Johnny Carson interviews Carol Wayne - 1973

[@jckrell]

14 years old in 1973 totally enjoying my childhood. I see a clip like this and think what was I doing the night the show aired. Often wish I could go back.

[@timothyhilton3408]

Carol Wayne knew exactly what she was implying. She had a wickedly funny wit and Johnny validated her by making her a regular on his show. RIP Carol and thanks for all of the laughs.

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

Except that she never got much screen time, and didn't get many lines.

[@sjtom57]

It's bittersweet watching this knowing they're all gone now.

[@GuyanaCapital-qr3wg]

And he were are stuck with crap talent like Travis Scott Whose show look like it came from the devil

[@GuyanaCapital-qr3wg]

And he were are stuck with crap talent like Travis Scott Whose show look like it came from the devil

[@GuyanaCapital-qr3wg]

And he were are stuck with crap talent like Travis Scott Whose show look like it came from the devil

[@GuyanaCapital-qr3wg]

And he were are stuck with crap talent like Travis Scott Whose show look like it came from the devil

[@fliegeroh]

Poor Carol died (some say was murdered) at 42. Rest in Peace Angel. We love you still.

[@richardjezewski]

She passed away too soon

[@20alphabet]

She was, in Mexico.

[@danimart3374]

@@20alphabet Exactly 1 year before her death by an "accidental drowning", she blurted out "I can't swim though" during her last interview with Carson, while talking about making a movie about surfing.

[@20alphabet]

@@danimart3374 Interesting

[@honkeykong9563]

Saw photos of her in her 40s. She was still smoking 🔥🔥🔥

[@cjimcook]

Listening to Carol Wayne, she was a heck of a lot more intelligent than what she presented herself as.

[@kcsnow9447]

Like Marilyn Monroe, yep. Both were very smart.

[@Joseph_Greco]

Those were the days when talk shows were like a party. All the guests stayed on the couch instead of leaving like they do now....and of course Carson was the master. Miss those days.

[@MrDFJohnson]

HILARIOUS! I remember the matinee lady when I was a kid. And of course had the hots for her. Man, these were great days in television. I grew up watching Johnny Carson has a 7 year old and remember when he went off the air, and was saddened by it.

[@swimminginenglish5574]

Brilliant

[@oldiesgeek454]

Actually, Bob Hope always made up some excuse to leave early. I don't know if he really had to be somewhere, or his ego couldn't stand Johnny talking to someone other than him.

[@629GSMITH]

These days they are Just political.

[@Poeme340]

a party, exactly! those were the days.👍

[@HowRJ]

What a line up!........Rickles, Reynolds, Carol Wayne.......and Carson says "I'd give a million dollars for a straight man"........brilliant!........

[@Jolentsch]

Hate Burt Reynolds. He was a sick freak

[@20alphabet]

Carol Wayne was brilliant. Back when television was entertaining, instead of propaganda.

[@rainysunday6186]

20alphabet She wasn’t too brilliant she could only play one type of character

[@deerejohn7209]

SNL ain't got nothin on this

[@illusionclassicrock6742]

@@rainysunday6186 but she did it brilliantly.

[@ELPECEE]

Perhaps those were the only roles she could get

[@busterhikney6936]

There were terror organizations that primarily did the propaganda back then

[@jaelge]

She could be wittier than people gave her credit for. Adorable lady.

[@davidjacob5828]

Carol was so, so, so adorable 🥰🖤😘💜😍💛!!!

[@danbolivar3564]

I really miss Johnny... Back when late-night was FUN to watch. So much talent, funny, intelligent, clean, bright original entertainment.

[@lloydkline6946]

It seemlike alot of his guests were his personal friends

[@thecarpetman7687]

It wouldn’t be allowed now...all the innocent innuendos would be offensive to all those woke miserable fuckers

[@tracer0017]

When Johnny left late night died. No one IMO could do latenight like him. And today its just aweful. I would rather watch Carson repeats with all the classic actors and actresses.

[@BleedBNG]

She had Don and Burt laughing hysterical. That's pretty darn good.

[@mhmorris2018]

Because they were turned on

[@mikelong110]

Dom Deluise, dummy.

