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.

What: "Carson Tonight," a tribute to Johnny Carson on his 99th birthday, featuring guests who appeared on "The Tonight Show." Where: Lied Center for Performing Arts, 12th and Q streets.

Relive the magic and laughter of The Tonight Show on Johnny’s 99th ... featured as in-studio guests during his extraordinary 30-year late-night run. Carson Tonight will be at the Lied ...

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.

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