"He-e-e-re's...Johnny!" - Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's second banana co-host, opened THE TONIGHT SHOW with "and now ladies and gentlemen, h-e-e-ere's...Johnny!" from October 2, 1962 to the final show in May of 1992. Ed McMahon's elongated nightly introduction originated from his days as a carnival pitchman where he'd call the races with "And Ther-r-re THEY GO!  Trivia Note: The TONIGHT SHOW theme song was written by Paul Anka. The phrase "Her-r-r-re's...Johnny!" was raised to cult status when Jack Nicholson starred in the horror motion picture The Shining (1980). Possessed by an evil force, Jack Nicholson chased after his wife with a fireman's ax. When she locked herself in the bathroom, Jack chopped a hole in the door, stuck in his head and maniacally cried "H-e-e-e-res...Johnny!"  When Johnny Carson left the show his replacement Jay Leno opened each program by approaching the audience members in the front row and exchanging handshakes and high-fives. But soon after  September 11, 2001, Jay's handshakes stopped for a time. As he told Parade Magazine "They were still digging bodies out of the World Trade Center and we didn't want to look like we were having too much fun...Some thought I stopped shaking hands for security reasons. No. The audience is searched when they enter. We were just trying to say, 'We'll be silly but also respectful'."