George Carlin, wearing glasses and a stripped blue shirt, making a great point while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Advertisement Why is ‘Abbreviation’ So Long?

Drug use and dirty words got stand-up comedian George Carlin banned from NBC's Tonight Show.But when the same network started Saturday Night Live, George Carlin was the first guest host.Ultimately, he ...

George Carlin set a record that no one is likely to break: 14 HBO stand-up comedy specials, each at least an hour in length, ... Neb., last weekend, the hometown of Johnny Carson, ...

Hilarious, driven, able to change with the times, obscene, the wiry Irish Catholic New Yorker appeared 130 times on Johnny Carson over a fifty year career, and inspired comedians from Chris Rock ...

Carlin recalls his early days as a solo comic as his “nice years,” fueled on breezy, inoffensive humor. He found rapid success and national TV gigs with Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson.

Remembering George Carlin ... as a duo with fellow disco jockey Jack Burns in 1959 and through his appearances on Carson, ... this comedy festival in Johnny Carson’s ...

But there are also generous helpings of early bits from his short-hair days (cracking up Johnny Carson with his Hippy Dippy Weatherman) and rareties like Carlin sitting at the piano on Arsenio ...

George Carlin, a Tribute: ... tie-dyed hippie" comic, migrating from performing on The Ed Sullivan Show to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as a guest host, ...