There was Johnny Carson and there was everyone else. He took over the Tonight Show when the very popular Jack Paar unexpectedly retired in 1962, a semi-obscure WW2 Navy Ensign, comedian, magician and game show host from Nebraska. It seemed to many an odd choice for NBC’s successful late night […]
Read more →Today we celebrate “The World’s Foremost Authority” on NATIONAL PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY DAY! Born in Brooklyn on July 29, 1914, Irwin Corey lived an eventful century plus. Raised in a orphanage because his parents were poverty stricken, he took off at age 13, riding the rails to California, […]
Read more →