Publicity photo of the cast of the television program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" class="extiw" title="en:The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show</a></i> as it prepared to celebrate 1963 with its new host, Johnny Carson.  From left: bandleader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skitch_Henderson" class="extiw" title="en:Skitch Henderson">Skitch Henderson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson" class="extiw" title="en:Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon" class="extiw" title="en:Ed McMahon">Ed McMahon</a>.
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The press information is undated.  Have included links and screen grab of the same photo with a watermark which has a 20 December 1962 date stamp and more NBC identification.  Johnny Carson became the host of <i>The Tonight Show</i> in the fall of 1962; this would be his first New Year celebration with the program.
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