Tim Maguire

Host Johnny Carson (center) with Joan Crawford and Mel Brooks who
were among his first guests on the debut of The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide‍ ‘​s
50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. Carson had no guests on the final airing 
of The Tonight Show on May 22, 1992.

Host Johnny Carson, right, appears with the show’s announcer Ed
McMahon during the final taping of the "Tonight Show”.

Ed Donahue

Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000).

Jack Harold Paar  (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004)

In order to compete with Dave Garroway and The Today Show
on NBC, CBS replaced Walter Cronkite with newcomer Jack
Parr to host the CBS Morning Show. The show didn’t attract
enough sponsors, so Paar left.

Mike Douglas (born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. in
Chicago, Illinois) (August 11, 1925 – August 11, 2006)

Douglas was a "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, and syndicated 
television talk show host of The Mike Douglas Show. 

As a teenager, Mike Douglas was employed as a singer on a dinner
cruise ship on Lake Michigan. He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.

Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997)

Skelton was known as a TV clown who portrayed many comical characters
such as Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader. He was a long-
time national radio and television star for 34 years. Following the death of
his father, Red first started work at the age of seven as a newspaper boy
and later auditioned at the age of 10 for a role in a medicine show.

1953

A painting by Red Skelton, the artist.

At the time of his death, his art dealer believed that Skelton had
earned more money through his paintings than from his television
work.