Johnny Carson News

The Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down announces a new addition to its regularly scheduled shows this year.

JONESPORT : Rockland's most famous sardine packer, Rita Willey, now has her own exhibit at the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum in Jonesport.

Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. Somewhere up in heaven today, the voice of St.

Beloved TV personality Ed McMahon was honored with a standing ovation at his memorial service on Sunday.

Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's 'The Tonight Show' for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on January 23, 2005 at age 79.

In the age of Twitter and Facebook, where anyone with a cell phone can star in his or her own personal show, it's easy to dismiss the role of "second banana." But Ed McMahon, the man most of the world knew simply as Johnny Carson's comedic sidekick for 30 years and who passed away early Tuesday, never did.

Ed McMahon, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles, was Johnny Carson's buddy for 30 years on "The Tonight Show," and while he had other roles in Hollywood, those were his best and brightest moments.

It was August 1976 and this was everything my new wife and I owned: a head-blown VW, two backpacks, two sleeping bags and a tent.

Although he did other things in his 86 years, Ed McMahon, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles, will be remembered mostly as the man who sat next to Johnny Carson, except when celebrities came between them.

In this July 24, 2007 file photo, Ed McMahon arrives at the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" premiere in Los Angeles.

Remember the Amazing Kreskin when he used to make the rounds of the "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" or the "The Mike Douglas Show"? The Majestic Theater has their own mentalist this summer to amaze audiences.

It's not George W. Bush-to-Barack Obama, but the Jay Leno-to-Conan O'Brien torch passing this month will certainly be historic.

From AJR, April/May 2009 I am not now, nor have I ever been, a late-night sort of person.

Tues Mar 24, 2009 5:42am EDT - Talk show host David Letterman reads a tribute to Johnny Carson at the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles September 18, 2005 .

H arry Thomason was having a vintage Harry Thomason moment. It was late on Thursday, March 19, just as Barack Obama became the first sitting president to appear on The Tonight Show, and the white-bearded sitcom maestro turned Bill Clinton image Svengali was exuberant about the move.

No amount of psychological manipulation from John Malkovich can make us believe the lightweight comedy "The Great Buck Howard" is nearly as poignant or profound as it aspires to be.

Why it's important that government earn your trust By CAROL PETERSEN 2009-03-14 10:25:00 Lancaster New Era In the mid-1950s, Johnny Carson hosted an afternoon game show called "Who Do You Trust?" The format ...

Ed McMahon's spokesman, Howard Bragman, says the 85-year-old former "Tonight Show" sidekick has been hospitalized for a number of weeks, and has pneumonia and other unspecified ailments.

Ed McMahon, shown in July 2007, is in serious condition in a Los Angeles hospital.

Pola Rapaport's mild documentary 'Hair: Let the Sun Shine In' has the best of intentions - tracing the importance of the 1968 Broadway musical 'Hair' in relation to commercial theater and popular culture.