Andy Griffith Takes a Shot at the Trombone | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 04/09/1974
#johnnycarson #thetonightshow #andygriffith

[@jjs490]

Andy Griffith was so charismatic, I love to hear him talk the way he spoke and formed his words.... that character he created Sheriff Taylor was unbelievable. Thank God I can still see him on reruns.

[@adamsyed5535]

Two legends from the golden era of television.

[@petesmitt]

They were both mean spirited people, which came out when they were drunk.

[@newytacc9447]

@@petesmitt Not true ! 🤔🤫

[@LoveMusic9973]

Andy Griffith two of the best. Never saw this episode of Johnny Carson. Wow ❤🙏😂😂

[@kimclark2135]

@@petesmitt where'd that come from??? What, did you hang and drink with them , bro? If so are you 110??

[@petesmitt]

@@kimclark2135 It's no secret that Carson was a bad tempered jerk; he gave up alcohol completely because of his bad behaviour when drunk; Griffith being like this was less well known because he didn't have the profile of Carson but people he worked with have spilled the beans; Griffith was reported to have quite a temper. “He could have this explosive temper,” writer Daniel de Visé documented. “He punched out a car window and put his fists through doors.” “Most of us were deathly afraid of Andy,” confessed George Lindsey, who played Goober Pyle on the sitcom. Some reports claim that Griffith battled alcoholism, and was even known to get physical on the set of his show, punching a wall in one particularly memorable occasion, which production assistants bandaged well before resuming filming.

[@pmafterdark]

I really miss Johnny and the Tonight Show so much. Andy seems like a genuinely warm and humble man. It was great to see them talk.

[@thebluesideisup]

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[@fougee1]

You know you is getting old when dead people are more entertaining than live ones!!

[@jamesdavison2927]

That's not a function of old age THEY WERE BETTER

[@lindataylor6512]

No people like them because they have class

[@newytacc9447]

They don't make em' like these gentlemen anymore, such great entertainers !! 💯

[@threeballedtomcat9380]

Andy Griffith was an iconic star in every sense of the word. To have these 2 icons together is a great thing..We miss them both. I grew up on Sheriff Taylor and Barney Fife in the 1960s and I miss them, thank God for syndication and reruns. And thank you for the upload, it is great to see them (and Doc SEVERINSEN too) LMAO !

[@RagingSurf90210]

Doc SEVERINSEN!!!

[@peggygallagher5802]

How about Doc's clothes!?! Epic! 💜

[@samdress7772]

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[@ceebeeii6723]

Awesome! As a trombone player, this was great to see!

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

2 greats on one show!!!!

[@mzjonez8768]

Love these classics.....❤️

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Humble and traditional Andy Griffith ! Wonderful guy, wonderful show ! Always "welcome in Mayberry." Even Oprah said that ! 🤗

[@justinallport9789]

Who' Oprah?🤔

[@martyduncan2636]

I enjoyed watching this clip of Andy Griffith on The Tonight Show more than ANYTHING I’ve watched on TV in the last 20 years! Thank goodness for KZbin. This was very entertaining.

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

Legends of TV RIP JOHNNY CARSON AND ANDY GRIFFITH!!! 😔

[@juliedepaolo9971]

Dang!! Who knew Andy could play the horn?? Still love this show. I saw Gene Krupa and Ed Shaunessy play the drums on this show and they inspired me to join band and play percussion.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Good for you ! Which percussion instrument do you play?

[@juliedepaolo9971]

@@SweetChicagoGator All percussion. Many people do not know that "percussion" is not only drums. Besides snare and bass drum, it includes, tympani, cymbals, gong, bells, marimba, xylophone and other special sounds. So glad I did it in my youth. It was a great experience.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@juliedepaolo9971 Amazing array of percussion instruments, so you must be very talented ! Are you in the band still?

[@BackToTheBlues]

One of the most underrated percussion instruments is the triangle. We used to get given it at infant school, and only ever thought it made a pathetic 'ting.' I know now it can be a terrific rhythm instrument using hand damping, and I wish I knew it then!

