Johnny Gets Punched By A Baboon with Jim Fowler - Carson Tonight Show

Johnny Gets Punched By A Baboon with Jim Fowler - Carson Tonight Show - 06/18/1991
#johnnycarson #jimfowler #thetonightshow

[@natskivna]

Laughed so hard I cried when I saw this. Johnny with animals was comedy gold every time.

[@leesher1845]

Me too!

[@casyatbat]

and Johnny kept so cool throughout - the Karate stance was cool.

[@Lisaj4431]

Omg, I peed my pants

[@larryg6865]

A joy to watch. CARSON>Fallon

[@bonniebini5884]

T@@casyatbat

[@janalea5551]

Johnny Carson was all of that and a box of chocolates. He will ALWAYS be remembered as the King of Comedy!

[@mcpaplus]

Carson was the absolute king of night tv. No one has or ever will do it better.

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Johnny truly was super great

[@welles2002]

Absolutely !!!!!

[@KTHKUHNKK]

@@welles2002 His show was great. With all his guests.

[@gracecheri997]

The Best of the Best. Classy and Hilarious. Johnny Carson.

[@judithmacikmacik5981]

You are absolu9 correct

[@sherryv.9377]

When he stepped down, true late night tv died. He was hilarious, classy, and flawless. Never again, Johnny we miss you.

[@DG-sf9ei]

Because foreign interests started buying into American TV networks, now we're stuck with a political bias that's not only spewed into main stream news, but also late night entertainment shows, and it's hideous, lame, pre-staged, and controlled as communism.

[@singersamwriter]

@@DG-sf9ei Nailed it.

[@juneberry1982]

I felt that way after Jay Leno got fired. Johnny and Jay were the best. I don't even bother watching those shows now. I miss the good ol' days. 😩

[@bobbyd1019]

Now they are all crapola...not worth watching!!

[@DBBentleyPI]

Johnny was simply the BEST!

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

The way he immediately takes the karate fighting pose without missing a beat is the unmistakable sign of a comedy and entertainment master. Unfazed, in control, professional.

[@rockobill7637]

when we could all just laugh together

[@EpicConspiracy]

I wasn’t old enough to see Johnny back in the day but oh man. He is so much better than any of the hosts today.

[@andrewnorris1514]

Watch all you can . Jim Fowler was a great man also. Read about Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler

[@firewings4742]

He was the Best! My absolute Favorite! I stopped watching after he retired.

[@heru-deshet359]

Wow. You must be really young.

[@bettycogswell9851]

Amen. He is the best. No one til this day has surpassed him..

[@caesarfiorini]

A baboon is better than any late night host today

[@sillieww]

Back when the tonight show was AMAZING.

[@lindaharrell3916]

Johnny Carson is the only late-night show host I’ve ever watched with consistency. I worked a mid shift, and I would arrive home from work just in time for The Tonight Show. It was the perfect way to unwind. I miss him still. In all these years since he’s been gone, if you added the number of times I’ve watched the current late-night shows, it would not add up to thirty days! I’ve never watched ANY of their shows from start to finish. Johnny was the best. Ed McMann was perfect too.

[@mikehughes4969]

No, it wasn't the Tonight Show that was amazing. It was Johnny Carson.

[@sillieww]

@@mikehughes4969 Agreed

[@ricthornton2958]

It was television at its absolute best!!

[@PFCD]

"Playing my ass!" 😂 .... cursing on TV was unheard of back then. Johnny was hysterical. This was a real night time entertainment show.

[@Charlesb88]

Mild swears like Hell and Damn were starting to be allowed on broadcast TV by the 1970s. Harder swears were sometimes heared on broadcast TV but bleeped out as was the case here, especially on talk shows. Scripted shows never used them, even if bleeped, accept maybe as a plot point on rare occasions and then always bleeped.

