13 Stories on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno's new show will be freshly baked five nights a week with three times the comedy of his former "Tonight Show," the comedian promised.
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.
Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.
When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
TV's popular sidekick was battling cancer and had pneumonia in January
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.
O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno, as Letterman jokes, "I knocked off another competitor"
The host thanks Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton in front of a cheering crowd
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.
"The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien will not be the same as the show was with Jay, Johnny, Steve or Jack.
Jay Leno's new show will be freshly baked five nights a week with three times the comedy of his former "Tonight Show," the comedian promised.
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.
Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.
When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
TV's popular sidekick was battling cancer and had pneumonia in January
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.
O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno, as Letterman jokes, "I knocked off another competitor"
The host thanks Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton in front of a cheering crowd
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.
"The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien will not be the same as the show was with Jay, Johnny, Steve or Jack.
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.
The actor-filmmaker is on the guest roster for the Tonight host's last week
Is Bobby Jindal following the model of a young Bill Clinton?
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