[@juliedepaolo9971]

@@BackToTheBlues I agree. I played the triangle in many concerts. It does add a little something to the performance. Sweet!

[@brucetowell3432]

Great guitar picker and well......blue grass...finger picking'....sings too..all around great massive talent....always loved his shows....

[@brotherchristopher2149]

When I get down not feeling with a disease I have Johnny Carson always lifts my spirits . Love Andy Griffith. He was so kind to my wife when they made a movie where I was a youth minister years ago. Be blessed! 🙏

[@jerzeyguy71]

Johnny's face is priceless when Andy starts playing!!

[@RoryVanucchi]

Andy solid as a rock

[@psw4763]

Great and wonderful video. Love Johnny and Sheriff Taylor himself.

[@darrellhorner500]

THAT WAS GREAT!👍 TWO OF MY FAVORITES!

[@kevinlucas8437]

Andy was so much fun to watch, his movie no time for Sargents is hilarious !!!

[@pamkay8915]

My favorite is Andy Griffith!

[@cbass2755]

I just loved this Man…..such a great actor

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

This is great. Johnny's reaction, like some long-suffering father listening to junior playing the trumpet up in his room. Then he asks if Andy ever played professionally!!!

[@Redmenace96]

I thought that was funny, too!

[@kansascityonline]

After Griffith's death, [Ron] Howard stated: His love of creating, the joy he took in it whether it was drama or comedy or his music, was inspiring to grow up around. The spirit he created on the set of The Andy Griffith Show was joyful and professional all at once. It was an amazing environment. And I think it was a reflection of the way he felt about having the opportunity to create something that people could enjoy. It was always with respect and passion for the opportunity and really what it could offer people in a very unpretentious and earthy way. He felt he was always working in service of an audience he really respected and cared about. He was a great influence on me. His passing is sad. But he lived a great rich life

[@lewiscarey6984]

Get the feel'n' Andy would be a great friend to have! His humour is PRICELESS!!! 🤠🤠🤠

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

These old vids are absolutely priceless.

[@peggygallagher5802]

Grew up watching Johnny Carson and the good ole shows...Andy Griffith was one of the black and white film actors I watched who gave me such a sense of peace and comfort. One of my favorites ❤ Exactly why Johnny Carson and his talent in bringing our favorites, our curiosities about the lives whom have made an impact within our homes and in our lives is, and forever will be The Best 🏆 Miss you Johnny still 🙏

[@jasonq703]

Andy Griffith and Johnny Carson are true American treasures that can never be replaced or forgotten.

[@bjmajor]

This content provider needs lots of KUDOS for these clips - they are clear, crisp, and very close to looking like they are remastered!!! Five stars for your efforts!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@edwardbreadman9473]

Johnny interveiwing Andy with a cigarette in hand. How times have changed.

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

Yes,...the very tool of his demise.

[@brucetowell3432]

Andy use to smoke on his sitcom, although not all that much.....when he and Aunt Bea were sitting on the front porch, and he was about to strum his guitar....

[@GaryFox11000]

Andy & Johnny ! Real talent , true gentlemen ... 🙋‍♂️👏😃

[@ravipeiris4388]

The best that North Carolina has to offer ❤

[@deborahrotondo7792]

Love Andy, great actor, great talent, he's a nice guy.

[@raysmusic49]

Such a great guy! Loved Andy!

[@BrianM-44041]

Fun fact: the town next to mayberry andy frequently mentioned on his show was mount pilot, a nod to an actual place in NC, great pilot mountain. Its a beautiful place.

[@kencasebolt996]

I remember the 1st time i saw Mount Pilot. Born & Raised on the Left Coast, went in to Over the Road Trucking in the early 80's. 1st time i drove by there it made me feel kinda Warm & Fuzzy remembering "Sheriff Taylor!"

[@gino423]

what a great guy Andy was .....still loved in the yr 2022.

