{"id":641,"date":"2016-02-25T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:47:31","slug":"episode-29-johnny-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"Episode 30 &#8211; Johnny Carson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Jonathan and Steve as they discuss The King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. What is special and significant about the long-running late night television format? Why was Johnny unique and truly a master of his medium? How does he differ from the plethora of successors talking to us in late night today?<\/p>\n<p>Laurence Leamer&#8217;s book on Johnny: <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=oshcc54kjLcC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=leamer+johnny+carson&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj1v5Wa4ZHLAhWJOj4KHYQXCbIQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&amp;q=leamer%20johnny%20carson&amp;f=false\">link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-641 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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