Jerry Seinfeld Delivers And Sits Down With Johnny | Carson Tonight Show

Jerry Seinfeld Delivers And Sits Down With Johnny | Carson Tonight Show
#JerrySeinfeld #JohnnyCarson #TheTonightShow
Airdate: 08/14/1984

[@tombarnes7196]

Johnny single-handedly got more young comedians their first big exposure to a national audience than anyone. He knew talent and encouraged it. RIP JC

[@jackson5116]

He wasn't alone, Leno discovered Ellen, and got Johnny's producers to get her on. Leno had pull with Johnny, it's why he succeeded him.

[@cheapskategamer8562]

Doesn't happen to everyone. Jim Carrey was on his show didn't elevate his career at all. It wasn't until he got his first break on In Livin Color that made him a star.

[@mariarusso1325]

hi Tom how are you 😊

[@AlexM-mr8of]

Never gets old hearing Johnny say “That’s funny stuff.”

[@tomitstube]

funny how you can go back to 1984 to hear new stuff by jerry. great set.

[@poetcomic1]

This was almost entirely 'throw away' material that didn't make it into his 'set in stone'' perfect set. And yet it is all still top quality.

[@theusher2893]

That's gold, Jerry! Gold!!

[@matnels277]

It should be called roundtine 😂

[@michaeljoseph7917]

@@matnels277 ...the jar is round...the label is round

[@matnels277]

@@michaeljoseph7917 haha don't forget the mug is round too

[@michaeljoseph7917]

@@matnels277 Haha...you're right

[@frannyleyden7988]

I remember seeing this. Thought Seinfeld was going places. Very good.

[@connormonday]

I imagine Jerry at home writing this like “isn’t it crazy how people go out and do stuff and then go home and then the next day they do more stuff? Yeah that’s good I’ll frame the routine around that.”

[@calixa]

George Carlin - Stuff

[@cereal-killer4455]

It’s not about the material it’s about how he delivers it, like a great comedian

[@Mark-wd5zb]

If you watch his latest Netflix special from his residency at the Beacon Theater, he's really honed that "going out" joke extremely well. He begins the special with this joke.

[@nohabloemojislosiento4930]

Jerry's always framed his jokes around the trivialities of life. Nothing seems to make him laugh more than how boring people are.

[@keithhyttinen8275]

When Johnny called you over to the chair to chat after your act, you were going to go places.

[@brainsareus]

Yeah...but not always

[@brainsareus]

Imagine if you weren't called over to ''Kiss the Ring''...?? Disconcerting; to say the least.

[@DanLoFat]

Yeah I think the best come hither over next to me was with Drew Carey. What are the reason is he was genuinely funny and didn't only rift middle of the ACT ideas to bounce them off, they were generally be able to just riff naturallyf in a much more subdued subtle Robin Williams kind of way. On the other hand he did have well-planned agendas when he was going to talk shows, he was a bit of an antique talk show kind of guy and that he didn't mind making fun of some facet of a show. He was great on Letterman because he knew that the joke was on the talent the audience was in on it and David was in on the band was in. The joke was you, and if you understood that always right with the world. Did you carry understood that but even to a meta level as to say he would almost do a Don rickles riff on Paul or on Chris Elliott, he was a genius that way he still is But Kerry's first appearance on Carson when he sat down and asked how Ed was, you can tell he was going to dig into Ed on some level but you, until he brought up Star search. It was pretty hilarious Luzon star search, a year later go on Carson and kill.

[@AboutThings_byTarif]

I'm astonished that I hadn't seen this before. I'd say that was Jerry's best and tightest set. And how relaxed he is is just remarkable.

[@chadbailey7038]

Seemingly a pro from Day One. 👏🏾

[@CFox.7]

you can really see much super non funny Ellen DeGeneres has stolen the mannerisms from early Jerry - hasnt worked for her. Incidentally, im not a Seinfeld fan but can really appreciate his talent here.

