Word: talkfest
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...earliest episodes established a format that has varied hardly at all in "The Tonight Show" or most any other late-night talkfest: the theme song (Steve's own "This Could Be the Start of Something Big"), the bantering band leader (Skitch Henderson), the announcer (Jack Lescoulie), the opening monologue, the host's desk and the guest's couch, the featured spots for singers (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Andy Williams) and comics (including Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman...