On,June 1, 2009 at 11:30 pm EDT, The Tonight Show changed hosts for only the fifth time in history. How significant is that. Well, The Tonight Show began in 1954 with the legendary Steve Allen as host. How long ago was that? That was 55 years ago. FIFTY-FIVE. In all that time, it has been hosted by Allen, then Jack Paar starting in 1957, then Johnny Carson in 1962. It was Carson, of course, who turned the show into an institution and he is the yard stick by which all other talk show hosts are measured. Carson turned it over to Jay Leno in 1992, and now, 17 years later, Leno moves...
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