[@a.f.7246]

Johnny had high morals too. I miss his shows

[@ehrichweiss]

Err, that was back in 1991. There was plenty of cursing at that point.

[@Charlesb88]

@@ehrichweiss Only mild swears like hell and damn where allowed on broadcast TV back then but ass was not allowed as a reference to the buttocks. You could use ass as shorthand for a jackass (donkey) as in "Don't be an ass!". Four letter swears and religious swears like "God damn;" or "Jesus Christ!" Were not allowed. Nowadays I thought I recalled hearing ass (as in butt) being used on network TV but I don't recall any of the other swears I just mentioned beyond Hell and Damn being used except in censored form.

[@PFCD]

@@ehrichweiss I disagree... what shows are you talking about that you were hearing swearing on with words like ass?

[@annalanzotti-venrick3989]

I love Johnny... I watched his show for years until he retired. He is so hilariously funny!

[@davidcaunter5346]

The sign of true genius is making it look so simple. Johnny was a genius.

[@glenndrexler1677]

Carson was the MAN" Period!!

[@a.f.7246]

He was well read too

[@mrtimo3822]

Meh Vtubers are funny

[@davemccombs]

"Genius" as he antagonizes a monkey and breaks every single rule that handler probably told him under no uncertain terms to break, provoking an attack. Jesus people are stupid

[@nathelm]

He made it look simple because he loved it so much

[@SheckyBeagleman]

Johnny Carson was always great with animals. He was fearless, playful and Hilarious! I miss him!

[@dorothycoker8830]

Shame, shame on you taking grapes away from this sweet. Sweet sweet, little baby.😄😄😄

[@davemccombs]

"Great with animals" as he antagonizes a monkey and breaks every single rule that handler told him under no uncertain terms to break, provoking an attack. Jesus people are stupid. Guy PROVOKED IT INTO ATTACKING HIM and idiots are out here "So great with animals!" Jesus

[@joefun6734]

You must be old

[@carycomic1954]

@@davemccombs If you see any stupid people here, you must be looking in a mirror.

[@vickishack5139]

Loved Carson. I wish he was still alive to do it. No one can ever begin to touch what he had

[@davidburkholder7360]

He is still alive just in a different body. The soul departs at body death and then inhabits another body at birth. Death is not the problem but forgetting and repeating is and that is being worked on but too much to get into on this forum.

[@bettycogswell9851]

@@davidburkholder7360 That is a bunch of malarkey...You do not enter another body....Read The Bible....You are deceived...

[@davidburkholder7360]

@@bettycogswell9851 Place your hand on a table and move it without YOU deciding. YOU are not your hand or any other part of the body or the body. YOU inhabit the body. I have read the bible and much older literature (The Dead Sea Scrolls). Christ was never in the body but just used it to communicate just like we all do. After all, what do you think the "halo" is above the head of the body but the human soul. You of course are free to believe what you wish. Godspeed.

[@larrymcguire9686]

Johnny would be too old to do his show now, he would be in his mid 90s if he was still alive. I do agree he was the best by far.

[@rileygoodread3415]

You don't see the acting 'skits' anymore ... with ANYONE! One of my favorite Carson skits, was 'Karnac The Magnificent.'

[@drewc3855]

My Dad watched and recorded this on Beta Max live! 40 years later it’s become a legendary and hilarious Johnny/Tonight show moment. Timeless! 👏🏻👍🏻

[@kellyalonzi2917]

I really miss that time. He was the best. One of a kind.

[@jaypeterman8414]

God bless Johnny Carson, the king of late night!

[@licksnkicks1166]

It’s June 2024 and I have never seen this clip before. I am crying with laughter. Who ever uploaded this clip I kindly thank you so much! I needed this badly! ❤

[@cincoy3679]

I miss him. I never laughed so hard in my life watching TV.