[@kathyduby8150]

I never saw this before either. What a treat. He even laughs himself a few times. Then says, "I feel funny tonight."

[@dm552-x4c]

Im reading his current book "is this anything" and I can honestly say he has improved everyone of those jokes from that set. Same jokes, much funnier. He just got better and better. If you watch him deliver those same lines later in his career you can see how much tighter the sets got and how nervous he was in this set. Also the joke about his sister getting married is also a skit and it was great to see how he made it look like he just made it up in conversation. Great comedians do that often.

[@gavsterdb]

I think he did the exact going out joke in his latest set

[@daltonbutler2]

Very good. That was clever the way he looped stories into one another.

[@JeffSayYes]

yeah pretty good. he's textbook

[@TheGreatAtario]

The lost art of the seamless segue

[@Gynecologist]

The ol’ callback

[@quinntananahaakna]

Like a regular seinfeld episode. ✨💕

[@warrenfuchs2304]

Yes pretty seamless

[@hiyapal7719]

Jerry is an awesome comedian. He can talk about the simplest, most pointless things in life, and keep you completely enthralled, and agreeing with him. And in the end, he yanks you back to a certain point, and establishes his point, lol. He's very cool and entertaining. 😄👍

[@karanagarwal999]

You just summarised his show Seinfeld.

[@hiyapal7719]

@@karanagarwal999 Lol, yep, it was a story about "nothing." 😄

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Seinfeld wasn't a show about nothing. And even if it was, nothing is still something.

[@hiyapal7719]

@@Soxruleyanksdrool Do you not realize that my comment that it was a show about "nothing," was a reference to one of his episodes? 🤔

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

@@hiyapal7719 oh, sorry.

[@markmaki4460]

LOL i have a new favorite Seinfeld line "... the way you know them, you can't believe anyone would marry them!" OMG so true!

[@poetcomic1]

He has done his first Carson already, he was 'in' the inner circle of top comics and he comes out SO cool and relaxed and on top of the world.

[@hmmm3232]

I am old enough to remember watching the Johnny Carson show and I can tell you I truly miss those days.

[@rberka555]

We are in a different time now.

[@pmafterdark]

You and me both.

[@23ofSeptember]

I like how he tied in previous jokes with his last few jokes. The smoking, the getting back home. Quite remarkable.

[@Alex_1729]

I wouldn't say remarkable, but he's alright

[@DiogenesNephew]

If you sat down and actually laid out jokes on paper day in and day out like he does, you'd probably see how mundane it is. It's interesting to see the fruits of people's efforts sometimes, though. I'm not sure Jerry has ever really made me laugh, but I appreciate him for what he is to the industry.

[@Ace.0.0.0.]

In the business it's called a 'call back,' where you riff from an earlier comment.

[@23ofSeptember]

@@DiogenesNephew Who makes you laugh? Louis CK? Chappell? Other? I'm always on the hunt for funny people to watch/listen to.

[@DiogenesNephew]

@@23ofSeptember So Norm MacDonald and Gilbert Gottfried are a couple of my favorites. Ever since the Saget roast, Norm was #1 for me. Anthony Jeselnik has made me laugh pretty hard before. One that is a little bit more out there is Nick Mullen from the Cumtown podcast. He's literally the most situationally funny person I've ever heard.

[@suseyq4559]

Makes me really miss Johnny. He was a comedian himself. Truly so entertaining!

[@gmail4218]

Jerry could be funny without insults, toilet jokes, or anything else from the dark side. The bit about the shoe mirror had us literally laughing out loud.

[@williamwalker146]

Love how heartily Johnny laughed at himself at the beginning.

[@johnphillips4708]

That was a nice 7 min to start a morning with my coffee, really appreciate this channel, thanks. 🙂

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Just for that, John P, I’m going to start my morning tomorrow with a coffee and this 7 minutes of gold you recommend. ☕️ 😆

[@billrose5146]

He really hit a home run ... and within a few seconds with Johnny he hits another one.

[@BigstickNick]

The joke he told Johnny was the best 1.

