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One show in television history, more than any other, defines the standards of contemporary American entertainment today: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
After an introduction by Groucho Marx, Johnny stepped through the curtain and onto the stage for the first time in 1962. Broadcasting from studio 6-B in New York City, Johnny infused his late night program with a sparkle of showbiz mixed with boyish charm and a razor sharp wit that never missed. On any given night there was a sense that anything could happen... and with Johnny's band of mischief makers, it usually did.
Johnny's easy going interview style and a mastery of the nightly monologue gave an audience of 12 million fans reason enough to tune in every night. The critically acclaimed show featured career defining performances, legendary hijinks and classic routines from the world's funniest comedians. From the 60's into the 90's The Tonight Show welcomed a parade of Hollywood royalty and some of the most entertaining and influential people of the 20th century.
(official distributor synopsis)
Performers
Lou Rawls
USA
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV movie)
![Ronny Graham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/913/161913218_3df7b9.jpg)
Ronny Graham
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Spaceballs (1987)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Dick Kallman
USA
Best movies:
Verboten! (1959)
![John Denver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/144/162144367_0a1fdf.jpg)
John Denver
USA
Best movies:
Fire and Ice (1987) - narrator
Oh, God! (1977)
Walking Thunder (1995)
Dominick Dunne
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Bernard and Doris (2006)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Lee Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Funny Girl (1968)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
The Producers (1967)
Brock Yates
USA
Best movies:
The Cannonball Run (1981)
Roy Blount Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Larger Than Life (1996)
Emily Yancy
USA
Best movies:
The Abyss (1989)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
Nine Months (1995)
Shelley Berman
USA
Best movies:
The Best Man (1964)
The Holiday (2006)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Irving Wallace
USA
Selma Diamond
Canada
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Evel Knievel
USA
Best movies:
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
![Eddie Egan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/073/162073683_21efa9.gif)
Eddie Egan
USA
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Prime Cut (1972)
Out of the Darkness (1985) (TV movie)
![Alan Weeks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/073/162073686_55d5a7.jpg)
Alan Weeks
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Truck Turner (1974)
Black Belt Jones (1974)
![Robyn Hilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/737/163737797_95568d.jpg)
Robyn Hilton
USA
Best movies:
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Malibu Express (1985)
Julie Bennett
USA
Best movies:
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Illegal (1955)
Crossings (1986) (series)
Dick Smothers
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Informant! (2009)
Speed Zone! (1989)
![Alex Trebek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/121/165121778_3aa583.jpg)
Alex Trebek
Canada
Best movies:
The Bucket List (2007)
Short Cuts (1993)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Frank Sinatra Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Cool World (1992)