Working as a staff writer, Johnny Carson filled in as host when Red Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson's performance, CBS created the primetime sketch show The Johnny Carson show, a traditional potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues.

On the sixteenth year anniversary of the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, a local anchorman of a nearby provincial town invites two of his acquaintances to share their moments of revolutionary glory on his talk show. One is an impish, insightful retiree who sometimes poses as Santa Claus, the other a henpecked, hard-drinking teacher who has just devoted his entire salary to his drinking debts. Together they will remember the day when they...

Late night talk show. Includes interviews with The Grateful Dead, Tom Wolfe, Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey. Also includes four live performances by The Grateful Dead.

Collection of the funniest moments from the faux-news show. In this age of skepticism and not getting it, Americans want the truth ... iness, and no one gives it to them better than Stephen Colbert. Watch as Stephen shows the nation how he feels the facts, knows the districts, and justifies injustices.

Television comedy episodes about Larry Sanders, a neurotic late-night talk show host, Artie, the producer and Hank Knigsley, the affection-thirsty sidekick.

Two classic episodes including commercials from the fall of 1972. "Show 1 - October 02, 1972: The 10th Anniversary Special! Party in style with some of the greatest legends of all time. Johnny welcomes Ronald Reagan, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, Don Rickles, George Burns, Jerry Lewis and more!

A pioneering talk-show host shares memories of his experiences with famous guests from John Lennon and Richard Nixon to William F. Buckley and Groucho Marx, and offers his insights into what his career taught him about American culture.

All of the best moments from thirty years (1962-1992) of memories. Includes Johnny's favorite episode, featuring Bette Midler and Robin Williams, the final episode, footage of Johnny participating in various sporting events, and much more.

"Ever since Johnny Carson first popularized the late-night talk show in 1962 with The Tonight Show, the eleven p.m. to two a.m. comedy time slot on network television has remained an indelible part of our national culture. More than six popular late-night shows air every night of the week, and with recent major shake-ups in the industry, late-night television has never been more relevant to our public consciousness than it is today. Jon Macks, a veteran...

Created, written by and starring Scott Aukerman and based on Scott's popular podcast of the same name, the show infuses celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by his bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches, and...