Johnny Carson disappeared, pretty much, forever on May 22, 1992 when he left after 30 seasons of host as "The Tonight Show." His only appearances after that were a phone call and some (brief) taped cameos on the "Late Show with David Letterman" (plus this memorable 1994 appearance, his last ever), a voice appearance on "The Simpsons," a monologue at Bob Hope's 90th birthday (1993) and a 2002 interview in "Esquire." Apparently, he did commission a special at one point, which you can read about here. Makes you wonder if David Letterman will ever consider a similar idea -- for starters, almost everyone mentioned in the Carson special is still alive (Don Rickles, Charles Grodin, Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Tony Danza, Chevy Chase, Larry King, Alan Dershowitz, Cindy Crawford, Corbin Bernsen, Kirstie Alley, Doc Severinsen)! The script is just sitting there; just saying...
And for completists, here's Johnny's two appearances with Dave when he was on "Late Night"...
This latter appearance was just hours after Johnny announced he was retiring at an NBC affiliate's meeting.
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