Funny thing, I never did like Johnny Carson much.

To me he was too slick, too polished, and too packaged to be worth more than a quick look at the screen.
His timing was perfect...like a robot. And as we all know, a crack team of sharp writers supplied him sharp jokes as worker bees supply their fat queen the royal jelly. Jack Parr was spontaneous. Steve Allen was intellectual. And Ed McNaman is phony.
But no matter, Johnny Carson was Johnny Carson and the world was better for it.

I guess I'll never hear the phrase "Heeere's Johnny!" without thinking of Jack NIcholson and his ax in the movie "The Shinning".
Now that was real art.

Johnny Carson, though, will always be a key part of the World that I know and the World that I think is the best World going.

Good night, Johnny.