Johnny Carson - May 14, 1992 - segment 2 - The Copper Clapper Caper

Tonight guest:
Michael Keaton
Martin Short
Teri Garr
Ed McMahon
and Dr. Severinsen with the NBC orchestra.

[@paulzaky3121]

It’s truly Amazing how Jack Webb kept his composure throughout this sketch. Very funny.

[@DavidNicholson101]

Except right at the very end😁

[@dbran711]

This is my very favorite skit that was ever done and Jack Webb delivered perfectly. This is REAL COMEDY!!

[@alanclark7807]

Loved the story about Cagney and was pleasantly surprised that Jack Webb actually smiled at the end of the sketch!

[@ChuckMcDaniels]

Loved how Jack Webb stayed totally in character, right to the slight smile at the end!

[@OleJoe]

Carson almost lost it a couple of times near the end! Sure do miss Johnny! He was the best.

[@Hiperbipe43]

I remember as a kid, every Sunday night my father, two brothers and I would listen to Dragnet on the radio. Johnny's copper clapper capper is one of my favorites.

[@DarrellS54]

It never gets old!

[@CBB1981]

Loved Jack and Johnny. Two greats. They were spot on in that skit.

[@oliviadriver1362]

First time ever seeing Jack Webb smile!

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

Watch some Dragnet episodes sometime. Trust me, Jack Webb smiles in those too. Like the episode "The Big Boys", for instance. 😊

[@georgejuniorleedom4476]

Special effects can do anything!

[@VampireYoshi]

Even Jack Webb knew the straightest straight man could smile for Johnny Carson.

[@MyREDTAIL]

May the both RIP & are Sadly missed by all of their Fans etc, An Era , Long gone, But not forgotten etc.

[@pauljevert1450]

Classic "Talent" of two great "Star's" in their own right ! I miss those men and those days of civility, intelligence, and respect for each other and their acting and show business careers. One is to note their own personal reputations for refining their achievements in their talents and the quality of their professional creativeness !

[@MyREDTAIL]

The Late Jack Webb Had a Great Voice for Narration , He did a lot of the Military Training Videos, That I remember seeing during my Basic Training Days etc, May he RIP & is sadly missed by all of his Fans etc.

[@bobdevico3877]

Have you seen 1957s "The D.I.?!

[@70humdinger94]

They missed something at the end. Webb: Sounds like an 802. Carson: What's that? Webb: Klutzy comedy. (Got Jack to smile at least)

[@ncast54]

Comedy at its best, no profanity

[@TrelliessRose]

And no innuendos or insults. Except to poor klepto Claude Coppe who comped the clean copper clappers kept in a closet discovered missing by Clara Clifford. I'd clobber him, too.

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

Amen, Nelly C.! 😊

[@billlozier5551]

This is just priceless.

[@hughbo52]

Absolutely priceless! Thanks to some smart soul that saved these tapes. Great post.

[@rickmiller1429]

Carson stated Jack Webb loved Jazz, this led to his first marriage to Julie London, a Jazz singer and the mother of Webb's two daughters. Julie London was in one of Webb's production as Dixie McCall on Emergency.

[@jimsteele9261]

Webb also starred in a radio show "Pete Kelly's Blues" as a musician who got involved with some shady stuff. They did feature some music on occasion... if memory serves.

[@bobdevico3877]

​@@jimsteele9261Pete Kelly's Blues is a movie from 1955!

[@jimsteele9261]

@@bobdevico3877 Based on the 1951 radio show.

[@kystars]

I have seen this many times, but I always love seeing it. So MANY Great stars have passed away. I am not of course putting down modern actors and actresses, but the past just had so many GREATS.

[@Dmiller7239]

We miss you Johnny 💔.

[@MJBYouTubeNetwork]

What was stolen? My clappers. Joe Friday: 😐 Me: 😂😂

[@rockbassrules]

Comic writing & delivery at its best. What a great sport Mr. Webb was to do this Dragnet parody, I love this! When Robert Deniro was the guest on Inside the Actor's Studio, host James Lipton asked Deniro if he would recite the classic line from Taxi Driver "Are you talkin' to me?" for the student actors, writers and directors and Deniro flatly refused. What a wet sock.

[@basilmarasco1975]

@grey man a definite asshole

[@billh.8515]

Robert DeNero has definitely got some issues. Decency and DeNero are strangers to each other.

[@misskim2058]

Maybe he’s just one of those actors what has to get in the zone to do a line. Or maybe he just got tired of people asking him to do it.

[@misskim2058]

That being said, I still use that line a lot myself.

[@janineboitard6492]

Some actors simply won't do "in character" recitations. Jean Stapleton for example never did Edith's voice once she left the show despite being asked thousands of times.

[@jillmaeconnet2266]

Classic. Johnny was the best.

[@Drewtazy]

When the tonight show was funny and entertaining.

