Johnny Carson in his Corvette

Regis Philbin catches Johnny Carson pulling up to the Tonight Show Studio in his new Corvette - Interview, NBC 1984

[@Mikegastaldo]

Met him in Malibu in the 80's..great guy.. what a privilege to have met such a legend.

[@lightningbrigade4722]

RIP Johnny and Regis. Thanks for the memories.📺

[@sammyvh11]

No one has ever come close to Carsons greatness .

[@grazutissmith9647]

What about Letterman, PURE GENIUS!!!

[@trevormcmanis]

people forget Carson was known for physically abusing his wife… I understand it’s when he was dealing with his alcoholism, but let’s not paint him as a saint…. Just saying…. 😔

[@joelfrombethlehem]

In this clip, Johnny was "on" for the camera. Somewhat rehearsed, and receptive to this interview. There are other interviews Ive seen where Johnny was in a bad mood, but tried to be his public image and it wasn't really working. I know that Johnny was a quiet guy out of the spotlight, and sometimes moody. Good old Regis Philbin, how good looking he was back in 1984. May he rest in peace, too.

[@C4duke]

Please! Conan Christopher O’Brien is the GOAT

[@toucansam3]

Conan O'Brien has and would have had he been allowed to stay on The Tonight Show.

[@rayanderson7074]

Two Class Acts...You will never see class like this Again...

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

Maybe the two best of the 20th Century. Two giants.

[@OikPoinFive]

@@MarkSmith-hf5nh seacrest out

[@ALSNewsNow]

Whatever. Regis was annoying the hell out of Johnny.

[@joejackson9986]

Except the whole, you know, wife beating. Class act indeed.

[@christophertyacke6019]

Boy Johnny would love the new C8.

[@michaelcunis8329]

Part of Johnny’ attractiveness was that voice. Deep and easy to listen to.

[@DR-nx4fu]

Good point. I never thought about it.

[@gavanhillebold3131]

Smokers voice

[@davidjoe3368]

What a rare treat this clip is. This is January 11th 1984, man how time flies! R.I.P. Johnny and Regis.

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

Loved this. Rare moment of Johnny off camera. He was shy and he cracked jokes as a defense. He knew Regis so he put up with this silliness. Two multi-generation legends. Kings of talk. Late night and daytime.

[@jojolucas6973]

Carson wasn't shy, definitely alpha male.

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

@@jojolucas6973 No, Jo. He was extremely shy when he wasn't performing. Very reserved. Not social at all. Preferred to be by himself a lot. His on-camera personality was extremely misleading.

[@glennvieregge934]

"They were the best at what they did"..

[@pattydowdy2173]

VERY SHY READ HIS BOOK@@jojolucas6973

[@sjtom57]

So many memories. Rest in peace, fellas.

[@79goldmaster1]

I miss Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. These videos are pure GOLD !!!

[@fansam]

A light hearted moment sitting in Johnny’s chair at the time. But really a once in a lifetime opportunity…

[@orchids3332]

All we are is dust in the wind. All of us. No matter how famous or infamous.

[@earthman-br5zi]

But it's amazing what organic minerals, amino acids, bio- electric consciousness can do when we are alive.

[@randolphgarcia3494]

PS: MAY THEY BOTH (RIP). TWO GREAT 20TH CENTURY LATE NIGHT & DAYTIME TV TALK SHOW/COMEDY HOSTS. WE WILL NOT SEE THEIR LIKE AGAIN. THIS IS A TRUE PIECE OF TV NEWS HISTORY. FUNNY, YET VERY SAD. ONCE AGAIN, (RIP) TO THE LATE JOHNNY CARSON & THE LATE REGIS PHILBIN.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

I watch this clip every two, three years. It never feels boring or repetitive. It's a window into greatness and wonderful times.

[@Driving-the-Backroads]

Indeed it is.

