-show-host veneration that Johnny Carson received or the classy-act kudos that have sustained Dick Cavett's reputation. Griffin, now 80, presided over truly chatty chat shows on NBC and in syndication, in the evenings and afternoons, off and on from 1962 to 1986.
The jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation case was still out on Wednesday. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and criminal defense lawyer Anne Bremner take a peek at the jurors and talk to CNN's Bill Hemmer about what they see.
Former "Tonight" show host Johnny Carson was a low-key guy who would be uncomfortable with the tributes heaped upon him since his death, longtime sidekick Ed McMahon said Monday.
Johnny Carson died Sunday of emphysema at 79. CNN.com asked people to share their memories of the king of late-night TV. Here is a selection of the e-mails:
All night long the fax machine at Jay Leno's house spits out jokes. It delivers jokes about President Bush, the Democrats who want to unseat him, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and his sister Jane...
The legitimate fear that Americans have felt since the September attacks have set off a wave of buying frenzies. First, it was gas masks--including outdated models intended for use on movie sets--f...
If there were a forgery hall of fame, Frank Abagnale would have his own wing. From the time he turned 16 until he was nabbed at 21, Abagnale led the life of a criminal mastermind. The wide-eyed kid...
When Charles Freeman succeeded the retiring John Neff as head of the $17 billion Vanguard Windsor fund in January 1996, it was a little like Jay Leno taking over The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson...
We could be alone in the galaxy, but it is unlikely. That is why a manned mission to Mars is so important. If we found life -- fossils, bacteria, anything -- we'd know that nature carried out its e...
Americans are so accustomed to plenty of everything that we easily forget temporary scarcities. Yet there was -- if you will -- an abundance of shortages during the past 15 years. Relive, if you da...
Funny business is booming. In the past decade scores of comedy clubs have opened in the U.S., which is good news for frazzled business travelers. As a diversion, comedy is usually less expensive th...
Matters. Hey, fellows, where's the Inquisition when we really need it? Are we just going to stand around and watch while this crazy astronomer keeps pushing his politics on millions of universe fan...
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