Johnny Carson began his career in 1992.
 The theme is heard being played on sound recordings of Carson's first Tonight Show, and it was used without interruption through to his last broadcast on May 22, 1992
 In 1953, comic Red Skeltona fan of Carson's "cult success" low-budget sketch comedy show, Carson's Cellar (1951 to 1953) on KNXTasked Carson to join his show as a writer

