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"More fun than a barrel of monkeys." Has anyone ever stopped to think how cranky, if not downright vicious, a barrelful of…
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In the realm of pop celebrity, the bar has been lowered so far that there is no bar. People can be famous…
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You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the…
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Television's escapist programming naturally continues to endorse living beyond one's means as the time-tested American Way and rarely depicts families or individuals…
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The perils of credit and debt, especially perilous in the computer age, have long been acknowledged in pop culture, but very infrequently…
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Obviously neither 'American Idol' nor 'Dancing With the Stars' is a variety show in the classic sense, but the way they incorporate…
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People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that…
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The once inviolate frame within which programs or commercials were displayed on television - always separately - has been violated to a…
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A fellow with the inventiveness of Albert Einstein but with the attention span of Daffy Duck.
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Jimmy Kimmel still comes across like a guy who crashed a party and got caught at it, yet adamantly refuses to leave.
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In the best traditions of American comedy, from its beginnings through the crash-bang comedies of the 1990s and 2000s, Leslie Nielsen skewered…
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In the 500-channel universe, which may, of course, contain many more channels than 500, the fun never stops - fun at such…
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After my 1985 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,' I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they…
— Roseanne Barr
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I was on the Johnny Carson show, I believe 114 or 104 times. And aside from those times on the air, I…
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Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues.
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As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.
— Caroline Rhea
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
— Natalie Merchant
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There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.
— Tom Leykis
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I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating…
— Vince Vaughn
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
— Victoria Jackson
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In 1980, when I graduated from high school, my goal was to be on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson at least…
— Jeff Dunham
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Out all of these zillions of letters, one of the first ones that came was, as it turned out from Johnny Carson…
— Dick Ebersol
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According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.
— Jim Fowler
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When I was a kid, you would tune in to 'The Tonight Show' before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big…
— Jimmy Fallon
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