Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carsonwas an American television talk show host and comedian, best known for his 30 years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Johnny Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 October 1925
CountryUnited States of America
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.
I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact.
I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
We resort, frankly, to pies, which is a comedy staple that's gone back, I guess, to since the first pie was ever baked.
Happiness is.....finding two olives in your martini when youre hungry.
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
How much of the national news that you report to the public each night consists of information you've actually gone out and dug up on your own?
There's only one critic whose opinion I really value, in the final analysis: Johnny Carson. I have never needed any entourage standing around bolstering my ego. I'm secure. I know exactly who and what I am. I don't need to be told. I make no apologies for being the way I am.
I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over.