[@Steven-op4jw]

The swag this man has!! I’d kill to have that fit 😂

[@jimlaforte1755]

Two all time greats! Everybody loved Regis. Johnny was hard to win over, so he must have really admired Reege.

[@777jones]

These were both extremely skilled professionals at this. Of course they must have respected each other.

[@benkleschinsky]

Violinist Itzka Perlman was the musical guest that night, along with William F. Buckley. Oh, and he did wear the red jacket.

[@petermcdonald1744]

Wow! The last time I saw classy guests like that was on "Chatlie Rose." Sure miss him, and his intelligent show! I don't know exactly what he did, or to who,but is some kind of "forgiveness" in the future? 🤔

[@garycavanagh880]

Two of the best that will ever be, they just don’t make them like this anymore.

[@windsorkid7069]

I loved them both, but Johnny was and always will be the King of late night. Nobody comes close.

[@p42uynot59]

I loved both these guys. It’s nice to continue to see them in film. I sure do miss them today. 🙂

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

Two legends, just beautiful

[@michaeljordan6008]

Johnny driving the Corvette is so damn cool.

[@petermcdonald1744]

He had one of the first Deloreons, as well.

[@sporkfindus4777]

Yeah, like Templeton Peck

[@robertsullivan3247]

Love this car.

[@joeapplebaum3763]

I think he invested in De Lorean and lost a lot of money.

[@JetFire9]

Biden ruined it

[@swaggydnyc3029]

❤d this Video. Fun interplay w Johnny and Regis Yet weird tension too. Egos ?!

[@OikPoinFive]

Leggo my ego

[@79goldmaster1]

Johnny was touchy about his desk. LOL

[@BBQFanNo1]

We found that out when Johnny walked on the set of Don Rickles C.P.O. Sharkey hahahaha

[@circusclown2094]

Wanted to know who broke his ashtray

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

Johnny was shy. Jokes were a defense for him. He was a good man but he was uncomfortable with most people.

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@circusclown2094 Actually, it was a wooden cigarette box that Rickles broke. Johnny had had it for like 10 years.

[@johnnybgood58]

I love Johnny Carson. Never will be another like him or Regis I remember my mother wouldn't go to bed until she watched Johnny Carson and soon as it went off she would go to bed every night single night so many memories life is way too short

[@voiceguy3635]

This was great--two pros.Two funny pros.

[@777jones]

Yes it is fun to watch people who are this damn good.

[@bravobullz7475]

A video like this makes us who remember These were the good ole days …. 😞 Late night is awful Conan was the last one I could watch Good video thanks

[@ciadella1971]

Funny how Regis refers to himself in the 3rd person.

[@davidlittle5485]

Love both of em,Miss em so much

[@pattydowdy2173]

That was all some Great memories

[@user-is4jf8yr4z]

Great Clip!

[@voicetube]

OMG! That indeed was his Corvette… I personally saw him arrive at the Spago restaurant on the Sunset strip in THAT car (I used to hang around the valet parking at Spago and watch the celebrities come in and out) and extremely specifically remembered Johnny arriving in that car. I had always remembered it as a white Corvette but wasn't sure - thanks for posting this video! :-)

[@petermcdonald1744]

His then wife, Joanna Holland, drove a white, Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible.

[@voicetube]

@@petermcdonald1744 Wow! Well, we did occasionally see those at Spago I'm sure; she might have shown up but I didn't know what she looked like so wouldn't have known it was Johnny's wife. As a side note, one of my favorite cars in the world is indeed the yellow version of that beautiful late 70s/early 1980s style Rolls-Royce Cornish convertible (a perfect example would be the one that Dudley Moore's character in the movie "10" drove)! There would be a car to get if I "won the lottery."

[@petermcdonald1744]

Barbara Marx got one, as a wedding gift, when she married Frank Sinatra, in 1976, at the Annenberg estate, in Rancho Mirage. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were best man, and matron of honor. Sinatra got one of the early Jaguar XJS,12. The few of these that survive now sport Chevy 350 V8 engines.

