Goodbye Johnny

I was really surprised last night to hear Johnny Carson had died. I suppose I can blame him for the fact that I can't get to sleep before midnight any given night. I watched him for years and he made me laugh more than most. His comedy was clean and middle America. He was friends with people like Jack Benny, George Burns, and Bob Hope. I think he was the last of the comedians with their kind of timing and insight.

You never really knew where Johnny stood politically. He was pretty fair on getting at them all. But his political humor was sharp.

He was a classy guy. He left tv before he got embarrassing. He could have gone on for more years if he had wanted to, but he chose to step out while he was on top.

Good-bye Johnny