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re: Johnny Carson would have turned 100 today (10/23)

Posted on 10/24/25 at 7:42 am to
Posted by Telecaster
Memphis
Member since May 2017
2259 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 7:42 am to
The greatest Carnac segment ever.
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
17791 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 7:48 am to
Fallon, Colbert and Kimmel couldn't be an usher for J.C. back in the day.
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
14766 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 8:31 am to
Carnac vs Desk

Ed McMahon was the ultimate sidekick, too...
Posted by Pepperoni
Mar-a-Lago
Member since Aug 2013
4256 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 8:50 am to



quote:

“Carrot
Clarinet
Kruschev”



“Name a root, a reed, and a Red”
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
12017 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 8:52 am to
quote:

Carson had a massive ego and could be a real jerk but he was great TV. You know he almost bought a casino in Vegas but he was outbid by Wayne Newton! ??


Carson hated Wayne Newton because of that. He also hated Frank Gifford and Bob Hope. Carson was a totally different person off camera he could be mean as a snake and he never forgave people who he thought crossed him.
Posted by Junkyard Hog
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2019
416 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:40 am to
Used to watch him every night.

Now I like to watch reels with him interviewing Sinatra, Rickles, Dangerfield, etc.

GOAT
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
95518 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:45 am to
Mel Brooks is only 8 months younger than Johnny.
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
5297 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:48 am to
Probably my favorite story ever told on the Tonight Show.. it’s a 5 min clip, but the story starts at about the 4 min mark




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Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
5297 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:51 am to
My 2nd favorite Tonight Show story.. Hackett absolutely kills


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Posted by Johnny Carson
Member since Jul 2010
1307 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:45 am to
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26756 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 11:21 am to
quote:

The GOAT
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
37826 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

The greatest Carnac segment ever.


Here is McMahon talking about the setup for the "sis boom bah"

LINK
Posted by DrewTheEngineer
Baton Rouge (Oak Hills)
Member since Jun 2006
1285 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 12:17 pm to
BTW, Doc Severinsen is still alive.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32702 posts
Posted on 10/24/25 at 12:38 pm to
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Carson was a totally different person off camera he could be mean as a snake and he never forgave people who he thought crossed him.


Joan Rivers in particular.
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