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
The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older.
Egyptian President Sadat had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.
I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over.
Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
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.