[@c3vzn]

Jerry's the best all-round stand up comedian I've seen. There are others I find funnier and may for others be more laugh out loud funny but that doesn't mean they're better at the art. The wit, broad appeal & effortless confidence is what separates him from the others.

[@matthewbartsh9167]

Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. Surely funniness is everything? My favorites are Louis CK and Andrew Lawrence.

[@wayneyadams]

I love it when comedians come back around to funny lines or ideas and use it again in their routines. he did it with the cigarette, and we gotta be getting back. Dave Barry, a very funny columnist was a master at that, and Seinfeld does it a lot in his act.

[@karanagarwal999]

Called a "call back"

[@wayneyadams]

@@karanagarwal999 Thanks, didn't know it had a name.

[@wayneyadams]

@D Dave Barry, a very funny columnist, was a master at the written version of the call back. He would mention something near the beginning of his column and then he would bring it back at the very end.

[@adamgerald849]

They did it all the time on Seinfeld too. Great tool when used right.

[@kathyduby8150]

Two masters here. Love how Jerry receives the applause during his bit.

[@coyotemoon5182]

Funny or not, you can definitely tell the difference in confidence then and now. He looks a bit unsure of himself when he first comes out, but then warms up quickly.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Don't forget... they cared A LOT about if Johnny laughed or not... (I don't think he was worried about the crowd, but more worried if Johnny was going to like his routine.) JMO-

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

@egg sheeran uh... He's talking about Jerry...idiot...lol

[@DanLoFat]

And sitting on the couch that was pretty much the first words out of his mouth admitting just exactly that

[@DanLoFat]

@@S1L3NTG4M3R not so much about the laughing what they really cared about is if Johnny asked him to sit on the couch, even if Johnny didn't get the humor of the comedian if he can sense that the audience loved it that's what Johnny that's what Johnny would bring them on the couch they're many been a few exceptions like Gary shandling had a few groaners on his first appearance but Johnny you give her Johnny clearly laughing out loud and I think that would be the other part of the formula if Johnny thought it was genuinely funny and didn't really care what the audience thought or if the guy was funny in the audience loved it or if I was funny in the audience went crazy over the dude, like Steve Martin, Johnny would have him come over to the couch but I don't think Johnny really appreciated Steve Martin that much until he actually got on the couch. Martin's first appearance was funnier on the couch to Johnny then Martin's actual first appearance. Now I remember he already had a track record track record so he had it was harder for him to make Johnny laugh at all anyway because he already knew that Martin wrote for and appeared in the smothers Brothers show, along with Buck Henry and a few other famous people who later became more famous.

[@mt_gox]

@@S1L3NTG4M3R johnny died gasping for air LOL the result of decades of heavy smoking LOL

[@philbabb6460]

Jerry owes it all to Johnny for accidentally saying pube

[@johnpiassek2224]

"Pube! That's a funny word!"

[@davidsthubbins176]

😆

[@pmafterdark]

Always loved Suzanne Pleshette's laugh.

[@elizabethingram9784]

I’d forgotten that he looked like that. So cuuuuute.

[@benneden2580]

“What’s the deal with gettin up?”

[@jro3213]

"What's the deal with airplane peanuts?"

[@SL-vi4tk]

The cigarette joke won the audience, as if he was smoking one.

[@DanLoFat]

Well it's no Bob newhart telephone bit, but it's pretty close

[@BillMarion]

@@DanLoFat Newhart is a LEGEND! So funny!

[@notpandemicp1156]

it should. i mean he had a cigarette, and the audience didnt. they had no choice

[@why-even-try-brotendo]

Johnny is so naturally funny, there has never and will never be anyone like him.

[@uneedtherapy42]

I think about that all the time. I believe it's a combination of Mid West sensibility mixed with Hollywood cool but always with a self deprecating quality. He was always laughing at himself. And of course this was when you could just be funny and not worry about the PC police breaking down your door every second.

[@vcvortex6356]

He was a complete dickface to pretty much everyone as soon as he left work. He wasn't the guy that you saw on TV.