[@BleedBNG]

@@mikelong110 Ooops 🤣

[@TheBanhagel]

Carol was perfect for the roles she was cast in. Perfect

[@thomaswalstrom4154]

Met her on the beach at Playa Del Rey , she was a class act , innocent without an attitude had introduced herself and just a few months later she was gone.

[@MrDFJohnson]

The Golden Age of Television talk shows. Burt Reynolds was always a freaking riot. We all have to grow old, but it's sad to see him become old and frail. But his wit and humor is still there

[@tauras665]

Old as dirt comment, but suggesting that Burt is old and frail here????😂😂😂😂 You're an idiot!!😂😂😂

[@stephenbarry1539]

Carol Wayne was the weather girl on channel 7; "I had two fronts" - she said

[@PC4USE1]

I spoke to Carol on a call in line when she and Pat McCormick were touring. She was a very intelligent woman who played the naive coquette to the hilt. R I P.

[@Nonduality]

Right. You don't have sustained success in Hollywood unless you're highly intelligent because many smart and talented people compete with you.

[@andrewpotok2661]

Pat Mccormick was a comical genius. Very quick witted. Great on the gong show

[@ManInTheBigHat]

This was when the world was still spinning straight on its axis.

[@ApartmentKing66]

And was round.

[@tzzlite]

Thanks to CRAZY liberals things are much worse!!

[@briancordova1299]

@@tzzlite funny thing is that most (if not all) of these folks leaned more toward the left.

[@dannyboyy8465]

@@briancordova1299 Today, these people would be considered extreme right-wing!

[@Account-ru8wt]

@@dannyboyy8465Johnny Carson told Life magazine in 1970 that he supports the liberalization of abortion laws but wouldn’t take his views on air.

[@johndangelo7434]

She is a very likable person! I bet she is a lot smarter than she appears to be.

[@this_boy-gent_is_a_roy-den2660]

I think that's what Carson was alluding to at 0:07 . Either that, or he was referencing her boobies. Because they're big. Bigger than average. It was probably her unassuming high IQ, though.

[@davidwright873]

nope...she has not a clue...lol...thats the endearing part...

[@marilynlandis5058]

I think Burt Reynolds was on more than anyone else as a guest, he was great!

[@roberthuot7887]

So funny to hear don rickels laughter, he was a brilliant boy!

[@mikelong110]

Dom Deluise, dummy.

[@andrewpotok2661]

Rickles could dish it out. But also he could take it too

[@halnywiatr]

@1:15 -"You're going to be 47 some day." -"Oh, I hope so." Carol Wayne tragically died age 42.

[@ron78tht]

Carson looks 60. 47 geez and she looks 45

[@ricksaunders8074]

Carol Wayne was great She had great timing

[@jackbyrd4921]

The variety shows of the time such as The Tonight Show Carol Burnett Show Flip Wilson just to name a few I don't think will ever be seen or matched ever again. great stuff.

[@20alphabet]

Agreed.

[@MegaJetJaguar]

She is so darned cute and funny!

[@SIKE01]

she was great in an underrated 80's gem HEARTBREAKERS

[@sclogse1]

"It was raining on my husband's ex-wife." She's killing it. Carol was outdoing all the big boys. Don was loving it. This is funnier than you know.

[@aintnobodyherebutuschicken1418]

So sad to think that all the people here have now passed away... RIP🌷

[@ksr9t]

Remember reading about the old man on his death bed asking his daughter, why are you crying? You're gonna die one day too

[@coophandluke3697]

She was always great on JC!!

[@robertnilla]

carol wayne was so underrated.. she never made big parts in movies.. this is what happens when you get typecasted and stigmatized as the dumb blond. She was great and the world loved her!!

[@spuwho]

Carol Wayne. The eternal standby when a star or invitee has to decline or backout at the last second. Always sitting on the bench waiting for Fred DeCordova to call her to fill in.

[@danheilman7729]

Carol Wayne was FUNNY. The joke was on the dopes ogling her and making fun of her.

[@tracer0017]

Everytime I see her I just smile. RIP sadly

[@NovaJake360]

Man this was a riot. You really felt involved. Just a good time, no political crap.

[@zoperxplex]

There is a simple explanation for that: all who support Trump stands on the left hand of Satan!

[@davesecx]

Well, politics were much more civil and sane back then.

[@larrymead5911]

@@zoperxplex If that's true then Democrats are on their knees in front of Satan pleasuring him. At the very least we know KH would. She's had a lot of practice.

