Tonight Show Johnny Carson 19th Anniversary WTVG 13, Sept 27 1981 w/commercials

Tonight Show Johnny Carson 19th Anniversary WTVG 13, Sept 27 1981 w/commercials

[@trock6577]

You can watch these clips over and over and still laugh just as hard every time. Carson always had the perfect response to every situation, just hilarious and we’ll never see his equal.

[@dm95422]

Carson was brilliant. His quick wit & humor is unmatched.

[@marilynr.meier-obrien3366]

Johnnnnnnny is missed. There has never been another like him.

[@stevehislop]

Just to be clear: This show in almost the worst imaginable quality of picture, is more entertaining than everything that is on TV today in 4K. Can you imagine how bad we are screwed right now?

[@davidhallett8783]

YOU ARE CIRRRECT SIR

[@AFMMarcelD]

I personally blame the horrible media, the left, the socialists and the democraps.

[@jakeinator722]

At least we got Disney+

[@stevehislop]

@@jakeinator722 Lol! Hopefully it ends like CNN+.

[@hypolyxa7207]

@@jakeinator722 F Disney

[@mattbrem3788]

I am so glad that people these days can watch this and see how real comedy was done . And how you can still be “edgy “ without being trashy.

[@darleensanderson7825]

Thanks

[@garysmokey]

. . ......

[@benmaurer163]

Oh Johnny Carson did the t and a sometimes

[@benmaurer163]

Where do u think Howard stern got his character going

[@carycomic1954]

@@benmaurer163 From doing the exact opposite of Johnny, I imagine.

[@davidhouston1223]

classic 🇺🇸 American television. Carson was King👌 No doubt about it !

[@LorenEpperson]

No Question About It David Letterman And Jay Leno Were No Substitute For Johnny They Ain't Host In While And Jay Is Now Criticizing The New Talk Show Hosts Said They Use It For There Political Agenda Nothing More Im Tempted To Agree Johnny Carson Said They Were Meant To Entertain Not Influence Political Candidate's

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

The opening is wrong, there should be a newer TV on top of the old cabinet one because they were too much of a pain to move when they went 💥!!!

[@DoodleBass02]

It's so nice that this is available. I highly enjoyed that Muppet Polaroid ad!

[@Wildstar40]

11:46 Yes sadly this ad was made just a few weeks after Animal was put to sleep for attacking Ed McMahon. It's all right here ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpu3pZp9hrCmb9k

[@PaulWhitehouse]

"Can´t you hear the bell?" Priceless. GOAT of talk shows. Miss you Johnny

[@bestwishes5060]

Such a talented man. I still miss his show. The trash on today isn't worth anything but a toilet flush!

[@reyskywalker-solo2029]

I agree,... today's comedy isn't really good... Johnny was a funny man and well missed... I am also glad that KZbin shows his shows for people to enjoy...

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

@@reyskywalker-solo2029 Carson was the best. I knew some of his guests

[@LorenEpperson]

Jimmy Fallon Definitely Not Worth Watching

[@kenzierocks1240]

⁠@@LorenEppersonI agree with you 💯 - JF grates my nerves. JC had a way about him in that he didn’t need to say anything and/or fake a laugh because his priceless looks would make people laugh, yet we still got the message if he happened to dislike or disagree about something said. This is the best way I can define the comedic genius that JC was. When he retired, he had HUGE shoes to fill and no one, IMO, has come close and doubtfully ever will. The days of quality late night television are long gone.

[@augustwest1760]

Johnny was simply the best when it came to opening monologues. We knew what we had when it was happening. We knew what we lost when he stopped. Saddest part is we assume to have had advanced since then. All good things come to an end i guess. ✌🏻

[@KayBarsotti]

Everyone knew everyone watched JOHNNY

[@roymarksberry4152]

Growing up in America watching these shows were great times for America has short change today

[@hollienneheatley3577]

The commercials are such a time capsule! I speak with kids today and they can't even tell me who JFK was! Maybe these commercials ought to be shown in history classes as a way of looking at life gone by, when TECH was not a thing and people had to actually communicate face to face! What a concept!

