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
Johnny Carson quotes about
guess what they want for a new four-door Chevy?
Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages.
I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it.
Happiness is being served with a paternity suit on your 75th birthday.
We're more effective than birth control pills.
I'm an entertainer; I try to give the public what it wants while I'm on the screen, and I'm completely sincere about it. If I don't happen to be a laughing boy off the screen, that doesn't make me a hypocrite or a phony.
I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.
When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.
To this day I can't get aroused until I see a pair of rubber dice hanging from the mirror