Posted on 01/31/2005 7:23:30 PM PST by John W
is this tonights show?
Yes.
super
I also heard disscussed in a news item earlier about this very subject that Carson appeared on Letterman's CBS show twice, but never on Leno's.
Thanks for the post.....Dave Letterman started me on the path of being a Night Owl in 1984....
Oh, kewl, I thought I missed it since the story is in past tense. But, yeah, it is still Monday night, isn't it? Pity it is on SeeBS.
I'll be taping this sucker. That's a really heartwarming thing to do, with regard to the opening monologue. I'd like to see it.
These comments are very complimentary to Carson. I have always liked Dave. I like Leno too, but Dave has always seemed a little more cutting edge to me.
I am very puzzled as to why the death of Johnny Carson had that much of news & coverage. Very prominent actors have passed away before without that much attention? Can some body please help me understand this? The bigger names that I can recollect that did not get half of Carson coverage are; Bob Hope, Marlon Brando, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Lucile Ball just to mention a few. What gives?
How old are you?
Johnny Carson - RIP
but I never much cared for him or his show. Letterman on the other hand, kept me up until 1:30 in the morning most nights through high school. He was the best.
And then he kissed Hillary's ass in January of 2000 when she was running in the NY Senate race, and I mean KISSED her ass. The next day he had a heart attack. I never watched letterman again. He lost his relevance and became that which he despised. He sold out to the man.
Leno is a hack and sucks.
thanks for the Letterman heads up.
Lot's of games were played, but if Johnny would have had his way, Letterman would have been his successor.
I'm not a big Letterman fan, haven't watched him for years. To me his "bits" got old and tired.
However, I do have respect for Johnny Carson, and I think it's a shame that he didn't have a bigger part in who would take over his spot on the Tonight Show.
It was all about network politics and $$$s as usual, as it so often has been in the TV entertainment industry for the last couple decades.
THANKS for this post!
I will definitely stay up to watch Dave tonight!
I wasn't aware that he ever appeared on Letterman.
More people watched Johnny Carson in a week then the total audience that attened all the Movies Marlon Brando ever made. the same is true for John Wayne and Frank Sinatra. Bob Hope and Lucile Ball were at best on once a week for a decade.
Johnny was on at least an hour a day 5 days a week for 30 years. The people you names had shorter runs and a lot fewer viewers than Johnny Carson.
Not only that Carson made more money than all the people you name combined.
The size of his audience, the number of times his audience saw him, and the amount of money he made, all were larger than the people you name.
I don't know if you're a Simpson's fan but last night the ending credits had a slide paying a tribute to Mr. Carson. Crusty the clown was standing in admiration with Carson holding a car in the air. BTW... Captain Tennille sends his best.
PING for Tonight's Letterman show---
tribute to Johnny Carson!
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