As McMahon recalled in his memoir, Here’s Johnny, Carson was naturally talented at many different things, or a “Renaissance overachiever.” Of course, the quality was part of what made him so ...

A new book celebrates Johnny Carson's 100th birthday, revealing stories, surprises and the mystery that kept America watching ...

If Johnny Carson were alive today, he'd be 100 years old - and you can almost hear him delivering a sly, perfectly timed monologue about it. ("I'm so old, my cue cards have liver spots.") To celebrate ...

Offstage, nobody called him Johnny – not even when he was a boy. It was always John. Johnny was only for TV. In “Carson the Magnificent,” by the late Bill Zehme, you will get to know Johnny Carson ...

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was. He ...