27-year-old Johnny Carson was given his own weekly half-hour variety show on KNXT, a CBS station that served the Los Angeles area exclusively, in October 1952.
Carson wrote the show himself, as well as producing and directing it. The show – budgeted at $25 per episode and performed live in front of a studio audience from a set that did indeed look like someone’s cellar – relied heavily on impressions of favourite TV shows.
Popular comedian Red Skelton became a fan of Johnny through this show and hired him as a writer – which ultimately put him on the path to becoming the household name that he became.
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Johnny Carson Announcer
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