The unquestioned “King of Late Night” was the host of NBC’s “Tonight Show" from 1962 to 1992, Nebraska icon Johnny Carson. “Carson The Magnificent” by Bill Zehme should be of special ...

Johnny Carson had a troubling relationship with alcohol during all three of his marriages that ended in divorce. The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished ...

Illinois oldest farmer Merritt Heaton appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on February 3rd, 1988. Pittie was ...

For thirty years, from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson presided over American popular culture from the 11:30 P.M. throne of “The Tonight Show.” At its peak, the show was ...

In 1975, Steve Martin delivered an unforgettable performance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Steve brought his banjo ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw ...

Not so with “Carson the Magnificent,” the long-awaited life of the late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson by Bill Zehme, completed by Mike Thomas. Its prologue, written by Thomas ...

Johnny Carson was so popular during his heyday that a late-night quip about a toilet paper shortage caused a run on the product at grocery stores across the country in 1973, nearly a half-century ...

Carson shares a story about growing up in the Midwest, where many kids often got turkeys as pets and then shot them for Thanksgiving ... “I can’t give you any,” he says, “but I’ll sell you some.” One ...

The trailblazing late-night show host Johnny Carson's life is pieced together in a new biography "Carson the Magnificent." For decades, Carson dominated late-night television with "The Tonight ...