Original Airdate: 01/22/1976 #johnnycarson #billycrystal #thetonightshow
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@jamesroof6150 Жыл бұрын
I was 17 when this aired and Carson was often watched before turning in for the night. Good memories.
@threeballedtomcat9380 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, me too.Good memories here, always.
@tdunph4250 Жыл бұрын
Once again, Mr Carson paving the way for another great talent who obviously went onto many successes!
@grantrizmo2002cb5 ай бұрын
Great talent?? Who? Billy Crystal?? Ok..Ill bite. How? Where? In what? Hes mediocre at best...nothing great about him.
@threeballedtomcat9380 Жыл бұрын
This was broadcast when my daughter was 10 months old.....I actually remember this one, too. What a great talent Billy Crystal is, and was. Being on Johnny Carson on the Tonight show was a big boost for any aspiring talent, almost anyone that got to be on the show was rocketed to fame and fortune. Thanks for the memories, I always enjoyed the Tonight show and miss the days when late night TV wasn't Political jokes that aren't funny anymore like they all are now.
@rod7139 Жыл бұрын
That was a shocking routine.
@519djw6 Жыл бұрын
*Billy Crystal's stand-up routine was nothing to write home about--but his impressions of Mohamed Ali and Howard Cossell were spot-on. He's one of the few comedians whom I respect as a person. I remember his saying on "Inside the Actors Studio" that the last time he'd been on a date was during the Johnson Administration! No "scandals" and has been married to the same woman since 1970. You can't say that about most other comics of his generation.*
@jamesanthony5681 Жыл бұрын
I do a better impression of Ali and Cosell. Nothing special with Crystal's versions.
@tennissir19867 ай бұрын
@@jamesanthony5681 Yes - getting remarried is a scandal. 😀
@kathleenmckeithen118 Жыл бұрын
I was 27 or 28 at this point and Billy Crystal became one of my all time favorites along with Steve Martin.
@cherieallen2539 Жыл бұрын
I most likely watched this originally.. I,💯❤️hardly missed a show. Johnny STILL is THE BEST..I miss him😪
@michaelj.r457 Жыл бұрын
Billy talks about the appearence in his book. He remembers being told by the segment producer to look at him after he was done to see if Billy should take a bow and leave or if he would get the holy of holies...getting called to the couch. Billy was apparently the first since Freddie Prinze to get called to the couch at his first appearence. Also, in the book, he tells about an awkward encounter he had with Orson Welles the night before which made him slightly more nervous about his appearence.
@lonewulf44 Жыл бұрын
What was the encounter?
@orbison Жыл бұрын
@lonewulf44 Billy approached Orson backstage at the Martin Roast of Ali they both appeared at the night before and Orson, in a funky mood, told Billy to go f#&k himself
@twistoffate4791 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, what was the encounter?
@wandelgartking5446 Жыл бұрын
What was the encounter? I love myself an Orson story.
@santaclaus3077 Жыл бұрын
Encounter what was the?
@lauraannbrooks3810 Жыл бұрын
He stood up and did the eulogy for Mohammed Ali . it was really beautiful
@JCFRFutterman Жыл бұрын
Yes it was.
@drewsue100 Жыл бұрын
My all time favorite Billy Crystal movie is Running Scared. If you haven't seen it.. Please do. It's amazing.
@mikemccune7647 Жыл бұрын
How do we miss Johnny
@lornacharles5380 Жыл бұрын
THANKYOU and amen
@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏 That was definitely new & refreshing! Billy just got better & better as the years went passing by!! Haven't heard anything from him in awhile, I hope he's doing well!!! 👍👍
@danerd8978 Жыл бұрын
Monsters at Work and he's been in a movie with Tiffany Hadadish recently as an out of touch writer.
@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын
@@danerd8978 Thanks for the information, I don't get to the movies & I don't have TV, I do all watching here on KZbin. I'm glad to hear he's still working!
@kenhenderson1762 Жыл бұрын
He's starring on Broadway in a musical adaptation of his movie "Mr. Saturday Night".
@karenleemallonee684 Жыл бұрын
@@kenhenderson1762 Thank you! That I would love to see!!! 🌼
@JCFRFutterman Жыл бұрын
@@kenhenderson1762 It was nominated for a Tony
@barbarafritchie2000 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks.
@peachespavalko1980 Жыл бұрын
😃 *Thank you!* I’ve never seen this one. What a maaaavelous and unique routine 😉 from one of my all-time favorites. To this day, I still tape Carson reruns on the tube.
@angelthman1659 Жыл бұрын
Where do the rerun?
@peachespavalko1980 Жыл бұрын
@angelthman - Correction: OR it might be under search word “Tonight Show,” I don’t recall how it’s displayed in syndication.