[@grateful1929]

i miss him too😢😂

[@valerieclaudio6727]

I’ve seen this at least 25 times. Every time I’m feeling down and blue....I watch this and laugh right out loud ❣️

[@Nestor123057]

Me too. I never laughed so hard in my life, period, when watching Johnny Carson. I think I was 16 when I was allowed to stay up late enough to watch the show. I felt it was a rite of passage, and I was now privy to a world I'd never known before, and it was hilarious.

[@happyme6153]

One night I was laughing so hard that it hurt. I woke the children up along with hubby. They came running in all sleepy eyed asking if I was ok. I could not answer. I was dying from laughter. The kids grown men now still talks about it.

[@stuarthecht8196]

There aren't shows like this anymore. I miss those days.

[@Danny-ju2ip]

2:05 "Playing my ass!" Johnny bleeped 😅

[@leroyepps1146]

I loved Johnny and the Tonight Show with Ed

[@odysseusrex5908]

Can you imagine Fallon doing anything like that? They used to have guests on to entertain. It has been many years since they had one who wasn't just promoting their latest film or TV show.

[@BlueLatte-f3f]

No. Not even. Lol!

[@sevadaj]

Fallon sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kathymaske8997]

@@sevadaj All the late night hosts SUCK!

[@juneberry1982]

He does have Robert Irwin on a lot though. I don't watch the show, but I do watch his clips with Robert here on KZbin.

[@L70s]

lol just about every guest johnny had on was promoting their movie, tv show, or comedy act.

[@Mike12522]

1:04 - Two quick hand jabs. 1:43 - A hard left hand body shot. 1:45 - A hard right hook to Johnny's jaw. 1:49 - A quick left jab to Jim Fowler's jaw. 3:53 - A quick left jab, which misses. The win, by decision, goes to the ape. Muhammed Ali would be impressed.

[@winstono251]

If only we could turn back time peps. What a nut world we are in now.

[@judithmacikmacik5981]

So true

[@davidk7859]

Doomed, we all are.... But at least we have great clips like these to laugh us into oblivion 🙃

[@pmonkeygeezer6212]

@@davidk7859 This is animal abuse messing around with that monkey like that. It shouldn't be allowed.

[@claudiocorleone7856]

@@pmonkeygeezer6212 abuse my ass!

[@pmonkeygeezer6212]

@@claudiocorleone7856 Your comment was reported because it had possible connotations of a homosexual nature.

[@phillipneely3264]

Best nite tv host ever....I remember this and still laughed my butt off. Absolutely none of todays juvenile pc hosts come close to Johnny Carson. Johnny was a class act from the start and to the end. And can’t forget his cohort Ed McMahon. Two of the greatest ever!!!!

[@watchman1178]

Today's late night talk show hosts are nothing but well-paid puppets and no-talent bums.

[@rileygoodread3415]

McMahon was drunk on the show one night. He kept talking crazy gibberish and cutting Johnny off Everytime he said something. Almost to the point where the Producer's we're gonna come out and remove McMahon from the stage. Everytime McMahon would 'sslluurr' his words, Johnny would laugh.

[@MustangMike012]

Johnny was the greatest. He really was. True professional...

[@m.susandenton1077]

What wonderful memories I have of watching Johnny Carson. I miss him. 💖

[@Nestor123057]

"They come from where? Obviously a very disturbed country." LOL What a great line.

[@MHzToGHz]

This is up there with the Ed Ames tomahawk mishap and the potato chip lady as one of the top Carson comedy moments. Comedy aside, Jim Fowler was a great animal advocate, and with Johnny's help, was one of the first to bring awareness of the importance of conservation and protecting threatened species to the general public.

[@driayoung710]

Yesss I totally ❤️ agree

[@mary11976]

Love that tomahawk moment. Never fails to make me laugh 😂

[@janethartwig774]

Jim Fowler was fantastic on Mutual of Omaha. What an hysterical episode!!!

[@Munjibunga]

Marlin Perkins: "I'll wait over here on the Jeep while Jim goes over there to grab the alligator."

