Johnny Carson

Before the wave of obits in tomorrow's papers hit, thought it would be a good time to weigh in.

Johnny Carson was probably the best all-around entertainer I've ever seen. It's a shame that many people of this generation were never really able to appreciate what he meant to show business (I'm thinking his curtain call has to have been more than ten years ago now). But without him, its doubtful people like David Letterman, Jay Leno, Roseanne and Jerry Seinfeld would have enjoyed most of the success they had.

What's more; he was always 'on' as a talk-show host and an entertainer. No matter what the circumstances, or the reacion of the crowd, he managed to turn it into a positive. And give him a ton of credit, he knew when his time had come to step away from the spotlight and did so gracefully.

It's odd, because there was a story circulating last week that he had recently written some of Letterman's monologue jokes. It got me thinking about how good it would be to see him in the spotlight again, but sadly that was never meant to be.

Anyways, thanks for the years and years of laughs, Johnny.