Holiday Buying Guide

TIME brings you the best of this year's holiday entertainment gifts, from a bound collection of Marilyn Monroe photography to a boxed retrospective of the films of Stanley Kubrick, a boxed set that pays homage to the days of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, a Johnny Cash anthology, and more

Heeere's Johnny

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12 DVDs, $99.99

When Carson stepped down from Tonight in 1992, he illustrated the oldest rule of showbiz: leave 'em wanting more. Now more has arrived. This debonair dozen compiles snippets from Johnny's 30 years in late night, from comic guests (Roseanne, Garry Shandling and Jerry Seinfeld, to name just a few), Carson's arsenal of characters, and essential moments from Tonight's history, in particular Bette Midler's memorable musical send-off on Johnny's penultimate show. Not a lot of bells and whistles — there's some documentary and behind-the-scenes footage — but this set still makes a massive and memory-filled nightcap.

—James Poniewozik

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