My Favorite Johnny Carson Moments (Part One)

I watched every episode that I could, at least through the monologue if nothing else.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a groundbreaking late-night talk show that aired on NBC from 1962 to 1992, with Johnny Carson as its legendary host. Known for its sharp monologues, iconic characters like Carnac the Magnificent, and classic interviews with celebrities, the show set the standard for late-night television.

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Roy D. Mercer (Brent Douglas) Dies

Mercer would confront individuals or businesses with fabricated grievances, often demanding compensation and threatening an “ass-whuppin'” if his demands were not met.

Roy D. Mercer is a fictional character created by American disc jockeys Brent Douglas and Phil Stone on Tulsa, Oklahoma’s KMOD-FM radio station in 1993. Douglas, who voiced Mercer, used the character for comedic sketches involving prank calls. In these calls, Mercer would confront individuals or businesses with fabricated grievances, often demanding compensation and threatening an “ass-whuppin'” if his demands were not met. The character’s humor stemmed from his exaggerated Southern drawl and confrontational style, which resonated with many listeners.

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Charles M. Schulz

“Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.”

-Charles M. Schulz

Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, and grew up in Saint Paul. He was a cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists in history. He has been cited by many cartoonists as a major influence, including Jim Davis, Murray Ball, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey.

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Cooties

Careful on the playground

A child is said to “catch” cooties through close contact with an “infected” person or from an opposite-sex child of a similar age. Of all the germs kids are exposed to on the playground, there’s one they freak out about more than any other: cooties.

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Short Jokes and Puns (Part 1)

I used to run a dating service for chickens, but I was struggling to make hens meet.

A joke is a display of humor in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

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Gilbert Gottfried Dies

“You never know what people will choose to be offended by.”

Gilbert Gottfried was born on February 28, 1955, in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He started doing stand-up at age 15 and became known as a “comedian’s comedian”. In 1980, Gibert was hired for season 6 of Saturday Night Live. He was known for his shrilling voice, squinting eyes, crude humor, and being the hilarious voice of the  Aflac Duck in commercials. After sinking dramatically with some 9/11 humor he became the “too soon” comic.

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