[@fredmartine674]

When I was a young lad when life was simple and no such thing as the internet, I enjoyed watching Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins hosting the show. How time has changed since then.

[@a2ndopynyn]

@@Munjibunga Carson used to goof on the show like that. "While Jim is out there wrestling the rabid water buffalo in heat, I'll be in the tent sipping tea. Look out Jim, those teeth are sharp!"

[@billyrossi4661]

We need ed and Johnny more than ever..

[@joadbreslin5819]

Well... Johnny.

[@YouDummy]

It would probably be pretty horrific since they're both dead

[@joadbreslin5819]

@@YouDummy I'd prefer a reanimated Johnny to most of today's talk show hosts.

[@juneberry1982]

@@joadbreslin5819 What's wrong with Ed?

[@joadbreslin5819]

@@juneberry1982 He never met a product he wouldn't pitch. No sincerity. Just a salesman.

[@redcan5254]

Today is April 30 2021 at 2210 hrs ... there are 1710 Views and 171 Likes ... this video was released 47 minutes ago ... so I think it is safe to say that Johnny and Ed are still greatly appreciated ...

[@davidfasano7210]

👍

[@hanyou23]

I really do hope that the Carson group continues to release these great clips of the Tonight Show with Johnny in it.

[@Danny-ju2ip]

The Tonight Show was hilarious back then. As a kid I always wanted to stay up late and watch it. Whether it was unexpected guests like this or Johnny bouncing jokes off Ed or the band members, it was truly an entertaining show. Thank you Johnny for these memories!

[@brendaboorom8543]

Johnny Carson will always be my favorite late night show person

[@whattttf4170]

I keep coming back to rewatch. So darn funny. Ed’s laughing in the background, Johnny’s comedic timing....and then the ‘not very well behaved’ Mohawk hair chap wrecking havoc. Brilliant.

[@JD-ku6vd]

You must come from a very disturbed country!🤣

[@lbl9066]

So darn funny, and Jonny Carson made it even funnier! Laughing till I cried! Miss him so much

[@suzi8277]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂 I love it......and Doc is absolutely adorable!!!! That little mohawk😂😂😂

[@kirby711]

"He punched me right in the mouth" I'm still cracking up Love you Johnny and thanks for being you RIP

[@carolgrayson6876]

Jim Fowler was also Excellent. He was So Calm, Cool and Collective. May he also Rest in Peace. I Loved him also 😅😍🐾💞.

[@jerryjazzbo2845]

I miss watching the king of late night TV. Wish they would play more full episodes.

[@marktwain4538]

Pluto tv app. Johnny has his own channel, nonstop full episodes from all the years. Its just great.

[@hardlines4]

Johnny Carson had more class in his pinky than any of today’s late night show host Trash!!

[@ingenunis5003]

👍🏼

[@a.f.7246]

Right on

[@jasmineanaya57]

Lmbo!!!! 😂 I'm in tears!!!! 😂 No one can ever compare to Johnny Carson!!!! 💯💕

[@abbymartin554]

This ENTIRE clip was soooo funny but when Johnny went straight primate at the end, aggressively sharing grapes with Doc, that’s when I fell lol. Lord, this is the funniest thing on late night tv, ever! 😂

[@iiambheo8356]

I don’t think I’ve ever laugh this hard before , the monkey hit him with the right hand

[@JD-ku6vd]

@jjone heo “Didn’t ya hear the bell?” 😂🤣

[@oldyellerschannel4676]

Johnny was such a good sport! Any other TV host would be running for the exit, whining that an animal had touched him! Johnny got on Doc's level, which is why it was SO funny!!!!

[@tigermaximus8003]

ooh i agree.. he made those faces oooh maan !;) too funny!;)

[@contessalouannec8064]

I loved it when they had animals on the show. Yes those were the days.

