Johnny Carson – The Comic's Comic

Seeso goes retro with streaming series set behind the scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 11, 2016

The Larry Sanders Show, one of TV’s greatest meta-comedies, starred the late great Garry Shandling as a late-night talk show host and the craziness that …

Is “Conan” the only stand-up TV credit that matters most now?

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 16, 2015April 16, 2015

There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to …

RIP Joan Rivers, dead at 81 (1933-2014)

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 4, 2014September 8, 20141

The Kathy Griffin we all know today would not have existed as such without her. Same goes for hundreds of other comedians, male and female, …

Joan Rivers on her stand-up comedy contemporaries, then and now

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 12, 2014July 12, 20142

Joan Rivers has made several headlines already this month while promoting her new book, “Diary of a Mad Diva.” In her latest interview, a sit-down …

Joan Rivers returns to The Tonight Show as a guest for first time since ban dating back to the 1980s

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 28, 2014March 28, 20141

Joan Rivers made her Tonight Show debut with Johnny Carson on Feb. 17, 1965. Forty-nine years later to the day, Rivers appeared in the same …

Here’s that footage of a “teenage” Jimmy Kimmel on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from “1985”

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 3, 2014March 3, 2014

On his special live Sunday night edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live broadcast after the Academy Awards, Kimmel’s guest Kevin Spacey again showed off his Johnny …

“The Carson Podcast” with Mark Malkoff

by Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 20, 2014February 20, 20141

Jimmy Fallon has taken over The Tonight Show this week. What better time to reminisce about Johnny Carson, right? Right. Welcome to “The Carson Podcast,” …