Johnny Carson 1973 07 20 Jack Benny and Joe Namath

[@judithlungen6958]

Johnny was the best - he lets his guest talk and doesn’t interrupt or interfere ! Carson was the best and Jack Benny was always fascinating ❤❤❤

[@jeremiahchamberlin4499]

Jack Benny always made himself the butt of all his jokes. His TV show skits show off his skills the best. He was a very generous person, and much loved by many in Hollywood, itself an accomplishment. He died within a couple of weeks of his last appearance with Johnny on the Tonight Show the year (1974) following this appearance. The whole country grieved, his funeral made the national news. Also, his humor was very ‘dry,’ he wasn’t after the guffaw, but the grin and chuckle.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Those are great points, especially the last.

[@lisaa8795]

Quite a round of applause for Mr. Benny! Marvelous.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Carson - still the gold standard.

[@zokitchvlog]

indeed

[@royb2251]

2 consummate professionals Jack & Johnny. A joy to watch 👍🏻

[@depaola63]

Jack Benny deserves a STANDING OVATION ⭐️❤️

[@Simpsonreferences]

who would've thought Doc would still be alive at 97 today !

[@budstik]

I am always shocked to hear he is still alive.

[@retroguy9494]

ME! He always lived a healthy lifestyle and took care of himself. Didn't smoke either. He's a trumpet player and tootin' that horn takes a lot of breath and stamina.

[@KimberlyMoir-x1b]

Who wants to live that long . I think god should pull us when we start to feel i cant do what i used to be able to.. thats when i want to go.

[@retroguy9494]

@@KimberlyMoir-x1b Well, my grandmother did for one. She wanted to live to be 100. She died at 91. My uncle was another. He made it to 95 and was active working in his yard right up to the last week or two of his life. My father is another. He's in his 90's but his only problem is that he has dementia now.

[@gordonhenderson5065]

He’s 96, but point taken

[@steveprudell9976]

Carson is on fire good monologue

[@theneurologist1]

Definitely one of his best I've watched in a while!

[@g3everex]

I didn’t appreciate Jack when I was young but now I find him to be hilarious!

[@jchow5966]

Classic TV gold. 💟

[@funghouls5498]

@30:16 love the Mark Twain joke and his quote: “Age is a matter of mind, and if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter”.

[@retroguy9494]

I don't mind. Not at all. It's the fact that everyone ELSE minds! Try getting a job or a date or a relationship after you're 50!

[@manuelcastaneda7838]

My dogs really love Jack Benny.

[@denakwilliams5941]

Jack was the BEST😂

[@retroguy9494]

It's so sad when I see this and think Jack would be dead just a year and a half later. He should have had another 20 years like his best friend George Burns.

[@leewilson77]

☺️

[@michaelhasenstein721]

She said she doesn't like Playboys, but fawns all over one on tv.

[@over50andfantabulous59]

Elke Sommer is 82 & still with us. (as of 8/25/2023.)

[@modernretroradio993]

Namath was stoned!!! LOL!

[@msr1116]

Or drunk. He was an alcoholic for quite some time.

[@luannelarson536]

Jack Benny was the best

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

Joe Namath was a smooth operator back in his day.

[@retroguy9494]

You look a lot younger than me. You probably don't remember him when he did the pantyhose commercial! 😂

[@msr1116]

I forgot about this commercial but it's here on YT. My God, did he get ridiculed for agreeing to do that ad. I liked his ads with Farrah best.

[@energyasylum997]

He looked a little faded right here. But yes, the smooth operator! 💪

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

I liked his popcorn commercials.

[@jivet3919]

They did jokes about politics on late night at that time?!?! I’m shocked, I thought it was a new thing..

[@jivet3919]

Only difference is back then, public opinion changed with new information. Unlike today, where followers in cults of personality deny, don’t accept information and don’t change their beliefs.

[@AustinTeutsch-ow9sy]

Those old radio comedians are a little winded. But he was such a good comedian to help set the standard of which few have ever lived up to him.

[@RobD-v3h]

Look at Johnny's tie! It's wider than than his head.

[@msr1116]

This suit is at least of a solid color. The wide tie and lapels were the style in '73. A year later Carson wore plaid suit jackets, sometimes with matching trousers and it was sensory overload. The clothes wore him. It was just too much and !looks embarrassingly dated now, but it was in style back then.

