Johnny Carson
Anyone who is old enough to know Carson knows him as the king of late night. For over three decades he entertained us just before bedtime. But, that wasn’t his first gig. When World War II broke out, Carson was working as a theater usher. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, in an effort to become a pilot, but didn’t make it. Instead, they made him a midshipman. He served on the USS Pennsylvania.