The Tonight Show

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The Tonight Show is the name of NBC's long running nightly hour long comedy variety show.

Originally 90 minutes long, the show features at least two or three guests each night, usually including a comedian or musical guest.

Johnny Carson host of the classic Tonight Show

Contents 1 Stars 2 Recurring gags 3 Classic gags included 4 External link 4.1 References

Stars

Host	From	To
Steve Allen	1954	1957
Ernie Kovacs	1956	1957
Jack Paar	1957	1962
Johnny Carson	October 2, 1962	1992
Jay Leno	1992	current

Ms. Miller was a regular in the studio audience, who became such an integral part, she was forced to join the TV actors union.

Music is provided by The Tonight Show Band.

Recurring gags

• Headlines (every Monday)
• Jaywalking

Classic gags included

• Stump The Band
• The Amazing Carnac
• The "Dancing Itos" (a parody of Judge Lance Ito during the O. J. Simpson trial)

See also:

• Late Night with Conan O'Brien

External link

• NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "The_Tonight_Show" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show, used under the GNU Free Documentation License