Johnny Carson Banned Jay Leno From 'The Tonight Show' Years Before Series Takeover: 'Johnny Just Doesn't Like Him'

According to Mark Malkoff's Love Johnny Carson, Leno had repeatedly tried to secure a place as a stand-up comic on Carson's ...
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The cult favorite stand-up comedian who very nearly took over 'The Tonight Show': 'I desperately wanted him'

As Carson began to seriously consider retirement by the late '80s, Tonight Show producer John Lassally looked to Shandling to ...
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Johnny Carson made dignified exit from 'Tonight Show' after enduring years of 'SNL' mockery

Johnny Carson superfan Mark Malkoff wrote a new book detailing the life and career of the famous talk show host. Parts of the book detail Carson's dislike for the popular sketch comedy show "Saturday ...
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Johnny Carson book exposes 'Tonight Show' ban list featuring Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres

Johnny Carson's time as the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" is memorialized in the new book "Love Johnny Carson." Written by Carson aficionado Mark Malkoff, with David Ritz, the book covers Carson's ...