TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON, JUNE 19, 1968, WITH ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS

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[@JohnCasciello]

About 2 weeks after we lost RFK this show sets an example of how LIFE GOES ON in the entertainment business as its best to let the sadness quietly dissapear****

[@brian09ist]

I was just thinking the same thing! I wasn’t alive but I love the Kennedys and can only imagine the devastation

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

Now America has to put up with his son, who had a brain worm that died of starvation.

[@JakeMabe1]

It's always a good day when a New York-era Carson "Tonight Show" surfaces. This is a gem!

[@OikPoinFive]

Agree! (Why doesnt antenna tv show the ny ones?

[@stevenfarnesi9126]

@@OikPoinFive NBC taped over almost all of the original NY era shows.

[@johnbrennan4449]

@@stevenfarnesi9126 Why in the world would NBC tape over them? Did they just assume that nobody would be interested in watching them 50 years into the future? Although I highly doubt that too many people who are alive during the 2070's will be interested in watching episodes of Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show era.

[@der22672]

John Brennan Sadly, it was common practice back then in the late '60s and into the '70s to erase programs or tape over other shows. It was done to daytime soaps as well back then. 😔😔

[@diamonddog13]

It's interesting to watch. I grew up on Carson in his latter years (80s & 90s) when the show was much tighter and more formulaic. Maybe the 90 minute length of the older shows allowed it to be more casual.

[@bruce92106]

God Bless you for posting this gem! Thank you! Gone are the greats from the greatest era if you ask me. I was just 10 in 68 and we might of had our problems but in all actuality it was a great time to grow up as a kid with the legends of the day, like Carson, King, Welch and so many more, not to mention our Space Program we were so proud of, and I will always hold all my 1960s childhood memories with nothing but fondness and happiness! 😊❤

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

I also was 10 in 68, it was a time when you could go outside and engage in free will to roam about, and feel, and actually be, safe from strangers.

[@pattih7]

Thank you! 53 years ago, I was a Jr. in HS, and loved when I got to watch Johnny! Will be 70 in few days; time flies! ♥️🙏✌️

[@essessessesq]

i was also in 11th grade when this aired........LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago

[@kbobdonahue1966]

That day was my 2nd birthday. 🎂🎉

[@atheist6997]

I wasn't born lol only 27

[@philliphayden2727]

God bless you Patti! I was a tot of 3 in 68. Still love the old shows.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

I just celebrated my 55th birthday on Saturday.

[@goopah]

How in the HELL did you get hold of such a clean recording of this?!? It's BEAUTIFUL! First of all, it's rare to see any 60's Carson at all, and then suddenly this appears out of nowhere, and much better quality than our family would have had in 68. I salute you.

[@asignalinspace966]

@goopah; Probably been reprocessed by Dolby or another top audio Company.

[@asignalinspace966]

@ goopah;Please see A SIGNAL IN SPACE comment replying to your question.

[@phyllisirwin5660]

He was loosing his hair, but later he found it! Love Johnny Carson! Men get distinguished as they age, women old, or a plastic face with zero emotions. Wish I was living at this time of airing. No covid, HIV/AIDS, gangs, crack, terrorists & things made in America. No cells, no microwaves, huge phone bills!

[@dennistucker9081]

@Phyllis Irwin. Hello. I know what you mean when you say things were different then. But just to set the record straight, there certainly were gangs in New York and elsewhere. Remember “West Side Story?” And this was the height of the Viet Nam War. The USS Pueblo was captured. Both Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated. And if you were a black person, chances were you were living in poverty. If you were white your odds were better. So, it is a bit complex. The year 1968 was different. Whether it was better seems debatable, does it not?

[@williamanthony9090]

@@phyllisirwin5660- My goodness, what are you talking about? All the big cities had gangs. And many of the big cities were seeing yearly outbreaks of civil unrest by 1968, when whole city blocks were getting burned to the ground. Some of those neighborhoods, in some of those cities, still haven't been rebuilt! No terrorists? Not hardly. Besides all the regular players around the world you'd recognise, there was the weather underground blowing up things here in the United States. No microwaves? Actually '68 was the year most people start seeing them. The first ones were called "radar ranges." True, cell phones were still years away, but we knew they were on their way. Crack might not have had a name per se, but people knew how to freebase coke, and did! And if you watch this upload to 1:07:38, you'll see Pigmeat Markam perform an earlier style of what morphed into hip hop! It's a common thing to look at the past through rose colored glasses, but it wasn't as grand in 1968 as you might imagine. If it makes you feel any better, though, and if you live long enough, one day you'll hear somebody wishing they could have been alive in those wonderful days of the 2020's!