[@93Jubilee]

My father (we used to live in Biloxi, Mississippi) loved Andy Griffith!

[@dgcmusi]

What a legend tv actor…a class act

[@chalfont2495]

Johnny acts as though he had never heard Andy's monologue, "What it was was football"

[@jpsned]

I like how Johnny says "trombone" the hip way--with the emphasis on the first syllable.

[@waskyhenry3132]

😲 Wow, 😳 that shows you how time has changed. Johnny Carson could 🪑 sit back on the set and light up his cigarette 🚬. Good old days I guess.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Johnny reportedly smoked 4 packs a day. Although he was always physically fit, he died at age 79 of respiratory failure arising from emphysema.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Although Johnny always goes for the gag, Doc looks genuinely impressed by Andy’s choice on trombone. As Doc points out - "Song to the Evening Star" ("O du, mein holder Abendstern"), also known as "Oh Star Of Eve", which is an aria from Richard Wagner's 1845 opera Tannhäuser.

[@vernareed2692]

Oh wow! That's good!! He was still pretty good on it!!

[@vernareed2692]

Bruce Kuehn I'm glad you told the name of the song Andy Griffith played on his trombone or I would not have known!! Nice title!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Jack Teagarden was one of the great early jazz trombonists. Also a very good singer. My son plays and he has a Teagarden CD.

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Teagarden died in 1964 at the age of 58. The cause was listed as pneumonia, but it is generally thought that it was from his overuse of alcohol. The Andy Griffith Show began in 1960 and Andy had been in a couple of very successful movies before that. He doesn’t say when he saw Jack, but it was obviously a “wish I woulda” moment that he let go by. I’m sure that “Big T” would have appreciated the meeting also.

[@AJGreen-cn8kk]

Anybody else old enough to remember Johnny went he did 90 minutes from NY every night?

[@fougee1]

Yes sir

[@kencasebolt996]

Yep, Sure Do 👍👏

[@ThomasVogel-w8x]

No time for seargents . Was hilarious.

[@dondondoodle]

I absolutely love this!

[@gregorall9779]

I'm 61, and I know this is my age talking, but I wonder how many current celebrities will be remembered 30-40 years from now with the same admiration that the older current generation thinks of the talent of our youth and our parents youth?

[@bettyannkemp]

Handsome Andy Griffith!!!

[@cathyt144]

I watched him in a movie with Johnny Cash last night. Andy played a corrupt sheriff that ran the town like he wanted to. It was strange watching him play a bad guy. But he did great .

[@mc12358]

Andy played the same type of corrupt sheriff in the episode of The Danny Thomas Show that launched The Andy Griffith Show into a full blown series.

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

Cathy T….What was the name of the movie?

[@johnharris3362]

It was Johnny Cash that played a sheriff and Andy played a rich land owner who murdered a sharecropper based on a true story called murder in cayouta country.

[@christophermorgan3261]

I watched all the episodes of the Andy Griffith Show back in the day, but you gotta pay for them now.

[@steve1000]

Free on MeTV.

[@kencasebolt996]

Not anymore! I've watched most episodes several times now. Never gets Old!

[@98Dougmorris]

Great video!

[@user-pf4ff7ix5j]

Winter Kill is a 1974 American made-for-television mystery-thriller film directed by Jud Taylor and written by John Michael Hayes and David Karp. It stars Andy Griffith as Sam McNeill, the police chief in a small resort town in the mountains of northern California. The film is mystery-suspense drama about McNeill's attempts to solve a string of local serial killings linked by messages left at the scenes of the crimes. Nick Nolte played the role of Dave Michaels. The movie (which aired on April 15, 1974 as an ABC Movie of the Week) was the second attempt by writer/producer Lane Slate to adapt the 1972 movie They Only Kill Their Masters into a TV series. The movie starred James Garner as Abel Marsh, a Police Chief in a small, beachside community. The first adaptation attempt was 1973's Isn't It Shocking?, starring Alan Alda as police chief Dan Barnes and the setting relocated to Oregon.[1] Next, Griffith stepped in as the now-renamed Sam McNeill (Andy Griffith) in Winter Kill and then again in 1975 with two episodes of Adams of Eagle Lake (this time, the character was renamed Sam Adams). Two more reworkings followed in 1976 and 1977 starring Griffith, with the character's name restored to Abel Marsh: The Girl in the Empty Grave and Deadly Game.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Andy was a fantastic dramatic actor. Very underrated.

