Andy Griffith Takes a Shot at the Trombone | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 04/09/1974
#johnnycarson #thetonightshow #andygriffith

[@jjs490]

Andy Griffith was so charismatic, I love to hear him talk the way he spoke and formed his words.... that character he created Sheriff Taylor was unbelievable. Thank God I can still see him on reruns.

[@pmafterdark]

I really miss Johnny and the Tonight Show so much. Andy seems like a genuinely warm and humble man. It was great to see them talk.

[@thebluesideisup]

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[@adamsyed5535]

Two legends from the golden era of television.

[@petesmitt]

They were both mean spirited people, which came out when they were drunk.

[@newytacc9447]

@@petesmitt Not true ! 🤔🤫

[@LoveMusic9973]

Andy Griffith two of the best. Never saw this episode of Johnny Carson. Wow ❤🙏😂😂

[@kimclark2135]

@@petesmitt where'd that come from??? What, did you hang and drink with them , bro? If so are you 110??

[@petesmitt]

@@kimclark2135 It's no secret that Carson was a bad tempered jerk; he gave up alcohol completely because of his bad behaviour when drunk; Griffith being like this was less well known because he didn't have the profile of Carson but people he worked with have spilled the beans; Griffith was reported to have quite a temper. “He could have this explosive temper,” writer Daniel de Visé documented. “He punched out a car window and put his fists through doors.” “Most of us were deathly afraid of Andy,” confessed George Lindsey, who played Goober Pyle on the sitcom. Some reports claim that Griffith battled alcoholism, and was even known to get physical on the set of his show, punching a wall in one particularly memorable occasion, which production assistants bandaged well before resuming filming.

[@fougee1]

You know you is getting old when dead people are more entertaining than live ones!!

[@jamesdavison2927]

That's not a function of old age THEY WERE BETTER

[@lindataylor6512]

No people like them because they have class

[@newytacc9447]

They don't make em' like these gentlemen anymore, such great entertainers !! 💯

[@threeballedtomcat9380]

Andy Griffith was an iconic star in every sense of the word. To have these 2 icons together is a great thing..We miss them both. I grew up on Sheriff Taylor and Barney Fife in the 1960s and I miss them, thank God for syndication and reruns. And thank you for the upload, it is great to see them (and Doc SEVERINSEN too) LMAO !

[@RagingSurf90210]

Doc SEVERINSEN!!!

[@peggygallagher5802]

How about Doc's clothes!?! Epic! 💜

[@samdress7772]

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[@jerzeyguy71]

Johnny's face is priceless when Andy starts playing!!

[@ceebeeii6723]

Awesome! As a trombone player, this was great to see!

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Humble and traditional Andy Griffith ! Wonderful guy, wonderful show ! Always "welcome in Mayberry." Even Oprah said that ! 🤗

[@justinallport9789]

Who' Oprah?🤔

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

Legends of TV RIP JOHNNY CARSON AND ANDY GRIFFITH!!! 😔

[@lewiscarey6984]

Get the feel'n' Andy would be a great friend to have! His humour is PRICELESS!!! 🤠🤠🤠

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

2 greats on one show!!!!

[@mzjonez8768]

Love these classics.....❤️

[@brotherchristopher2149]

When I get down not feeling with a disease I have Johnny Carson always lifts my spirits . Love Andy Griffith. He was so kind to my wife when they made a movie where I was a youth minister years ago. Be blessed! 🙏

[@kansascityonline]

After Griffith's death, [Ron] Howard stated: His love of creating, the joy he took in it whether it was drama or comedy or his music, was inspiring to grow up around. The spirit he created on the set of The Andy Griffith Show was joyful and professional all at once. It was an amazing environment. And I think it was a reflection of the way he felt about having the opportunity to create something that people could enjoy. It was always with respect and passion for the opportunity and really what it could offer people in a very unpretentious and earthy way. He felt he was always working in service of an audience he really respected and cared about. He was a great influence on me. His passing is sad. But he lived a great rich life

[@brucetowell3432]

Great guitar picker and well......blue grass...finger picking'....sings too..all around great massive talent....always loved his shows....

[@juliedepaolo9971]

Dang!! Who knew Andy could play the horn?? Still love this show. I saw Gene Krupa and Ed Shaunessy play the drums on this show and they inspired me to join band and play percussion.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Good for you ! Which percussion instrument do you play?

[@juliedepaolo9971]

@@SweetChicagoGator All percussion. Many people do not know that "percussion" is not only drums. Besides snare and bass drum, it includes, tympani, cymbals, gong, bells, marimba, xylophone and other special sounds. So glad I did it in my youth. It was a great experience.

