Here’s Johnny!: A Salute to NBC Icon Johnny Carson with Mark Malkoff
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
4:00 PM
The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019
Scheduled
About This Event
Mark Malkoff presents "Here’s Johnny" at The Paley Center for Media, a program that uses archival detail and close reading to examine Johnny Carson’s decades on NBC. The event pairs Malkoff’s research-driven, interview-based approach with a focus on Carson’s timing, conversational control and steady on-air discipline that helped define late-night talk.
About Here's Johnny! A Salute to NBC Icon Johnny Carson with Mark Malkoff
At The Paley Center for Media, comedian and researcher Mark Malkoff offers a measured salute to Johnny Carson and his 30-year run as host of NBC’s *The Tonight Show* (1962–1992). Drawing on his work as host of *The Carson Podcast* and author of *Love Johnny Carson*, Malkoff connects clips and context through anecdote and analysis, treating late-night television as a record of changing American manners. In New York, the program lands in a city that helped define network broadcasting’s audience and criticism. It quietly argues that Carson’s restraint was a form of power.
About the Artists
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson was an American television host and comedian whose on-air discipline helped define late-night talk for three decades on NBC’s *The Tonight Show*. His work centered on timing, conversational control, and a steady respect for the rhythms of stand-up and sketch.
Mark Malkoff
Mark Malkoff is a New York City–based comedian, writer, and filmmaker, and a graduate of New York University. His work often moves between stand-up, media history, and long-form interviewing, including his podcasts on late-night television.