[@heatheradam-cerri8969]

MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF ANDY IS HIM SITTING IN A BENCH IN THE VIDEO OF BRAD PAISLEY….”WAITIN ON A WOMAN”….Andy talking the words to the song…Andy and Brad doing that song /Video…..together….PERFECT!! makes me smile❤️ and i feel a bit sad too as it was the last thing Andy did before he passed away! that man was a sweetheart❤️

[@Chuck44442]

I love the orchestra' s ending

[@havocjones8309]

I grew up with the Andy and Johnny. . Tv and family viewing will never be the same

[@bemore1134]

As iconic as The Andy Griffith Show was, I'll always find time to sit down & watch whenever "A Face in the Crowd" airs. Andy was terrific in that movie.

[@lancemangham997]

I loved how Johnny just casually lit up that cigarette. Those were days! Nothing unusual about it at all. Today it would be scandalous 😂

[@capitanfuturo594]

Andy Griffith is MATLOCK.

[@rosaoddin4338]

Always liked AG, he sure had a beautiful head of hair!

[@cherylroumillat3660]

Precious Memories Blessing's Sweetheart's..⚘🎚⭐🍑🦋❤

[@nataliep.9047]

This might be the only time that Wagner was ever played on "The Tonight Show" ( and Wagner will almost certainly never be played on "The Tonight Show" ever again).

[@ScottALaFollette]

Good job Andy.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

I've never seen this clip ever

[@ferodriguez1680]

It's so odd and somehow comforting to hear this type of Show v.s. something like Jimmy Fallon, with scripted talks and recorded laugh and clap tracks. This is so slow, calm, and altogether real, with background coughing and slow talks.

[@bobcosmic]

Slide on !

[@Bmaki539]

Kelly show this to your kids he talks about living in Manteo.

[@willmcpherson8097]

Whats unreal to me is Andy would have been 48 here and Johnny 49.

[@larrycone8821]

I was five when the Andy Griffith show came out. I grew up on that and Mayberry RFD and probably seen every episode three times. Not to mention my three sons and Dennis the menace..

[@kencasebolt996]

We weren't allowed to watch Dennis the Menice. My parents figured we didn't need any more ideas!!

[@rm2399]

Andy had a pretty good sound on the trombone. I never knew he could play

[@arlichar11]

i like seeing these clips of the show , that arent the ones everyone knows and see all the time.. andy was always viewed as wholesome and good natured, but i think he had a little wild streak as well.. he was awnry and smoked cigarettes on the show even...

[@michellepost2986]

I remember this ep when new.

[@anitadailey1114]

Miss these kind of entertainers!!!!!!

[@stevencarrollscorpio]

Panama City FL, really, my home, never knew. (5:09). (And not bad trombone, either).

[@d.g.n9392]

Thankfully we have so many great clips to see. We love watching the retro tv shows

[@Redmenace96]

Mr. Griffith was so strong in his craft and his ego that he could play villians, too. After The Andy Griffith Show he could have cruised into the twilight. He kept working and kept playing interesting characters throughout. The dude is pure gold.

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

It's really nice to see Andy when he's not "on"... just a great guy.. and a great story teller!

[@teresagradolf974]

Iam always good to my sister brother I pray the lord sends my twin dreams he loves her I also

[@dinocracchiolo1006]

Those truly were the good old days. I love Andy Griffith, He was so humble and honest with a remarkable story of poverty ,working hard every thing American has ever stood for. The nation has turned away from God, and we are in a massive decline.

[@bettyannkemp]

Oh my Andy!!! ???