[@jacquelinetomai2208]

Only one Johnny Carson. None of the others come anywhere close to his talent. Thanks for the memories.

[@robertcombs55]

October 1968...my last night before shipping out to Vietnam; watched Johnny Carson; couldnt sleep; watched my wife and son sleep...had I known what Vietnam really was; I would never have gone.

[@iheartjetaviation2764]

Thank you so much for your sacrifice and service. I'm so glad you made it back home. Folks like you, volunteering no less, are heros!

[@hollydaly3160]

God bless you Sir & thank you for being🙏

[@lanah43]

Thanks for your service. My hubby served & retired recently after 30 years. He has severe PTSD.

[@CamSix0]

Vietnam was a blood bath smh freak people out crazy smh

[@SilentKnight43]

Gawd they were all so young lookin' here. Raquel lookin' ultra-amazing - and such a classy woman. I really miss the Carson era - he was the greatest there'll ever be. Terrific video quality, too. Thanks for postin' this Mark.

[@theresaakins2317]

At 27:32 is my Uncle, the 2nd or middle trumpet player. Jimmy Maxwell, all 6' 6" of him! Very tall and big. From my hometown Tracy, Calif. Great musician.

[@paulabillanes5084]

Nice to know. I live in Tracy. It's a wonderful town 💕

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Jimmy Maxwell plays the greatest solo on Happiness is a Thing Called Joe on the 1966 album Brass on Fire by Manny Albam.

[@tommysvensson4469]

å

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

THAT’S NOT YOUR UNCLE!! HE WAS MY UNCLE!!

[@mlaprarie]

He was one of the greats. Alumnus of the Tonight Show, Benny Goodman, and many others.

[@ralmcg]

I'm glad to see a New York era "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". That is a rare thing.

[@kenjitakahashi7795]

Thank you for telling me that 68 was NY era.

[@spencerkarterlive7378]

Pre-1972 Johnny Carson

[@alanvallazza9781]

​​​​​​​@@kenjitakahashi7795 I believe between 1969 and 1971 sometimes Johnny would fly out to Los Angeles occasionally to do shows but then he gave NBC an ultimatum in 71 that he wanted to officially just stay there. So In 1972 he began his 20 years of The Tonight Show from Burbank, California. It's Los Angeles but it's the Burbank City a suburb. Jay Leno stayed at the same studio which then was owned by NBC. In 2014 the decision was made to go back to Rockefeller Center and at that point NBC announced that they were going to slowly leave the area and sell it off. They now use a different location down there to shoot programs and other events but they negotiated to keep Days of Our Lives in its original studio. Now instead of being called the NBC Studios in Burbank, they are called the Burbank Television Studios.

[@chrisolivo6591]

More Carson shows from the 60’s! I love seeing the evolution of his show. I know that they lost most of his NY shows so it always great to see one resurface.

[@wmbrown6]

From the telco audio, it appears this was taped by one of the NBC affiliates and so preserved.

[@pinedelgado4743]

Amen that, Chris Olivo!!!

[@josephforest7605]

@@wmbrown6 I wonder how many affiliates have old Tonight Shows and are not aware , that they have old Tonight Shows ?

[@wmbrown6]

@@josephforest7605 - You do have to wonder, huh? I suppose NBC went hi-band color for videotape once RCA came out with their TR-70's; I remember seeing in a 1967 Television Factbook that NBC O&O's color videotape capacity was lo-band ('LC') while CBS O&O's were already hi-band ('HC') in that department.

[@helbitkelbit1790]

Lost ??.... hopefully not .I remember hearing that the "Green Hornet" shows were lost Glad to report Green Hornet alive and well on H&I TV

[@davidrosler5413]

This is unbelievable. Where are these shows coming from? Supposedly lost forever! Thank you!

[@thadonmel5352]

Alot of people take today's age for granted but when it comes to oldies like this we now have much more access to them than before

[@lemurianchick]

@@thadonmel5352 That didn't answer the question, little buddy. These are rare copies because they used to tape over old shows. That's why you can't find many Carson shows before he moved to LA.

[@Lampshade51]

I am not sure about this show. but sometimes the guests would order a tape of their performance and this may be where some of these Carson New York shows are coming from.