[@artboy789]

I’m like him. I’m really funny

[@KiraYoza]

@@artboy789 who says that? Haha

[@KiraYoza]

@@artboy789 I’m good looking too 👀

[@pickledparsleyparty]

"Oh you've got a new act? Sounds swell. What's it about?" "Nothing."

[@tonyremo9787]

He's worth 950 million dollars. In case anyone forgot he made a little TV show about nothing.

[@dafalzonAUS]

After the first 150 million it doesn’t really mean anything anymore 😂

[@anthonyoneal8376]

Not counting his car collection.

[@randommthrfkr6568]

You mean Larry David did. And this overrated 'comedian' spends his days complaining about cancel culture when his never even dropped an f bomb in any of his stand up. His just jumping on the bandwagon of the comedian elite and thriving off of association. I'm sorry, but that is the crude reality.

[@randommthrfkr6568]

@DatrixTSW2012 lmfaooooooo!

[@rorigillmore141]

@@dafalzonAUS wym? a nice house in the hills and that 150 is gone

[@jamie42172]

His first episode was the going out theme. I loved it because bottom line he made fun of discontent.

[@rafael-4607]

Funniest line in the video...."Cobbs Pube"

[@clintonsmith5163]

To those with the mentality of a seven year-old.

[@Shamonwhitehurst252]

@@clintonsmith5163eat a bag of baby wangs

[@mellowd890]

Jerry hands down one of the first to perfect the art of standup with his remarkable joke crafting abilities.

[@JohnB00007]

When I moved to Los Angeles many years ago the celebrity that I wanted to see the most in person was Johnny Carson. I never got to do that. God bless Johnny. He brought so much joy to so many people every night.

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

A lot of these bits became Seinfeld intro monologues!

[@HolyWar2468]

It's good that he kept trying.

[@Bushey4545]

Ya but a serious missed opportunity, from the side profile picture in the thumbnail he kinda looked like jfk Jr this guy could have been a legit male model too bad he wasted his life doing comedy and sitcoms

[@Enigma71559]

I remember seeing him on Letterman back about the same time frame and thought he was the FUNNIEST comic I'd ever watched. NOBODY has EVER made me laugh out loud like Jerry. Still the same today. I'm laughing out loud HARD watching this. He's the best ever!!

[@silverbolbo]

He's ok..

[@Enigma71559]

@D Well, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter wrong. I'm kidding. What we find funny is very subjective. I think he's hilarious.

[@yeti9127]

Perfecto: “it’s about nothing.” Brilliant!!!

[@dos-fslady3140]

Sometimes (most times ??) the only reason to go out is for the pure joy of coming back home!

[@fastmathematics]

Weird seeing early Seinfeld wearing a suit that fits

[@paulkane7771]

How about you post a picture of YOU wearing a suit? Yeah, I thought so.

[@JeffSayYes]

pretty humorous observations about daily life right there

[@frannyleyden7988]

I watched this when it originally aired. Thought that this guy would be going somewhere. The rest is history. There will never be another show like Carson.

[@davidsthubbins176]

Johnny's thinking, "wow, this kid's gonna have his own a jet airplane some day."

[@johnpiassek2224]

The opening bit is a similar routine to the one he did in the pilot of Seinfeld.

[@BensBrickDesigns]

I just watched the pilot too. Someone's algorithm is working.

[@hbgstorm]

Finally i've found johnny carson saying " FUNNY STUFF" lve been looking for a year 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@starchamberlain]

That was gold Jerry, Gold!!!

[@hotlov72]

Jerry and Gary Shandling had very similar styles back then. That cub scout joke with the magnet sounds like it could be Garry's joke

[@TheGregcawthorne]

Who?

[@hotlov72]

@@TheGregcawthorne KZbin it.

[@TheGregcawthorne]

@@hotlov72 Never!