[@SweetChicagoGator]

@@juliedepaolo9971 Amazing array of percussion instruments, so you must be very talented ! Are you in the band still?

[@BackToTheBlues]

One of the most underrated percussion instruments is the triangle. We used to get given it at infant school, and only ever thought it made a pathetic 'ting.' I know now it can be a terrific rhythm instrument using hand damping, and I wish I knew it then!

[@juliedepaolo9971]

@@BackToTheBlues I agree. I played the triangle in many concerts. It does add a little something to the performance. Sweet!

[@jasonq703]

Andy Griffith and Johnny Carson are true American treasures that can never be replaced or forgotten.

[@cbass2755]

I just loved this Man…..such a great actor

[@peggygallagher5802]

Grew up watching Johnny Carson and the good ole shows...Andy Griffith was one of the black and white film actors I watched who gave me such a sense of peace and comfort. One of my favorites ❤ Exactly why Johnny Carson and his talent in bringing our favorites, our curiosities about the lives whom have made an impact within our homes and in our lives is, and forever will be The Best 🏆 Miss you Johnny still 🙏

[@kevinlucas8437]

Andy was so much fun to watch, his movie no time for Sargents is hilarious !!!

[@deborahrotondo7792]

Love Andy, great actor, great talent, he's a nice guy.

[@RoryVanucchi]

Andy solid as a rock

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

This is great. Johnny's reaction, like some long-suffering father listening to junior playing the trumpet up in his room. Then he asks if Andy ever played professionally!!!

[@Redmenace96]

I thought that was funny, too!

[@psw4763]

Great and wonderful video. Love Johnny and Sheriff Taylor himself.

[@pamkay8915]

My favorite is Andy Griffith!

[@GaryFox11000]

Andy & Johnny ! Real talent , true gentlemen ... 🙋‍♂️👏😃

[@93Jubilee]

My father (we used to live in Biloxi, Mississippi) loved Andy Griffith!

[@edwardbreadman9473]

Johnny interveiwing Andy with a cigarette in hand. How times have changed.

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

Yes,...the very tool of his demise.

[@brucetowell3432]

Andy use to smoke on his sitcom, although not all that much.....when he and Aunt Bea were sitting on the front porch, and he was about to strum his guitar....

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

These old vids are absolutely priceless.

[@darrellhorner500]

THAT WAS GREAT!👍 TWO OF MY FAVORITES!

[@gino423]

what a great guy Andy was .....still loved in the yr 2022.

[@AJGreen-cn8kk]

Anybody else old enough to remember Johnny went he did 90 minutes from NY every night?

[@fougee1]

Yes sir

[@ravipeiris4388]

The best that North Carolina has to offer ❤

[@chalfont2495]

Johnny acts as though he had never heard Andy's monologue, "What it was was football"

[@raysmusic49]

Such a great guy! Loved Andy!

[@waskyhenry3132]

😲 Wow, 😳 that shows you how time has changed. Johnny Carson could 🪑 sit back on the set and light up his cigarette 🚬. Good old days I guess.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Johnny reportedly smoked 4 packs a day. Although he was always physically fit, he died at age 79 of respiratory failure arising from emphysema.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Although Johnny always goes for the gag, Doc looks genuinely impressed by Andy’s choice on trombone. As Doc points out - "Song to the Evening Star" ("O du, mein holder Abendstern"), also known as "Oh Star Of Eve", which is an aria from Richard Wagner's 1845 opera Tannhäuser.

[@vernareed2692]

Oh wow! That's good!! He was still pretty good on it!!

[@vernareed2692]

Bruce Kuehn I'm glad you told the name of the song Andy Griffith played on his trombone or I would not have known!! Nice title!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Jack Teagarden was one of the great early jazz trombonists. Also a very good singer. My son plays and he has a Teagarden CD.

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Teagarden died in 1964 at the age of 58. The cause was listed as pneumonia, but it is generally thought that it was from his overuse of alcohol. The Andy Griffith Show began in 1960 and Andy had been in a couple of very successful movies before that. He doesn’t say when he saw Jack, but it was obviously a “wish I woulda” moment that he let go by. I’m sure that “Big T” would have appreciated the meeting also.

[@havocjones8309]

I grew up with the Andy and Johnny. . Tv and family viewing will never be the same

[@dgcmusi]

What a legend tv actor…a class act

[@cathyt144]

I watched him in a movie with Johnny Cash last night. Andy played a corrupt sheriff that ran the town like he wanted to. It was strange watching him play a bad guy. But he did great .

