Topic
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show and set the late-night template for generations of American comics.
Comedy
Byron Allen says Johnny Carson let him strike The Tonight Show set for his own show
Allen’s best story on Club Random isn’t about becoming a billionaire, it’s about getting the king of late night to say yes to an absurdly intimate favor.
Comedy
Bill Maher says his high school talent show was canceled after he stole a risqué Johnny Carson joke
Maher’s first cancellation story is less a free-speech epic than a very on-brand origin myth: a teenage comic, a Carson bit, and a room full of parents who were not having it.