[@thomasjacques5286]

Classic Johnny Carson. That was great tv.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

The "Copper Clapper Caper" might rank up with with Abbott & Costello's Who's on first.

[@johnkearney2513]

They cut the clip short. As I remember it, Jack Webb started to break character at the end and was laughing as he said “Clutzy Comedy”.

[@shawnoneil2046]

That's priceless.

[@johnny-r]

Supreme talent will always rise to the top.

[@scottbaldock3363]

They don't do it like that anymore. Sooo funny!!!

[@rkgaustin9043]

Brilliant.

[@triciaanndodds4280]

Loved both of them & both styles of humor! Miss Johnny's smile.

[@smal1393]

Priceless!

[@ramirez412001]

Marc Words, thank you so much for putting this up, I love that sketch!

[@marcwords2253]

You're welcome. Yes, I like that sketch too. Good to see the original, with Johnny introducing the bit and the personal back story. Thanks for the "thank you". That was nice.

[@floatsting20]

@@marcwords2253 Could you imagine Colbert or Kimmel doing something similar? They just whine about Trump. No class presently.

[@bradlarson474]

"Clean copper clappers kept in the closet " Classic!

[@bobdevico3877]

Clearly!

[@loraleijessick9581]

Four people had their clean copper clappers clipped during a caper contrived in Cleveland to clean out contrarian cop's casas concentrically.. . In Cucamonga.

[@aultramegamagaalphaandomeg2268]

GREAT SHOW, HEREES JOHNNY CARSON !!!, MIS THE GREAT OLDIES

[@janetpoludniak1938]

Love it.

[@realjackpile]

This is the best. True genius.

[@wasnhas]

Superb !

[@paulsiegel2915]

great story!

[@scottthomas4153]

Very hilarious

[@DaveSParty]

The late Greats!

[@andrea4246]

One of the best

[@tomwashingtonjr848]

❤❤

[@scottthomas6682]

Very hilarious skit

[@Isotec1]

when comedy was really funny

[@ramirez412001]

Terri Garr that night - "I hear you're leaving this show, is that true?" Carson: "Yes, and Amelia Earhart is missing too, you know?" Clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYbPdYmwhtKJr9U

[@misskim2058]

Thanks for the link. It was good. And funny when she talks about how she found out that one of her boyfriends was a thug when the FBI had a chat with her...I know the feeling...

[@AZ29174]

It amazes me that everyone thinks this parody sketch is hilariously funny; but don't know why? I'll tell you why! It is all due to a literary device called ALLITERATION !!🎓👌

[@57highland]

It ALL figures ...... all of it.

[@60BloodyChamp60]

Was there not a convo with Jack that night? They just did the sketch and that was it? I’ve been looking for that for a long time if it even exists.

[@echoecho3108]

No. Jack Webb was not a guest that night. Johnny said they were playing clips from past shows. This sketch does exist, as a complete clip, by itself, on KZbin. Sorry, I don't have the link, but you can run a search on KZbin for it.

[@60BloodyChamp60]

@@echoecho3108 well doi not that night, but the night he was a guest

[@echoecho3108]

@@60BloodyChamp60 😊👍

[@americancitizen748]

Not bad. Only one mistake. Clever.

[@d.l.l.6578]

What ever happened to real men?? Where did they go? Can you imagine either Webb or Carson acting like wimps or disrespecting the American flag?

[@misskim2058]

They all live in Russia.

[@bradlarson474]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thrivnak787]

H I L A R I O U S !!

[@josephjuno9555]

What a tongue twister! Fun y to see them struggle to keep a straight face! I wonder how many takes it took to try to twist their tongues?

[@walterbatman7949]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@railtruckdriver853]

and mister webb was the lucky guy who was married to Julie London aka nurse Dixie McCall from Emergency!

[@andyadler]

Bobby Troup was luckier

[@railtruckdriver853]

@@andyadler very good point sir! or may I say "my bad dawg"

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

Clean and funny!!!!!! Shame on these "comedians" of today. Dirty, smutty and NOT funny!

[@generalmoonstone]

😂😭💀

[@DavidNicholson101]

I see what you did there.

[@Jitt.1]

Good clean fun

[@DV5100Z]

HOW far has late night TV FALLEN!!!!! Nothing funny any longer.....Carson is spinning in his grave because of what they have done to what he a Parr invented. Shame

[@diamonddog13]

They blew the punchline. It should have been "I'll clean his clock".

[@themitchclem]

I think Jack Webb had a thing for the ladies. He was married to four extremely beautiful women. Just the facts!

[@gopcongress]

I guess we only hear about the troubled Trump trial trauma from this #woke crowd.

[@kcjazzcat7822]

Classic Carson.

[@maxmurphy7306]

The best ever.

[@johnpulaski6725]

👍🏻🤣😂😅

[@jeanwalke6015]

Priceless!

[@user-fv8eh7tu8i]

Very hilarious