[@davidhallett8783]

I like the show

[@davidhallett8783]

In the sixties you HAD to jump up and change the channel when the commercials came on or you d be missing bonamza or rawhide or have gun will travel or the high chaparral or jeopardy with art fleming or rowan and martin s laugh in or the dick van dyke show or the flip wilson show or perry mason or get smart or the man from uncle or mission impossible or the avengers or combat or the rat patrol or american bandstand or the ed sullivan show or the dean martin show or rollin on the river or the old wrestling with b or c list stars or watching bob gibson or sandy koufax or whitey ford or steve carlton or tom seaver or phil niekro or nolan ryan pitch or willie mays or yogi berra or mickey mantle or roger maris or hank aaron knock em outta the park or bugs bunny or hercules or spiderman or space ghost. There was NO TIME to waste watching commercials

[@davidhallett8783]

I just remembered something i haven t thought about for 55 years. When i was a kid i can remember when i thought that archie moore the boxer whom i had never seen was the same guy as archie moore the n y yankee and thinking he s pretty small to be a boxer. I guess he boxes in the off season Back in the day when a lot of athletes had to have another job in the off season. I bet kids won t believe that

[@doncohen4360]

@@davidhallett8783 ll

[@robertahubert9155]

Shelly Winters and that little critter were the best . OMG 😱 I can’t stop laughing ❤️💕😂😂

[@falmark187]

Love watching the original commercials as much as the show itself

[@LorenEpperson]

Plus watching the commercials over seas at time I Missed Hearing Him Laugh Ed Had Serious Laugh Regardless What People Think Can't Forget Time They Did Carnac Answer Was Siskboombah Describe The Sound Made When A Sheep Explodes Eds Laugh Was Something Else Along With Johnny's

[@LorenEpperson]

Same Here Like Going Back In Time

[@Ammo08]

I can remember watching this the night it first aired...Betty White is still a hoot...

[@your_average_joe5781]

She almost made it to 100 👍

[@janiekcarney5482]

I love Johnny. I enjoy seeing the old advertisements.

[@hardlines4]

Johnny Carson had more class in his pinky than any of today’s Late Night trash hosts

[@KayBarsotti]

What else can we say HE WAS THE BEST..if anyone could fill his shoes, they would already have done so

[@richmotroni]

I remember watching this special and hearing “Sis-Boom-Bah” for the first time and I actually fell on the floor in hysterics.😂

[@DavidDavis-pj4oh]

Of course I absolutely love Johnny Carson. Or I should say I would've loved to know him better.

[@delmont5914]

I always loved the Walter Cronkite segment. So funny

[@LorenEpperson]

It never gets old

[@robertahubert9155]

Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentice are still married. He’s a keeper. He sounds just like my husband who passed away after 30 years of being together. He was one in a million. 💕

[@your_average_joe5781]

Yeah, I had to look that up also. At least they are still together 👍

[@luisa.vazquezherrera8802]

Great memories!!!!!!

[@johnking5174]

1:11:11 - It is Johnny's reaction to the dinner being served to Steve here which makes this pure gold. Johnny was one of rare performers who could say a lot and make you laugh just with the way he looked. Oliver Hardy had the same talent.

[@lynnb.6722]

We have nothing to watch today.....nothing! Carson was King of late night, i did not mind Jay Leno but today there is NOTHING.

[@laurieschmidtke7632]

I agree. I haven’t watched Late Night in years. I miss situation comedies and variety shows.

[@guitarzan2201]

@Andrew Wilson Early Letterman was fantastic, than he seemed to just become kind of nasty to his guests. But the music acts were always fantastic! The Larry Bud Melman years were so hilarious.

[@MTVCOPS]

There’s a billion things streaming now.

[@john-carlosynostroza]

Conan...? ( i think he's the most gifted by far of the few... as a host)

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

I watch Gutfeld. But Fallon and all the rest are pathetic little people.

[@donnawebster4310]

Wow...my childhood!

[@stevenmcshane5807]

Johnny is the best

[@johnking5174]

5:15 - British viewers did in fact start to see Carson's show from October 1981. However unlike US viewers who saw it nightly, viewers in Britain only saw edited highlights from the previous week of shows, all condensed into a one hour Saturday night broadcast on the ITV network.

[@benmaurer163]

Johnny Carson got censored alot

[@markbrewster2630]

That DuPont ad after his monologue could be taken (or placed) right in the middle of "RoboCop" (1987) - just chilling.

[@Roundymooney]

"Bob the Gardener unexpectedly passed in 1982. The factory just over the trees there is STILL going full tilt." (I sincerely hope that actor from SC is still with us.)

[@corinnechevreux9304]

This really takes me back to when I lived in the States (1975-1986) I miss those years❤ thanks for uploading ❤❤

[@ct8755]

It’s funny Simon and Simon was on for 8 or 9 years. I remember on one of the Johnny Carson’s show he made fun of Knight Rider too. You never know about shows.