[@zoperxplex]

@Jimolee's YT It is sad to think that you still imagine the Republicans to be the party of Lincoln rather than the party of moral deprivation.

[@zoperxplex]

@Jimolee's YT You have n9 memory for history. The Democratic Party was responsible for Social Security, the federal minimum wage, the 1965 Civil Rights Act and Medicare.

[@Lockemeister]

I laughed out loud watching this. Oh, for the old days...

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahah she got more laughs than johnny in the skit and the interview ahaha.. always loved her..what a sweet lady

[@miguelramirez1582]

Powerful people. Burt, Don, Carol, Ed and Johnny. RIP Oh Shit and Buddy Hackett. I met Buddy at Neptune's Net in Malibu

[@mikelong110]

Dom Deluise, dummy.

[@DNulrammah]

That shot of Carson with the deadpan expression ...

[@williammoseley17]

Golden age of television.

[@johnmcquilkin]

In January 1985, Screenwriter and director Edward Durston accompanied the stunning actress Carol Wayne on vacation at the Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. After the two argued, Wayne "reportedly" took a walk on the beach. Three days later, a fisherman found Carol's body in the shallow bay. An autopsy performed in Mexico revealed no signs of alcohol or other drugs in her body. Her death was ruled "accidental". Hmm! Edward Durston had also been present during the death of actress Diane Linkletter in 1969 when she jumped from her sixth-floor Hollywood apartment window. Her death was blamed on the drug LSD, but toxicology tests found no LSD in her body after she died. Hmm!

[@madogblue]

OMG , she was great!

[@olewhatsername2]

So sad that she didn't get to be 47 since she died when she was 42. I really enjoyed her goofy acting.

[@nthdegree1269]

And when he said. You'll be 47 one day, she said, she hopes so...

[@im1who84u]

Actually it is suspected that she was murdered.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@im1who84u Only by conspiracy theorists.

[@im1who84u]

@@leavingitblank9363 I don’t know if the word “conspiracy” would apply here, but here are some fun “facts” to ponder. It’s up to you if it interests you enough to dig any deeper. I don’t have a dog in the fight, and I personally don’t care either way how she died, but the circumstances are suspicious at the very least. Following the cuts in the Tonight Show she was having severe financial problems, and reportedly had fallen into drug and alcohol abuse. Toward the end of her life, she had resorted to being an escort for rich men. In January 1985, Wayne and her companion Edward Durston were "vacationing" at the Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. After an argument with Durston, Wayne reportedly left to take a walk on the beach. Three days later a local fisherman found Wayne's body in the shallow bay. Authorities later discovered Durston had checked out of the resort the day the couple argued. He had left Wayne's luggage at the airport. Later, an autopsy performed in Mexico revealed no signs of drugs or alcohol in Wayne's body. Her death was eventually ruled as "accidental". Carol was deathly afraid of water and would not have gone swimming. The water she was found in was only 4 feet deep. Mexican authorities wondered how Carol Wayne came to drown in waters four feet deep, fully clothed. There were no cuts or abrasions, so a fall from the nearby rocks was ruled out. The coroner stated that death occurred 3 - 4 days earlier and the body tested negative for drugs and alcohol. As an aside, the (alleged) LSD related death of Art Linkletter's daughter Diane. She jumped (or fell) from a sixth-floor apartment building in 1969. Not that it necessarily means anything, but Diane Linkletter's companion the night she was killed was Edward Durston.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@im1who84u Yeah, see, this is where the conspiracies come in. The mention of drug and alcohol use, even though she was clean when she died. The mention of being an escort, even though that is not supported by reliable sources. The attempt to link it to someone else's suicide. The mention that she was "deathly" afraid of water, also not supported. (Why would she take a walk along the beach if she were?) People die from accidental drowning all the time. In shallow water even. Why not focus on the facts that she was upset, couldn't swim, was unaccompanied, and had an accident? No sign of foul play, no sign of substance abuse, versus LOTS of accidental drownings. Which is really most likely?

[@johncarlo2630]

I still watch Carson reruns, and they’re still way funnier and entertaining than anything on late night today

[@henrimatisse7481]

Carol Wayne is the person you want to know. What a card!

[@billhilliard5454]

When she laughs she reminds me of Goldie Hawn on Laugh-In.

