Conan O'Brien talks about meeting former 'Tonight Show' host, Johnny Carson
Last week, nearly 40 billionaires announced their intention to give half their wealth to charity at the encouragement of bridge-playing buddies Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
Johnny Carson, the one-time king of late night television, has left more than $150 million to his foundation some five years after his death, according to an online report.
Phyllophorous: an adjective meaning "leaf-bearing" or, alternately, "the word that exiled me to the oft-fabled Crying Room at the 1986 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C."
Magnanimous in defeat, which could turn into victory, Conan O'Brien bequeathed "The Tonight Show" back to Jay Leno Friday after first thanking NBC for at least putting him on the map.
He can saw himself in half, sing a selection of Broadway showtunes and swing on a flying trapeze.
Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, corncobs, sheep's wool -- and, later, thanks to the printing press -- newspapers, magazines, and pages of books.
Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.
In an interview with Larry King, Ed McMahon recalls the origins of one of the most famous Johnny Carson skits.
When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
People.com: Ed McMahon Dies at 86updated: Tue Jun 23 2009 18:36:00
TV's popular sidekick was battling cancer and had pneumonia in January
Ed McMahon, the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick whose "Heeeeeeerre's Johnny!" became a part of the vernacular, has died.
Comedian Joan Rivers says Ed McMahon was always nice to her, even when it was difficult.
Conan O'Brien kicked off his new gig on "The Tonight Show" with a bit showing him in a mad cross-country run from New York to Los Angeles, arriving at his locked studio only to realize he'd left his keys behind.
iReporters give their reviews of Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" debut.
O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno, as Letterman jokes, "I knocked off another competitor"
The host thanks Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton in front of a cheering crowd
You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's "Tonight Show" -- would be receiving praise and honor.
"The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien will not be the same as the show was with Jay, Johnny, Steve or Jack.
Jay Leno plans "something really unusual and different" when he hands over "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien on May 29, 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him.
The actor-filmmaker is on the guest roster for the Tonight host's last week
In a manner of speaking, there have been three emblems of the Phillies in the free-agency era: the team's over-the-top mascot, the Phillie Phanatic; the too-cool Hall of Fame third baseman, Mike Schmidt; and the voice of the Phillies over thousands of games, Harry Kalas, who was both uber-excitable and uber-cool. He died on Monday at age 73, found unconscious in the Washington Nationals' broadcast booth.
The annals of late-night television talk shows are full of failure.
A rep for the veteran Tonight sidekick expresses thanks for everyone's prayers
"The Donald" vows to let the financially strapped star live in the mansion
The longtime Tonight Show sidekick is now pitching cars in funny ads
The TV personality says he's unable to work due to the pain from the fall at a dinner party
Ed McMahon discusses what happened in his life to allow his home to be in foreclosure.
CNNMoney: Housing crunch, 90210updated: Thu Jun 12 2008 09:56:00
Across the country, real estate agents and home sellers in wealthy neighborhoods who grew accustomed to seven-figure bidding wars during the boom are feeling the sting of the housing crunch.
The nation's foreclosure crisis threatened a high-profile victim this week: TV legend Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
The TV personality's house, near Britney Spears's, is for sale at $5.75 million
Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home
The foreclosure problems sweeping the United States apparently have ensnared Ed McMahon, who is best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
The foreclosure problems sweeping the United States apparently have ensnared Ed McMahon, who is best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."
The new year will see new shows from Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, says NBC.
Joey Bishop, the deadpan comic with the catchphrase "Son of a gun!" – and the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's swinging '60s "Rat Pack" – has died. He was 89.
Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.
Merv Griffin, whose talk show once rivaled that of Johnny Carson's and whose real-estate empire once rivaled that of Donald Trump's, has died. He was 82.
Carson was the cool arbiter of taste. Griffin was your enthusiastic showbiz uncle, who gave an early TV break to some groundbreaking talent
CARSON, Calif. -- Sixteen minutes, 12 touches -- and 19 cameras beaming every gimpy stride to a worldwide audience.
