The legendary Dean Martin, Bob Hope, and George Gobel all appeared on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show in 1969. All of these guests are considered some of the best of their class.

Johnny Carson might have been furious with Don Rickles for busting his cigarette box, but Rickles wasn’t the comedian Carson ...

Carson pioneered a new style of late-night hosting—relaxed, improvisatory, risk-averse, and inscrutable.

No matter who your bedtime TV pal is, you're in good hands, and in the new book "Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with ...

Carson the Magnificent” delivers the famous talk-show host in full while keeping the mystery of what made him tick alive ...

Johnny Carson used his affable personality and keen gift for comedy to become no less than the King of Late-Night Television ...

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme.

SIMON: How big was Johnny Carson? Help us understand ... He would reveal himself in bits and pieces during the show, mostly in his monologues or maybe in guest interviews and stuff like that.