[@rider660r]

But,Simon & Simon was a much better show than that idiotic Knight Rider which only lasted 4 yrs....4 years to long. Look at the crap today that has gone on for years.There is many more idiots today keeping those shows on the air...just like they did with Knight Rider and the A team.Survivor is a good example....

[@EricNeilson_]

Love the commercials.

[@robynheavner4689]

Only one Johnny Carson, forever the best ! Bravo !

[@stevenmcshane5807]

What an amazing show

[@Roundymooney]

"Wow, daddy! That ceiling looks just like the one in Saul Goodman's waiting room!"

[@stevenmcshane5807]

An amazing personality

[@sueparras6028]

Carson was simply the best at doing these interviews and monologs. Only Stephen Colbert comes close to Carson. It was so nice to watch Johnny actually listen to the people he interviewed, most of the new hosts are so greedy for a laugh that they basically ignore their guest and just talk over or embarrass them. (Think Ellen Degeneres).

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@30:50 That's the exact same style of Armstrong flooring that my late parents had installed that very same year in the home that we grew up in, to replace what was originally put in when they had the house built for them a few years earlier, back in '72.

[@halamakhour2501]

So funnyyyy thanks for ever

[@roymarksberry4152]

20/20 is a different country

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I guess this is from prime time. I can remember when Johnny did his anniversary shows at 11:30 and they would normally run to 1:30. Anyone else remember that?

[@GaryW48]

No, this was just a special. When Tonight first started with Steve Allen, it was on beginning at 11:15pm for the New York City station, and other stations, as back then local news was only 15 minutes long. Then at 11:30pm they did a restart as the majority of the network joined in, and the program ran until 1:00am. Then after a couple of years, the local newscasts around the country expanded until 11:30pm, so it became a 90 minute broadcast. At that same time, Carson did not want a rerun of his 90 minute broadcast airing on Saturday nights, so NBC wanted to fill the time in lmid 1975, and it was then that Saturday Night Live began broadcasting. Also, when Johnny Carson moved from New York to Burbank, in his new contract, he reduced it to 1 hour in length.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

@@GaryW48"The Tonight Show" went from 1:45 to :90 minutes in early 1967. Johnny went to an hour in 1980. He moved to Burbank in 1972. 😊

[@copa1952]

Agreed he is greatly missed and cannot be replaced

[@terr777]

For the record Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss have been married for 62 years. I loved them in "He and She" in the late 1960s.

[@tammyprovost936]

I know because everybody wanted and do this all of a sudden I think it's amazing you already doing it God bless

[@tylerdurden4045]

I think the music at the very beginning is an electronic version of Blondie's "Call Me."

[@jarekstorm6331]

It’s from the “American Gigolo” Original Soundtrack, composed by Giorgio Moroder, and you’re correct that it is an instrumental theme on Blondie. The entire OST is pretty cool, check it out sometime.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Nice capture!

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Thank you so much for this video and channel!! Thank you for including the commercials, brings back great memories!! ❤️

[@stevenmcshane5807]

I love them

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Could you imagine the backlash that the "Zieg Heil Charlie Brown" 19:33 and "Ray Charles, The Early Years" 20:10 would have created if that show were on today? That very well would have been their last show. After the first commercial, the show would have not come back and the west coast feed would have never aired. CNN, MSNBC and other media would have had endless panel discussions about how whether "The King of Late Night" was always a closet racist or somehow became one during the Trump era. Johnny and Ed would have to apologize and take a break and NBC executives would announce that the show would be temporarily hosted by others. Then after about 3 months, NBC would announce that Johnny and Ed would not be coming back and that there would be a new host and the show would go in a completely different direction. Of course, Doc, the band and the rest of the production staff would be purged as well.

[@bredenis5]

Kenneth, the sad part is that you are 100% correct. That is an entirely plausible scenario unfortunately. It’s so disheartening to see how egregiously sensitive and easily offended our country is and, how television, movies, and companies capitulate to “cancel culture” and “wokeness”. The sad part is, when true, real racism rears its head, it’s lost in the all the noise of “fake racism”, which is just a collection of people being ultra-offended for absolutely no reason whatsoever. They are their own worst enemies.

[@opihipiker]

I agree. I stopped watching late night after Leno..The cast of characters that were offered the opportunity to entertain us after Leno should all be taken out to the woodshed andlocked up never to be let out again!!

