February 28th 2008 Carson’s Cellar - 1951/53 - Johnny Carson - pt 2 of 2
(See part one) Johnny Carson took a job as an announcer at KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska while still in college. Two years later, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he took another announcing job at KNXT-TV. Within the year, this young budding comedian had his own show, “Carson’s Cellar,” which mainly consisted of fifteen minutes of poking fun at the news media. During the show’s run, Carson persuaded stars from the 1940s and 1950s to appear for free.
In the midst of the show’s run, famed clown Red Skelton hired Carson as a writer. In 1954, Skelton knocked himself unconscious just one hour before his live show went on the air; Carson filled in for him.
Johnny looks good in a dress, no? And, turkey-stuffing jokes are always the best. They must have been around since the cave-dwellers.