[@johnsewell6593]

I'm the official " Devils Advocate ". I 'm a Carson fanatic and have been into collecting his shows right back to Sony Beta-Max. And if you remember those days you're in your sixties at least. Anyways - I 've been saying that ever since Carson died there have been some terrific "Vault Series Carson Box Sets" come on the market and they're fantastic. I realize the standard line is " they do not exist, They were erased , they were thrown into a dumpster but Pat McCormick managed to save 100 shows, etc , etc. I do NOT pretend to know exactly what the status is, but its been my personal experience that they've started to materialize suspiciously as soon as Carson died. There are "know it alls" in the net who speculate all kinds of stuff -- But Since I keep getting in shite for saying anything that goes against the tried &true that from 1962 to 1970 they do NOT exist.....there have been some popping up lately. Some folks speculate that we've been lied to about these shows - AND I DO NOT KNOW EITHER WAY what us the actual truth. I'd LOVE to know the truth one way or another. What I DO KNOW FOR SURE is there are quite a few box sets of Complete Shows that are easilly picked up as we speak. They mostly are 1970 and above. Some are actually called the "Vault" series and they're great.. ..Two thumbs up fer' sure.. !

[@johnsewell6593]

Its because for YEARS we were lied to about the existance of this particular show. Is it coincidence that these shows popping up just so happens to coincide with the death of Johnny ( Roughly). Every time I comment on this mysterious circumstance - there are a myriad of folks calling me everything but polite......

[@rexp2669]

Wonderful to see a Tonight Show from this era. Color video that is now over 50 years old transports you to that time in a way that books and film cannot. I would love to see more videotaped programs like this or news broadcasts. Thank you for uploading this!

[@michaelknapp8961]

A lot of us grew up with Carson. I remember being eight years old and laying in bed listening to mom and dad laugh there heads off watching Johnny. He was the king of late night tv.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

KZbin is a time machine. Stuff like this makes us young again, and it also makes us realize even more how great those times were.

[@blockygamer1]

Im honestly surprised that these old tapes are resurfacing again, probably haven't been seen for decades! These need to be archived immediately!

[@laurencesachs4468]

Most don't exist. NBC didn't start saving the shows until about 1972.. The Paily center for Media research AKA The Museum of Television and Radio has several NYC tonight shows in their permanent collection. I should know I worked there many years ago.

[@blockygamer1]

@@laurencesachs4468 really? Were there shows saved from Steve Allen and Jack Paar? Or any early Johnny Carson from pre-1972?

[@theresaakins2317]

@@laurencesachs4468 it's too bad for me since my Uncle Jimmy was in the Sevrinsen band during this Era. He mightve been still there in 72, hence I might be able to see him on video. He's I this one but not very clearly.

[@davesoucy1086]

Unfortunately....very unfortunately...most of the Jack Paar Tonight Shows are gone.

[@spencerkarterlive7378]

@@laurencesachs4468 I wish wiping never happened in the 1960s. Sadly, the first episode from October 1, 1962 no longer exist according to Johnny Carson on his final show on May 22, 1992.

[@georgediederich2035]

Thanks much you never see the NEW YORK shows. Thanks for showing it in its entirety

[@mamaboocee]

I love that this is here! THANK YOU for bringing back Johnny Carson the way i remember him!

[@draff1662]

I was lucky enough to see two Tonight Shows in the audience in 1968 in 6B the shoe box former radio studio. It was a thrill when Johnny came out to start his monologue. I remember one guest was David Susskind. Another was Richard Harris who sang McArthurs Park. I believe Johnny set the tone for the nation for many years with the monologue. This show is a great to see.

[@scottyb2939]

The music is in STEREO! That was unexpected for a 1968 show. Thanks for this master tape!

[@IrOnCuRtAiN61]

I have doubts about that. The stereo tracks during the intermission of this uploaded video were replacements of the original ones, probably due to music licensing concerns like this one for example (from AntennaTV): "LETTERMAN FIRST TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE CARSON FULL SHOW" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWemZJWdmMuip5Y Whilst the original audio track was preserved with this one from Johnny Carson's official KZbin channel: "David Letterman's First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show" kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipO2knWwhJinjqM

[@rty1955]

First, this is NOT a master tape or the quality would be MUCH MUCH better, this is a dupe to a consumer machine before the tape was erased. Second, broadcast videotape machines in the 50s, 60s & 70s were mono, never stereo

[@tripjet999]

Not stereo and certainly NOT the "master tape." Not bad, though...

