#the tonight show

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show. ↗

— Tea Leoni

#early #glide #just #know #people

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#did #dreams #every #got #hosting

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#any #before #being #bronx #buddies

I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#censors #doing #funny #go #going

I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good. ↗

— Andy Richter

#figure #funny #get #going #good

In 1980, when I graduated from high school, my goal was to be on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson at least once before our ten-year class reunion. Our class reunion was in June of 1990, and I was on 'The Tonight Show' in April 1990, so I made it by a few months. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#before #carson #class #few #goal

When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#call #considered #got #i #inconvenience

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#culture #gave #i #left #popular

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great. ↗

— Jon Secada

#always #anxious #been #bit #career

My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81. ↗

— Garry Shandling

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