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WEBVTT HERE'S JOHNNY. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THAT IS. But did you know the king of late night is a native Iowan? But wait until you see the house where he was born. Eric Hanson headed to Corning today, where the town is thrilled over a tiny house filled with television history. It's new at 6. NO ONE WILL EVER CLAIM WHAT'S AT THE CORNER OF 13TH AND DAVIS IN CORNING IS A MANSION. It's a pretty dinky little house. EVEN THE OWNERS ADMIT, IT'S BEEN A FIXER-UPPER-- The foundation was cracked. It was a bad scene. BUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN 1925 MAKES IT AN ENTERTAINME NT GOLDMINE. Well the special thing is Johnny Carson was born here. From Hollywood. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. AMERICA'S LATE NIGHT KING-- Heeeeere's Johnny! WHO 'FIRST' ENTERED A ROOM WHEN HE WAS BORN - IN THIS TINY SOUTHWEST BEDROOM, 88 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. It's a small house. DURING JOHNNY T-V REIGN, 500 13TH STREET WAS JUST ANOTHER HOUSE. Everybody knew this was Johnny Carson's birthplace house, but nobody had done anything about it. UNTIL LOCALS BOUGHT IT, DUG IN - The plaster was hanging down. The ceiling was bowing down. AND, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, FINISHED AN ALL-OUT RESTORATION, SPRINKLED WITH MOMENTOS- This here is Johnny Carson's record of his birth certificate. AND CLIPS FROM WHEN HE'D CALL HOME. How are things in Corning? Well, things are real great in Corning. Pause. Laugh. And you can go anywhere in the world and they know him. He's a household name. WHOSE BIRTHPLACE WILL SOON DRAW TOURISTS BY THE BUSLOAD TO IOWA'S LEAST POPULATED COUNTY. I think that's the story in a nutshell right there. That you can start with this kind of a humble beginning. TO BECOME THE KING OF LATE NIGHT. A whole lot of television history in one little white house. In Corning, Eric