[@NeseveseN]

Thanks so much for leaving the commercials in! It's always such a nice throwback to watch how good television used to be.. Now I want to watch the next episode with Ed Sullivan in it..lol.

[@LauraMorland]

Me, too! Any chance of that?

[@computerkid1416]

Television is still great in many ways. don't be so black and white.

[@jacquetracy3194]

Those were the days. Pure class . I was about 20 years old and I was working at a club called the Round Table , and Johnny Carson came to see our shows . It was a thrill to have in the audience. It was in New York City. Wonderful memories!!

[@wordpressobsessed9067]

Doc Severinson is STILL playing the trumpet and doing concerts in 2021. Incredible.

[@jamesmack3314]

He must be in his 80’s

[@tomloft2000]

@@jamesmack3314 he is now 95.

[@jamesmack3314]

@@tomloft2000 insane….Barbara Walters is 93..Angie Dickinson 91

[@petesson1880]

@jamesmack3314 Dick van Dyke is like 98! I'm sure Julie Andrews is in her 90's too and still loving life!

[@lastcrazyhorn]

He’s still alive but retired in ‘22.

[@francisphillips53]

Carson.. the absolute KING of late nite. (Sure miss you Johnny Carson.)

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Carson was a rare breed. He partied hard the night before (look at the bags under his eyes) ..he said as much as well , and still looked pretty good here at 5PM in the early evening. Then went out and did it all again later that night. He was a warrior party animal.

[@pauldg837]

No one has come close to Johnny, he just had that immeasurable quality.

[@asignalinspace966]

Agreed.

[@wmbrown6]

@@dabneyoffermein595 - It was said that some of Johnny's "Ed drinking" jokes were a cover for his own drinking.

[@williamdunphy352]

I wish Antenna TV would show some of these lost Tonight Show episodes starring Johnny Carson.

[@OikPoinFive]

Me too!!

[@michaelceraso1977]

it too bad the early NY shows were lost and NOT saved on video THIS is one rare one from 68. I think theres a NY eve show from DEC 67 around when of course they did LIVE back then

[@slapshot1971109]

I don't think they ever aired Carson's final show from 1992 on that channel either. I'm surprised Antenna TV hadn't aired it all this year since it's the 30th anniversary of the grand finale.

[@rty1955]

​@@michaelceraso1977it was also recorded. EVERYTHING was recorded back then and later the tape reused. Each reel of tape cost $250 back then

[@deedeegreen8338]

Thank you so much for this. What a treat. Every episode of The Tonight show, re-enforces Johnny's legacy. After all this time, no one has even come close to the entertainer he was. But it was even more than that; he exuded class and sophistication. He was brilliant. He simple was Johnny.

[@rickrick5041]

True

[@jchow5966]

It is amazing to see this vintage footage!!! Johnny really was the king of comedy and the Tonight show was the best. I miss him and the show. ☮️💟. He was 42 and this show was headquartered in NYC at rhe time - it later moved to CA and his hair turned silver which made him look even more handsome.

[@jchow5966]

It is amazing to see this vintage footage!!! Johnny really was the king of comedy and the Tonight show was the best. I miss him and the show. ☮️💟

[@gregargendeli2973]

This is an absolutely BEAUTIUFL recording!

[@captainh3831]

Classic! The all time king of late night along with timeless beauty Raquel. May they both rest in peace.

[@sabrina-hu4ri]

Johnny brought joy to generations.

[@johnsewell6593]

" Too Many People Sittin' Dead on thier ass.... , Ain't got no Class...., People thus time must

[@anital5020]

Love this show. I was 8 in 1968. My mother watched Johnny Carson every night. I always wanted to stay up but couldn't.

[@goopah]

I was also 8 in 1968. I had to be in bed when this show came on, but every night, I snuck halfway down the stairs and could watch it over my parents' shoulders that way. I loved this show even then. My parents never knew. Mom is still alive, and I'll be visiting her this weekend. 53 years later, I suppose I wouldn't get in trouble if I confessed. And maybe I'll show her this video.

[@robrosch7809]

I was 8 too in '68 , I would sneak out of bed when my parents fell asleep and watch Johnny in the living room , and watched him nearly every night until he retired . The only thing worth watching on late night tv now is Gutfeld !

[@mikewillett5076]

I used to use the show as a gauge to know I was up really late, lol. Years later the Simpsons backed that up! "What show is this Bart? I don't know but it means we're up late". Lmao

[@mikeh66]

I was 2yrs old!