[@joemoore9248]

And that tie pin

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

My dad called those ties "bibs." And he called those lapels "propeller blades."

[@matthewreynolds2384]

I cant beleieve Jack Benny missed the tobacco spitting competition. Doc did great!

[@gg4gb1914]

why are a lot of these videos 2+ hours long and they are just looped? I Never understood that

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Jack Benny es el seudónimo de Benjamin Kubelsky (Chicago, 14 de febrero de 1894-Beverly Hills, 26 de diciembre de 1974) fue un comediante estadounidense famoso entre las décadas de 1920 y 1970, reconocido como uno de los principales talentos humorísticos norteamericanos del siglo xx.

[@adenanthony5257]

Why the hell do you post this

[@alexanderharris8310]

👌

[@dougbrowne9890]

Man, did Elke have such wonderfully beautiful legs. Well, all of her was beautiful.

[@energyasylum997]

❤Lovely lady!

[@xneapolisx]

Yes, what a beauty!!! 😊

[@depaola63]

She was fine! I’m now 61 and this is my young days 📺👀❤️

[@erinrhoads5053]

Currently watching this episode. Joe had to have been f'd up as hell 🤣🤣🤣 Or aftermath of multiple head injuries. But at that time, I'm sure he was hi*h on something

[@energyasylum997]

Pot.

[@judithlungen6958]

He had major drinking problems

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Joseph William Namath (Beaver Falls, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos; 31 de mayo de 1943), más conocido como Joe Namath, es un exjugador profesional de fútbol americano que jugaba en la posición de quarterback.

[@tb40ford]

Thank you Would you possibly be able to upload The episode February 18, 1988 Season 26 episode 70 my aunt Minnie Black “the gourd lady “ from London,KY appeared our VHS tape was lost if you possibly would have this segment would love to see it again this was the episode with Dudley Moore also appeared with her

[@41dfcpea90]

Yea the hippy movement had really done wonders for America, look at us now and all the woke BS we have:

[@alexanderharris8310]

👍

[@xneapolisx]

Joe Namath was wasted!! What a tool. Had to be booze, because weed was very much illegal, and regarded as dangerous, by most of the country in 1973.

[@OnePost909]

38:48 one of the few times Johnny lights up on camera.

[@johnking5174]

Risky, as smoking was banned on TV since 1971

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

How old is Elke now?

[@ianmichalski7997]

82

[@RH-cv1rg]

Good team? They went 4 and 10

[@teresagradolf974]

Ty mo vome out florida your in trouble gred myers clises there doors

[@luannelarson536]

Hey johnny be glad you are not here today

[@teresagradolf974]

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[@steveprudell9976]

Italian

[@teresagradolf974]

Lisa yried make over and dhort

[@jjtt7408]

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JOE WAS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW / HE ALWAYS THINKS HIS CRAP DON'T STINK HE IS TO ARROGANT FOR ME /

[@SB-hy9iq]

Sad that he had cancer and didn’t know it at the time..

[@teresagradolf974]

Cary grant grand daughter is being dneaky trying screw up. My money ism sick of it 😊😊

[@teresagradolf974]

Kroger fred myers dtores vlosed

[@glen1ster]

Why do you put that horrible f'n music on the end?

[@leslievey8453]

That music is beautiful .

[@Ben_Hattie]

Can't believe Jack Benny was a comedian, seems more like a Tv executive...such a bore.

[@cadilacdesert]

True

[@rosemariemann1719]

" Jack Benny ... What a bore " ...?! He made consistently entertaining humour ...☺️ He wasn't a " bore" ! He was an " original " ☺️. Don't be so mean ! ☺️ 🇬🇧🦉🇬🇧💕🇺🇲🐒🌿🇬🇧

[@Ben_Hattie]

@@rosemariemann1719 😮‍💨

[@Perestroika88]

Benny was like 80 years old in this episode. And was Johnny's hero. He would die in 1974. Johnny wasn't having him on to slay the audience at this point he was having him on out of respect and admiration. The Tonight Show itself was a bore much of the time. Especially when it ran for an hour and a half, they would just sit there smoking cigarettes and muttering.

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

Too bad Jack is not your cup of tea.Too old school for you.Jack Benny is one of the greats of radio and Television at 80 Jack didnt have to prove how funny he could be.Without using curse words like today comedians.Miss old Jack and Johnny.