A new movie on the life of early shock-jock Petey Greene does what many biopics fail to do: ring true
DV-Delightfulupdated: Fri Dec 15 2006 12:08:00
Its full name is the Digital Versatile Disc, and it certainly lives up to the billing.
Madison Avenue has always viewed the infomercial as its sleazy stepchild, a "yell 'n sell" venue for Veg-O-Matics and pocket-sized fishing rods. That was before Tim O'Leary, CEO of Respond2, starte...
Let us now praise Merv Griffin, who doesn't get the old-school talk-show-host veneration that Johnny Carson received or the classy-act kudos that have sustained Dick Cavett's reputation. Griffin, now 80, presided over truly chatty chat shows on NBC and in syndication, in the evenings and afternoons, off and on from 1962 to 1986.
Here are some of the entertainment stories that dominated 2005:
Those we lostupdated: Wed Dec 21 2005 17:04:00
I like to look back at the end of the year and remember those we've lost, people who, for different reasons, touched and maybe changed our lives.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Sep 30 2005 12:44:00
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt didn't have a chance from the get-go, says John Gray, best-selling author of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus."
The jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation case was still out on Wednesday. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and criminal defense lawyer Anne Bremner take a peek at the jurors and talk to CNN's Bill Hemmer about what they see.
"I'll trade you Scott Peterson for Martha Stewart."
Before politicians rushed to book face time with Jon Stewart or announced their candidacy on David Letterman or Jay Leno...there was Johnny Carson.
Former "Tonight" show host Johnny Carson was a low-key guy who would be uncomfortable with the tributes heaped upon him since his death, longtime sidekick Ed McMahon said Monday.
As he was for millions of Americans, Johnny Carson was often the last person I saw each night before I closed my eyes.
He was the king of late night, and there will be no other.
Johnny Carson's death has given a boost to sales of DVDs featuring highlights of his 30 years on "The Tonight Show."
Johnny Carson gave a generation of comics got their first big break on "The Tonight Show."
Here are some reactions to the death Sunday of TV icon Johnny Carson:
Here is the monologue from Johnny Carson's final "The Tonight Show" on May 22, 1992:
Johnny Carson died Sunday of emphysema at 79. CNN.com asked people to share their memories of the king of late-night TV. Here is a selection of the e-mails:
Johnny Carson, host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for nearly 30 years, died Sunday of emphysema.
Jay Leno will hand over the reins of NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien -- but not until 2009, the network announced Monday.
Tony Randall, the Emmy Award-winning actor who made the role of fussy neatnik Felix Unger his own in TV's "The Odd Couple," has died. Randall was 84.
All night long the fax machine at Jay Leno's house spits out jokes. It delivers jokes about President Bush, the Democrats who want to unseat him, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and his sister Jane...
The legitimate fear that Americans have felt since the September attacks have set off a wave of buying frenzies. First, it was gas masks--including outdated models intended for use on movie sets--f...
If there were a forgery hall of fame, Frank Abagnale would have his own wing. From the time he turned 16 until he was nabbed at 21, Abagnale led the life of a criminal mastermind. The wide-eyed kid...
When Charles Freeman succeeded the retiring John Neff as head of the $17 billion Vanguard Windsor fund in January 1996, it was a little like Jay Leno taking over The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson...
We could be alone in the galaxy, but it is unlikely. That is why a manned mission to Mars is so important. If we found life -- fossils, bacteria, anything -- we'd know that nature carried out its e...
Americans are so accustomed to plenty of everything that we easily forget temporary scarcities. Yet there was -- if you will -- an abundance of shortages during the past 15 years. Relive, if you da...
Funny business is booming. In the past decade scores of comedy clubs have opened in the U.S., which is good news for frazzled business travelers. As a diversion, comedy is usually less expensive th...
Matters. Hey, fellows, where's the Inquisition when we really need it? Are we just going to stand around and watch while this crazy astronomer keeps pushing his politics on millions of universe fan...
© 2013 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|