[@HardRockMiner]

Johnny had it since before I was born. The shills that host talk shows these days couldn't pour this man's coffee. I miss this guy !!

[@joekouyoumjian2601]

It's interesting to note that Doc's flamboyant outfits from the seventies started with a somewhat loud tie on this program.

[@tyrapp262]

I find the commercials almost as fascinating. Portable air conditioners for cars, and a young Jack Nicholson selling Unguentine.

[@zq9m3xh8]

That's not Jack Nicholson.

[@cathymurphy5536]

I"m soon to be 63. I remember as a tot, in bed falling asleep when we'd hear our mom and dad laughing coming from the downstairs living room. They were laughing at the Johnny Carson show. I still remember that. Then, as I got older, I sometimes got to stay up and watch.

[@jamessauve2419]

Just a couple weeks after RFK's assasination, thanks for posting this.

[@joannaedwards6325]

Good job! Thanks for the memories. Keep these older shows coming PLEASE! I feel groovy after watching. FAR OUT !!✌✌✌😀

[@m42037]

Ya right lot better than today's crap tv

[@charlesritt5088]

@@m42037 " damn kids, get off my lawn ! "

[@m42037]

@@charlesritt5088 Cute, I'm a Gen X, far from a old man, I just know great talent over marginal talent unlike you. You Probably love Nu Breed crap over The Foo Fighters or Led Zeppelin

[@bloodypit]

This show is a treasure!!! Thanks for uploading such a great 60's episode!!! More please!!

[@bradhuskers]

Raquel Welch is absolutely stunningly beautiful.

[@AlanSmitheeman]

I was 15 days old when this originally aired! Fabulous! Thanks for the upload!!!!!

[@sdunbar84]

This was fantastic to watch.I always loved Carson.And watching his rare 60's shows are incredible.Thank You.

[@sidewinder814u]

Thanks for having the commercials, makes this seem more original.

[@jamesmack3314]

My family was in process of moving from Brooklyn to Shrewsbury New Jersey when this aired..I was 7 years old

[@redbeacon4871]

Wow ,what a treat ,thank you

[@hifrommike2120]

The Thermo King ad at the start of the show is hysterical. 🙃

[@Ed-ez8kl]

Wow, what a beautiful voice coming out of Raquel! For some reason there are not many soft feminine voices nowadays, such a shame...

[@cblg959]

She's an actress and I don't believe that's her natural voice - it's an airy sound that's sexy.

[@biggobot3253]

Today’s women have been brainwashed into speaking in an unnatural lower register with a shrill aggressive bite to it. Vocal fry, ugh. They don’t realize just how unpleasant they sound.

[@Ed-ez8kl]

@@biggobot3253 Feminism on steroids...

[@m42037]

They're mostly (in America) fat and wearing stretch pants with no make-up on! In Europe most women (over 40) wear dresses still and skirts, beautiful not fat pigs like here

[@factsoverfiction7826]

@@biggobot3253 No, it's the higher voice in women that's usually affected -- just like some men regularly drop their voices.

[@scotnick59]

The NBC Peacock never looked more beautiful!

[@rty1955]

That was a film insert to the video tape

[@frankgeorge3511]

Thank you for posting this! It is the oldest episode I've ever seen of a JC Tonight Show and I loved it!! Not many of the 60's episodes around. Most were destroyed as I'm sure you know. I am 54 and a big fan of that era.

[@handevore9778]

There is a rare color episode from 1964 on KZbin.....

[@lisamoroney3036]

Agree !!

[@echoecho3108]

Wow! What a treat! Thanx so much, Mr. Christiansen, for sharing! So great to see Johnny and the gang again. What fun to see and hear Alan King and Pigmeat Markham again. Alan and his stories. And the $5/$20 bill bit still cracks me up. And seeing the old ads is definitely a nostalgia trip. Thanx again for sharing! Keep 'em coming, please?

[@michaelterry1000]

This aired on my 6th birthday. In 17 days I will be 59

[@mayhemjr.803]

This aired a week before I was even born🙂...Happy Birthday fellow June baby😉

[@michaelterry1000]

@@mayhemjr.803 You too. In 380 days I will be in my 60s. The scary thing that happens when you are in your 50s is that classmates continue to die but now now one is shocked anymore. And what is really weird is that you start qualifying for senior citizens discounts.

[@jamesmack3314]

@@michaelterry1000 I just turned 60..ugh The 50’s went ridiculously fast..

