Bud the Teacher

Johnny Carson has passed away. 
    I remember long ago sneaking around in order to stay up late enough to watch him and, after The Tonight Show, The Benny Hill Show.  I didn’t get why they were funny as a little boy, but I watched them just the same.   Carson was funny and, to a young man, a kind and gentle person.  I suspect the real truth was something different, but I am saddened by his death. 
    Why do we have such connections with celebrities?