The First Episode Is Lost Forever
Due to the fact that early episodes of The Tonight Show were not saved, the show’s first ever episode is gone forever. However, there is early audio and a photo from the October 1st, 1962 episode in which Groucho Marx introduced Carson. Hey, at least that’s something!
Broadening His Horizons
Johnny Carson was always interested in languages and had a talent of teaching himself other languages. He learned Russian and taught himself how to speak Swahili, which he eventually learned to speak fluently.