Any Johnny Carson fans?

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I watched one of the greatest shows about Johnny Carson on PBS the other night, it freakin blew me away. Being an insomniac, im a huge late night TV watcher, and it is just incredible how Johnny touched peoples lives.

Hopefully it is replayed again, or archived on the net, just an awesome tribute to a true TV icon. It was called "Johnny Carson: American Masters" 2hrs long and it covered pretty much his whole career.

I am also a Leno fan, but damn this made me lose a ton of respect for him. Jay's agent and/or group leaked out a fake press deal that said Johnny was quitting and Jay was going to take over the show. To make matters worse, at the end NBC never even asked Johnny for advice on who should take on the show after he retired.

Anyway, im rambling...cant sleep.

Here is a clip about it, and the page is HERE Catch it if you can....

Watch Johnny Carson: King of Late Night Preview on PBS. See more from American Masters.

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5/24/2012 12:42pm
Saw it. Great show and Carson was a complicated person. Kinda sad how his Mom always seemed to look down on him.
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5/24/2012 1:31pm
Remember being a kid and sneaking out of my room to catch some of the Tonight show. Couldn't wait until I was old enough to catch me some Carson. Unfortunately, by the time I was old enough, it was mostly Joan Rivers or Jay Leno filling in.

"Beer without booze, is like broads without boobs".
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Huge fan of Johnny Carson!Cool
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5/25/2012 6:18am
Zsa Zsa Gabor: Johnny do you want to pet my pussy? Johnny Carson: You move that damn cat and I will. R.I.P. Mr. Carson.

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5/25/2012 11:39am
slowvet wrote:
Zsa Zsa Gabor: Johnny do you want to pet my pussy? Johnny Carson: You move that damn cat and I will. R.I.P. Mr. Carson.
I was going to post that, but since you beat me to it, how about Arnold Palmer's wife.

Carson: Do you do anything special for Arnie for good luck before a tournament?

Mrs. Palmer: I kiss his balls.

Carson: I'll bet that makes his putter stand up!
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Grinning Right on Geezer!
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I would open the door to my bed room and watch (till I got busted) any chance I got. Sometimes my dad would let me in to the living room to watch, usually on a Friday night. It wouldn't matter if he had a guy who bowled two perfect games from Dubuque it was Carson and he had a way of making you feel as if you were right there.

I remember driving when I heard he had passed, I had to pull off at the next ramp and sat for 10 minutes.

The best there will ever be.
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5/25/2012 3:44pm
Johnny defined class in how he interacted with guests on the show, was great with young kids and the animal segments were always hilarious. When i signed up for NetFlix when it just came out, one of the 1st DVD's i ordered was a 5 disc set of The Best of Carson.

The show on PBS was awesome, and also heartbreaking, made me laugh, and tear up....

I gotta say, i have been mighty impressed with how Jimmy Fallon has done. The night his show debuted i made a thread here about how rocky of a start it was, but he figured it out pretty quick and it blows me away how talented of a guy he is, his music impressions are spot on and incredible.
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5/25/2012 7:38pm
I was on the sofa watching Johnny Carson the first time I got laid. Don't remember who the guest was - had other things on my mind.
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yzthumpa wrote:
I was on the sofa watching Johnny Carson the first time I got laid. Don't remember who the guest was - had other things on my...
I was on the sofa watching Johnny Carson the first time I got laid. Don't remember who the guest was - had other things on my mind.
Classic! Laughing
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yzthumpa wrote:
I was on the sofa watching Johnny Carson the first time I got laid. Don't remember who the guest was - had other things on my...
I was on the sofa watching Johnny Carson the first time I got laid. Don't remember who the guest was - had other things on my mind.
ocscottie wrote:
Classic! Laughing
Parents were asleep down the hall, lol.
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5/25/2012 8:38pm
I remember I used to lay on the living room floor around "bed time", and pretend to fall a sleep hoping my Mom would leave me there long enough to work my master plan. Which was to watch Carson. I was probably around 11-12 years old.

If I got lucky enough to still be in "position" acting like I was sleeping when it started, in order to not foil my plan, I would watch Carson with one eye closed. I would be laying on my side facing the TV, and would close my one eye so if my Mom peeked over to see if I was sleeping she would see that eye closed and think I was....

Little did she know my other eye was open, and watching a true legend of TV.
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Saw it! Lived it!

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