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Died today, apparently from emphysema.

He was one of the good guys.

Thought I'd add this -- the newspaper from his home state (mine too) posted their article:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1458&u_sid=1317345

He was a funny man. He had the best chuckle around.

schlepporello wrote:Terrible loss.
tuba4sissies, I'm afraid he was before your time. He had the spot that Leno is in now. IMHO, he also had a bit more class than Leno.

LOTS more class than Leno! He sure made late nights fun. There's a special about his life running on NBC right now. What an entertainer!

tuba4sissies wrote:
yeah ive seen him before, he was a lot better then Leno. for sure.

Well, well! I believe I have finally found something I agree with you on, tuba4sissies.

I also agree with Wayne. Carson had more class, too.

bloke wrote:

I also agree with Wayne. Carson had more class, too.

Admittedly, he lived in a time in which most folks had more class - and were expected to, as well.

I think that you might have something there.

Sousie

Doc wrote:The ones who will say, "Who's Uncle Miltie?" are the ones who don't know any better than the cheap trash they call humor on tv these days....Doc

Or they are people like me who did not watch TV until they were 15 and were too young in the first place. I don't even like TV now. Give me TubeNet for all of my media entertainment. I can view all sorts of humor on there, not all of it wholesome. I can hear about cute 'sousie chicks' or even see pics of girls in tight black shorts if I want to.

Later,
Sousie

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Merry Christmas Doc. Scroll down and you'll see 'em. And I'm sorry but they were blue, not black.

Sousie

tuba4sissies wrote:Gosh, I've heard the name, but I can not put a face to it. Maybe ill see him on the news sometime soon.

You know, the guy who replaced Jack Paar...

bloke wrote:<img src="http://tinypic.com/1fvfjd">

Whatever happened to Carol Wayne?

bloke wrote:Carson's favorite song...

I'LL BE SEEING YOU
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal

After Bette Midler sang it for him as his last-ever guest, she ended up running offstage because she couldn't keep her composure well enough to give him a hug goodbye.

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bbtubaman wrote:Todays late nights can not hold a candle to Johnny Carson and his ability to welcome and treat his guests with grace and class. I doubt there will ever be anyone last that many years on late night. Add Doc, Ed and Ed Ed Shaughnessy and all those great musicians, how can you go wrong?

Charlie, in terms of guests, Carson couildn't hold a candle to Paar. Paar interviewd Castro (in English, at the Havana Hilton) right after the revolution. He had JFK, RFK, Nixon, and a whole bunch of interesting showbiz folks during his 5 or so year run.

Usually, what gets on Leno or Letterman is some "celebrity" blatantly pushing their latest film or CD. No subtlety to it at all.

Rant on:

But then, such is the way of TV nowadays. Let's see what's on the tube tonight:

On ABC, we have "Extreme Makeover", "The Bachelorette" and "Supernanny". On CBS, we have of sitcoms, followed by CSI Miami, all reruns. On NBC, we have Fear Factor, Las Vegas, and The Medium. Fox has "Trading Spouses" and "24". UPN and WB have a bunch of drivel that isn't even worth mentioning.

Maybe Norman Mailer's right--if we got rid of commercials and paid for programs that we watched, we might watch a lot less TV and what we did watch would be of better quality.

And no, I'm not watching TV. Mostly a big waste of time.

I miss "Sunrise Semester".

Rant off.

bloke wrote:

Charlie, in terms of guests, Carson couldn't hold a candle to Paar.

Paar = perhaps less "entertaining" / more conversational

Carson = perhaps more "entertaining" / more laughs

all others = poor 4ths

bloke "If I must watch a modern-day 'talk show' and hope to laugh, Conan O'Brien it is."

Bloke,

Too young to have seen any of Paar, and unfortunately, too young to remember much of Carson (have seen some, and have since seen video, and I agree....highly entertaining, classy, and the best in the business). I will also agree, that of all the late night hosts today, Conan O'Brien is the only one worth watching at all.

Tim Murphy, who'd rather watch the Daily Show, anyway.

Well, at least it seems that the long TV vs. Reading Books debate is over, and we're now arguing "Old TV vs. New TV".

THUMBS UP to all of you!

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bbtubaman wrote:
the Tonight Show deserves someone better than Conan.

I agree with you, Charlie. I suspect that if Conan inherits the job, he will change his act somewhat. I'm not certain his present shtick will hold up in talk show "prime time."

schlepporello wrote:And "Wheel of Fortune" is WAY better than "Jeopardy".

Yeah right, Jeopardy is way better than Wheel of Torture. By the way, if Conan gets the tonight show I will boycot it forever. Leno is bad enough.

Sousie

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Roger Bobo appearances on Carson. It was the first time I'd ever seen someone perform on tuba on TV. I don't know whether it was Bobo's first appearance on the show, but the first appearance I saw was Roger playing the Carnival of Venice. And the audience went freakin' nuts. It was just unbelievable. I know he was on at least one other time, but I don't remember what he played. Somewhere, I think I still have both appearances on VHS.

Carson had continued some of Paar's ideas on the Tonight Show, hosting guests who were erudite and those who were pedantic. Authors, diplomats, artists (and not in the sense that Hilary Duff is an "artist") could be found on the same show as the potato chip lady or the truly amazing winners of the annual Piedmont Bird Calling Contest or the guy who did impressions of various two-cycle motors, from a Husqvarna chain saw to a 9 h.p. Evinrude outboard. He showcased all of what our culture embodied, not just the lowest common denominator. And, IMHO, that's what's seriously lacking in a lot of TV.