[@your_average_joe5781]

I agree with you 💯 Everything is too political now and I don't know any of the celebrities. Leno was great.

[@oilbaron53]

Whoever posted this....strong work!

[@frankw7266]

Just realizing all the things the world hadn't seen yet...

[@lisab7977]

They must have changed the name of the Jane Wyman show. Sounds like Falcon Crest.

[@Djm8520]

They missed the punchline on that Col. Sanders bit. After she said, “so did I,” Johnny/The Col. should have said: “It’s finger lickin’ good.”

[@erwinrommel2055]

That guy really likes to wash the dishes 😂.

[@stevenmcshane5807]

He was so funny

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I knew the the Coffee Cup was going to be pulled off of Johnny's desk.

[@brocktonma.1816]

The bands number was great👍

[@stevenmcshane5807]

I'm still laughing 😃

[@williamj.stockich]

This time Ed is "Leave it to Beaver breath."

[@dextersaintguac]

I liked both Simon & Simon and Mr Merlin. I was 14 though...

[@john-carlosynostroza]

How cool would it be to have been the writer that wrote the joke that comes in shortly after the 23 minute where Johnny talks about when he and ed laughed hardest on the show perhaps of all time... !!!

[@beatstreet570]

Excellent opener

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Johnny says this is the first episode to be seen in England. Wasn't there a time, earlier, when "The Tonight Show" was seen in England and it did not work out?

[@john-carlosynostroza]

Great

[@dochollywood4576]

I haven't watched the Tonight Show since 1992. I tried to watch Kimmel once. Carson has to be rolling in his grave over how Kimmel has absolutely ruined that show.

[@derelictmayorbeetlejuice3454]

Fallon, Kimmel is on ABC.

[@rustyruss2962]

I stopped watching after Jay Leno other one after him are Idiots

[@lorenepperson2678]

Even David Letterman Retired From This Show And Unlike Jay He Kept Word Didn't Backstab Successors Like Jay Leno Did Conan O'Brien Im Glad David Letterman Supported Conan And All Jimmy Fallon Knows is politically correct Johnny would Be Sick Little No Humor Today On These 🌃 Shows

[@LorenEpperson]

Jimmy Fallon Ruined It Her Wasn't Very Good At Political Jokes About Donald Trump Even

[@thomash.schwed3662]

@@lorenepperson2678 All Fallon knows how to do is bringing back guests who were rightly banned from “The Tonight Show” due to their betrayal of Carson. People’s Exhibit “A”: Joan Rivers, who lost all credibility by making her regular guest appearance with Carson before the whistle was blown on her secret deal with Fox.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Do you imagine what kind of jokes Johnny would hurl on Joe Biden?

[@JazznRealHipHop]

Probably pretty respectful ones, Carson preferred to trash republicans

[@LorenEpperson]

I Couldn't Imagine But Biden Would Lose 💤

[@thomash.schwed3662]

Of course, we know the jokes he would tell about Trump. In fact, only a few months before “The Tonight Show” ended (NBC should have gone with a different title when they gave the 11:30 time slot to Leno.), he included a Trump joke into a “Carnac” sketch. If memory serves me correctly, it went something like this: Answer: “Marla Maples.” Question: “Name someone who dumped the Trump.” Granted, they reconciled for a time, but eventually she did ‘dump the Trump’ for good. In all honesty, I think Carson would have been in his element the last several years. It would have been reminiscent of his monologue jokes about Nixon and Watergate.

[@LorenEpperson]

Mainstream Media Would Be After Him

[@LorenEpperson]

Biden Such A Spoiled Sports He'd Have Johnny's House Watched (Ha Ha)

[@fredericmartin7148]

Dec 17, 2022 ... There is NO audio here. What's the problem?

[@CJSimental89]

Oof at the Dupont safety commercials. *laughs in Teflon*

[@roncaruso931]

Carson was genius.

[@JonathanAllen0379]

10:45 - I lived in an apartment that had this exact floor.

[@stevel6939]

Dodge K car gets 40 MPG back then? 40 years later and we get less miles per gallon? WTF?

[@LorenEpperson]

His spoof Of walter cronkites Last broadcast by cbs was something else

[@Roundymooney]

The only show I remember from the opening chat is Simon & Simon.

