Tony Randall on Carson 9/17/1974

A segment from TCM's special on Johnny Carson.

[@jonnyquatromusic]

I could listen to Tony Randall talk all day long, he has perfect diction and timbre, and a great vocabulary.

[@maxonmendel5757]

he definitely owns a doghouse.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Same. I can't stop watching him.

[@DragonBellyTravels]

I met Tony Randall, shook his hand and told him how much I loved him...I was just a teen. He was running the streets of NY with Bella Abzug when she was campaigning for office. What a genuinely quirky and wonderful guy. 💜

[@eddtoro]

I saw Tony Randall walk past me in Central Park once back in the 80s. I left him alone but he had a smile and walked straight with good posture and that energy in his walk. I couldn’t help thinking it wasn’t Tony, it was Felix.

[@user-om9fw4ce4e]

Covid

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@user-om9fw4ce4e ???

[@RedfoxCGLM]

Wow…..history! I wish I had seen him live! Great loss

[@ralphromeo7066]

Tony was an extraordinary conversationalist. His skills as an actor hinged upon his ability to listen and respond accordingly with exactly the appropriate timber and intonation. An unusual talent in that respect.

[@jonnyquatromusic]

Tony Randall has the greatest speaking voice I've ever heard.

[@markpotvin7119]

The Gremlins were on the other night, and Tony Randall was voicing for one of the evil Gremlins. One of my favorite lines in the movie was when Tony says in that great oratory voice 'New York, New York, the city so nice they named it twice.'

[@coldwinter5710]

@@markpotvin7119 👍😁

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Orson Welles, Lee Marvin, James Coburn.

[@jonnyquatromusic]

@@TerryUniGeezerPeterson , love those three, but only Welles come close as far as diction and vocabulary.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Carson was on fire in 1974! Some of his best shows ever!!

[@scottburton9701]

Tony Randall was a class act-Thanks for posting!

[@scottsteel4230]

He was one of the best.

[@CalTxDude]

"I hate to see even cheap furniture like this destroyed.". LMAO!!!

[@reneramirez1416]

I WAS A KID WHEN THESE TWO MEN WERE ON TV AS THE ODD COUPLE. BOY THEY WERE FUN -TONY AND JACK, MISS THEM!!!

[@Olsen65]

This conversation is like a well orchestrated ballet. Great fun to watch!

[@roweenie]

Absolutely sparkling wit paired with the best interviewer of all time. Pure genius - everything today pales in comparison.

[@sparkswain2820]

roweenie I wish tv today had as much class as Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show. A little innuendo went a long way in those days, they certainly didn't have to be vulgar to get laughs either. Oh how I miss really good television.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

Well, when Jeff Goldblum is on with Conan, we get some lively repartee. Also, when Molly Shannon visits with Conan, it's always something special. And Martin Short is probably the best talk show guest. He's best with Conan; but his appearances on any talk show bring the viewer back to the Carson days.

[@704Hauser]

Who would have thought that one of NYC's greatest personalities who is synonymous with the city would actually be from Oklahoma? Tony is great.

[@sergiolobato1798]

Tony Randall is so underrated! His career is filled with major movies and he's worked with major Hollywood stars. He plays the starstruck fan so well that people believed it was true!

[@szqsk8]

OMG those plaid jackets. Brings back memories of my teen years in the 70s. My dad had those jackets.

[@rdtradecraft]

Such incredible class, refinement, and wit. I mean all that in the best sense of those words. I can think of no one today who even comes close.

[@bonscott602]

Two comedic talents. Miss em both.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Carson wasn't that funny.

[@kenriley2352]

The odd couple was funny as hell. Randell and klugman were perfect team. Show way underrated

[@jburma]

I wholeheartedly agree. I still watch an episode almost every day. Tony Randall might be my favorite all time actor in comedies. That's no slight to Jack Klugman who was also fantastic.

[@cesarjom]

Even today, The Odd Couple is the best of the situational comedy shows in both its writing and performance.

[@juanmonge8]

Tony made Johnny work that night.

[@bigsky1970]

Even in later years when he made frequent appearances on the David Letterman show, Tony Randall was riotously funny and had everyone rolling in the aisles with his wit and humor.

[@coldwinter5710]

"The hell with them...Let 'em think it!" I love it! Tony was the best ❤

[@TowGunner]

Carson was so damn fast. The best!

[@jonhohensee3258]

Not in this video.

[@ghanasoul]

Mr. Randall is right bout “lucky to have a hit” cuz he never had a hit after “Odd Couple” again. I had the pleasure of meeting him. He was a kind, gracious man to me.

[@-iwanttosleep-]

I love Tony Randall lol this was so funny. Thanks for sharing it!

[@NerdyEarthling]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulkersey1007]

It's hard to look at Tony Randall and not identify him as Felix Unger. His voice, His mannerisms, his diction, the man is a legend forever like his co star Jack Klugman.

