The King of the Night's darkest hour

[donsu]

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/012805Chin/012805chin.html


Johnny Carson and the Kennedy assassination


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As America mourns the death of late night TV icon Johnny Carson, fondly reminiscing over decades of gags and laughs, few bother recalling the single most telling "Carson moment" there ever was.

On January 31, 1968, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison appeared on the Tonight Show to discuss his investigation into US government involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. (Listen to the archived tape of this telecast at "Johnny Carson interviews Jim Garrison", Parts One and Two, or at Garrison on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.)

Over the course of 90 minutes, the smiles and yucks went silent. Carson, America's chuckling nighttime buddy, everybody's friend, was the assassin. He badgered, belittled, and mocked Garrison, repeatedly interrupting Garrison as he made an impassioned plea to the American people to question the official story of the JFK assassination.

When Garrison attempted to show the photograph of the infamous "Three Tramps" (still unidentified mystery men who were arrested behind the Grassy Knoll and marched through Dealey Plaza, likely members of the assassination team), Carson made sure America would not see it. He yanked Garrison's arm aside, and cut the cameras.
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believe it or not but this is the very first time I ever heard of the "Three Tramps"! and I watched and read the news when it happened.

and this is the first I knew of what Carson did.

and there was this:

As noted by Maureen Farrell, the "unholy alliance between the media and the government," in covering up government crimes, was evident that night:

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I want a revolution

[CBGLuthier]

1. Say's him

One incident and he paints Carson as a tool of the elite.

Maybe, just maybe, Carson thought Garrison was full of shit.

[OneBlueSky]

2. one of the three tramps was supposedly Woody Harrelson's dad . . .

don't recall where I read that, and it was some time ago . . . neither been proven nor disproved as far as I know . . .