@reginafris6822Ай бұрын
I needed this.💓
@loafoid21 күн бұрын
of course you did
@DAEDRICHHHH-TUCKER1921 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Chuck_Hooks Жыл бұрын
Jodie Dallas from "Soap." Congratulations on a very long and great career.
@britturk1237 ай бұрын
As he came on you could see the nerves yes folks a time when Billy Crystal was merely human, but the nerves soon went and he did some wonderful observation comedy which was good but also very brave, and Carson acknowledged that.
@dsscam Жыл бұрын
Between the 2 of them, they hosted the Oscars 14 times. I'm sure Johnny had no idea that was gonna happen.
@JCFRFutterman Жыл бұрын
Johnny had an ability to get true brilliance in front of us for the first time.
@bethelle9099 Жыл бұрын
Billy was my favorite Oscar host ever! Brilliant!!!
@MapleSyrupPoet Жыл бұрын
Love ❤ Billy ...cool beans guy 👦
@GG-xs8vt Жыл бұрын
I had to fast forward… but I’m a fan of Billy.
@z.t.8950 Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@jlobiafra Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Billy Chrystal played the first openly gay character on network television, a show called Soap
@flightofapaullo72 Жыл бұрын
That freakin laugh! 🤣🤣
@romeoromero9612 Жыл бұрын
4:14
@Bootrosgali Жыл бұрын
And also, Holly crap, Billy was just about taking over the whole show with the close up camera Ali impression I think Johnny had to snap him out of it!
@S1L3NTG4M3R Жыл бұрын
Billy Crystal is funny
@mistermusturd6402 Жыл бұрын
Was funny
@S1L3NTG4M3R Жыл бұрын
@@mistermusturd6402 tomato\tomato...
@BigLee93 Жыл бұрын
What a cool looking dude in his younger days and funny as well
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
Good imitator, but not funny, IMO. Carson was struggling to find a way to compliment Crystal and Billy was flat as to his persosnality.
@S1L3NTG4M3R6 ай бұрын
@@marymagdalene3004 generally... He made me laugh more often then not.
@susancase8141 Жыл бұрын
❤genius and wonderful all his life!!!
@grantrizmo2002cb5 ай бұрын
I have to politely and strongly disagree. If you feel that way about Billy Crystal, Id hate to see who you dont think is funny..
@lorinapetranova2607 Жыл бұрын
You had to be pretty damn good for Carson to invite a person back with such kudos. I loved watching Carson... often on the sly. That's back when late nite was good. And good music shows. Sigh.
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
I think he was invited to visit with Johnny because Johnny had been apprised of Crystal's skill as an impersonator of two well-known and controversial personas as Ali and Cosel. If it was just based on his "routine" that night, they would have bid him adios!
@KratostheThird9 ай бұрын
How did these guys look older back then? I remember watching City Slickers, which was my introduction to Billy Crystal. But in this old clip he looked capable and durable. Pretty amazing how young he was here.
@dotsanto39292 ай бұрын
The greatest comedian at the Academy Awards.
@jasonjohnston94 Жыл бұрын
Mahvelous! Simply mahvelous!
@Rob_Kates Жыл бұрын
It is better to look good than to feel good!
@paulmaloney2383 Жыл бұрын
Can't duplicate shows like this anymore,
@misst9 Жыл бұрын
When it comes down to it, crystal wasnt a great standup but he was a good comedic actor. Hes a kid here, and would go on to make a good name for himself. I like the bit but it went on for way too long.
@m.maclellan7147 Жыл бұрын
This is 1976. Things weren't as RUSHED. Comedians were allowed to story tell a bit. I can remember when Robin Williams first came on the scene - he was almost TOO FAST !
@twistoffate4791 Жыл бұрын
I had to look it up. This was January of 1977, and BC was born in 1948. So it looks like he was 29 years old here.
@scottknode898 Жыл бұрын
Billy Crystal was 29 during this appearance on Johnny Carson
@XavierKatzone Жыл бұрын
Yeah, a glacial pace. Zzzzzz...
@djshamrock729Ай бұрын
The point of the bit was its length and discomfort. It was more improvisation than stand-up. He nailed every aspect of it.
@Bootrosgali Жыл бұрын
Billy really went for high wire audience trust , or he didn't care that much, which for his big shot is really brave in either case.. Or this was his best out of the off kilter , repetition, bits...or all of the above,, of course it was. Thank you so much
@zanti4132 Жыл бұрын
For Crystal's first SNL appearance (season 1, episode 17), it appears as though his character from the Carson bit has morphed into an old jazz musician - again it's a character-driven routine with only a few jokes. So again, despite being a mostly unknown comic at the time, Crystal fearlessly abstained from punch lines and stayed with a concept. Reading some of the other comments here, this isn't to everyone's taste (like, where are the one-liners?), but clearly Carson and SNL saw something in his performances.
