For nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson sat behind the desk as host of The Tonight Show and interviewed thousands of guests. While he had his favorites, Carson also reportedly disliked one comedy ...

In 1968, Johnny Carson stepped aside as host of 'The Tonight ... But he said the host personally put him at ease and gave him control of the guest list — with the network’s final approval ...

Offstage, nobody called him Johnny – not even when he was ... film director and occasional “Tonight Show” guest Orson Welles saying Carson was “the only invisible talk host.” ...

That list includes ... who Carson championed early in his career, said in a statement that “Johnny ... always made me look good.” “That was his nature, to always make his guests look their ...

Viewers of The Tonight Show during the 1970s and '80s might have assumed that Bob Hope was one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests. No one appeared on the show more often than the comedy legend ...

Not so with “Carson the Magnificent,” the long-awaited life of the late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson by Bill ... behind him and making only a few guest spots, acclimating himself ...