On this week’s Keener Podcast, our tribute to Johnny Carson, with some air-checks you may not have heard, Harry Shearer’s dead-on Tonight Show parody and the tale of how a song sung by Annette became one of Television’s most recognizable theme songs.

The Link List:

Slate’s David Edelstein on Johnny Carson
The Credibility Gap
Tims TV Showcase Tonight Show Page
The Official Johnny Carson Web Page
Ed Ames Famous Fronteer Circumcision
Jokes for Dave – NYT
Johnny’s New Yorker Profile from 1978
The Man In Front of the Curtain – Steve Martin
Harry Shearer in The Onion