@Bootrosgali Жыл бұрын
@@zanti4132 I'll have to locate the SNL appearance thanks
@dwedge914 Жыл бұрын
It's a good thing he got called to the couch...very good
@alraune7361 Жыл бұрын
great.
@AngelGarcia-su6hw Жыл бұрын
Classic👏👏👏👏👏
@lauriefrancisco1084 Жыл бұрын
Well, I don't know how I missed that appearance. IMHO, very nuanced humor that took a lot of guts to perform on national TV, let alone Carson. But, man, didn't he get the praise? And we ALL know what even a thumbs up from Carson could do for a comedian. How wonderful that these performances have been archived!
@RaymondPeckIII Жыл бұрын
When he goes to the couch and they show who was sitting there watching I almost yelled.
@davidtabizel7727 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful talent
@jillkjv3816 Жыл бұрын
I love Calcifer! 🔥😀👏
@JCFRFutterman Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. But it's the only time I've seen Billy Chrystal ever nervous.
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
He had a terrible routine and banked on his impersonations.
@christianoconnor8036 Жыл бұрын
a genius at work!
@turtleblazer3310 Жыл бұрын
That's good
@jrb1802uk Жыл бұрын
Hello. Love your channel. Do you have any clips of when Johnny interviewed David Niven please? I have seen a few still photos, but cant find any videos. Many thanks.
@lauraannbrooks3810 Жыл бұрын
Great !
@claythomas7982 Жыл бұрын
The first time is usually baptism by fire and Billy got burned.
@AB-xq2iy Жыл бұрын
strangely enough, the voice (intonation) Billy Crystal is using here is exactly the same as the voice Steve Martin has been using for years. I wonder who copied whom.
@airport862 Жыл бұрын
The interview saved him because this monologue was boring.
@russelldolter Жыл бұрын
January 22 1976 listed on Wikipedia
@frankconti6591 Жыл бұрын
Most Unusual !!!🎉😂🙏🏼🎃🎶🎭✨🎈🌾
@tennissir1986 Жыл бұрын
He wasn’t that bad as people say. Certainly a lot better stand up comedien than Seinfeld.
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
Eventually yes. But I think Seinfeld was funnier early in his career than Billy was earlier in his.
@britturk1237 ай бұрын
Not bad at all, the worst you could say is that it is sort of of it's time, no one under 30 has a clue of what these lounge room singers were like.
@harrylazard805 Жыл бұрын
Billy had good stuff...
@barrymiller99 Жыл бұрын
It was worth waiting for Cosell/Ali.
@shanmank Жыл бұрын
Johnny went to break so he could set up the Ali impression for him. Wry cool
@mtnrunner2 Жыл бұрын
Goodnight, swamp 😄
@Kent-qo6xp4 ай бұрын
Billie Crisco could not achieve talent above his ego. Rest in peace if you are still alive.
@adriaanboogaard8571 Жыл бұрын
Bill's character of the lounge singer is dead on for what shallow wealthy financialy but poor in Caracter people acted like and thought was cool were and some still are like. The rest of the act including Ali impression are wonderful.
@twistoffate4791 Жыл бұрын
True. I thought BC's impression of Howard Cosell interviewing Mohammad Ali was spot on.
@supersteveworld Жыл бұрын
Love this 👍
@christopherfritz3840 Жыл бұрын
Definitely.. WEIRD. Good thing for The Oscars that the sitcom "Soap" got picked up or 'Billy' probably would have been selling insurance a LONG time ago.. 😒
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
Considering how Billy has makes this appearance sound whenever he talks about it, I expected a lot more. The lounge thing was mildly funny at first, but he shouldn't have made it basically his whole routine. Got stale pretty quickly, imo. Meanwhile his Ali Cosell impressions were absolutely spot on and hilarious and made me think he should've had THOSE in his routine rather than just doing them from the chair. Plus he's also described the reaction to the Ali bit as "Johnny kicked back in hysterics and it was just magical." Didn't see any of that here, but in fairness, maybe he was confusing it with a later appearance. Oh well...
@granthampubunderground Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what I'm missing, because I didn't find that bit funny at all. Billy Crystal is a great talent, but I just didn't find this bit funny at all.
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
Same
@edithpiaf9250 Жыл бұрын
Prob is, you don't appreciate what you have until you dont have it anymore.
@britturk1237 ай бұрын
By the way this is not just comedy there is acting involved too.
@lonewulf44 Жыл бұрын
I love billy, but perhaps I'm dating myself but I just think you should have stuck with the impressions in my opinion. Clearly Johnny thought otherwise, which makes me wrong.
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
Completely agree
@pam0626 Жыл бұрын
I have to admit, the start of this sketch was a little rough-it didn’t pick up until 3 minutes in-but Billy recovered beautifully.