[@hotlov72]

@@TheGregcawthorne he's better than Jerry so you better

[@maliant16]

Johnny has one of the most infectious laughs I’ve ever seen. Cob’s Pube is still funny.

[@bretstanley8931]

Bania would be proud! "It's the best Jerry, the best!!!"

[@ViaticalTree]

SOUP’S NOT A MEAL!!!

[@bretstanley8931]

@@ViaticalTree Soup might be a meal! Did he crumble any crackers in it?

[@ViaticalTree]

@@bretstanley8931 THIS IS THE MEAL!

[@SlyOxr]

He’s so good at tying it back to the beginning

[@xjcrossx]

Jerry giving that woman a kiss hello lol

[@archfapper211]

This is the closest to "cute" I've ever seen Jerry haha

[@javierz_sight479]

Insert Sienfeld theme music.

[@jeramiemaddox1974]

Wow times have changed. He would bomb so bad today with that set

[@paulkane7771]

Nope. Still timeless and funny today.

[@m.a.3322]

I love how it all back full circle

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

There was no one like Johnny. And never will be again.

[@thebluesandothercolors6602]

Pretty good and oddly genre-defining.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Two Legends... One was the King of Late night! One was the Kind of sitcoms- about nothing!!!!

[@randommthrfkr6568]

King of sitcoms? Are you for real? This man is extremely overrated. Dude... seriously... get a proper sense of humour

[@paulkane7771]

@@randommthrfkr6568 Not overrated. Seinfeld was the funniest show ever, about nothing. Literally nothing.

[@randommthrfkr6568]

@@paulkane7771 you can keep repeating that same bs but it wasnt the funniest show ever. That would be fresh prince and friends.

[@srikwari360]

There's an episode in family guy where Peter Griffin starts smoking and when he puts his cigrette out , that's the end of conversation...no arguments. Now I see where Seth McFarlane got that idea. It's a Seinfeld bit.

[@paulkane7771]

Seth steals a LOT of stuff from others. Not that he's not funny, he is... but he's not shy about using others' materials.

[@TheLocalLt]

90% of his funniest bits are just from Caddyshack or Seinfeld

[@afconnelly]

I'd love to see Jerry's commentary on this.

[@ed52369]

You can see the beginnings of Seinfeld's TV show here. I am sure Larry David was watching.

[@mdooms76]

Jerry has always looked and acted the same from day 1. Definitely a class act 😁.

[@cmonman89]

Jerry absolutely destroyed. Some people just have it - that rare mix of confidence, stage presence, delivery, unique voice, and absolute quality material.

[@anthonyoneal8376]

Things have seriously gone downhill, maybe our creator is teaching us the consequence of bad decisions, but man I miss this era of life.

[@mattr8251]

U can thank Hollywood and the media teaching parents to raise spoiled rotten puzzies, not allowed to spank for misbehaving, the family unit is a bad thing if it involves man and woman . . Math is racist.. and all the other woke crap

[@frankpavan7865]

Who ever thought back then he would become a huge success? He had the formula.

[@KaninTuzi]

He has so many Chris Rock mannerisms in this one. I wonder if he had just been listening to a lot of Rock's standup before this performance

[@rogerjohnson9103]

Given their ages, it’s more likely Rock was listening to Jerry.

[@RB-zu6cn]

they were both very close friends and worked a lot of the same clubs together during that time. helped each other with material. makes sense that they have similar deliveries and mannerisms

[@KaninTuzi]

@@RB-zu6cn Yep! I just feel like there were some extra Rockisms in this one. Especially when he was talking about the shoe mirror.

[@Kodak718]

@@rogerjohnson9103 what if i told you that someone older can copy someone younger - woahhh 🤯

[@rogerjohnson9103]

@@Kodak718 at the time this clip was made Jerry was an established comedian and Chris was just starting his career. I don’t think either copied but was perhaps influenced by the other.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

Great stuff

[@adarshjose3891]

Jerry Seinfeld looks like a young Gilbert Gottfried.

[@bennyw9975]

Also Gary Busey

[@markoman5267]

And a little bit of Ray Romano.

