NBC | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | November 16, 1972

November 16, 1972, edition of NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Some commercials are included.
Content:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:03 - Monologue
0:09:39 - Carnac the Magnificent
0:18:25 - Linda Hopkins
0:24:08 - Weird newspaper items
0:29:23 - Larry Kert
0:41:44 - Larry Kert (cont'd)
0:49:11 - Rex Reed
0:57:31 - Rex Reed (cont'd)
1:08:32 - Debbie Reynolds
1:17:23 - Patsy Kelly
1:23:54 - Outro
Credit: Internet Archive / Cosnicwhhelz Audio Video Entertainment
Posted for educational, historical, and cross-cultural purposes only. All copyrighted material belongs to the owners.

[@martyduncan2636]

An ultra rare ‘72 episode of The Tonight Show, complete with a “Carnac” segment! You can’t beat it!

[@jefflivengood1860]

Doc was always on the cutting edge of fashion!

[@HMMELD]

It was a major feat to put on a 1 1/2 hr show every single night. People who guest-hosted said it was the most exhausting, grueling thing they ever did - 16-hr days 5 days a week. And yet it was always fresh, lively, entertaining.

[@michaelbill123]

Love all these old Johnny Carson Tonight Show episodes. Don’t know where you’re finding them, but please keep them coming. 🤓👍🏻

[@Rob_Kates]

True, these are outstanding. I think Johnny was at his peak in the 70s. What a great entertainer.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

So THAT'S what was going on exactly 9 years before I was born!😂❤

[@cindypruitt9534]

I was 2 months old when this aired, now I am ancient, lol. This is a real gem with original commercials. Thanks so much for this !!

[@donshearn8994]

I was 21. Loved him then. Love him now!

[@cindypruitt9534]

@@jazzfan67 It is just a part of adulthood to look back on childhood with fondness. I am not sure if things were really better or I was just a kid and unaware of adult complexity.

[@HMMELD]

@@cindypruitt9534 Probably a combination of both.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

OMG. You missed Elvis and The Beatles.

[@alteredbeast1974]

I was 1 year, 3 months old..... lol... I know we all idealize our childhoods..but I really do miss the 70s and early 80s

[@JeffSunnyside]

Very rare , almost impossible to see the early Tonight Shows from New York. We are able to witness a point in the evolution of Johnny and Ed creating the most entertaining and prolific program in television history. Thanks Yester Days , you have another subscriber.

[@dannystrat]

Thanks for this episode!! We are pretty lucky so many complete early 70s episodes have popped up in the last few years. What I find fascinating is that the Tonight Show set in New York seems really tiny compared to the Burbank studio.

[@Rob_Kates]

The Burbank studio seated about twice as many people.

[@jamesten]

Amazing that Patsy was in Hal Roach's stock company when Laurel & Hardy were in full swing. I would have loved to hear all about it.

[@geodezix]

man, rough crowd!

[@ATOK_]

One of the worst

[@JazznRealHipHop]

Jokes weren’t great either tbh, I don’t blame Johnny the schedule they were on was grueling

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Finding New York episodes in great quality (and this looks like videotape rather than kinescope) are major finds. NBC wiped its copies of the shows from 1962-72. When Carson took over ownership of the show (Carson Productions), he received a copy of every episode that are stored in the underground warehouses. Supposedly, Armed Forces Network has 16mm kinescopes of shows from the 60s-70s. That's where the famous appearance by Bob Hope, Dean Martin and George Gobel was found.

[@philipperonilla1867]

Love the way the New Yorkers expressed their disgust to Carnac

[@HMMELD]

I love NYC. They have an undeserved reputation of being cold and rude. The times I've been there, they were warm and friendly.

[@elwoodblues6663]

time machine time

[@kimmyers5648]

Now i know why The Tonight Show went back to Burbank to stay! LOL

[@tfronauer]

The song Larry Kert sings was part of Nancy Wilson's stage show in 1968, so I don't know what the heck he is talking about introducing it to America in 1972.

[@DougCeleste]

Of all the Carnac segments I have seen, this was the least funniest,,,,,,,,,,,and the audience agreed! But I overall enjoyed the rest of the show along with the original commercials which were GREAT to see again.

[@NetCerpher]

Agreed but I graded the whole show a B minus. Something was out of sorts. I suggest weak direction. Oh well😮

[@DougCeleste]

@@NetCerpher Yes, that grade sounds right. This was definitely NOT one of the best Carson shows.

[@roxanne6434]

The show from the moment it began, I felt at once the Lack of Energy in this episode

[@DougCeleste]

@@roxanne6434 I felt the same. Yah, not every night can be a winner but this beloved and legendary show was MUCH better than the GARBAGE on late night tv today. Oh, how I miss Johnny and Ed and the rest of the gang on the show. Only Doc is still with us of the main people on the show.

