Newhart was a frequent guest on the era’s variety and talk shows, and a regular fill-in host on the “Tonight Show,” switching out for his friend Johnny Carson 87 times. Newhart never really ...

Newhart was a guest-host 87 times on Johnny Carson’s popular "Tonight Show.” Born George Robert Newhart, the legend of U.S. comedy leaves behind his four children and numerous grandchildren.

Like Carson, he keeps his chatter on the light ... is “the Rock of Gibraltar” (Joan Rivers), or “my security blanket” (Newhart). Once, when Newhart and Guest Bobby Morse were lulling ...