[@boomboxmachine]

And that day, I was 22 btw, I thought to myself, this guy will have the best tv series ever.

[@Lachiepops]

Goodness me he looked exactly like a young Gilbert Gottfried when the curtains first opened.

[@drsevrin100]

When Johnny said your funny. Agents would then start calling.

[@seanwebb605]

You are or you're. not your.

[@allans7281]

I crack up just looking at Jerry Seinfeld you know he’s gonna say some crazy stuff

[@jjryan1352]

Real life Woody Woodpecker

[@paulkane7771]

The thing is, Jerry DOESN'T say any crazy stuff. It's all mundane, everyday stuff, yet he makes you see how funny it truly is. Genius.

[@plsavage]

30 years later and im still laughing at this....

[@hibob418]

Ha! At 3:30, he's doing a Don Knotts. The move where he pulls up his trousers, exhales and does the toe bump. Textbook Barney Fife move. He does it in one scene in the show, and Julia calls him out on it.

[@MikeMorton]

Masterful

[@tjmctube]

Wow, you could see the foundation of the Seinfeld format in that bit. He wove the different, very unrelated, story elements (going out, smoking, cub scouts) together at the end. Just like the last few minutes of any Seinfeld episode.

[@afconnelly]

He has the timing of a typewriter.

[@paulkane7771]

Yes! A typewriter that writes many funny jokes!!

[@TheRealCobraBurnout]

Excellent

[@michaelancona1120]

This guy has potential

[@mortimersnerd1]

he looks like a ventriloquist doll

[@joeyrobinson4939]

Don’t mess with Johnny

[@veritasnumquamperit1421]

Eddie Murphy told Jerry Seinfeld on his Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee that when they were coming up the comedy scene together, he was always the sharpest. This set proves that point unequivocally.

[@jorgepardo74]

He's one of the funniest people in showbiz ever !

[@danheilman7729]

If I could get Suzanne Pleshette to laugh like that, I would die happy.

[@zmanproductionsthepuppetan4607]

I grew up watching Jerry Seinfeld including when he did the voice of the bumble bee 🐝 from the bee movie.

[@susanwest8239]

I loved it Mr. Carson.

[@dannyhudson3184]

Johnny was the greatest late night ever

[@darrensiegel6651]

Wow. Jerry Seinfeld: King of the Call Back

[@garymcaleer6112]

Happy holidays.

[@paolo-n2000]

Conan O'Brien was the last of the solid late-night talk show hosts. Johnny Carson is the gold standard! So enjoyable to watch these old clips..

[@ladybug591]

Unlike the other so called commedians we put up with now, Mr. Carson did not bash people with politics. He was the last of his kind the rest who followed after him ended up pandering to the corrupted politicians of today. 2022. Loved Seinfeld - so easy to listen to and laugh with him about ordinary funny behaviours and things. So normal, so decent so funny.

[@Unclemoparman]

Suzanne Pleshette ❤

[@kathykupfer8939]

I loved Suzanne Pleshette in Rome Adventure with Troy Donahue

[@TimmyTheTinman]

Jerry looks like he could still be in high school😂

[@kateromney4418]

Jerry & Larry David KILLER KOMBO!

[@davidmreyes77]

Jerry is dressed like the Regional Manager of a paper merchant branch.

[@simonsimon8572]

Awesome

[@fembot521]

I like his comedy because it’s clean.

[@King-O-Hell]

This Jerry fella is gonna make it one day.

[@duhreel1]

Old joke

[@msanne23]

Wonder if jerry even dreamed he would one day create one of greatest sitcoms of all time. I think there is a episode of him being on the tonight show in Seinfeld. Also the bit about going out

[@tomwashingtonjr848]

❤️❤️

[@brainsareus]

''A Bum passed out on the curve'' That sounds kinda funky and slightly wrought in 2021

[@ProfessorRinzler]

Curb. Stop correcting jokes you can’t even get right. He’s Seinfeld. You’re nobody.