On the day of his 100th birthday, a special Vintage Variety episode looks back at the arc of Johnny Carson's early career and his rise to becoming a TV icon, as chronicled in the pages of Variety.

Veteran entertainer Johnny Carson brought the nation together to share some laughs — and inspired generations of class clowns ...

Erudite but boyish, sophisticated but self-deprecating, but, above all else, funny: That was legendary late night talk show ...

In our video gallery below, we list Johnny Carson's 10 best moments from The Tonight Show, in chronological order. Heeere's ...

Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.McMahon died ...

Ed McMahon died early this morning at age 86. He had many jobs: radio announcer, fighter pilot, door-to-door salesman, but there's one post he held longer than any other. (Soundbite of TV program, ...

PHOTO () —By Verne GayNewsday(MCT)Ed McMahon, the greatest second banana in show biz history, died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a long illness.A big, convivial man known for his booming laugh, a sort ...

Best known as the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, Ed McMahon died June 23 at 86. For younger viewers, memories of McMahon may be as much from his American Family Publishers ...

Longtime television personality, game show host and Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday. He was 86. Perhaps best known as Johnny Carson's straight man, whose ...

Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday at a hospital in Los Angeles.