Mr. St. Peter....uh...Heeeer's Johnny!

[Ron Mummert]

Just think. There'd be no threads about spotting SVXes in Seinfeld episodes. There probably wouldn't have been a Seinfeld as we know him without Johnny Carson. Maybe a Letterman, a Leno, a Steve Martin, a Rosanne, a Gary Shandling & hundreds of other now well-known characters, would never have ever emerged to entertain the public without the Tonight Show.
It's hard for me to believe it's been 13 years since the greatest (IMHO) sustained comedian, yet semi-intellectual turned out the lights, & virtually disappeared from view.
But I still remember when that nightly theme started to play right after the late news, we were hooked. Johnny was responsible for my "Late to bed, late to rise" habit. I never tired of his banter. He was creative, risque, topical, but never mean spirited, or "IN YER FACE", as so much of today's humor seems to be.
He was there for us 30 years. Now he's gone.
I find myself reflecting upon pieces of my own life today.
Thanks, Johnny.

Ron.