[@michaelterry1000]

@@jamesmack3314 So you are class of ‘79 and I am class of ‘80 and in 2 years we will be applying for social security. As fast as the last 20 years flew by you know that the next 20 are only going to be that much faster. It is scary.

[@jamesmack3314]

@@michaelterry1000 yes,79....it’s definitely disturbing the quickness time is flying,sucks really because I still feel and act much younger.unfortunately,you don’t get the time of day from chicks anymore....they see you as being more like their Daddy.only works if you are in porn! As Steve Miller sang,time keeps on slippin slippin into the future....

[@thejerseyj9422]

I worked in Avalon NJ for several years and I know the house that Ed McMahon owned at the time this show aired. This house existed until about 2010 before being demolished by a new owner ☹. He was remembered as being a down to Earth good guy and spent many years staying at his weekend house. I'll bet there were some parties to remember there !

[@mattr8251]

Thought he meant Avalon in Catalina..ha

[@gm12551]

If those walls could talk…they would scream alcohol lol

[@lisamoroney3036]

How cool is that !

[@cardtrix1970]

Thank you...for uploading this! And...with the original commercials, to boot. The *only* component that ruined this video presentation was...all of the silly, *new* commercials.

[@philliphayden2727]

Try skipping to the end and then restarting.

[@buccos2004]

This was just EPIC. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@elizabethhestevold1340]

Amazing, as always,Jonny Carson Show.🇩🇰🇺🇸📬😎

[@mrminecraft6172]

Thank you very much for this I remember when this was on sale on the johnny carson website years ago. Never had a chance to buy it and watch it. You can hear copyrighted music replacing the nbc orchestra shame.

[@tatianacomeau7244]

I love people's demeanor then, Raquel even sounds like a female..non aggressive -softish-smooth calming kinda voice. No vulgarity. Gracious. People were polite, spoke well etc..What a HUGE difference

[@essessessesq]

yes, the degree of decline from that era is shocking

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

She's always been a classy lady. Always.

[@tatianacomeau7244]

@@essessessesq It's disgusting. Cardi B etc..All planned social engineering for the degradation and destruction of society..

[@midnightspares]

Tatiana, you really nailed it when you said “people’s demeanour.”

[@jakehay3074]

It's all an act. Black people were not treated with respect. Neither were gay people. Society is way better now.

[@morrisrooney]

Thanks for uploading this vintage "Tonight Show"; the New York shows had more of an edge to them. The later Burbank shows were more polished; not a bad thing, but not quite as spontaneous as the 30 Rock programs. This show sounds like it was taped from an NBC coaxial cable network feed ( maybe by one of its' affiliates ).

[@theresaakins2317]

It was. Very astute!

[@Rocks_Dad]

Alan King !!!!! Raquel Welch !!!! No Politics rammed up your butt !!!!! God I miss Johnny. Thank You so much !!

[@essessessesq]

Always liked Alan King, he seemed very genuine and sincere.

[@donaldsmith7077]

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham 1904 - 1981 was an American entertainer accredited as the first proto-rapper (On his debut album "Here Comes The Judge" in 1968) and is widely-recognized as one of the greatest inspirations of the hip-hop we know today. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor.[

[@jamesmack3314]

It was the beginning then of the decline of Western civilization and the ultimate dumbing down of society

[@georgegriffin4668]

thanks for this love johnny carson this rare stuff i was 10 years old then he was the best the stuff on now i caint turn the remote fast enough

[@philliphayden2727]

Raquel doing Jimmy Stewart is fabulous!

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Back in the days when they didn't just book CELEBRITIES! See? He actually had INTERSTING guests, even authors of actual books too! Amazing!

[@wrightblan1501]

The Tonight Show was 90 minutes long, back then. So there was more time for guests.

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

@@wrightblan1501 Correct! I see YOU'RE old too, eh? LOL!!! It was around 1970 that JOHNNY CARSON decided that NYC was dead and HE lobbied successfully to move the show out to Los Angeles, at the time the prototype for the city of the future in a car, bus, truck and freeway driven world. NO SUBWAYS or surface trams.

[@charlesritt5088]

almost all the talk show both Nightime and daytime were 90 minnutes so they could take more time with a guest and even have a author or serious person on in the last segment

[@BigSCTVfan]

The show lost something when it switched to 60 minutes in the 1980’s. Unfortunately Carson set the blueprint for Jay Leno during the 80’s.

[@Nexgod2]

Thank you so much for this. Clips are nice, but its amazing to see the full episodes.

