Peabody award which is awarded annually to the best in broadcast media. Reflecting upon
Carson’s legacy, writer Kenneth Tynan noted that “the way he uses the camera as a silent
conspirator is probably his most original contribution to TV technique.” The final Tonight
Show with Johnny Carson was treated like a major news event and received front page
coverage in most major news papers.
The Washington Post defended the attention, “after all, Carson was late night TV,
and with decency and style he made America laugh and think.” Since 1992 Johnny Carson
has stayed out of the public eye, save a recent humorous piece in the New Yorker poking
fun at comedian Dennis Miller. On March 19, 1999, Johnny Carson had quadruple bypass
surgery in Santa Monica. Carson’s notable TV guest appearances include Night Court, Get
Smart, Here’s Lucy, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Newhart, Cheers, the Positively True
Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, the Newton Boys, and the
Simpsons. Once asked what he would like his epitaph to read, Johnny responded, “I’ll be
right back
THere was many things that i didn?t know about Johnny Carson. I knew that he was from
Iowa and that he hosted The Tonight Show but that is about all I knew about Johnny
Carson, Some things I learned were that he went to the University of Nebraska. And that
his brother was the co.-finder of the Wheel of Fourtion
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