[@beachhunting69]

Possibly my favorite clip of all time. Johnny getting into his karate stance is priceless.

[@nowhereman6496]

I needed a good laugh and cry. And I got them both from this clip. Tears from sheer laughter. Animals on the Tonight Show were gold.

[@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan]

Omg this was the night of my 22nd birthday! Laughing too hard

[@davidtomaric1109]

...7 days before my 23rd. How time flies and how I miss Johnny and these moments. Nothing today can compare.

[@dauntae24]

I was four when this aired.

[@DG-sf9ei]

You still look 22 in 2021 😎

[@dauntae24]

@@DG-sf9ei be more thirsty.

[@driftless1870]

There is no one like Johnny in entertainment today.

[@Serai3]

Hosts these days would run screaming to hide under the desk. :D

[@GiggleFishy]

Johnny's episodes with animals were some of the best.

[@Danny-ju2ip]

1:42 I laugh hysterically every time I see this moment and Johnny's reaction

[@DarkeningSkies1]

When Johnny winks at the audience you know he is going to take advantage of the out of control monkey situation for all its worth. Priceless.

[@gregd.558]

Why can't tv be like this anymore Johnny Carson was the greatest hands down. Never laughed so hard in my life. He was always really good when he had animals on his show and was always really good with whoever he had on as well. God bless you Carson!!!!!! Sure miss you and your great show!!!!!!!

[@hanyou23]

This 💯 shows why Johnny was the king of late night. We here in Nebraska will never forget our native son - man do we miss him!

[@DG-sf9ei]

I didn't know that, but it makes sense. That's why he was entertaining yet genuine, from the heartland. Not a brainwashed institutionalised puppet from hollywood.

[@hanyou23]

@@DG-sf9ei Born in Iowa but spent most of his young life here in Nebraska… Norfolk mainly, before moving here to Lincoln to go to the University of Nebraska. While in Lincoln, he did magic tricks and so on as side gigs. Here is where he met Dick Cavett as I remember - Dick’s originally from Lincoln… I think they did tricks together. After college, I think he had a bit of a radio stint (might have been KFAB-AM) and then went to work for a short time at WOW-TV (now WOWT) up in Omaha, before moving into bigger and better things. He was really a great guy - never forgot where he came from :) . Really do miss him ;o …..

[@jamiejudd7146]

This was hilarious! Not many can stay funny with a baboon punching you in the face. 😂 Here's to hoping your next animal was a nice calm one, Johnny. 😂

[@carycomic1954]

Actually, it's a crested black macaque from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes).

[@primatelover99]

@@carycomic1954😁

[@richardsisk1770]

I was always a fan of Johnny. I had run away from an abusive step-father and never went back. Johnny became a substitute dad for me in a way. and i miss him and his great work on the Tonight Show.

[@johnl636]

Carson was the best late night host. Very entertaining and he knew how to get the most out of his guests, even if they were animals.

[@MelesaEFary]

I always love Johnny and Jim and Joan and their animals! Watching this after so many years, Johnny's talent at being funny without a script and being beat up by a baboon shows how he was the best late night comedian of them all.

[@christinebernazzoli9981]

It was the best late night show! EVER!

[@leroyepps1146]

The best late night show host ever, i loved watching him and he was a great comedian with the mighty Carson Art Players the many characters he played; Love it!!

[@reen7044]

LOVE LOVE LOVE JOHNNY 💘 💗 💓 💕 💖! LEGEND !!! CLASS ACT !!!!

[@Loveoldies50]

Johnny was a special talent! Love coming into KZbin to see him, again!

[@donc-m4900]

Headline, " Doc lands a right to Carson's mouth." Film after 11pm news.

[@Jolers63]

That person's laugh at 0:12 is HILARIOUS! It kind of sets up the inevitable... that Johnny is going to keep us glued to the video to watch his natural comic reactions!!

