Remembering Johnny Carson on his birthday 🎂
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1966
"Carson hosted with an unusually light touch and an equanimity that stands out in today’s hyperventilating culture."
- Jason @zinoman
Johnny Carson by Philippe Halsman, 1966
"Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?"
Johnny Carson by Philippe Halsman, 1966
"It was so hot today I saw a pigeon walking in the shadow of Orson Welles."
Johnny Carson by Philippe Halsman, 1966
"Some sad news from Australia: the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today."
Coffee with Johnny Carson ☕️
📷 Bruce Baron for GQ, 1971
Johnny Carson by Philippe Halsman, 1966
"I hear that whenever someone in the White House tells a lie, Nixon gets a royalty."
Johnny Carson comes out for the last time: May 22, 1992
📷 Alice S. Hall
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