Johnny Carson's farewell to The Tonight Show turns 30

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Carson ended his 30-year run as The King of Late Night on May 22, 1992. Jay Leno took over The Tonight Show the following Monday, May 25, 1992. "This is the way a late-night king leaves his throne: not with a fight, but just a heartfelt good night," says Ethan Alter. "Thirty years ago, on May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson sat in front of that colorful Tonight Show curtain and bid farewell to a show — and an entire late-night industry — that he made internationally famous. Compared to the drama that preceded his departure, Carson's final episode was a deliberately low-key exit that allowed the host plenty of time to look back at a three-decade Tonight Show run that started in 1962 and look ahead to a well-earned retirement." Bette Midler helped send off Carson by singing the Frank Sinatra standard "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)," bringing him to tears.

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Wow, Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show exit from 30 years ago this week was memorable