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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
Harold Nicholas
USA
Best movies:
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
The Pirate (1948)
Monique van Vooren
Belgium
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Wall Street (1987)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
Shecky Greene
USA
Best movies:
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Tony Rome (1967)
Splash (1984)
Dore Schary
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Collins
UK
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Jackie's Back! (1999) (TV movie)
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) (TV movie)
George Kirby
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Warren Berlinger
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Hero (1992)
Jan Murray
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Fear City (1984)
Morey Amsterdam
USA
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Rose Marie
USA
Best movies:
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
Witchboard (1986)
Lost & Found (1999)
Joyce Brothers
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Wynton Marsalis
USA
Best movies:
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
Debralee Scott
USA
Best movies:
Police Academy (1984)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Elaine Shepard
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Topper (1937)
Nancy Dussault
USA
Best movies:
The In-Laws (1979)
The Nurse (1997)
Gore Vidal
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Roma (1972)
Clifton Davis
USA
Best movies:
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Painting (2001)
The Climb (2002)
Don Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)