[@chop3625]

Johnny, quiet legend.

[@johnworrall3646]

Both humble humans !

[@valleyguy633]

1:19 Goes to straighten his tie with turtleneck on.

[@scottburns2600]

That was pretty cool! A couple of classy legends there!

[@frankdimarco5319]

Sad to know they are both gone … Carson was such a kind humble guy . Well at least that we can see ….

[@johnnycash578]

i find it hard to see peoples lives when their gone life is so short

[@Bugaboo-wq5sc]

I hear you. It's pretty damned strange and our brains didn't evolve to understand video and audio etc - It's sort of too much to handle.

[@DaveGringo]

Indeed.... I am 59 now, time past so quickly...

[@timothy7112]

He said am I being cancelled? What a sage.

[@timothy7112]

Plus the eye ....1984

[@bluetickfreddy101]

So wonderful to have witnessed 1st hand greatness. Reminds me of my good ole dad Who loved Carson Like father Like son

[@carlyoung8657]

A young Regis Philbin

[@bigalexg]

He was 53. Looked a lot younger though. I was thinking maybe he was in his twenties or thirties but he was born in 31 and this was 84. I had no idea but he must have been around 68 or 69 when "millionaire" premiered.

[@metallives529]

@@bigalexg 53 and looked like his 20's or 30's????? lmao ok

[@bigalexg]

@@metallives529 well the video quality was crap. I'm sure a closer look would reveal the years. Nobody actually looks 20 years younger than they really are. But my first thought was like the OPs - oh, it's a young Regis!

[@paulypooper2]

Johnny is 59 in this piece, the same age I am right now .

[@OikPoinFive]

Cool

[@DaveGringo]

Me too! Scary....

[@windsorkid7069]

He turned 59 that October.

[@bikenband]

Ditto

[@funguy4utube]

I am 71 now in 2021 ….. now he looks so young to me at 59

[@johnpat3622]

Sweet ride, Johnny.

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

John would be rolling to work every day. He wasn't riding no rotary engine Mazda.

[@pontiacgrandprix733]

Absolutely legends

[@jsboening]

Remember watching Johnny’s last show with my Dad. They are both gone now. Lots of memories of my Dad laughing while I was in bed.

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Two enormous Legends.

[@jameshoran8]

Carson always joked that the head chef at the NBC Commissary was Bebe Regurgo.

[@petermcdonald1744]

........and his Proctologist, Dr. Ben Dova!

[@ClaySmasher]

I can not love this more. ❤❤❤❤

[@swankydog]

This is Gold! Love Johnny.

[@traceysavage9238]

Two of my all time favorite comedians! I miss their humor so much

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Had a friend who worked on the show in Burbank so he invited me to the set in 1989. I met Ed but Johnny hadn't arrived yet.

[@juantime7816]

.... I live be near by & man has it changed. And let's not even start taking about Hollywood... That will never be same. All different. All has changed. KTTV/ FOX leveled as most buildings have. God I miss all thos days. 🥴

[@danahall7119]

Johnny was the best ever !!

[@crt5300]

Damn I’m gonna be turning 59 this year! I only wish I was in as good of shape as Johnny was on this video! Nice! 👍

[@DR-nx4fu]

You can be if you try. He said he just played tennis. Start moving. 😁

[@lamerica80]

@@DR-nx4fu 3 sets before work!

[@dannyboyy8465]

Johnny Carson would have been in better shape if he didn't smoke so damn much!

[@diezeldiamond1041]

Two of the very best !! Johnny and Regis

[@Thilindel]

Carson was about 6 years older than Regis. Looked a bit older than that, though. Carson's voice is so clear and powerful.

[@voiceguy3635]

Regis looked 20 years younger than his actual age,right up into his late 70s.

