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One show in television history, more than any other, defines the standards of contemporary American entertainment today: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
After an introduction by Groucho Marx, Johnny stepped through the curtain and onto the stage for the first time in 1962. Broadcasting from studio 6-B in New York City, Johnny infused his late night program with a sparkle of showbiz mixed with boyish charm and a razor sharp wit that never missed. On any given night there was a sense that anything could happen... and with Johnny's band of mischief makers, it usually did.
Johnny's easy going interview style and a mastery of the nightly monologue gave an audience of 12 million fans reason enough to tune in every night. The critically acclaimed show featured career defining performances, legendary hijinks and classic routines from the world's funniest comedians. From the 60's into the 90's The Tonight Show welcomed a parade of Hollywood royalty and some of the most entertaining and influential people of the 20th century.
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Performers
Jack Benny
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Joe Piscopo
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Bartleby (2001)
King Kong (1976)
Linda Cristal
Argentina
Best movies:
The Alamo (1960)
Two Rode Together (1961)
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Nina van Pallandt
Denmark
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
Cutter's Way (1981)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Tommy Steele
UK
Best movies:
La Vallée du bonheur (1968)
Aretha Franklin
USA
Best movies:
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (1991) (video compilation)
Les Frères Blues (1980)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Robert Klein
USA
Best movies:
Reign Over Me (2007)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Le confort des objets (2001)
Gary Grimes
USA
Best movies:
Summer of '42 (1971)
La Poussière, la sueur et la poudre (1972)
The Spikes Gang (1974)
Jack Cassidy
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Betty White
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Advise and Consent (1962)
St. Vincent (2014) - a.f.
Ed Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Drew Carey
USA
Best movies:
Robots (2005)
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Freaky Friday (1995) (TV movie)
Jean Marsh
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Frenzy (1972)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (TV movie)
Sage Stallone
USA
Nancy Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Speedway (1968)
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
The Wild Angels (1966)
Erich von Däniken
Switzerland
Carl Sagan
USA
Mary Stuart Masterson
USA
Best movies:
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Benny & Joon (1993)
Janis Joplin
USA
Best movies:
Kozmic Blues (2007)
Petulia (1968)
Lara Flynn Boyle
USA
Best movies:
Happiness (1998)
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
Threesome (1994)