<Ul> <Li> `` Here 's Johnny '' , the catchphrase used by Ed McMahon for almost 30 years on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1962 -- 1992 ) <Ul> <Li> `` Here 's Johnny '' , catchphrase that was reused by Jack Nicholson in the 1980 film The Shining </Li> <Li> `` Here 's Johnny '' , a song referencing the McMahon catchphrase by `` Weird Al '' Yankovic on his 1986 Polka Party ! album </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> `` Here 's Johnny '' , a 1995 song by Dutch pop group Hocus Pocus </Li> <Li> Here 's Johnny , a 2000 documentary film about John Hicklenton </Li> </Ul>
where does the saying here 's johnny come from
catchphrase used by Ed McMahon for almost 30 years on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson