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Topic: Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor )

5 bombshells from Johnny Carson bio

Nardos Haile
Steven Wright (Photo illustration by Salon/Jorge Rios/Getty Images)

Steven Wright loves talking about lint

Mary Elizabeth Williams

13 hilarious TV Thanksgivings

Sarah Burris
(Carson Entertainment Group)

Letterman's Carson classic

Salon Staff
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Richard Pryor (AP)

Richard Pryor's "SNL" genius

Scott Saul
John Wayne presenting the Best Picture award at the 1979 Oscars

John Wayne's wild last days

Marc Eliot

How Hope schooled Reagan

Richard Zoglin
(Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

Daniel D'Addario
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Richard Pryor better be funny!

David Henry, Joe Henry
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