On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson began his legendary 30-year reign as "Tonight Show" host—forever changing late-night ...

“I can’t believe that he’s here now, I can’t believe I know Groucho Marx, I can’t believe that there is a Groucho Marx,” a young and sparkling Dick Cavett said in 1968 when introducing his comedic ...

Dick Cavett was writing for Jack Paar on “The Tonight Show” when he met Groucho Marx at the funeral of playwright George S. Kaufman in 1961. It was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until ...

Johnny Carson’s first national TV gig was as host (from 1957 to 1962) of a game show called “Who Do You Trust?” It was patterned after the earlier Groucho Marx show called “You Bet Your Life.” I was ...