The last Today Show with Johnny Carson airs

May 22, 1992
The man most of America went to bed with every night for 30 years, finally got tired of having to try to satisfy so many people.

Johnny Carson’s final appearance on The Tonight Show was broadcast on this date. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson remained a fixture on NBC through the administrations of seven U.S. Presidents: John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush.

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