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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:19 am
by algonacchick
If you get MSNBC, they are doing a special about Johnny Carson now.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:23 am
by Mad Genius
Hearing the sad news of Johnny Carson's death surprised me. I loved watching The Tonight Show with him. ...When Carson retired, I gave Jay Leno a chance, but he's nowhere nearly as talented as Johnny Carson was.

I loved "Here's Johnny" because I am a HUGE fan of Short Circuit and the lovable "Johnny 5". Who Is Johnny was performed by an 80s group called El DeBarge and yes, TBITB did a great representation of the 80s sound.

Johnny Carson will be missed. ;(
On the bright side, he's now in a better place, hanging out with the other greats in that big comedy club in the sky.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:49 pm
by Kevbo1987
It is very sad indeed. I am too young to remember The Tonight Show with Johnny, but the clips I have seen are very funny. He seemed like he could always put a smile on his face, even while his personal life wasn't always so glamorous.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:56 pm
by samuraisumo
Mr. Carson is called the king of Late night for a reason. Without him, Jay and Dave would have never become big. I prefer Letterman, but both are totalschmucks to Johnny. The format was ushered into the current times by Johnny and his brand of class and comedy will be and is sorely missed.
I heard the song for the first time today off the Polka Party CD. It sounds like it is actually a tribute to Ed Mcmahon although I still cried while hearing it. I liked the Debarge original and the Short Circuit movie. Very sorry it took this long to hear th song.

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:34 am
by Kevbo1987
samuraisumo @ Jan 24 2005, 04:56 PM wrote: I heard the song for the first time today off the Polka Party CD. It sounds like it is actually a tribute to Ed Mcmahon although I still cried while hearing it.
It is a tribute to Ed McMachon. It's still a very good song, though.

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:43 am
by iancook
Actually, the news about Johnny writing jokes for Dave just came out a few days ago. Apparently, it's something he's been doing until very recently.

Thanks for that Weird el.

I have watched Letterman a lot over the years and noticed that some of his stuff was Johnny-esque. He also did several obvious jokes of his. I always thought that Letterman was paying Homage to Johnny. It turns out that a lot of the jokes might have been written by Carson himself. I guess we know who Johnny sided with on the Letterman-Leno "wars" lol

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:51 am
by alberta1
Unfortunately I have to say that I'm not a fan of this song. I can bare it sometimes - but believe it or not I actually like Toothless people better.

Everyone has their own opinions though.

I guess I didnt really find it funny in any way or I couldnt really relate to it. But there are always going to be those songs no matter how much you love an artist.


:D

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:52 pm
by Manda
Don't worry I'm not a fan of it either.

But I've made that clear already.

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:21 am
by AMFilms
fred27 @ Jan 23 2005, 07:12 PM wrote: i dont like leno
:oo I liked Johnny, but Leno was always my fav!

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:12 am
by DrDecay
I liked the songe "Here's Johnny" Johnny Carson will be greatly missed.

Johnny Carson
1925-2005
79 Years Old