Johnny Carson book exposes 'Tonight Show' ban list featuring Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres
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New book "Love Johnny Carson" by Mark Malkoff reveals Johnny Carson banned Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, William Shatner and other celebrities from "The Tonight Show."
Lori Bashian is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
When speaking with Peter Lassally, Carson's producer for 22 years, Malkhoff confirmed the infamous "Tonight Show" ban list existed. He added that to his knowledge there was never a physical list, but both "Burt Reynolds and Rich Little both claimed to have seen a "hard copy" with over thirty names on it.
Here are all the big-name celebrities the book says were banned from the show.
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