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NBC reports that Johnny Carson has died from emphysema -

Oh my.....

He was such a funny man.

Quit smoking those of you that still do!

It was one of the hardest things I have ever done-- But I am glad I did.

Wow...what a loss to the comedy world. He was hilarious. I think Carnac was one of my all-time favorites. He will be missed.


Tracy...

I just heard this awhile ago and was absolutely stunned. He was a classic, and his was classic comedy. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure do feel a little older today....

What's that old line?
"Of all the livingrooms in all the homes in all the world...he had to walk into mine, each night." Even if it was only on television, it was still special.

If there's an irony today, it would be this: Carson's predecessor on The Tonight Show, died a few days short of a year ago on January 27, 2004, aged 85.

Yes it is sad, and does make me feel old as well. I grew up in the 60's, and it is sad when people die that were such an important part of your life growing up. Johnny Carson was THE show to watch late night in my lifetime. I also remember spending many an afternoon watching The Flinstones, Leave it to Beaver, Gilligans Island, Bewitched, I dream of Genie, etc.....It seems like life was a little more golden then?

Now that I think about it, I am the King of 60's and 70's tv shows, I can name many that you may have forgot about. HR Pufenstuf, The Land of the lost, Land of thr Giants, Batman, Underdog, Mr Magoo, Jot the Dot, Davie and Goliath, Zoom, Josie & the Pussycats, The Archies, Lost in Space, Speed Racer, Huckelberry Hound, The Banana Splits, The list goes on and on, does anyone dare to challenge me on 60's and 70's tv shows?

As a child I didn't get much chance to watch television. The only set in the entire house was in the kitchen. I never went into the kitchen! Of course most of the American television shows were also broadcast in France. I do remeber loving Scoobie Doo and watching it when I was at my friend's house!

Stefani met Johhny Carson on TV!
She played Stump The Band and won a dinna!
I was there.

That man had so much charm and charisma, it just radiated from him!
I bet she could take you on on TV shows!

My experience was from when TV was new. Our uncle had a set. He always told our brother, "Don't touch the knobs!"

"Stump the Band" was one of my favorites of all the "audience bits" they did on that show! (Sometimes I was good at it, most times I just hit klinkers. ) The other one I remember was "The Edge...Of Wetness"

I've been watching the tributes to the Great Man,
makes me feel old yet such good memories, wishing my son's generation could have grown up with that classy/silly/offbeat humor that we all loved everynight. My Dad was an Audio Engineer for NBC for 30 years and did the Tonight show while
it was still in NY. For one of those years, right out of
college I worked in the same building, 30 Rock, at the Singer Corp. (no longer there) and what a thrill
to meet Dad after work on the Carson set, they did
rehearsals with entertainers at the time I got off, then taping the show at 7 PM. Our family never missed watching the show (at 11:30 yawn)because at the end (if there was time) they ran the "credits" and my mother would scream with glee to see Dad's name scroll on the set. I asked Dad today of his memories and he said "Johnny was a real professional, didn't interact personally with the technicians, yet he was always respectful, a real
gentleman.." I wish they would play re-runs of the
show on a regular basis. Goodnight Johnny, thanks

Wow Nancie that is so cool that your father actually worked there! Thanks for sharing that . I bet it really saddened you all when it was announced that he had passed. They broke into the show I was watching to announce it, and I called my grandmother to tell her, she always loved his show. She doesn't like Jay Leno all that much.My favorite Johnny Carson bit was his character Carnac. I also liked it when he read the stories written by the audience.You don't see a talent like his too often anymore.

It was Live from NY at first, wasn't it?
Do you know for how long?
We have the 4 tape Anniversay Edition, "Best of" and it is wonderful!
The early NY black and white days are mostly gone from the archives.

The show left New York...in '72 I believe it was...about ten years into Carson's run.

I believe that Johnny's company has a website where copies of all of the existing Tonight Shows filmed during his reign, are available for the public to buy. Sorry I don't have the address. I'll see if I can find it.

The website address is:

www.johnnycarson.com

Click on "Shopping."

What a sad loss. When Carson retired I never went back watching the Tonight Show, just not a fan of Leno. Now I do think O'Brien is a funny man,
I also bought the 3 DVD set of the best of Carson.

Carson had handpicked the content of those videos and they've been out for like 6-10 years. And never any more!
Maybe now the family will capitalize and put out more shows! That would be a silver lining to such a sad cloud.

I remember watching a game show that Johnny Carson hosted in perhaps the late '50s. I want to say it was "Beat the Clock" but somehow think it was a different program with a kind of catchy title. And, I believe I was in high school when I stayed up late one night to watch Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky/Vickie get married on the Tonight Show.

When I was in college we often watched either Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show or Dick Cavett on an ABC program that was on at the same time. I did not watch much after college but when I saw Johnny Carson some years later on TV I had to look twice; his dark hair had turned gray. It took some getting used to and now I see the same thing when I look in the mirror!

was the game show "Who Do You Trust?" maybe?
he was also on "To Tell the Truth" and "I've Got a Secret" in the early '60s.

Yes, doug65, that's it, I think it was "Who Do You Trust." I recall when the commercials for that program ran they sometimes said "Whom..." instead of "Who...." I also remember "To Tell the Truth" and "I've Got a Secret;" those aren't the shows I associate with Johnny Carson.