[@lazyriver6168]

Great seeing the whole show. Even the commercials were fun to watch! Thanks for posting!

[@lawrenceharris8919]

Brilliant "Living Color" rendition from RCA's first generation TK-41 cameras. Now I know why Johnny Carson was reluctant to switch to the newer TK-44's. The colors from the later shows taped in New York and Burbank were more subdued.

[@boggy7665]

Would TV sets look the same with either camera if 'intensity' and 'contrast' and 'brightness' was adjusted? Or were there other things. Edge sharpness...? Studio could get by with less light...? New design partially or fully solid-state for reliability...? Interesting..do tell.

[@pauladouglas9891]

I can't believe Johnny had to intro commercials

[@rty1955]

​​@@boggy7665since NBC was owned by RCA, they had to use RCA equipment. Later on Norelco made TV cameras using Plumbicons. Must better colors and warmth

[@hawkrider88]

The year after I graduated High School.....I remember that Peacock. Great video and thanks for the effort...just great!

[@wagonmaster1974]

Raquel never referred to herself as any of the "stereotype" words. Alan got a lot of mileage out of "Rabbi Chuck." Chuck is in several of his stories. Miss his storytelling. I never did think of him as a comedian...just a great storyteller. Thanks for this posting. A nice window to a different time.

[@essessessesq]

good point, Alan King didn't tell jokes, but instead, funny stories

[@bradhamilton7800]

Johnny.Carson will ALWAYS be the king of late night!

[@kurtwehrmeister5684]

Just fascinating, for so many reasons. What especially strikes me is during the lengthy pan of the crowd beginning at 54:37, I looked hard and saw only ONE man in the audience without a jacket and tie -- and he was wearing a turtleneck with a jacket.

[@joeyhelleny2189]

Great to hear the band featured at the end.

[@jdez10]

Wow this is awesome. Commercials ane all. Love it. Man did i have a crush on Raquel Welch. Still do. Just subscribed

[@cynthiawhite8868]

People posting these wonderful Johnny Carson videos my dad and I used to love watching them over the years PS and I hope you find more to post to also!

[@superduper3728]

@@cynthiawhite8868 : What I admire about Raquel is her poise being regarded as a sex goddess back then it was natural to be relished over. Todays sex kittens don't hold much water regarding their identity. Farah Fawcett was a prime example of a sex siren pushing the envelope over the cliff. There r many others who claim to be divas only to crack up or turn to drug abuse. Miss Welch opened the door for many new comers & still holds her ground for it. she is so tough.

[@m42037]

@@superduper3728 She's still hot and about 80.

[@MDH2181]

Amazing find 👏👏 the commercials are amazing too!

[@honestone490]

Mark please post more of these. My parents didn't get a color tv until 1969. I envy you :)😀

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I LOVE ❤the looks of that THERMO KING AIR CONDITIONER,❤ and especially that it's removable, and you can use it in your other cars too !!!❤ I mean seriously, how great is that !

[@MerkinMuffly]

This is a lost treasue.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

i think that was Doc Servernson on the blow-horn and also was conducting the swing band. Dude was and is a master of the horns.

[@georgemaster689]

It's amazing how a "lost" episode of a certain TV show just surprisingly pops up.

[@A100-y2c]

@@georgemaster689 Yes, let's hope that much more "believed lost" TV and film continues to be located.

[@georgemaster689]

@@A100-y2c Yup, would be great.

[@rickrick5041]

@@georgemaster689 How? Where was it found?

[@janfreeman3627]

I'm so glad I grew up in the 50's & 60's. Johnny Carson was the absokute best. No late show host today can come close to him. Back in the day the stars had something lacking in today's late shows. They had CLASS!

[@JohnEDoey]

WOW!!! God bless you!!! Johnny would be thrilled!!!

[@kdnick8584]

A bow from the East. Johnny was way ahead of his time.

[@pauls6897]

Have to slightly disagree. Johnny Carson was right on time.

[@siggylloyd3566]

@@pauls6897 clever rejoinder, but not clever enough.

[@hugginkiss1027]

Pigmeat, bless him, all out of breath from killing it with "Here Come Da Judge". I could have watched and listened to him for the whole show. Nice heartfelt tribute to him from Alan King , too.

[@wonderrob3225]

Pigmeat's performance is amazing to me. Is "Here comes the judge" a rap or hip hop song decades too early?

