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The Last Tonight Show (Season 30, Episode 120)
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TV Episode | 46 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

May 22, 1992 was the last "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson as host. Carson presents a retrospective of clips covering the past 30 years. Carson says goodnight for the last time.
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Directors
Bobby Quinn | Steve Purcell (behind the scenes segment)
Writers
Darrell Vickers (writing supervisor) | Andrew Nicholls (writing supervisor) | Michael Barrie (written by) | Jim Mulholland (written by) (as James Mulholland) & 4 more
Producer
Status
Edit Released
Updated May 22, 1992

Release date
May 22, 1992 (United States)

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128 cast members
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Johnny Carson
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Ed McMahon
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Doc Severinsen
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Louis Armstrong
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Fred Astaire
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Lauren Bacall
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F. Lee Bailey
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Anita Baker
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Lucille Ball
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Tony Bennett
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George Benson
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Edgar Bergen
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Milton Berle
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David Brinkley
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Tom Brokaw
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Garth Brooks
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William F. Buckley
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Carol Burnett
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Sid Caesar
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Truman Capote
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George Carlin
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Joe Cocker
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Jackie Cooper
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Crosby Stills & Nash
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Bing Crosby
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Tony Curtis
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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Bette Davis
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Clint Eastwood
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Peter Falk
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Henry Fonda
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Jodie Foster
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Eva Gabor
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Judy Garland
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Erroll Garner
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Crystal Gayle
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Bobbie Gentry
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Gladys Knight & The Pips
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George Gobel
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Benny Goodman
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Al Green
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Buddy Hackett
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Richard Harris
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Jim Henson
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Charlton Heston
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Lena Horne
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Whitney Houston
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Jackson 5
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Elton John
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Andy Kaufman
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Gene Kelly
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Alan King
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B.B. King
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Sam Kinison
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Gladys Knight
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Liberace
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Yo-Yo Ma
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The Manhattan Transfer
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Liza Minnelli
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Ricky Nelson
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Willie Nelson
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Tommy Newsom
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Roy Orbison
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Dolly Parton
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Luciano Pavarotti
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Gregory Peck
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Itzhak Perlman
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Vincent Price
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Freddie Prinze
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Richard Pryor
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Anthony Quinn
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George Raft
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Ronald Reagan
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Buddy Rich
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Don Rickles
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Diana Ross
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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George C. Scott
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Neil Simon
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Paul Simon
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Frank Sinatra
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Red Skelton
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David Susskind
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James Taylor
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Danny Thomas
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Tina Turner
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Bob Uecker
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Gore Vidal
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Dionne Warwick
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Orson Welles
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Betty White
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Muhammad Ali
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Loni Anderson
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Michael Barrie
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Harry Belafonte
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Jack Benny
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Mel Brooks
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Billy Crystal
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Bob Hope
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Peter Lassally
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David Letterman
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Madonna
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Groucho Marx
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Jim Mulholland
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Richard Nixon
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Bobby Quinn
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Kevin R. Quinn
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Jay Silverheels
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James Stewart
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Ed Sullivan
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Tiny Tim
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Raquel Welch
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Stevie Wonder
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