Links to THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW

Dolly Parton Wrote a Song Just For Johnny | Carson Tonight Show

THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW

Jimmy Stewart Reads a Touching Poem About His Dog Beau | Carson Tonight Show

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Peter Falk Talks Columbo and Johnny Does His Best Impersonation | Carson Tonight Show

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The Guest That Johnny Carson Couldn't Stand

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Art Donovan @ The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

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Johnny Carson jokingly asked Clint Eastwood to sit at the piano and moments later he was in tears

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Classic 1980's ✨ Buddy Hackett Has Johnny Carson Laughing Like Never Before 🤣

Rodney Dangerfield funniest jokes ever on Carson Show 1983

Red Skelton Carson Tonight Show 1983

The Guest Johnny Carson Couldn't Stand

Don Rickles and Frank Sinatra Epic Moment on Johnny Carson show

Lola Was NEVER Allowed Back On The Tonight Show After This

Jonathan Winters on Why He Quit Drinking | Carson Tonight Show

Johnny Carson Officially Ended After This Happened  

The Jackson 5 Make Their First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray Talk Ghostbusters | Carson Tonight Show

Walter Matthau telling a funny story on Johnny Carson (1982)

Robin Williams last Tonight Show appearance with Johnny Carson 5/21/92

1986 (Aug.) - Art Donovan

Rodney Dangerfield Carson Tonight Show 2/9-1974

Don Rickles and Michael Landon w/ Carson 21/5-1974

Jonathan Winters Carson Tonight Show 1976

Red Skelton Carson Tonight Show 1983

Steve Martin Has to Leave Johnny Carson, Funniest Moments

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Robin Williams Makes an Insane First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show  

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MORE BLOG ENTRIES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

ANECDOTES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer OUTTA there!

EDITOR@WORK BLOG ENTRIES

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

ENTRIES FROM THE DOG BLOG

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

BLOG ENTRIES FROM THE AUTO RACING JOURNAL

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

Winters on success

"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."

Jonathan Winters
 

I can see humor in that quote -- it's by Jonathan Winters, after all -- but there's truth there, too.