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
Never picked up.
@billybobb11 Жыл бұрын
I love Billy Crystal but this is awful.
@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын
JOHNNY CARSON 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1925 23 DE ENERO DE 2005 97 AÑOS 79 AÑOS 18 AÑOS
@paulquick8806 Жыл бұрын
Looking down from the heart ❤️ and and the heavens
@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын
William Edward Crystal (Nueva York; 14 de marzo de 1948), más conocido como Billy Crystal, es un actor, escritor, productor, comediante y director de cine estadounidense.
@michaelstorm2165 Жыл бұрын
How'd he ever get anywhere with that act?
@XavierKatzone Жыл бұрын
Amen!
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
Likely he had pull in the business because of his father's music business in NYC.
@danielvelevski9166 Жыл бұрын
So boring had to fast forward ⏩
@danacoleman4007 Жыл бұрын
Holy crap this guy's horrible! He'll never amount to anything.
@Slamnewton Жыл бұрын
Johnny Carson should of interviewed Tyra j moore aka true freeman
@Fatherofheroesandheroines Жыл бұрын
Who?
@tyylit Жыл бұрын
really talented jewish guy. lot of average ones made it too but billy is the real deal
@silkworm87 Жыл бұрын
What's up with JC's hair?
@mrcanarsie Жыл бұрын
what a bomb
@00mandrew Жыл бұрын
It's as if he's impersonating a mixture of Trump and Tom Cruise
@santaclaus3077 Жыл бұрын
Rent free
@cybernaut_ev3106 Жыл бұрын
So that's what bombing is.
@mitchelvik3823 Жыл бұрын
This is a great impression of Donald Trump....
@brianwilson41511 ай бұрын
Billy is genius great time before all the PC nonsense took over!
@thechanneloffun37606 ай бұрын
🤓🤪😤 He’s a little baby 😤😩😣
@JustSomeCanadianGuy Жыл бұрын
Yeah that wasn’t funny. 😬
@cbass2755 Жыл бұрын
He was too long..overplayed
@witchingours4432 Жыл бұрын
his cadence in the routine reminds me of Donald Trump.
@leonardstilwell1894 Жыл бұрын
I cannot for the life of me make out what he says at 8:54 ... "Mohammad, you did not dance until the 12th round ..." and then gibberish. Can anyone tell me what he says? Sounds like "it leaves this repulitzner feel" but that, of course is nonsense :)
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
"At least this reporter feels" maybe? Idk
@bigchris8578 Жыл бұрын
Billy Crystal is a product of "who you know" in Hollywood. His skit was terribly boring and even the audience back then didn't laugh at all. Johnny was just being nice and said what he said out of professionalism.
@marcweissman575210 ай бұрын
Agreed
@marymagdalene30046 ай бұрын
Crystal should try to stop these videos from appearing. He is terrible here. Wish I never saw it as I was kind of loving the job he did on the oscars. The imitations were very good, but his personality was off-putting and the skit was not at all good. Kind of a passive/aggressive personality.
@Ellexis Жыл бұрын
Pathetic first showing on Johnny Carson. Not funny at all.
@zyxwut321 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like it went over your head.
@dr.barrycohn5461 Жыл бұрын
I agree.
@dmzabo3914 Жыл бұрын
Yeah he could of done so much better than this crap. This was terrible 🤣
@bentleyraiford5188 Жыл бұрын
Well Carson didn't think so and if Carson thought you were funny you are funny and we have to remember this was the mid-70s so don't bash on crystal too hard.
@SINSTER7THREE Жыл бұрын
Yeah seriously, I’m really trying hard to laugh at this skit but coming up empty handed
@ivaxnog6157 Жыл бұрын
Donnie
@buzzlafalce44488 ай бұрын
Not funny at all but good impressions
@clydeb7713 Жыл бұрын
I like Billy but this was terrible.
@nathelondon37198 ай бұрын
Awful but thank God he didn't give up.
@spot-on-world Жыл бұрын
Terrible
@manofiske3318 Жыл бұрын
insufferable
@dr.barrycohn5461 Жыл бұрын
Crystal wasn't funny.
@gailwebb9619 Жыл бұрын
He was and still is funny...
@musicalgenius02 Жыл бұрын
Everyone has their own style of comedy
@solasrune4287 Жыл бұрын
meta
@Frank00 Жыл бұрын
I was never one for Billy’s arrogant humor.
@josephhinton5489 Жыл бұрын
More annoying than funny.
@shanmank Жыл бұрын
This is NOT good
@bernardoschmidt Жыл бұрын
Oh, Billy.... unfunny and overrated for 50 years....
@mistermusturd6402 Жыл бұрын
Excellent example of Robin Williams stealing a bit however, he had Fred Astaire stepping in poo.