1 RIP Johnny. The Tonight Show was actually funny when he was on the air.

2 I grew up watching Johnny. It was a right of passage of sorts when you were able to stay up to see him anytime you wanted. He has been missed for sometime now...but there was always that thought in the back of your head...wondering if he would come back just one more time (if only to guest host). Hear the new gig he has now, has one stellar guest list.

3 Johnny was the best by a wide margin.

4 Johnny Carson Nearly five thousand times He came out upon that stage And in entertainment’s history He wrote a very unique page. He also "made" many a star And launched some great careers And everyone who was someone Was his guest throughout those years. Some twenty thousand people Sat across him in the "chair" He made them all feel welcome And he really seemed to care. He had his own brand of humor Making funny, what was not An honest, too good Entertainer And what you saw is what you got. Millions of us stayed up late To see what he had up his sleeve And now, that show is "really" over And we are all left here to grieve. And those who didn’t "know" him Before he left that stage in Ninety-two Will never know how much they missed Now that his time on Earth is through. But there will be a "Tonight Show" Forever, somewhere up on high As Johnny welcomes all those Stars Who have passed this World by. Del "Abe" Jones White Bluff, TN January 23, 2005