Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson's biography

Johnny Carson is 80 years old military officer born at Corning. He was born on Friday 23rd of October 1925. He is often nicknamed as The King of Late-night. According to year of birth 1925 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 23rd of October means he is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.He was married 4 times.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be military officer. You can know him also as television presenter, actor, journalist, screenwriter, writer, stage actor. He is recently known as magician.

Johnny Carson's dad

Johnny Carson's father's name is Homer Lee Carson.

Johnny Carson's mom

Johnny Carson's mother's name is Ruth Hook.

Johnny Carson's family

Johnny Carson's ex spouses

Jody Morrill Wolcott

Johnny Carson and Jody Morrill Wolcott have been together since 1949 for 14 years.

Joanne Copeland

Johnny Carson and Joanne Copeland have been together since 1963 for 9 years.

Joanna Holland

Johnny Carson and Joanna Holland have been together since 1972 for 13 years.

Alexis Maas

Johnny Carson and Alexis Maas have been together since 1987 for 18 years.

Johnny Carson's schools

We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Johnny Carson's career

His main focus is to be military officer.

How did Johnny Carson die

He died on on Sunday 23rd of January 2005 when he was 80 years old at West Hollywood. Johnny Carsons death was caused by emphysema. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Johnny Carson's Awards

• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992.
• "I'll be right back" -- Carson's response, when asked what he'd like for his epitaph at a press conference after he'd accepted Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Club Man of the Year Award in 1977.

Johnny Carson's quotes

• Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die.
• If life was fair, Elvis [Elvis Presley] would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
• People will pay more to be entertained than educated.
• If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
• Happiness is seeing the muscular lifeguard all the girls were admiring leave the beach hand in hand with another muscular lifeguard.
• New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most of it unsolved.
• The Hollywood tradition I like best is called sucking up to the stars.
• Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
• [December 1967, interview in "Playboy" magazine] Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there.
• [on late-night television programs] We're more effective than birth control pills.
• [1993, interview in "The Washington Post"] I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.
• [on the spontaneous nature of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)] I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it. Like George Burns said, "If it gets a laugh, it's funny."
• [on his public persona] I'm basically not a public person. It's like [Jackie Gleason] said, "If you go out all the time to restaurants and so on, people say, 'Oh, he's everywhere', and if you stay home and eat dinner, they say, 'Oh, he's a recluse'."
• [To frequent guest Joan Embery, of The San Diego Zoo, after the marmoset she had brought had climbed on Carson's head and urinated] I'm glad you didn't bring a baby elephant.
• [on the secrecy behind his nightly monologue] It's always been a ritual with me. I don't show it to Freddie [executive producer Frederick De Cordova] or Ed [sidekick Ed McMahon] or anybody. If you don't show it to anybody, then you get fresh reactions.
• [May 1991] I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over.
• [July 1991] In Los Angeles, the big story is that Police Chief Daryl Gates announced his retirement. It'll be sometime next year. Why can't a guy just retire without making a big deal of it?
• If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
• I now believe in reincarnation. Tonight's monologue is going to come back as a dog.
• [on Ronald Reagan] The President has asked for severe cuts in aid to the arts and humanities. It's Reagan's strongest attack on the arts since he signed with Warner Brothers.
• Egyptian President Sadat [Anwar Sadat] had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon [Richard Nixon] at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.
• I've seen Don [Don Rickles] entertain 50 times and I've always enjoyed his joke.
• We have certain high standards on this show and some day we hope to live up to them.
• I think I left at the right time. You've got to know when to get the hell off the stage, and the timing was right for me. The reason I really don't go back or do interviews is because I just let the work speak for itself.
• [on returning to NBC] That ain't gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen. Uh-uh. I know NBC means well. But I am retired. I ain't going back on television. I made that decision a long time ago and it's served me well.
• [to Miss Piggy who had asked him, 'Can you stand there in your rented tuxedo and honestly say that I am not Oscar material?'] Oscar Meyer, maybe.
• You don't have long to get used to Benny Hill. You can laugh right away. He's a funny guy.
• [asked about his goal in life] To be a good person, a worthy citizen, and to rip NBC off for everything they've got.
• [during his monologue] My name is Johnny Carson, I've devoted a lifetime to comedy, and the next 90 minutes are going to seem like a lifetime to you.
• [to Frank Sinatra] When you're in a romantic mood, whose records do you put on?
• [on his first night hosting The Tonight Show] I have only one feeling as I stand here knowing that so many people are watching - I want my na-na!
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Johnny Carson's body shape

Lets describe how Johnny Carson looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.