[@suzanneberger8202]

What a great man and host Johnny Carson was. So glad I got to see his TV shows! The greatest show ever and he will never be replicated! Today's shows are awful!!!

[@reenee622]

Omg, I could watch this everyday and still laugh so much each time! Johnny and animals never mixed😂😂

[@lisaroberts4701]

Miss Johnny & the tonight show.This is hysterical 😂😂

[@janvan113]

Johnny has always been a gem. This clip is only one tiny reason why. I can watch all of his shows and just enjoy. He has left a legacy of timeless fun, entertainment, and pure joy. I hope he knows that.

[@kellicouch5883]

Johnny Carson was..simply the best. A true legend. God bless him.🙏

[@stevencarrollscorpio]

"A little, he went straight for me".

[@jaeworld3596]

That was so funny. I loved watching Johnny Carson's shows because he was a great host, he was funny, and had great sense of humor. Those were the good old days, and nothing like now.

[@AndyCarlValentin]

Johnny was the absolute best. He never shied away from danger for entertainment.

[@pmafterdark]

One of my favorite clips lol. Johnny was the king.

[@philatkinson3955]

I bout peed my pants, Johnny was so damn hilarious!

[@colettelavoie7259]

I'm happy that he took it as a joke when the monkey hit him. This was extremely funny.lol

[@pam70471]

Timeless. Only late night host that I truly consider a comedian.

[@eagleeye2300]

That is a really beautiful monkey and it's unreal that that that little creature can handle being in front of that huge, loud audience. #docforpresident

[@davidk7859]

Are you referring to Ed? 🤣 😂 🤣

[@photo161]

Johnny's composure is fantastic...Oh, how we miss him!

[@grammiesspirit4922]

How I needed this laughter right now 👏🏽👏🏿👏🏻

[@summer2786]

Carson had audience laughing hysterically. Nowadays they chuckle a little and that's it.

[@chowchow1850]

Johnny with animals-the BEST! This flashback with the out of control ape Doc punching Johnny is one of the best clips ever of Johnny!!!

[@a.f.7246]

Nobody can match Johnny

[@GaryFox11000]

Johnny Carson was so fantastic ! Impeccable timing ; he always enjoyed the moment .! Bravo 👏

[@ActraStunts]

so much fun! Just awesomeness!

[@robertburke516]

When fun and laughing was just normal, and not judged by politics

[@nonsense1558]

I love how Jim realizes this is becoming a comedy skit and goes with it instead of trying to change up on Johnny!

[@jtpaar1732]

That, ladies and gentlemen, is why they call him the King of Late Night! RIP, Johnny!

[@grumpy1616]

I saw this live back in the day, and it still holds up.

[@doristhomson3082]

Johnny Carson was hilarious with animals!!!!! I loved to watch the shows where they brought out different animals to "scare" him!!! LOL.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Johnny was like, you ain't getting a second one, and that first was lucky. 🤜💥🙊

[@rebeccacunningham3546]

There will never be another Johnny Carson

[@jakeaustin2379]

Johnny Carson _ _ PERFECTION _ _ America Misses you Sir . 😎

[@brianrshafer8994]

Miss ya so much Johnny....Your late nite show was in a class by itself !! R.I.P. Johnny Carson R.I.P.

[@cii1072]

I always enjoyed Johnny's interactions with the animals. Great fun.

[@chloe8907]

Oh to have this world again. Soon I believe.

[@gordanpulver9901]

grew up watching johnny at my grandmothers house....still watch it today and i'm 61

[@monikakahn9135]

Never gets old🤣

[@elle8288]

There will never be anyone as talented and funny as Johnny Carson!

[@mycroftselene3326]

Haha hahaha that's so hilarious! Johnny actually looked surprised when it hit him! Wow eh bye for now Out

[@davekoffer1609]

Love ya, Johnny, you’ll always be the king of late night!!

[@dawoool]

He is to late night what Sean Connery is to Bond.