Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carsonwas an American television talk show host and comedian, best known for his 30 years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Johnny Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 October 1925
CountryUnited States of America
I get sick of that old rationalization, "We're staying together because of the children." Kids couldn't be more miserable living with parents who can't stand each other. They're far better off if there's an honest, clean divorce.
In 1932, lame duck president Herbert Hoover was so desperate to remain in the White House that he dressed up as Eleanor Roosevelt. When FDR discovered the hoax in 1936, the two men decided to stay together for the sake of the children.
Adults ask questions as a child does. When you stop wondering, you might as well put your rocker on the front porch and call it a day.
To this day I can't get aroused until I see a pair of rubber dice hanging from the mirror
For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say ""Storms suck!
guess what they want for a new four-door Chevy?
If variety if the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam
Everybody I meet in public seems to want to audition for me. If I ask a guy what time it is, he'll sing it to me.
I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.
I'm an entertainer; I try to give the public what it wants while I'm on the screen, and I'm completely sincere about it. If I don't happen to be a laughing boy off the screen, that doesn't make me a hypocrite or a phony.
When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.
Who cares what entertainers on the air think about international affairs? Who would want to hear me about Vietnam? They can hear all they want from people with reason to be respected as knowledgeable.