[@mc12358]

Andy played the same type of corrupt sheriff in the episode of The Danny Thomas Show that launched The Andy Griffith Show into a full blown series.

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

Cathy T….What was the name of the movie?

[@johnharris3362]

It was Johnny Cash that played a sheriff and Andy played a rich land owner who murdered a sharecropper based on a true story called murder in cayouta country.

[@BrianM-44041]

Fun fact: the town next to mayberry andy frequently mentioned on his show was mount pilot, a nod to an actual place in NC, great pilot mountain. Its a beautiful place.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

I've never seen this clip ever

[@heatheradam-cerri8969]

MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF ANDY IS HIM SITTING IN A BENCH IN THE VIDEO OF BRAD PAISLEY….”WAITIN ON A WOMAN”….Andy talking the words to the song…Andy and Brad doing that song /Video…..together….PERFECT!! makes me smile❤️ and i feel a bit sad too as it was the last thing Andy did before he passed away! that man was a sweetheart❤️

[@larrycone8821]

I was five when the Andy Griffith show came out. I grew up on that and Mayberry RFD and probably seen every episode three times. Not to mention my three sons and Dennis the menace..

[@anitadailey1114]

Miss these kind of entertainers!!!!!!

[@bemore1134]

As iconic as The Andy Griffith Show was, I'll always find time to sit down & watch whenever "A Face in the Crowd" airs. Andy was terrific in that movie.

[@dondondoodle]

I absolutely love this!

[@ThomasVogel-w8x]

No time for seargents . Was hilarious.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Andy was a fantastic dramatic actor. Very underrated.

[@nataliep.9047]

This might be the only time that Wagner was ever played on "The Tonight Show" ( and Wagner will almost certainly never be played on "The Tonight Show" ever again).

[@christophermorgan3261]

I watched all the episodes of the Andy Griffith Show back in the day, but you gotta pay for them now.

[@steve1000]

Free on MeTV.

[@gregorall9779]

I'm 61, and I know this is my age talking, but I wonder how many current celebrities will be remembered 30-40 years from now with the same admiration that the older current generation thinks of the talent of our youth and our parents youth?

[@capitanfuturo594]

Andy Griffith is MATLOCK.

[@lancemangham997]

I loved how Johnny just casually lit up that cigarette. Those were days! Nothing unusual about it at all. Today it would be scandalous 😂

[@rosaoddin4338]

Always liked AG, he sure had a beautiful head of hair!

[@d.g.n9392]

Thankfully we have so many great clips to see. We love watching the retro tv shows

[@willmcpherson8097]

Whats unreal to me is Andy would have been 48 here and Johnny 49.

[@cherylroumillat3660]

Precious Memories Blessing's Sweetheart's..⚘🎚⭐🍑🦋❤

[@bjmajor]

This content provider needs lots of KUDOS for these clips - they are clear, crisp, and very close to looking like they are remastered!!! Five stars for your efforts!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

It's really nice to see Andy when he's not "on"... just a great guy.. and a great story teller!

[@Chuck44442]

I love the orchestra' s ending

[@Bmaki539]

Kelly show this to your kids he talks about living in Manteo.

[@bobcosmic]

Slide on !

[@ScottALaFollette]

Good job Andy.

[@stevencarrollscorpio]

Panama City FL, really, my home, never knew. (5:09). (And not bad trombone, either).

[@deloreskelley2330]

I have never seen that before that was really good I enjoy listening to Andy Griffith's talk

[@arlichar11]

i like seeing these clips of the show , that arent the ones everyone knows and see all the time.. andy was always viewed as wholesome and good natured, but i think he had a little wild streak as well.. he was awnry and smoked cigarettes on the show even...

[@ferodriguez1680]

It's so odd and somehow comforting to hear this type of Show v.s. something like Jimmy Fallon, with scripted talks and recorded laugh and clap tracks. This is so slow, calm, and altogether real, with background coughing and slow talks.

[@michellepost2986]

I remember this ep when new.

[@rm2399]

Andy had a pretty good sound on the trombone. I never knew he could play

[@PanhandleFrank]

Doc's outfit tho ...

[@98Dougmorris]

Great video!

[@neilschristensen9143]

Had my first exposure to corn liquor at college.

[@dinocracchiolo1006]

Those truly were the good old days. I love Andy Griffith, He was so humble and honest with a remarkable story of poverty ,working hard every thing American has ever stood for. The nation has turned away from God, and we are in a massive decline.

[@gino423]

when tv was tv

[@justask7676]

Now for the important stuff. Anyone know what brand of trombone that was?

