History of Late Night TV

1.  Which late night host graduated from Harvard?

 

2. What is the real name of the character from David Letterman's show known

as Larry "Bud" Melman?

 

3. Which late night bandleader worked as a musician on Saturday Night Live? 

 

4. Which late night host had a role on Drew Carey's sitcom? 

 

5. Who was the first female comedian to be called over to sit on the couch with

Johnny Carson after her performance? 

 

6. Who was the host of NBC's Tomorrow Show? 

 

7. Which comedian had an ABC late night show that went head-to-head against Johnny Carson from 1968-1974? 

 

8. Which late night host became frustrated with his show being censored and walked off the show for three weeks in protest? 

 

9. Which late night talk show lasted for only 8 weeks in 1998 and had percussionist Sheila E. as the bandleader? 

 

10. Which late night show had Gene Rayburn as its announcer, who would later host The Match Game?

 

11. What bandleader worked on 2 short lived late night shows, one with Pat Sajak and one with Chevy Chase?

 

12. What was the name of Growing Pains' star Alan Thicke's late night talk show?

 

13.  Who was Thicke's sidekick on the show? 

 

14. What year did Johnny Carson move The Tonight Show from New York to Burbank, California? 

 

15. Name three people who hosted the NBC talk show Later. 

 

16. Who was the announcer for Jack Paar's Tonight Show? 

 

17. Before Dick Cavett had his late night talk show on ABC, which "Rat Pack" member had a show in that time slot? 

 

18. Which late night announcer/sidekick was a U.S. Marine fighter pilot? 

 

19. Who was the sidekick for the show which was the answer to question 17? 

 

20. Which late night host was a sports anchor for ESPN? Who was his announcer on his late night show? 

 

21. Which late night show has a band called Cleto and the Cletones? 

 

22. Which Saturday Night Live weekend update anchors have hosted late night TV shows? 

 

23. Which late night host was an amateur magician and ventriloquist as a kid, and worked as a  writer for Red Skelton after moving to Los Angeles? 

 

24. Which late night host wrote for Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis and more? 

 

25. Which late night host has a mammoth collection of antique cars and motorcycles? 

 

26. On Johnny Carson's next-to-last show in 1992, who was his musical guest? What was the final song of the show performed by this guest? What song did the guest sing along with Johnny while he sat at his desk?

 

27. Between the tenure of Jack Paar and Johnny Carson in 1962, name three of the interim hosts. 

 

28. Who was the Monday-Tuesday host of NBC's Tonight from October of 1956-January 1957? 

 

29. Who was the musical guest on Jimmy Fallon's first Tonight Show on February 17, 2014? 

 

30. What legendary comic appeared on Jimmy Fallon's first Tonight Show, after being banned from the last 5 years of Carson's show and never appearing on Leno's show? 

 

31. Loveable Muppet Kermit the Frog can be found in 2 pictures on this site. On which pages does he appear?

 

Answers: 1. Conan O'Brien  2. Calvert DeForest  3. Paul Shaffer  4. Craig Ferguson  5. Ellen Degeneres  6. Tom Snyder  7. Dick Cavett  8. Jack Paar  9. The Magic Hour  10. The Tonight Show with Steve Allen 11. Tom Scott  12. Thicke of the Night  13. Arsenio Hall  14. 1972  15. Bob Costas, Greg Kinnear, Cynthia Garrett  16. Hugh Downs  17. Joey Bishop  18. Ed McMahon  19. Regis Philbin  20. Craig Kilborn, he actually introduced himself, like Merv Griffin used to do.  21. Jimmy Kimmel Live  22. Chevy Chase, Jimmy Fallon, Dennis Miller and Seth Meyers  23. Johnny Carson  24. Dick Cavett  25. Jay Leno  26. Bette Midler, "One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)," "Here's that Rainy Day," two of Carson's favorite songs. 27. Jerry Lewis, Merv Griffin and Groucho Marx. 28. Ernie Kovacs 29. U2 30. Joan Rivers  31. The Pat Sajak page and the Craig Kilborn page