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Television entertainer Johnny Carson (R) shown alongside co-host Ed McMahon during a taping of 'the Tonight Show' in Los Angeles in this May 11, 1988 file photo. View Photo »
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In this May 22, 1992 file photo, talk show host Johnny Carson, right, is shown with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Ca. View Photo »
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In this May 22, 1992 file photo, talk show host Johnny Carson, right, is shown with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Ca. View Photo »
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Tiny Tim, the eccentric ukelele-strumming performer best known for his rendition of "Tip-toe thru' the tulips with me,is shown with his bride Vicky "Miss Vicky" Budinger on the "Tonight show" this undated file photograph with host Johnny Carson (R) and... View Photo »
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FILE -In this May 22, 1992, file photo, talk show host Johnny Carson, right, is shown with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif. View Photo »
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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: (FILE PHOTO) TV Personality Ed McMahon arrives at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. View Photo »
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Flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86. View Photo »
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Fans take photos of flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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A character dressed as 'Elmo' views flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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A character dressed as 'Elmo' views flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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Flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86. View Photo »
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Flowers lie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of the television personality Ed McMahon in Hollywood, California June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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Co-hosts of the 1980's TV series "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" Dick Clark (L) and Ed McMahon are shown in this undated publicity photograph. View Photo »
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Co-hosts of the 1980's TV series "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" Dick Clark (R) and Ed McMahon are shown in this undated publicity photograph. View Photo »
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Tourists look on as flowers lie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of television personality Ed McMahon in Hollywood, California June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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Flowers lie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of television personality Ed McMahon in Hollywood, California June 23, 2009. View Photo »
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Former "Tonight Show" members, Ed McMahon, (L), and band leader Doc Severinsen, reunite on stage in this July 8, 1997 file photograph, during a symphonic gala in honor of Severinsen's 70th birthday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. View Photo »
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Television personality Ed McMahon appears in viral video promotion for FreeCreditReport.com in this publicity photo released to Reuters September 25, 2008. View Photo »
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Television personality Ed McMahon appears in a viral video promotion for FreeCreditReport.com in this publicity photo released to Reuters September 25, 2008. View Photo »
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In this Feb. 5, 1968 file photo, Ed McMahon is shown on the set of NBC's "Late Night" with Johnny Carson TV Show in New York. View Photo »
About Johnny Carson
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John William “Johnny” Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years. Carson received six Emmy Awards including the Governor Award and a 1975 Peabody Award; he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Full Article
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Television entertainer Johnny Carson (R) shown alongside co-host Ed McMahon during a taping of 'the Tonight Show' in Los Angeles in this May 11, 1988 file photo.
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In this May 22, 1992 file photo, talk show host Johnny Carson, right, is shown with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Ca.
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Tiny Tim, the eccentric ukelele-strumming performer best known for his rendition of "Tip-toe thru' the tulips with me,is shown with his bride Vicky "Miss Vicky" Budinger on the "Tonight show" this undated file photograph with host Johnny Carson (R) and sidekick Ed McMahon.
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Flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86.
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Fans take photos of flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86.
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A character dressed as 'Elmo' views flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86.
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A character dressed as 'Elmo' views flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86.
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Flowers placed on the 'Hollywood Walk of Fame' star of US television legend Ed McMahon after his death in Los Angeles on June 23, 2009. McMahon, best known for his long-running role as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show', died aged 86.
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Co-hosts of the 1980's TV series "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" Dick Clark (L) and Ed McMahon are shown in this undated publicity photograph.
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Co-hosts of the 1980's TV series "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" Dick Clark (R) and Ed McMahon are shown in this undated publicity photograph.
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Tourists look on as flowers lie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of television personality Ed McMahon in Hollywood, California June 23, 2009.
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Former "Tonight Show" members, Ed McMahon, (L), and band leader Doc Severinsen, reunite on stage in this July 8, 1997 file photograph, during a symphonic gala in honor of Severinsen's 70th birthday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Television personality Ed McMahon appears in viral video promotion for FreeCreditReport.com in this publicity photo released to Reuters September 25, 2008.
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In this Feb. 5, 1968 file photo, Ed McMahon is shown on the set of NBC's "Late Night" with Johnny Carson TV Show in New York.
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Television personality Ed McMahon (C) and wife Pamela are interviewed by CNN talk show host Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live" in this June 5, 2008 file photograph in Los Angeles, in this video frame grab released by CNN June 6, 2008.
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Actor Mr. T (R) who starred in the NBC series "The A-Team" poses with Ed McMahon, who was the sidekick of talk show host Johnny Carson, at the NBC television network's 75th anniversary party in Hollywood in this January 9, 2002 file photograph.
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FILE - In this May 22, 1992 file photo, Ed McMahon, left, shakes hands with talk show host Johnny Carson, during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif. McMahon has died at a Los Angeles hospital, according to his publicist. He was 86.
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FILE - In this July 30, 1993 file photo, Ed McMahon, left, former announcer of the "Tonight Show," looks on as "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno breaks into laughter during the taping of the show in Burbank, Calif.
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Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis (L) reacts as television personality Ed McMahon gives him the final pledge total for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon in Los Angeles in this file picture taken September 6, 2004.
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In this May 22, 1992 file photo, talk show host Johnny Carson, right, is shown with the show's announcer Ed McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show" in Burbank, Ca.
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I used to love The Ed Sullivan Show. I loved when Ed would talk and the curtain would move behind him. You'd try to see what was happening behind the scenes. I loved Jack Benny, he was my hero, Johnny Carson, certainly. I liked comedians that looked like regular guys.
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He was hosting a live talk show at the UCB at that time, and I really felt, along with a lot of other people, that he was a great host in the Johnny Carson mold
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If we had won the Super Bowl, I was going to appear on the Johnny Carson show
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Instead of being the punch line on Johnny Carson, we were the little Cinderella team down in Tampa Bay.
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I always found him a delightful person and followed his career. Graeme Kennedy, Don Lane and Ernie Sigley were the pathways into TV in Australia at night in the same way Johnny Carson and now Jay Leno and Letterman are in America
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We wanted Johnny Carson and Bob Hope. Neither are available so we’ll have to go from there.
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The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
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The earliest well-known reference to exploding sheep in popular culture was made by Johnny Carson, in the role of psychic Carnac the Magnificent on The Tonight Show.
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I wanted to be a big star. I wanted to be on the Johnny Carson show, I wanted to dance with Danny Kaye
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Neil Patrick Harris: The very model of a smart, funny host, he was the classiest Emmy host since Johnny Carson, with equally good posture.
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For me, personally ... I think it was Johnny Carson who really defined what we now think of as a talk show. And I can honestly say that nobody out there has done it as well as he did, either before or since.
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