[@metallives529]

@@voiceguy3635 ;-)

[@BarbaraMerryGeng]

..it brought tears to my eyes … When I was a kid , I didn’t understand this was his work place .. Now - I understand - And I appreciate on a deeper-level .✨

[@NealKanter]

Actually when Johnny arrived everyone was very nervous.

[@frankdimarco5319]

I think Regis was very nervous as well.

[@2011Savere]

😂

[@canyonsuede]

Both quick as it gets. Never an awkward moment their convo is smooth af

[@markko17]

@ 2:20 he mentions Tricia Toyota who was a news anchor in L.A. The punk rock band the Dickies made a song, "I'm Stuck In A Pagoda with Tricia Toyota".

[@yogibeer9319]

This was filmed on January 11th, 1984

[@ApartmentKing66]

Well, taped, actually, but thanks for the date.

[@user-zy3nv1jy1m]

Man, Regis was even annoying way back then too.

[@petermcdonald1744]

Soooooo tragic, all the pre 1972 Carson show tapes were trashed because NBC claims they "needed" the storage space. The reason we have classic episodes of "Ed Sullivan" and "What's My Line," is because a smart cookie at CBS saved the kinescopes, the filming of a TV monitor, used to present live shows on the West Coast.

[@jhaeck1]

great video

[@lisasheffield9706]

Miss you Reeg 😘

[@voicetube]

4:55 I would say that most young people listening to that ringing sound think that that's probably a cell phone with a bell ring TONE on it. What many may not know watching this is that that was an actual physical metal BELL being physically rung ... inside a landline phone case sitting on a desk! Excuse me I burped

[@lrg3834]

Wonderful clip!

[@negativeone4021]

He was dressed sharp as a tac! Johnny had style

[@JeremySchaftel]

Comedians in cars before comedians in cars. Wow

[@777jones]

I recall Johnny eventually had a ZR-1

[@josephpuchel6497]

Good Ol Days

[@dustinserbin3054]

1984--- Big brother watching. LEGENDS HERE FOLKS.

[@RodRagazzo]

I keep hearing about Johnny’s White 1986 Corvette, but this interview with Regis was in 1984…

[@Driving-the-Backroads]

Johnny had both an '84 and an '86 Vette, both white. In this video he's driving his '84. In 1985 he traded in his '84 for a new '86 Vette.

[@rockthesix1679]

If only Johnny knew how bad the '84 Vette really was.

[@texan903]

Regis lived a very long time, dying at a venerable 88 years of age. Johnny was just 79, sadly.

[@GOBEARS1985]

Johnny had enough and he had such cool ways to get that across.

[@J.B24]

Regis looking good for 53.

[@craigvandyke9183]

in contrast JOHNNY was 58 years old and Regis looked 20 years younger!

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@craigvandyke9183 I think Regis lived a healthier life than Johnny did. As far as I know, Regis didn't smoke or drink, but Johnny was a moderately heavy smoker. He did play tennis, but I don't know, though, if Johnny had quit drinking by the time this was taped. Johnny didn't handle alcohol well in that he got mean and belligerent after a few, so he stopped altogether. But he was diagnosed with emphysema in the final years of his life.

[@elprez1]

Johnny didn't park within the white lines.

[@OikPoinFive]

😞😞

[@jebronlames7789]

Hugged the left line cause no one parks left of his spot. Less door dings on passenger door

[@Damone7653]

Will do it for Johnny man, do it for Johnny!

[@R0yL33]

Great posture

[@petermcdonald1744]

REALLY! miss these two greats! (and the Ed McMahon cameo!) These guys practically invented TV talk shows. They don't make em like that any more!

[@bbw420latinajayvlogs9]

Big brother watching

[@tc2650]

Regis just a kid back then !!!

[@ericred3731]

No one has come close. Oh wait Kimmel and Fallon were both born on the same earth.

[@JCruzify1]

Regis had it then. Funny guy.