[@rider660r]

Didn't miss out on Wild America did you? Miami Vise and Crime Story were a few that shouldn't have been missed. All in the Family,Sanford & Son,Jeffersons,Odd Couple,Barney Miller,Goodtimes,Kojack, Benny Hill,MASH were great ones to see but they were from the 70's.

[@em23]

32:04 Estelle Harris from Seinfeld.

[@fiftyfive2517]

Middle east news is the same 40 years later.

[@murdermatics]

never knowing a Dupont chemical plant is going full tilt...the ignorance. we never stood a chance

[@danpatrick9080]

Lol...that was a creepy add

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

My room mate does dishes exactly like Richard Benjamin's wife. Tepid water, food floating around in the water, swishes it around a little, runs a Sponge over it. Done!

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

Did you guys ever have Alex Nichols on your show? He is the star in the movie, "The Black Glove."

[@backqueen8167]

Aweee

[@brandonmooney7334]

Richard Benjamin is such a drip. I get that's like shtick, his "THING" ... But lurd.

[@joannaedwards6325]

So glad someone else noticed. I never liked him. idk why really

[@joannaedwards6325]

OCD

[@markalanbowers9938]

During the monologue, when he mentions, "...the Los Angeles Schoolboard," it has been clearly, censored *why*..?!

[@Angie-GoneSoon]

I was 12!

[@ericdavion9693]

32:06 Estelle Harris? Mrs. Costanza and her first husband?

[@markbrewster2630]

Betty White

[@MET87]

so we're just ignoring the earth is flat bit?

[@glen1ster]

23:24--siss boom bah.

[@xneapolisx]

That was sooooooo funny!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MTSs2024]

0:50

[@MTSs2024]

0:47

[@estherluttrell4527]

Carson and McMahan say it's their 23rd anniversary, but the heading says 19th anniversary. ????

[@thomash.schwed3662]

This was the nineteenth anniversary of their time on “The Tonight Show”, but they had been working together before then.

[@cindykaywebster4643]

I Don’t remember Johnny ever having a beard

[@your_average_joe5781]

I'm 63 and never had facial hair. For me it just seems uncivilized.

[@thomash.schwed3662]

He would wear fake beards for sketches. In the commercial sketch seen here, he was impersonating Orson Welles, who by that time, for whatever reason, decided to grow a beard.

[@lox_5017]

@@thomash.schwed3662 Johnny actually did come on the show with a real beard he grew out. I have it on dvd. Didn't look good on him. Made him look 10 years older. It was the only time he did that.

[@marvinmauldin4361]

The quality of the VHS tape looks like it was eaten by the VCR several times.

[@suzettemyers6058]

Regardless of the quality, I’m just happy it was posted.

[@Dominic5hi]

😭

[@anthonyulibarri5184]

Better buy by by by but 8

[@sammythompson3694]

I don't like Jay Leno David Letterman should have been the host.

[@LorenEpperson]

Couldn't Agree More

[@milfordcivic6755]

Too bad. 1 is dead, 2 are retired

[@LorenEpperson]

Especially when u can pick on politicians regardless liberal/ conservative which is what Johnny Carson did as for as politicians they were fair game for as Johnny was concerned he would be disgusted with Jimmy Kimmel

[@LorenEpperson]

Plus Jimmy Fallon Has Really Taken It More Down Hill Only Having Celebrities Who Agree With Him Politically How Sad He Has No Sense Of Humor

[@sherryhesner5940]

😉

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I really didn't find that Zip Boom Baah that hilarious. I get the Baah about the lamb.

[@bratticuss]

Betty White was hot as Jane

[@JazznRealHipHop]

12:16 spoiler alert, DuPont didn’t care that much for the environment

[@katherenewedic8076]

The Regan stuff is so hard to listen to it was the starting point of where we're at today

[@synewparadigm]

You are probably missing Carter. 😏

[@LorenEpperson]

Johnny Sent Picture Of Him In Make Up As Reagan To Mrs Reagan White House President Reagan Sent It Back With Signature Have Fun Johnny President Ronald Reagan He Showed Picture Of It

[@thomash.schwed3662]

Reagan clearly had it coming, and not just for declaring ketchup to be a vegetable. To be honest, when he mentioned Al Haig, I’m surprised Carson didn’t say that Haig would be “in charge here” in reference to what Haig himself had said in error.

[@fhjhjhgjghj7353]

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[@caesarvolz6945]

And this was considered late night "comedy" until Letterman came along

[@roybal1975]

THAT DUPONT COMERCIAL WAS DISTURBING🤢🤮