Johnny Carson made dignified exit from 'Tonight Show' after enduring years of 'SNL' mockery

New book reveals Johnny Carson's dislike for "Saturday Night Live" and how "SNL" sketches mocking him contributed to his 1992 ...
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Frank Sinatra once saved Johnny Carson's life from NY mafia hit: 'Carson's a dead man'

As Malkoff described it, a heavily inebriated Carson, fresh off his divorce to his second wife Joanna, walked into New York ...
Oregonian

TV legend Johnny Carson comes alive in new bio, but man behind image is hard to find

Offstage, nobody called him Johnny – not even when he was a boy. It was always John. Johnny was only for TV. In “Carson the Magnificent,” by the late Bill Zehme, you will get to know Johnny Carson ...

Johnny Carson book exposes 'Tonight Show' ban list featuring Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres

New book "Love Johnny Carson" reveals the infamous banned celebrity list from "The Tonight Show," including Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, and William Shatner.
Los Angeles Times

A long-awaited biography of Johnny Carson proves he’s the Everest of celebrity subjects — tempting but perilous

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you can do ...
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Mike Thomas on co-writing a new Johnny Carson biography

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was. He ...