Who was the host of the tonight show before johnny carson?!
Question:
Who was the host of the tonight show before johnny carson?
Who was the host before johnny...Tell me...Tell me...Please...
Answers:
That is a trick question. The show kept changing from one thing to another. The actual show that Carson hosted was only hosted by Jack Paar before him. Four other hosts hosted a Tonight Show but the formats were always different. Here is a list of them:
Steve Allen September 27, 1954 January 25, 1957 variety show
Ernie Kovacs October 1, 1956 January 22, 1957 Mon.-Tue. host
Jack Lescoulie January 28, 1957 June 7, 1957 format switch to news program Tonight! America After Dark
Al "Jazzbo" Collins June 10, 1957 July 26, 1957 replaced Lescoulie
Jack Paar July 29, 1957 March 30, 1962 format switch to talk show; also called Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The current format is only slightly different from Jack Paar's show but it is exactly the way Carson set things up and the way most late night show are. Carson set the standard by which all talk shows are judged.