Editing Johnny Carson (section)

== Education ==
Taking advantage of educational opportunities from the Navy, Carson attended the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]], where he joined the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity and continued performing magic (then paid $25 per appearance).{{r|tynan19780220}} Carson majored in [[journalism]] with the intention of becoming a comedy writer, but instead switched his major to speech and drama a few months later because he wanted to become a [[radio]] performer.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|last1=Bushkin|first1=Henry|title=Johnny Carson|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780544217621|url-access=registration|date=2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|location=New York|isbn=9780544217621 }}</ref> His college thesis, titled "How to Write Comedy for Radio", was a compilation of taped skits and jokes from popular radio shows with Carson explaining the comedic technique in a voice-over.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/theaterstudent/1/|title=How to Write Comedy for Radio|last=Carson|first=Johnny|journal=Student Research and Creative Activity in Theatre and Film |date=May 1949|publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]}}</ref> It allowed him to graduate in three years.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Carson graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in radio and speech with a minor in [[physics]] in 1949.<ref name="ReferenceA" />