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Monteith was a St. Louis native who built enough of an audience to appear in the 1970s on the “Tonight” show with Johnny Carson.

How can fruitcakes last more than a lifetime while remaining (sort of) edible? And has the fruitcake always been such a contentious and condemned holiday treat?

People used to laugh at Byron Allen. They’re not laughing anymore. Allen began as a standup comedian while he was still in his teens occasionally selling gags to other comedians and performing in half-empty houses. At 18 he worked his way up to “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and…

Comedian Garry Shandling’s take on a fictional talk show host influenced everything from ‘The Office’ to Alan Partridge. Louis Chilton explores its impact and post-show ‘curse’ 

Comedian Jay Leno has opened up about the infamous "Tonight Show" shake-up and subsequent burn he inflicted on short-lived host Conan O'Brien.

For most of television history, talk shows have been benign yet entertaining distractions, with pleasant guests offering amusing if not entirely memorable chatter. But on several occasions, talk shows departed from their safe realm into explosions of bizarre and remarkable happenings. 

Sebastian Maniscalco got the chance to be onstage at the NFL draft and, along with former Bears star running back Matt Forte, announce the team’s second-round selection Friday night

Howie Mandel has a bone to pick with his longtime friend Jay Leno