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[edit] Johny Carson

·5' 10½" (1.79 m) · In 1962, Carson was chosen by NBC to succeed the controversial Jack Paar on "The Tonight Show" after Paar's resignation over what he deemed censorship, particularly as regarded his on-air enthusiasm for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. · His popularity with the late-night audience became so great, and the income from advertising on his show so profitable, that in 1967, NBC had to lure Johnny back to "The Tonight Show" after a walkout with a three-year contract guaranteeing him a minimum of $4 million. · In the early 1970s, TV Guide reported that Carson was earning $2 million a year, making him the highest-paid TV entertainer ever, a record he repeatedly surpassed, pulling down a then-record $5 million annual salary in the 1980s. · The six-time Emmy-winner considered a follow-up to "The Tonight Show," but nothing caught his interest and he spent the last decade of his life in a quiet retirement in Malibu, California, as befitted his private nature. Thus, it was "The Tonight Show" that remains his creative legacy. · The Tonight Show received an enormous audience on December 17, 1969, when Tiny Tim married Miss Vicki during the show.

This picture is from 1977. He's wearing the same suit, tie and shirt in a clip from The Best of the Tonight Show, and it says there the clip is from 1977. His hair color also looks the same.

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(del) (cur) 00:11, 24 January 2005 . . Mulad (Talk | contribs) . . 324×450 (38,357 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
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