That Johnny doc is great. You can watch full thing online at PBS.
In this outtake (via SM), Drew Carey gets choked up talking about his first Tonight Show set...
...and here's the set.
Neat to see how much mileage he gets out of each joke. Just when you think he's wrung the towel dry, he throws in one more tag. And loved this: "I just don't think looking like this is worth that one joke."
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