Johnny Carson Scores 21 pts. In Dead Pool

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:59 pm

MSNBC is reporting Johnny Carson succumbed to emphysema at age 79.

No details I see yet.

EDIT: Fox News reporting the same. No links, but it's on the tube.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:06 pm

Fuck. Johnny Carson=Probably my favorite TV personality of all time.

Chuck D · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:07 pm

sad. what a great late night host.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:12 pm

I suppose all the comeback talk should be put to rest, then.

But, there shall be now the question, who will jack off Letterman to make him feel better when the next ratings hit and show Leno out-pacing the gap-toothed Ball Stater by-far?

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

damn, damn, damn.
i was completely addicted to the tonight show when i was a kid.
he was hilarious.
will he be buried in a mayonaise jar that has been sitting on the front porch of funk & waganall's?

plus our death pool doesn't start until feb 1st.
i couldn't have picked him anyway.
anybody who wants in on mine and my sister's death pool pm me. 5$ for 5 names. enter as often as you'd like.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

How does he rate 21 points? Old, lung disease, he was due. Now, when Paris Hilton OD's, that'll be worth something.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

damn shame.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

Billzebub Wrote:

How does he rate 21 points?

all death pool selections start with a base of 100 minus the deceased's age equals points.

100 - 79 = 21 points.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Thx. That makes a lot of sense. I thought there would've been some graduated scale with bonus points or something akin to the celebrity thread from a few days ago.

FT · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:30 pm

R.I.P. Floyd R. Turbo

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

And yet we still have Ed.

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

That is a shame, he was pretty cool. Just watched the Simpsons where he was a guest on the "Krusty Comeback Special" as the greatest entertainer of all time. good times.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

link = http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/2 ... index.html

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:53 am

RIP, Johnny.

mutty · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:59 am

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

And yet we still have Leno.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:28 am

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:30 pm

Max Wrote:

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

And yet we still have Leno.

But who knows, maybe not for much longer. That is, I believe all three previous Tonight Show hosts -- Allen, Paar, Carson -- have died in the last three or four years. So, maybe hosting TS is like opening King Tut's tomb.

Bye-bye, Jay?

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:36 pm

I'll be spinnin' my "Tonight Show" DVD's tonite.

Johnny Carson Scores 21 pts. In Dead Pool

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