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First Episode with Steve Allen
on Apr 1, 2008 in Video Steve Allen This clip is from the first episode of the Tonight Show, produced in 1956. I was two years old. Were you even born yet?
ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.1
on May 18, 2009 in Rockollections WLSO NEWS Annette Funicello Jack Paar Steve Allen Two years ago, I was at the radio station and I noticed that May 22 was the day Johnny Carson retired from the Tonight Show after almost 30 years as the late night host. And the light bulb went on. I canceled the show I had planned. The challenge wa...
Steve Martin American Idol!
on May 18, 2009 in American Idol Steve Allen It’s going to be a wild and crazy Idol! Steve Martin will perform on American Idol’s finale from THE CROW. As Adam Lambert and Kris Allen battle for the title, Steve Martin will promote his new CD, dropping in stores today, called The Cro...
ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES THE TONIGHT SHOW PT.3
on May 24, 2009 in Rockollections WLSO NEWS Abbott & Costello Burbank Hollywood NBC New York Pancho The Singing Bird Ronald Reagan Steve Allen The Nut Lady In these final two chapters, you will hear more Johnny Carson. In 1972 the Tonight Show moved from New York to Hollywood permanently- and that move was seriously questioned. Since we played a show opening from New York, this time we will have one fr...
ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES THE TONIGHT SHOW PT.4- THE GOODBYE - END
on May 28, 2009 in Rockollections WLSO NEWS Bette Midler Kenny Rankin Mind Dusters Robin Williams Stephane Grapelli Steve Allen To open this 4th and final chapter, I have a few words to say about my man Steve Allen that I didn’t have time for before the previous break. Then it’s off to perhaps the most famous tongue-twisting bit ever on the Tonight Show. Did you know that...