Look Back at Tonight Show History and Watch The First Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon stars a new era in late night entertainment tonight on NBC, right after late Olympic coverage. Jimmy’s first guests will be Will Smith and U2, and will air tonight after Olympic coverage ends. Come LIVE CHAT with us and Shelby from the Ron and Fez Show TONIGHT during the first show of the next generation of the Tonight Show.
As another piece of Tonight Show history begins tonight, here’s some of the big moments in a show that’s been a television institution for 60 years.
1954: Steve Allen begins the first Tonight Show in 1954 explaining to the audience what “Tonight” is, or more importantly what it isn’t.
1960: Jack Parr giving up The Tonight Show for the first time.
1962: Groucho Marx introducing a nervous Johnny Carson as the new permanent host of The Tonight Show.
1992: Johnny Carson retires from the Tonight Show after 30 years. Here’s his last guest, Bette Midler serenading Johnny “good-bye”.
1992: Jay Leno takes over The Tonight Show for the first time, with his first guest Billy Crystal.
2010: Conan O’Brien says goodbye after 7 months as the host of The Tonight Show.
2014: Jay Leno’s emotional second good-bye from The Tonight Show.
2014: The Tonight Show. The tradition continues.
