The Late Night Talk Show Wars of the 90s

It was a bloodless war, which is why Kissinger wasn't involved.

Trivia- Arsenio Hall's show was the reason he left his voiceover role on The Real Ghostbusters (he was Winston).

I never knew Jay Leno saved Dangerfield’s life, legend

Man, I miss Ferguson

Johnny Carson is a legend but I really miss Craig Ferguson.😂

Johnny Carson was and is the GOAT of late night. 👑

I know this about the 90's but Craig Ferguson was the absolute best in late night. Well late, late night

I hope you included the Joan Rivers vs Carson falling out. She was the guest host of the tonight show whenever Carson was out, and it was big whenever she hosted. Only to find out that she wasn’t included in the list of successors when Carson was planning to retire in the 80s. Rivers started her own talk show on Fox, same time slot as the Tonight Show, it wasn’t very successful though. And he never talked to her again until they both died. She was also banned from guesting on the Tonight Show until Jimmy Fallon took over.

Chevy Chase bombing so hard may have saved Conan. Conan was (and is) a comedy genius but he was also very raw in 1993 so it is a miracle he got through that first year. Luckily The Chevy Chase Show took a lot of the negative early attention that otherwise might have been aimed squarely at Conan.

I miss Johnny. I grew up watching him. R.I.P. Mr. Carson.

IMO Craig Ferguson will never be surpassed as the late night GOAT but as someone whose 20s lined up perfectly with the 1990s Arsenio was my favorite of the time. I also loved that era of Letterman before he got old and angry.

I remember watching Jay Leno with my dad a lot. Crazy to think 20 years later Late Night Shows are DOA! podcasts are the new Late Night show...

I think that "The Dennis Miller Show" deserved a mention. I would also like to see a show dedicated to Howard Stern's final two years of terrestrial radio before going to satellite.

How you can put Hicks on the air and NOT expect him to be controversial is nuts

I like that I am only now old ebough to watch. Today's hosts being friends enough to respect each other and, common, the podcast they made was just perfect. :D

Shoemaker is hilarious, he has a bit about his time with Johnson and it kills.

4:15 classic example of “honest is the best policy.” You get in more trouble for the cover-up than just admitting it and apologizing.

Good stuff, I would switch back and fourth.

“Talk about going from 9 to 5” was art.

One commerical i remember about the daily show when they call themselves the most trusted name in fake news.