The Tonight Show debuted in 1954 as Tonight and was hosted by Steve Allen until 1957. Jack Parr took over until 1962, followed by Johnny Carson until his retirement in 1992. Jay Leno filled Carson ...

Intent on some sort of mayhem, they enter the Herald Club before the burlesque show starts, and they wire something to the electrical box, set to blow at midnight. They sit at the back of the club ...

Carson’s Tonight Show was, not to exaggerate, the touchstone of American culture for decades. The show, known to most Americans of the era simply as “Johnny Carson,” dominated late-night television ...

One of those special friendships was with the late Carson, who hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. A particular shared interest that bonded the two comedians? Their love of pranks.