He made it up on the spot from what I've always read. No real reason to it other than insanity.
Jack Nicholson's character, Jack Torrance, says "Here's Johnny" in "The Shining" as a reference to the famous line used by Ed McMahon when introducing Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." The line was improvised by Nicholson and became an iconic moment in the film.
He said "here's Johnny."
No
The Shining. actually the movie didn't say it, Jack Nicholson did... in that movie.
The Shining
The Shining
The Shining (1980).
Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall :)
The famous line is "Here's Johnny!" as Jack Nicholson's character, Jack Torrance, breaks down a door with an axe in a memorable scene from the movie.
He pokes his head through the hole in the door that he made with the axe, and shouts, "Here's Johnny!"
The Shining in 1980.
Because it's a hugely popular (and quite amusing) line from The Shining. The line was ad-libbed by Jack Nicholson.
Shelley Duvall played Jack Nicholson's wife in the movie "The Shining."
Could you mean "The Shining" ? The one with Jack Nicholson?