Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson??
Try The Ed Sullivan Show, and an endless parade of movies which once cost $0.25 for 15 minute installments, now seen in full for free at (for a long while) a neighbor’s house. Many featured all the big bands, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Abbot and Costello, I Remember Momma, and so on.
The only draw back in those times were the 15 minute commercials.
Who needed to go out and sit in a dark theater when one could sit at home with friends with mom’s cooking and be entertained, or even dance.