A Quote by Johnny Carson

I'm an entertainer; I try to give the public what it wants while I'm on the screen, and I'm completely sincere about it. If I don't happen to be a laughing boy off the screen, that doesn't make me a hypocrite or a phony.

Johnny Carson

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Johnny Carson
American - Comedian
October 23, 1925 - January 23, 2005

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