According to Fox News<\/a>, Peter Lassally, Carson\u2019s producer for 22 years, reveals some of the big banned names in the book. <\/p>\n\u201cBurt Reynolds and Rich Little both claimed to have seen a \u2018hard copy\u2019 with over thirty names on it,\u201d Malkoff wrote. <\/p>\n
Here is a closer look at some notable names who were apparently on the outs with Carson. <\/p>\n
Jay Leno \u2013 The comedian and future host of the very show he was apparently banned from was outlawed because Carson reportedly didn\u2019t think he was funny. <\/p>\n
Ellen DeGeneres \u2013 Comedian and host was reportedly banned for making a specific joke after she was told not to. <\/p>\n
William Shatner \u2013 The \u201cStar Trek\u201d star broke three \u201cTonight Show\u201d rules such as speaking monotonously without letting Carson interject, turning his back on the host and mentioning ABC on air. <\/p>\n
Carl Sagan \u2013 Famed scientist corrected Carson as the two were discussing Halley\u2019s comet.<\/p>\n
Dana Carvey \u2013 Actor apparently crossed the line while parodying the show in a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch. <\/p>\n
Orson Welles \u2013 Famed actor and director messed up a mentalist routine while guest hosting. Carson was apparently furious at his attempts to mislead the audience. <\/p>\n
Jerry Lewis – Disagreement with a crew member led to Lewis\u2019 ban from the show he appeared on more than 80 times. <\/p>\n
Steve Allen \u2013 The former \u201cTonight Show\u201d host apparently mocked a previous injury suffered by Carson and was rude to crew members for making changes his associates requested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Carson is a legend of late-night TV. During his time hosting NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d he combined…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-364170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}