The Tonight Show with Steve Allen - excerpt from EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

A long-running late night program, The Tonight Show was the first, and for decades the most-watched, network talk program on television. Since 1954 NBC has aired a number of versions of the show which has, as of the mid-1990s, seen four principle hosts: Steve Allen (1954-57), Jack Paar (1957-62), Johnny Carson (1962-92), Jay Leno (1992-2009) and Conan O'Brien (2009-?).
In this his interview for the Archive of American Television, Steve Allen explains the genesis of the Tonight SHow, for which he was the original host, on NBC.
for the entire interview with Allen, visit http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/steve-allen
The two-part interview was conducted by Henry Colman on November 25 and December 15, 1997.

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[bigfishcatcherdw]

HI HO STEVE-A-RENO! SMOCK SMOCK!!! A true genius.

[maregee]

he is one of my heroes

[thisiszaphodbeeblebr]

Not well known at all in the UK, to my surprise.

Love you, Steve. What a brilliant man.

[ANYTIMETREVOR]

I have got to see "The Tonight Show with Donald Duck" ... lol

[loulou2lou]

Steve Allen was one of the funniest men who ever lived.I,too could sense his humility . A word that has a bad time of it today.He was a truly beautiful man.

[tompennock]

Very down to earth to meet. Extremely humble and thoughtful. Most would have an ego and he treated everyone kindly with respect with zero ego. Like you were on his same level.. Extremely kind. It's 31 years this year since I met him and I will never forget this about him. Incredible to be so well known and down to earth. I don't know if I could even be like that. humble considering his status.