[@dcasper8514]

They played the same game.

[@marklandry2509]

Johnny: “You’ll be 47 one day.” Carol: “I hope so.”

[@monilaninetynine3811]

😔

[@kcsnow9447]

@1:08 she nails him up on the wall with "year old...". A great bit of comedy there. But it gets better, because they are both comic geniuses. Beginning about 1:17 there is another masterful bit of comedy--because they were making it up on the fly--about (someone) being forty seven.... ...Which he puts out there at 1:18... ...and at which her head snaps around and she starts to laugh @1:19. Just brilliant. These people were the best of the best, at least in my experience. Pure Gold.

[@hawkrider88]

I'm good friends with your ex-wife. Ha, great line!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Lovely lovely lovely!

[@ezrabrooks12]

Good Stuff !!!!!.....CAROL WAS ONE SEXY,WELL BUILT,BEAUTIFUL WOMAN !!!!!!......SAD HOW HER LIFE ENDED.....RIP CAROL!!!!

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

Now that my friends,,,,, is real entertainment.

[@Felatelist]

Simply priceless!

[@bobanderson2895]

Burt had a great laugh.

[@dougtaylor7724]

The ONLY host ever that the more he failed, the better he was.

[@phillipbradford6976]

Fantastic..thanks for uploading.

[@brentlittle8075]

She never did grow old, shame.

[@lifesavid]

And a little suspicious.

[@showtimealaska2086]

So sad, it feels that she was murdered when she was in Mexico

[@bo988ttyl]

@@showtimealaska2086 they say her boyfriend killed her :'(

[@stephenbarry1539]

"Do Not Sit on Props" - LMAO

[@jguerrero447]

She did not get old,

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Carol Marie Wayne (September 6, 1942 - January 13, 1985) was an American television and film actress. She appeared regularly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the Art Fern's Tea Time Movie sketches.

[@zenoftupac9096]

At 1:13 After she jokes Carson’s Age , Johnny says to Carol “ You’re going to be 47 some day” & she turns to the camera & states somewhat seriously “Oh, I hope so”. It’s eerie because Carol Wayne died in 1985 at the age of 42 under very suspect & mysterious circumstances (drowned in a small amount of water) while in the company of Edward Durston while on Vacation in Mexico. This same Durston had been with Diane Linkletter in a hotel room in which she had “allegedly” jumped out of a 6th story window to her death due to LSD usage. Diane Linkletter was only 20 at the time. While both deaths were ruled to have not been foul play officially, no one really believes this to be true (in either case) and it is widely believed that Durston got away with murder twice.

[@cartoonking461]

The ocean is not a small amount of water that's where she's around and from my money it was a suicide

[@rogerangress1098]

Don Rickle's laugh is right out of the Twilight Zone. GOD They were amusing back then; it was wild & great!!!! RMA.....

[@mikelong110]

Dom Deluise, dummy.

[@BigDaddyJinx]

OMG Burt's wardrobe. WOW.

[@bogieboog]

And hair....

[@oldiesgeek454]

A rust colored, polyester leisure suit... The 70s were a fashion disaster decade.

[@anonygent]

I handled your props! Accidental innuendos are the best innuendos.

[@GuyanaCapital-qr3wg]

Poor Burt Reynolds. So sought after at that time. At his old age, no one seemed to care about his legacy

[@californiamagician]

Ironically, at 1:15 Johnny says: 'It's all relative, you know, your going to be 47 some day one day" (referring to her age) to which Carol replies: "I hope so"... Carol Wayne died by drowning at age 42.

[@johnstark4807]

Even at 47 johnny carson was still very handsome like he always was, so it wouldn't have been surprising if carol liked him

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Precious so funny !!! 🤣🤣👌👌👍👍👍👍😇😇

[@georgesenda1952]

I had two fronts. LOL.

[@barbieblue2213]

Carol didn’t deserve her life to end that way!God blessings!

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Goodness! I forgot what a fine woman she was.

[@eltonnoway7864]

1:15 "You're gonna be 47 some day" ... ironically that day never arrive. Carol died in a drowning accident at age 42.

[@laserluver1]

Carol Wayne was so hot! Her best appearances are the ones when she comes out and talks on the couch.

[@roberttemple2521]

Cute clip. I am noticing Johnny's heavy wrinkles in his forehead for the first time since about 1969.

