The Johnny Carson Show

The show was alternately sponsored by Revlon and General Foods (Jell-O, instant Sanka, and Minute Rice).

Carson wound up hosting a daytime game show called Who Do You Trust?

(1957–62) until he was tapped by NBC to replace the departing Jack Paar as host of The Tonight Show in 1962, a position Carson held for 30 years.

Kinescopes of 10 episodes from the series were discovered in a closet by Carson's second wife Joanne and released by Shout Factory on DVD in 2007.

A single episode of this version is included on Shout Factory's DVD release of the 1955–56 series.

Carson (right) with guest William Bendix in 1955