Pat Hazell, who conceived the idea for “Carson Tonight: Johnny’s Comedy and Variety Acts Live!” scheduled for Saturday in Jamestown and who performed on Carson’s Tonight Show in 1989, is pictured.

He's hardly alone in his bewilderment. Samantha Bee — her own late show, "Full Frontal," a victim of viewer and network ...

Williams first appeared on The Tonight Show in 1981 and came back many times between his first visit and Carson’s 1992 retirement, before which he was one of the iconic host’s last guests.

They all have North Dakota ties and they all appeared on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show." Carson, who died Sunday at 79, was famous for the variety of guests on his program. From 1962 to 1992 he ...