[@robertgift]

Never remember Johnny smoking. Did they ever show him drawing on a cigarette? Ever shown exhaling smoke?

[@teresagradolf974]

Iam always good to my sister brother I pray the lord sends my twin dreams he loves her I also

[@johnhoward2900]

These current late night "comedians" have nothing on Johnny Carson.

[@Sawlon]

Boy, A Face in the Crowd he was so creepy!

[@adonarealty]

The real Andy Griffith.

[@alansheiman4818]

I brilliant classic movie which never got the aclaim it deserved.

[@dr.miguelitoloveless9478]

@@adonarealty .......I agree,.......Griffith had a dark side to him in real life.

[@wilchambers1401]

What year would that have been? You can tell Andy hair was just beginning to turn grey.

[@ericswanson1860]

1974

[@northwesttravels7234]

I've always had a good impression of North Carolina because of Andy.

[@Breeze0911]

Roanoke, believe spelled. 😉

[@Redmenace96]

Mr. Griffith was so strong in his craft and his ego that he could play villians, too. After The Andy Griffith Show he could have cruised into the twilight. He kept working and kept playing interesting characters throughout. The dude is pure gold.

[@Redmenace96]

omg! Johnny gives him the eye roll 5 seconds into playing the trombone? Very funny!

[@Breeze0911]

Oh so very much a Honor to see these two together. Andy, Mr. Andy Griffith such gifts he gave, wholesomeness and immeasurable joy. Countless. Johnny Carson miss so very much, not like it used to be. Now, trash, bad jokes, political everything, although being informed important. Just those with NO TALENT always fall back on, and NOT FUNNY! Do not even waste my time on them. Or award blah, blah, blah.

[@Pumpkinblimp]

Griffith pulls out that trambone and I just knew that there was a connection coming with Jack Teagarden and a trambone coda. Small world.

[@wayaboveme]

Not so easy to just pick up a bone and play. Your lip is never in shape for that!

[@FollowerSt]

That was pretty good

[@calif562]

He left Hollywood to become a lawyer.

[@SuburbanDon]

I like Andy Griffith but this interview was torture. I saw Johnny tapping his watch.

[@SuburbanDon]

I watched this again and retract my earlier comment. He's just got a slower pace but he was funny.

[@mc12358]

​@@SuburbanDon Andy's pace reminds me other old southern entertainers like Jerry Clower. Though this clip was way before my time, I'm not surprised that it seems a bit out of place in front of the LA audience. If this had been filmed at WRAL studios, the audience would have been roaring.

[@kc4cvh]

This looks like the mid-1970s, I believe Johnny gave up smoking while on stage around 1980.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Oh this guy's just tooting his own horn...

[@johnandert1611]

Johnny seems off his game here.

[@jrobidoux28]

Yea he did. My wife and I can’t decide if Andy was nervous or Johnny or both. Would love to see the entire show from that night.

[@rhondamcknight2596]

Face in a Crowd, power movie. It could be compared to MAGA with Trump. Only those people kicked their tyrannical guy to the curb.

[@theeditorrestrial]

Yo for NC!

[@mikestang679]

Johnny's Malibu compound recently SOLD for $85M, on POINT DUME' just off of PCH, near CLIFFSIDE DRIVE....Andy, also played a mean guitar......🥶.

[@vernareed2692]

Mike Strange I saw an old rerun like this when Johnny Cash was on. He & Johnny talked about their house, Johnny Cash's first house out there he bought from Johnny Carson,& gave $45,000 i think (which was a lot of money)& it had sold for i fforget how many million right around the time of the show.

[@mikestang679]

@@vernareed2692 Crazy inflated California real estate market, Johnny paid $9M for the compound in the 80s, it was not for sale, but being built for a Doctor, Johnny fell in love with it, and gave him $9M for it, at the time, it should have sold for about $4.5M, money talks, bullcrap walks...

[@MicroSoftner]

Martin Guitar....

[@Amal757]

Where’s Ed?

[@dekelanson5280]

Must be off that night.

[@themishmish101]

Ed was probably over the legal limit that night. Completely sloshed. Or at home with his family , on his day off. Hard to say .

[@alansheiman4818]

@@themishmish101 Maybe setting up for an Alpo commercial?

[@james1795]

@@alansheiman4818. HaHa! The Alpo commercial!

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Teleporting to join Dick Clark in the taping of an American Family Publishers Sweepstakes promo or rehearse a Colonial Penn commercial.

[@brokeunemployed5208]

Carson wearing that matlock suit