[@mark11967AD]

Andy played an evil sadistic character in a TV movie when I was a kid I believe it was on ABC in the early 70s I remember the people he was terrorizing found a slingshot in a pipe at a gas station as a clue to a murder or somebody trapped I forget just what but he was scary as hell that movie gave me nightmares. A great actor. And of course the funny as heck quintessential 20th Century comedy in Mayberry with Barney Fife etc. That could be the best show in the history of television honestly. Legend. RIP.

[@justask7676]

Now for the important stuff. Anyone know what brand of trombone that was?

[@kencasebolt996]

Who Cares!!😉🤔

[@deloreskelley2330]

I have never seen that before that was really good I enjoy listening to Andy Griffith's talk

[@neilschristensen9143]

Had my first exposure to corn liquor at college.

[@maestrohound]

He is pretty good, too. Not sure why some were laughing. Maybe the choice of the piece?? They mentioned something about church so it may have been a well known little church music, but it has a kind of bluesy sound to it.

[@wilchambers1401]

What year would that have been? You can tell Andy hair was just beginning to turn grey.

[@ericswanson1860]

1974

[@johnhoward2900]

These current late night "comedians" have nothing on Johnny Carson.

[@rhondamcknight2596]

Face in a Crowd, power movie. It could be compared to MAGA with Trump. Only those people kicked their tyrannical guy to the curb.

[@PanhandleFrank]

Doc's outfit tho ...

[@robertgift]

Never remember Johnny smoking. Did they ever show him drawing on a cigarette? Ever shown exhaling smoke?

[@kencasebolt996]

Oh Ya. In the early days of the show he smoked a lot. After he couldn't smoke on the show is when he started fiddling with the pencil a lot.

[@gino423]

when tv was tv

[@Breeze0911]

Oh so very much a Honor to see these two together. Andy, Mr. Andy Griffith such gifts he gave, wholesomeness and immeasurable joy. Countless. Johnny Carson miss so very much, not like it used to be. Now, trash, bad jokes, political everything, although being informed important. Just those with NO TALENT always fall back on, and NOT FUNNY! Do not even waste my time on them. Or award blah, blah, blah.

[@northwesttravels7234]

I've always had a good impression of North Carolina because of Andy.

[@Pumpkinblimp]

Griffith pulls out that trambone and I just knew that there was a connection coming with Jack Teagarden and a trambone coda. Small world.

[@Sawlon]

Boy, A Face in the Crowd he was so creepy!

[@adonarealty]

The real Andy Griffith.

[@alansheiman4818]

I brilliant classic movie which never got the aclaim it deserved.

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

@@adonarealty .......I agree,.......Griffith had a dark side to him in real life.

[@Breeze0911]

Roanoke, believe spelled. 😉

[@wayaboveme]

Not so easy to just pick up a bone and play. Your lip is never in shape for that!

[@calif562]

He left Hollywood to become a lawyer.

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

Griffith himself said that he was no Andy Taylor. He had a low tolerance for people and his fans.

[@r.melindar.1349]

1000 percent correct!

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

@@r.melindar.1349 For example, if you were a guest star on 'Matlock', and Griffith didn't like you because you were bothering him with needless banter regarding his previous work. He would tell the producers to never bring that guest star on back the series again. Griffith often gave roles to some of his old friends like Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut (Griffith's former lover during the Andy Griffith, on AND off the set), Dick Van Dyke, etc. But if Griffith didn't care for you, he made sure that he would never work with you again.

[@r.melindar.1349]

@@dr.miguelitoloveless9478Do you know if he was jealous of Don Knotts?

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

@r.melindar.1349 Griffith was never jealous of Knotts. They had a decades long friendship.

[@r.melindar.1349]

@@dr.miguelitoloveless9478 That’s great.

[@Redmenace96]

omg! Johnny gives him the eye roll 5 seconds into playing the trombone? Very funny!

[@kc4cvh]

This looks like the mid-1970s, I believe Johnny gave up smoking while on stage around 1980.