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32 Talk Show Sidekicks (And How Each Was Used)

Talk shows are as old as TV and sidekicks have been an important ingredient since the beginning, here are the 32 best sidekicks and what they brought to the table.

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Shecky Greene, Las Vegas comedy star from Chicago, dies at 97

A gifted onstage improviser, Greene was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest stand-up acts of his generation.

Chicago Sun-Times

32 Celebrities Who Played Themselves On The Simpsons

The Simpsons has featured hundreds of guest stars over the years, and here are 32 of the biggest names who voiced animated versions of themselves.

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30+ Famous Celebrities Who Tried To Make A Talk Show Happen

Even the most experienced performers can stumble in the talk show arena, as you'll see with this crop of failed celebrity programs.

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An all-time great: how Michael Parkinson changed British television

He pioneered new formats, could get almost any guest in the world and conducted the best interviews ever. Parky was one of the finest broadcasters of any era

The Guardian - UK

Former WNBC Meteorologist Frank Field Dies at Age 100

Weatherman taught the Heimlich maneuver, appeared with Johnny Carson

Broadcasting & Cable

Watch a fresh-faced Aerosmith's play Dream On on US TV in 1974

Aerosmith's Midnight Special version of Dream On has been floating around the web for years: now there's an official version

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‘Cheers’ bar sells for $675,000 at auction of TV treasures

Buyers also nab Batman and Robin’s costumes, Archie and Edith’s chairs and Johnny Carson’s talk-show set.

Chicago Sun-Times

Want Johnny Carson's desk? A trove of TV memorabilia is up for auction

Hollywood memorabilia collector James Comisar is relinquishing a trove of items — from scripts to costumes and even fake mustaches — that have taken decades to amass.

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James Corden’s stale, gimmicky Late Late Show finale was a fitting end for TV’s quintessential late-night host

It’s easy to judge ‘The Late Late Show’ for being frivolous TV fluff, writes Louis Chilton. But with the British star’s talk show having come to a close after eight years on air, its impact on pop culture is undeniable

The Independent UK

James Corden’s talk show was cringey, stale and gimmicky – he was tailor-made for late-night TV

It’s easy to judge ‘The Late Late Show’ for being frivolous TV fluff, writes Louis Chilton. But as the British star’s talk show comes to an end after eight years, there’s no denying its success as an internet-era juggernaut

The Independent UK

Jack Nicholson’s 20 best performances – ranked!

As the legendary actor turns 86 on Saturday, we rate decades of his most celebrated roles – from grinning wrong ’uns to lovable rakes and crazed murderers

The Guardian - UK

‘The Midnight Special’ — having changed music on TV — brings classic clips to YouTube

Through the first few decades of television, the last piece of music late-night viewers heard was “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a station signed off.

Los Angeles Times

Author Bill Zehme, whose subjects included Sinatra, Hugh Hefner, Leno and Andy Kaufman, is dead at 64

CHICAGO — Name a star or celebrity of the last 40 years and it’s likely that person was the subject of Bill Zehme’s keen mind and artful writing, in such magazines as Rolling Stone, Playboy, Vanity Fair and Esquire, and in bestselling books in collaboration with Jay Leno and Regis…

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Bill Zehme, master of the celebrity profile, journalism’s ‘bastard stepchild,’ dies at 64

Chicago author Bill Zehme had a genius for writing celebrity profiles and making friends. He wrote biographies of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman and Jay Leno.

Inverse

'Late Night with the Devil' Review: David Dastmalchian Injects New Life into Found-Footage Horror

The demonic horror movie is a brilliant new take on the mockumentary.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kelly Monteith, US comedian who gained popularity in the UK, dead at 80

Monteith was a St. Louis native who built enough of an audience to appear in the 1970s on the “Tonight” show with Johnny Carson.

Inverse

How do Christmas cakes last for years? Inside the “perfect storm” of preservation

How can fruitcakes last more than a lifetime while remaining (sort of) edible? And has the fruitcake always been such a contentious and condemned holiday treat?

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Here’s some baseball trivia with some help from readers

In a tribute to David Letterman, we take the time this week to focus on reader suggestions

Tribune News Service

Jeff Foxworthy explains how he coined the term 'blue-collar' comedy and why he loves Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Jeff Foxworthy spent a recent Tuesday morning sitting in a tree with a bow and arrow.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Talk Show Host Jay Leno in Hospital with Burns

US comedian Jay Leno said Monday he has suffered serious burns from a gasoline fire after an accident involving one of his cars. Leno, the former host of "The Tonight Show" and a renowned motoring enthusiast, suffered injuries to his face after one of his vehicles burst into flames in…

Tribune News Service

Sherri Shepherd plans to shine a spotlight on rising comics on new daytime talk show

NEW YORK — Sherri Shepherd is planning to bring the laughs to daytime television.

Tribune News Service

TV Tinsel: Byron Allen glides from roller rinks to comedy to business to court shows

People used to laugh at Byron Allen. They’re not laughing anymore. Allen began as a standup comedian while he was still in his teens occasionally selling gags to other comedians and performing in half-empty houses. At 18 he worked his way up to “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and…

The Independent UK

The Larry Sanders Show at 30: The ‘forgotten’ TV classic with a strange, scandalous legacy

Comedian Garry Shandling’s take on a fictional talk show host influenced everything from ‘The Office’ to Alan Partridge. Louis Chilton explores its impact and post-show ‘curse’

Los Angeles Times

Jay Leno says he didn't 'sabotage' 10 p.m. show to get 'Tonight Show' back from Conan

Comedian Jay Leno has opened up about the infamous "Tonight Show" shake-up and subsequent burn he inflicted on short-lived host Conan O'Brien.

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