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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson had guest hosts for entire weeks during Carson's vacations and other nights he had off. Many guest hosts were already large names in their own right, among them Frank Sinatra , Burt Reynolds , Don Rickles , Tony Danza , and Steve Martin .
After the war he started a career in radio, then moved to television and took over as host of the late-night talk show Tonight from Jack Paar in 1962. Carson remained an American cultural icon even after his retirement in 1992.
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- Jack Paar. Host Jack Paar appears with Joey Bishop on The Tonight Show on December 21st 1962. Paar was a comedian, TV radio personality, and sometime actor, and he hosted The Tonight Show from 1957-1962.
- Johnny Carson. Tom Selleck during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on February 16th, 1984. Prior to taking on the role, Carson hosted a game show called Who Do You Trust?
- Jay Leno. Former Tonight Show host Steve Allen during an interview with host Jay Leno on September 27th, 1994. Standup comic Jay Leno was the last Tonight Show Host before Jimmy Fallon—and the only Host who did it twice.
- Conan O’Brien. Conan O'Brien hosts The Tonight Show on January 22nd, 2010. A former writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, Conan O’Brien took over the Tonight Show after hosting Late Night with Conan O’Brien from 1993-2009.
May 20, 2022 · Thirty years ago, on May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson sat in front of that colorful Tonight Show curtain and bid farewell to a show — and an entire late-night industry — that he made...
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May 21, 2017 · It was twenty-five years ago tonight that the late great Johnny Carson hosted his last episode of "The Tonight Show." His guests that night were Robin Williams and Bette Midler. Carson had been the host of The Tonight Show for thirty years.
Comedy Talk Show. May 22, 1992 was the last "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson as host. Carson presents a retrospective of clips covering the past 30 years. Carson says goodnight for the last time.
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This is the list of episodes for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which aired from October 1, 1962 to May 22, 1992. Lists include first-run episodes only and do not include Best of Carson rebroadcasts.