[@sanfranciscoprofessor2577]

The Seventies. The sexual revolution. A lost world of sexual maturity between men and women.

[@terryharding7476]

This is when women were real women they enjoyed the humor and the little sexual innuendos and didn't take offense at every freaking stupid thing that they can possibly take offense at nowadays Johnny would end up in federal court please give us back real women once again.

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

There was a wonderful time when men and women could flirt and enjoy each other's company and sexuality. Now, it's all about going jail and shit. Thanks progressives and feminists!

[@otiscampbell2194]

Archie Bunker was right , those were the days ! !Thanks JOHNNY AND ED AND DOC ! ! !

[@rja3226]

She was Uncle Arthur 's Bunny Rabbit. He turned her into 6 Bunny Rabbits because he messed up his Spell on Tabitha's Stuffed Bunny Rabbit. Darren's Client wanted to marry her, but then Uncle Arthur figured his shit out and turned her back into a Stuffed Animal. Larry Tate was not happy.

[@dashoverton1963]

They talk about her at 47 years of age. Sadly, she only lived to 42.

[@joecampos5624]

She was so sweet. Man so sad

[@Dr.scottcase88]

The only thing I can say is that I missed them all. And Carol you went way too soon. :-(. Anything else I might add feels inadequate. I miss those days. Peace.

[@Goodfella1960]

" You'll be 47 one day " She died at 42

[@donnafan7245]

Her Bootsie Nightingale episode on I Dream of Jeannie is one of the funniest things ever commited to film. She was hilarious, and so was Jessie White .

[@vitoaugello1677]

That’s the scary part. She never made it to 47. I also noticed how uncomfortable they are around her. Just to be a fly on the wall.

[@crashcorrigan9733]

And we're stuck with Steve Colbert. Uggggh!

[@hawkrider88]

That WAS funny.

[@mjm5081]

Good times.

[@sshannon1948]

She had a tragic end...her body washed up on a beach in Mexico...

[@downtownbobbybrown6237]

What the f would she go there for ? People just dont think .

[@MrReymoclif714]

Does anybody remember the EARLY 1970s interview where Carol Waynes breast popped out entirely and Johnny couldn’t stop doing a tRump unable to complete sentence imitation? They went to commercials for 12 minutes before finally putting the Indian electronic noise picture up for the last half hour! Carson was out for the rest of the week and I haven’t ever been able to get verification that this happened!

[@richernest3359]

Lets hear it for the boys and C.W.-one of the best Tonight shows ever

[@robertlouisburns]

Yes, "cold fronts" do have bumps. A bit "nippy"

[@twincams350]

It’s so sad that Johnny said that she would be 47 someday, but she died at age 42, in 1985! 😟

[@charltonlee20]

.....Hackett's wiped out on the floor! 😅😅😅😅

[@jimmy1154]

Once Carson's show went from 90 minutes to 60 minutes in 1980, she got phased off the show because the funny skits went away. Her career never recovered.

[@LisaSmith-tb8bb]

J Q she died in Mexico under strange circumstances with her boyfriend, he was also with Art Linkletters daughter when she died one drowned one overdose

[@20alphabet]

J Q True that.

[@BarryaLLen-ik8bq]

Lisa Smith lol do you believe everything you read or see on the news lol you are a blind fool a sheep a puppet a slave a brainwash uneducated child

[@politicalincorrect3368]

Instead of watching the crap on tv now. Each nite I watch a episode of the tonite show with Johnny. It’s great. It’s timeless. Rap tonite is political bashing. Nothing interesting.

[@Wasted_Talent007]

This was intended theatrics. It is the Goldie Hawn routine only about a decade later than "Laugh In". The real surprise was Johnny struggling with it. She was tossing softballs, and you would think that Rickles or Carson would be knocking them out of the park.

[@sawwas4677]

that was 4 people who were awesome

[@haroof]

I love Don trolling her the entire time.

[@trythinkingforachange4201]

a scum bag

[@mikelong110]

Dom Deluise, dummy.

[@InChristalone737]

She never grew old. Sadly never saw age 47

[@TJ-kk5zf]

massive, tragic ironies

[@bobfeller604]

Burt had quite an assortment of dead cats he'd wear on his head.

[@irgski]

she never made it to 47....rip