When was Johnny Carson in the White House?

[system]

This isn’t important enough for GQ, but I really wanna know.

Over in the Pit, in the “Notthemama is MY name thread”, Farlley (with two L’s) just said this:

And Notthemama- I’m sorry I called you pastrami breath. (I haven’t used such language since Johnny Carson left the White House, honest!)

I am intrigued. Did Johnny Carson once serve as president? Or is this a reference to some famous performance of his? Did Johnny Carson used to be a speechwriter for a president? Is it the punchline to a joke? Oh, tell, tell! What’s the Straight Dope?

[John_Corrado]

I believe the exact technical explanation is:

Farlley is a raging Fruit Loop, nuttier than cashews dipped in peanut butter.

But I think you already figured that one out.

[system]

Well, duh, John. Yeah, I know that, but what’s driving me nuts is trying to figure out what she must have meant to say. “…since Clinton left the White House”? No, he hasn’t left the White House yet. “…since Nixon left the White House”? How could you confuse Nixon and Johnny Carson? Like that.

Not responsible for my idiot brain that won’t let go of this.

[sorrel554]

Same initials. That’s what I guessed when I saw that, not that it makes any sense at all.

[John_Corrado]

Or, to actually be rational about it, “since Johnny Carson left the Tonight Show.”

Or, I could point out that in this thread Farlley says:

So I look for the schoolyard bullies. Not too many to choose from, but then Notthemama keeps turning up. Full of his own importance and yet so sensitive to criticism. (So sue me, I thought it was a woman at first, what with the mama part of the name. Who Knew? So, as a woman she seemed unusually rude. As a guy, just a tipical bully, but whatcha gonna do.) He likes to hit people with bricks, yawn, but he thinks it’s funny to say the same threat over and over and over and over and over (bored yet- good, you’re in the right mood to appreciate this). And then the killer is what he freaks over! Someone calls him long-winded (be honest- he can fill more posts in an hour than you do in a week, nad you practically live here yourself) and he has to repeat it 10 times more than they do. He’s his own worst press agent. He get’s called a wuss and finds that offensive. What kind of mama’s boy is this? I can get his goat with Salami Breath! It’s just too much to pass up. So I invent a beef, by pretending I’m the original Notthemama. I never thought he would bite so hard on that little opener.
You wouldn’t have been fooled for a minute, would have just let the bait sit there drying out, but he not only bit he wrapped himself up in the line and threw himself into the boat. This is what makes a bully different. Fear of loss of face. If he can’t get the last word on a thread he thinks he’s less of a man somehow. So I post once every couple of days and sit back to watch him thrash. I’ve only had to put in 6 posts (out of 70 something now, beating this dead horse) to get all that fuss and fight out of him. It gets so sad I keep giving him ways to end it. But he won’t let go. It’s his fight now and his whole world revolves around this fight. I do have to wonder what kept him alive before I came around. Hope it was enough to fill his little dreams, because I really won’t keep this up for ever, and he’ll have to go back to it.

So I think “aggravated little Fruit Loop saying nonsense to get your dander up” is probably the best definition.