Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before Johnny Carson was a comedian, he was The Great Carsoni, the 14-year-old magician who entertained youthful audiences in ...

The late-night host looms over the culture to this day, in part because he knew how to mix comedy and sex. But there was a darkness at the heart of his appeal. Credit...Deena So’Oteh Supported by By ...

Johnny Carson, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you can do ...

Harry Houdini, left, and David P. Abbott in Omaha in 1923. The charter for the Omaha Magical Society, signed by Harry Houdini, then-president of the Society of American Magicians, in 1921. An ...

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was. He ...