[@fatbowe]

That tile floor is just like in my kitchen 🤣

[@artistwintersong7343]

Johnny seems to feel a little stress as Regis ambushes him.

[@angelthman1659]

It would have been staged. No way this happens without the consent of Johnny's team and Johnny himself.

[@artistwintersong7343]

@@angelthman1659 You know, you have a valid point. I think you're probably very much right in your reasoning.

[@bernieschiff5919]

@@angelthman1659 This was probably a promotional event set up for Regis. Johnny is aware in advance, but it not being scripted, you can see he's nervous as he exits the car. He relaxes somewhat and becomes his on screen persona as they talk together on set. It's probably where Johnny felt more in control of the conversation. You can see how competitive Regis is, he's also pushing the flattery a bit too much The part where he joked to Regis "OK, next person" to sit at his desk, might have been a slip, revealing what he really felt about him. It was funny, and got a laugh from everyone though. A revealing video clip.

[@andrewbashford9786]

Theeeerre was Johnny ❗⭐ 📺 Rip ✝️

[@tonyrehal218]

2 huge icons together. They were the best at what they did.

[@WintersWar]

You can tell carson was a very shrewd man and knew his industry. philbin was pretentious and had a heart of stone.

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

Why you say thay Johnny was a cool mid western dude, very tough smart, Regis show business! Likeable, later irascible, both irreplaceable🙂

[@WintersWar]

@@user-nq9gz4xf7f regis showed a warm persona, but he was ruthless. You don't have to look far into his family history to realize that.

[@ToddBurge]

Johnny wanted to get that over with before it started

[@sharksport01]

no wonder, talentless Regis is annoying.

[@MrPedal88]

This was really cool.

[@MarkSmith-hf5nh]

I am glad this exists. Johnny and Regis just ad-libing and being silly. Nobody else could hear them but us. Please make sure this tape isn't lost.

[@dsim6703]

Johnny didn't need a limo to get to work or a bunch of assistants following at his heels, because he wasn't a phony. He did his thing on t.v. and then went home and kept to himself

[@ALSNewsNow]

Johnny was PISSED

[@XBlakeFreemanX]

What was the eye thing?

[@machia0705]

Was this before the Joey Bishop Show? They launched a talk show, Joey and Regis on Channel 7 opposite Johnny. It didn’t last long. Regis was Joey’s sidekick.

[@glennvieregge934]

👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯❤

[@natestakely1478]

oh John was a funnier then most mid west radio jock who could handle himself and guest and the right guy was listening.

[@clydebermingham121]

🤗🙏🏽💥

[@parkerwhite8289]

attention was fought over by three entities what a coup

[@targetedfordeath359]

This car brand new was around $27,000.00 depending on options and suspension. Todays corvettes are around $100,000.00 and that is not fully loaded as they goes as high as $120,000.00 depending on options and suspension. What amazes me is the minimum wage / wages has not changed that much at all and yet the cost of goods and living has gone up 10 fold and then some !!

[@peterdaniel66]

Amazes you? Why? Do you not understand economics? Welfare, free money, spend spend spend, print money.. it just like everything becomes worth less the more you have of it...

[@targetedfordeath359]

@@peterdaniel66 Oh so Economics, welfare, and so called free money and their spend spend and print, print is something new. The same shit was going on in 84 Einstein !!

[@gregmatyas4272]

That’s where people get things mixed up, minimum wage was never intended for someone to live on, it was supplemental income or $$ for high school kids to get accustomed to working while making a few bucks.

[@targetedfordeath359]

@@gregmatyas4272 Well wages have not really moved either and adults who turned 18 cannot afford to live on their own because of this supposed supplemental income.

[@gregmatyas4272]

@@targetedfordeath359 true but minimum wage can never be high enough for people to live on their own with that as their only income. Have to get a usable education or a skill and live the American dream, lol.

[@jamesalford877]

Johnny only drove Corvettes.