"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote in message
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wrote:

Johnny Carson was a Hell of a lot better than jay leno (and david
letterman too) can ever hope to be! Ed McMahon screwed up the old
tv
show with his stupid ass incessant, Ohhh Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho,,,, it
made
my toenails crinkle up and curdle!!!
cuhulin



The current late night hosts can't even stand in Johnny's shadow.

Were it not for Johnny, most of them wouldn't have
been employed in the first place.

Were it not for Johnny, most of them wouldn't be
able to do their routines on the broadcast airwaves;
he, Jack Parr, Carol Burnett and Steve Allen helped
to define the on-air comedy variety show from the
vaudevillian antics of Jack Benny and Milton Berle
and hone it specifically for that medium. There were
others who influenced todays humor, like The Paul
Dixon Show influencing David Letterman as a youth,
but those four were the big national shows.

--Mike L.