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
If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace.
Democracy means free television, not good television, but free.
We have two kinds of air: regular and chunky style.
Happiness is being served with a paternity suit on your 75th birthday.
Last night, it was so cold, the flashers in New York were only describing themselves.
Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages.
May you have the income of a Republican and the sex life of a Democrat!
I see a lot of new faces. Especially on the old faces.
According to statistics, it's a lot easier to get hit by lightning than to win a Lotto jackpot. The good side: you don't hear from your relatives.
I hated my last boss. He asked, Why are you two hours late? I said, I fell downstairs. He said, That doesn't take two hours.
NBC's a little jealous of CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer. They want to get a reporter with a macho-sounding name too, so they're changing Irving R. Levine's name to Scud Shrapnel.
Egyptian President Sadat had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.
Do you know my dream? I really want to become an aluminum-siding salesman.
George Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age?