[@yesticles]

@@wonderrob3225 Yes, indeed. The version Pigmeat released as a single was a Bilboard top 20 hit in the summer of '68. Oddly enough, there was completely different song with the same title by Shorty Long that charted in the top 10 at the same time. That version is very much of it's time, being one of many big hits to come out of Motown Records. 1968 was crazy awesome music-wise.

[@wonderrob3225]

@@yesticles You know what ? That's the year of my birth too !

[@yesticles]

@@wonderrob3225 Nice!

[@wmbrown6]

@@yesticles - Having heard both "Here Comes The Judge's," I'll take Pigmeat's. Just sayin'.

[@January.]

Alan was very good this show. I appreciate Johnny giving him time and not rushing him.

[@NelsonVlog66]

Antenna TV needs to grab this one ASAP

[@DBEdwards]

60s Carson! Rare. VIDEO TAPE TRANSFER OF QUALITY. Larry King at his best. Lovely closing band performance by Doc Severinsen. The commercials are nostalgic with insane cheap prices!! I love how relaxed this show was. It changed over the years. The interviews became condensed and rushed. Real WOW time capsule!! Thanks for posting,

[@ChadQuick270W]

Awesome!! Pigmeat Markham is a riot! Just like a time capsule back to 1968. Thanks so much for sharing this with us 😎

[@shayin007wk]

Hej All. Thanks sooo much for that upload. I love what people like you do and share these wonderful timepieces!! I hope sometime the carson show from 1965, with the first appearance with Don Rickles, will upload. This is my big wish. Again, thanks for your upload here 🙏❤️

[@johndulaien3844]

How can I watch a show from 1968 and be more interested in their current events than mine?

[@chakkakon]

I started watching Johnny Carson when I was 5 years old (1975). There’s one tv (black and white) in our home and when I could convince my parents that I needed to ‘sleep” with them just around 11pm…… In fact, he was on the tv in 1991 while I gave birth . It was 11:36, I actually laughed because I was watching Johnny. The circle of life.

[@mickgoldtop3273]

... fantastic, thanx for posting.

[@dboz649]

I was born two days before this. This is great to see with all the commercials of the day.

[@stevenwaldman7313]

Fantastic, keep these coming

[@Themaddprof]

Those of us who were kids in those days, espcially Black communities, grew up with our parents playing Pigmeat Markham's comedy records. I remember the routine well near the end of this video. God Bless You Tube.

[@teetarquin7012]

Oh I wish I had a time machine!

[@jamesmack3314]

Tell me about it

[@trhansen3244]

I've been working on one for many years. It's not as easy as people think.

[@goopah]

This video right here is about as close as we can get. I'm sure enjoying this!

[@7775Kevin]

Careful what you wish for. 1968 was a rough year!

[@jamesmack3314]

@@trhansen3244 hurry up!😜

[@michaelterry1000]

It is the Tonight Show May 14, 1968 that Beatles fans would love to see reappear. John Lennon & Paul McCartney were on that night. Some fan made an audio recording off their TV set. Another fan filmed their TV with an 8mm camera. Another fan merged the two, made a video and uploaded it to youtube. Of course the quality is horrible. An original tape would be wonderful.

[@bluebear1985]

That would be interesting. I've heard about that, and I think Joe Garagiola was sub-hosting for Johnny that night.

[@MerkinMuffly]

If that tape existed, it would have surfaced by now.

[@michaelterry1000]

@@MerkinMuffly Yes, that is unfortunately true.

[@michaelceraso1977]

Ironically J Carson wasnt the HOST as JOE GAragiola was subbing for him when those 2 Beatles were the guests, I heard the audio

[@charlesritt5088]

And the guest host that night was Joe Garrigiola who did not seem to know who the Beatles were. If only Johnny Carson had done the interview instead it would have been so much better

[@The_Insanity_Machine]

This is really an enchanting find. Plus, I'm ordering a Thermo King immediately! 🤴

[@jamesdavison2927]

A GEM THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS

[@jamesrogers47]

I was six years old when this first aired. Time keeps on slipping...

[@jimhilliker2450]

Takes me back to when I was 13.

[@diamonddog13]

That was a very conservative outfit that Doc was wearing.

[@johnsewell6593]

Fifty - six friggin' years ago. And what truly blows me away is I'm pretty sure I saw this show at my parents house when I was in grade school....I presume after we had seen 1,000,000 years B.C. Raquel Welch hit the ground running after that movie debut. Sheeeite am I an old codger...........!