Johnny Carson

John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

External links

• {{imdb name|id=0001992|name=Johnny Carson}}
• Johnny Carson and Alexis Maas
• The Official Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson web site
• Article on Johnny Carson at Salon
• 1991 firsthand backstage account of Tonight Show tapings by Mark Evanier
• CNN obituary
• New York Times Obituary
• Johnny Carson writes jokes for Letterman
• 2002 profile by Bill Zehme (with Carson's last major interview) in Esquire magazine
• Johnny Carson obituary by James Wolcott
• On Carson's contribution to Late Night at The New Republic
• 1978 profile from The New Yorker by Kenneth Tynan
• NNDB Profile: Johnny Carson
• Letter to Carson from Steve Martin published in The New York Times