[@ApricotRse]

I like Rex and agree with him more often than not, but I could not disagree with him more about 1776. Wonderful musical and movie.

[@johndalton3180]

Rex fancied himself hip, and 1776 was sort of old fashioned.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@johndalton3180 Rex is 85 now and I became a big fan of his in 1974 when he wrote a scathing review of Frank Sinatra's Madison Square Garden broadcast called "The Main Event." No one else dared to say, much less write, what they were really thinking about Frank: that he was overweight, sloppily dressed, hoarse from smoking, and possibly drunk. Rex even trashed Frank's ecstatic audience. Frank responded by dissing Rex for being- gasp!- gay. Jerry Lewis issued a long, typed letter- it's probably still up here on YT- that didn't exactly refute what Rex wrote, but listed Frank's many charitable deeds.

[@philipperonilla1867]

I wonder if that guy came back to the States on August 9, 1974 when the long national nightmare was over 😎

[@thexrayteam]

"I though committing suicide was very sophisticated, at 12. When I got older I realised it was sophisticated to survive." I thought that was kind of poignant but Johnny didn't want to risk any more of that 😅

[@mochafiend1]

This is ALL WAY before David Letterman filled the 12:30am time slot, in the early 80s.

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

There was no 12:30 time slot when this show aired, he was still doing a 90-minute show. It wasn't until September of 1980 that that happened

[@mochafiend1]

@@AldousHuxleysCat I know that, I’m talking about BEFORE the 12:30am time slot even existed.

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

@@mochafiend1 so basically you're talking about nothing since it didn't exist, you just need some attention today is that it? Well let's all look at you you knew David Letterman wasn't on the air at 12:30 and 1972 damn you are one knowledgeable dude

[@beritbranch2436]

Vintage Trouble :)

[@stevemcmahon7676]

I think this is the most unenthusiastic Heeeeres Johnny I’ve ever heard from Ed😂

[@MTSs2024]

0:08

[@HMMELD]

Carnac bombed

[@dw438]

Trivia: As Larry Kert mentioned, his extensive acting career included this very famous Schaefer Beer ad: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX60eXeda8uHkMU

[@williambaxter4628]

When did the show permanently go to CA.?

[@martyduncan2636]

They “officially” went in 1972. They made a trip back to New York in November of ‘72.

[@williambaxter4628]

@@martyduncan2636 Thanks!

[@johndalton3180]

They were back and forth for several years before the official move, no?

[@billyloska9224]

Everything is being virtualized, digitally twinned

[@JeffSunnyside]

OH my! OH NO! what do we do?

[@austinl169]

Wow...did the bits get funnier over the course of the series? Or were those SoCal audiences just more receptive? This looked like one of the harder nights for Carnac...

[@beenaplumber8379]

Carnac bombed often. I think that was part of the fun, and I suspect they wrote a lot of comically terrible jokes deliberately for him. That way Carnac could offer the audience one of his timeless curses. "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits." His curses were always the best part.

[@donhailer4994]

3 of the 4 guests were gay. And Debbie was a huge ally. Great show.

[@johndalton3180]

"May your only son take up with Lance of Arabia." Yikes.

[@johngregory3564]

The long inning interruptions are unbearable.

[@JeffSunnyside]

Thanks for letting us know how much you can bear. Have you ever tried using that thing by your keyboard , if you know what that is, called a mouse. With your mouse , you can scan forward by moving the small arrow along the line at the bottom of the screen. Hope that helps, but if not , the long interruptions will still be unbearable for you.

[@bruce92106]

Gay night LOL! 😮😊

[@akrenwinkle]

Larry and Rex were gay. Unless a lot of people are lying, Patsy was a lesbian. Debbie's own son Todd spilled the beans about his mother and Agnes Moorehead.

[@johnking5174]

Oh hell, that Carnac routine went into the crapper fast. Johnny said it happens, not every Carnac routine could be brilliant. And this one was a real stinker.

[@lisahardy9707]

3 of the 4 guests on the couch members of the LBGT+ community & Debbie Reynolds would go on to guest On Will & Grace in the 90s

[@garysimard5674]

I think that was the worst Carnac I've seen on youtube.

[@Solitude47152]

The date of the show is wrong. In May of 1972, the Tonight Show moved to Burbank.

[@echoecho3108]

After the show moved to Burbank, from time to time, Johnny and the gang would go back to NY and do the show from there, for a week or two. This is one of those times. The guests and Johnny even mention this.

[@cliffordnewell2445]

Ewwwwwwwwwwww, Bombo!

[@davidkirk1359]

Possibly the worst Karma ever.

[@bussi7859]

Black and noisy