Downhome Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I just heard this on FOX News, it was from complications of emphysema. I just thought I'd start this up, but I sure wish I didn't have to. I'll post more shortly. I was just thinking about him yesterday, and how much I wish he would once again go public and do some sort of project at least as a one shot thing. I was also reading in the newspaper the other day, and read that he wrote a tone of jokes for David Letterman over the years, many which made it on the show. I thought that was pretty cool myself. Thanks a lot Johnny, and thanks for so many memories over the years. I don't know about everyone else, but you'll always be the #1 latenight show in my opinion.
The Mandarin Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I hear that his last wish was for the three threads on this topic to be merged.
Guest LooneyTune Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I'll just keep it short with a "sad to hear, and RIP Johnny." I always thought EdMcMahon would go before him.
Nighthawk Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Never liked him. Still, an old man is dead.
Guest The Decadent Slacker Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 That is some weird, wild stuff.
Guest SideFXs Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Johnny owned late night. No one will ever meet his mark on television. And most famous comedians from the 1970’s until now, owe Johnny big time, for their career
2GOLD Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I watched his classic episodes before The Three Stooges on The Family Channel when I was younger. Funny man and you can bet tomorrow night there will be a tribute show by Letterman and Leno. Not sure about the others, possibly.
bob_barron Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Dave is a rerun tomorrow but Jay is all new. I was too young to watch the Tonight Show but I remember all the hoopla when he left.
algrim Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 He was in a class all by himself. May he be at peace.
GreatWhiteNope Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Johnny Carson is Dead :: holds card to head :: What is something you say to ruin everyone's day? This sucks - RIP Johnny.
Downhome Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Posted January 23, 2005 I believe I watched almost every Carson show that I could while I was growing up, since my family had always watched it before me. What is weird though, is that I just bought The Ultimate Collection: Johnny Carson (along with Johnny's Animal Hijinks Vol. 1) just hours ago.
BlackFlagg Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 damn RIP Johnny, King of late night TV.
elite Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I was (unfortunately) watching Entertainment Tonight last week and they were talking about Johnny Carson for, like, the 500th time in the past few months, and I thought to myself, "If they don't stop mentioning him, he's gonna kick the bucket." It seems like every time that show gives redundant press to an older star, they drop dead. And so, they've succeeded yet again. Lookit what you did, Mary Hart, shame on you and your stupidly insured legs. RIP Mr Carson.
CBright7831 Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I was wondering, who did Carson want to host the Tonight Show when he retired? Was it Letterman or Leno? I thought it was Leno, but someone on FOX said he wanted Letterman. I always thought Carson liked Leno. Someone explain this thing to me.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Amazing that Ed McMahon outlived him.
BUTT Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 I was wondering, who did Carson want to host the Tonight Show when he retired? Was it Letterman or Leno? I thought it was Leno, but someone on FOX said he wanted Letterman. I always thought Carson liked Leno. Someone explain this thing to me. I've read that he wanted Letterman. It's interesting that Leno did not appear as a guest on the Tonight Show during Johnny's final months on the air, but Letterman did (of course, Leno did appear every Monday as guest host, so that may have played into it).
2GOLD Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 NBC was planning to force Carson out for Leno, which Leno did not want. Johnny, realizing what was going down, bowed out before NBC had signed Letterman. Letterman WANTED the show, Carson wanted Dave to have the show because he felt he earned it because of his time working for NBC. NBC did not have faith in Letterman and felt Leno was a fresh face needed for the show. That was basically the end of it. It wasn't Carson hated Leno, he just felt Letterman had earned the show.
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 Downhome always makes everything so overdramatic. His inability to cope with death of celebrities and wrestlers is quite discouraging.
Downhome Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Posted January 23, 2005 I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When those who I enjoyed watching as I was a child, growing up, pass away, it hits me. There are plenty of people who are in wrestling and the entertainment industry who have died, and I simply couldn't care less about. Johnny Carson is THE latenight man. Hell, Johnny Carson IS/WAS television. Anyone who knows anything about his career will tell you the same. Carson passing away is to television, what Elvis's passing was to the music industry.
Lil' Bitch Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 So sad to see a legend go. I rememeber being able to watch his show when I was a kid. Thanks for all the memories, Johnny.
The Ghost of bps21 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 Damnit. I was totally thinking of him for the dead pool just last week.
KingPK Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 RIP Johnny. Leno can't hold your jock. His influence lives on at least in Letterman and, by extension, Conan.
Positively Kanyon Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 So who get's the $300 million and 70 dollars? RIP Johnny!
Use Your Illusion Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 Hell, Johnny Carson IS/WAS television. Anyone who knows anything about his career will tell you the same. Carson passing away is to television, what Elvis's passing was to the music industry. Gay
ChrisMWaters Posted January 25, 2005 Report Posted January 25, 2005 This may be in bad taste...but will his gravestone say "Here's Johnny" on it?
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