[@paulkersey1007]

@@jonhohensee3258 Oops. Typo. Speech to text sucks for Android.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Could listen to this all day long.

[@markmaki4460]

Beautiful, beautiful... i feel so cheated when i reflect on the excrement that is called talk shows today, while enjoying this. The state of what is called "entertainment" in this country, indeed in this age, is just one more thing that makes me look forward to meeting my maker.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Yikes. Maybe try an antidepressant.

[@wiedep]

GREAT! Two adults with snappy conversation! Idiocy reigns on talk shows now...

[@jonhohensee3258]

YOU are a cliche'.

[@autumnortiz6782]

There's only one Tony Randall.

[@janeobrien5834]

He was ahead of his time!!!!

[@jonhohensee3258]

How so?

[@joe-vz6hx]

even Tony admits he was a loon lol - but there was nobody more perfect for Felix or Klugman for Oscar

[@jakeaustin2379]

Love Johnny - Tony - Jack . Thanks for sharing this with us my friend .

[@christinerobinson890]

Oh that jacket and tie! Love it!

[@mariocisneros911]

Tony must've been a real humble man . And loyal / faithful. To have been so popular and never fooled around. Celebrities have had many opportunities. I think he was married near 50 yrs .

[@bbtfan4617]

Then he married a woman 50 years younger and fathered 2 kids.

[@mariocisneros911]

@@bbtfan4617 lucky son of a gun

[@yvonnerocchio8445]

Tony Randall & Johnny Carson - it doesn't get any better....the LOUD PLAID jackets are something else though.....

[@spencerpetunia8268]

Personally, I like the plaid jackets. They're interesting to look at and totally scream mid-late 1970s.

[@roccopagliari8828]

he's awesome

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

Love Tony Randall 😂😍👌

[@DusterGuy1970]

Tony was so cool.!!!

[@sdcoinshooter]

“I’m a strange person, you understand that.” 😂

[@connievino4226]

Awesome.

[@spindizzy6363]

I like the way in 74 Ed still calls tapes 'kinescopes'.

[@RayNDeere]

There were still stations that were not hooked up to the satellites that still used kinescopes up until the 1980s (Usually in the out of the way places)

[@Philflash]

Kinescopes were in use at that time!

[@slicksmith856]

​@@PhilflashYou are correct sir.

[@meenyminymoe]

Tony is a funny, funny man!

[@jburma]

9:09 On being married at age 18 - "I went right from my mother's breast to my wife's practically." 😂

[@kennethbrady]

damn, this is good.

[@blackbird5634]

the consummate actor. He's a true professional.

[@lazyriverletterpress3474]

Public morality had not yet sank to today's sub level, therefore the comedic intensity or shock value reflects 1974, not today. The real shock should be how far we have sank since this time and we are still plummeting - that's the real sadness.

[@Ironcabbit]

I blame the 80s.

[@jonhohensee3258]

lazyriver - Thanks, Debbie Downer.

[@jaimededora9512]

he definitely had Carson on his heels... I would say it was even awkward towards the end of the segment.

[@nivagnoswal]

these night show segments have become interesting time capsules for the times...

[@m.e.d.7997]

Yes, and WML.

[@ssnoc]

Nothing today comes close .....

[@jonhohensee3258]

............

[@Andryi_Andreevich_Amrikh]

Old good times 🎩🍿🥤🎫🎭

[@catsarereallycool]

Tony Randall was very funny.

[@garycitro1674]

$30 for a haircut in '74?? I had one last week in 2020 for $23.00, and that included a generous tip!

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

$30 in 1974 is about $160 in 2020 but $23 in 2020 is like $4 in 1974

[@Philflash]

That is why my father was able to put 2 kids through college!

[@noviceman1]

Homer:He called me Greenhorn I called him Tony Randall it was the thing we had.

[@osvaldonoda9193]

I saw this show when it aired , one of the very few I saw of Johnny Carson’s show. I tried to see any appearance with Tony Randall . I didn’t found Johnny funny. I WAS DEFINITELY WRONG. I’m a BIG fan now

[@jonhohensee3258]

didn't found?

[@zekelucente9702]

Turns out the Pillow Talk was between Randall and Hudson.

[@df5295]

🤣

[@jonhohensee3258]

Not true.

[@mjc4942]

Pretty trippy I was 4 months old....

[@jonhohensee3258]

...............

[@writeract2]

Ribald, tony could be ribald - what a wonderful marriage he had.

[@chuckwood8452]

I pay 30 bucks for a haircut now, 50 years after Tony Randall. That was an expensive haircut back then

[@hiimdominic3780]

I thought George W. Bush was interviewing Tony Randall for a second.

[@jonhohensee3258]

No you didn't.

[@anthonymangino1034]

Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg changed his full name to Anthony Leonard Randall, he became known as Tony Randall

[@m.e.d.7997]

Yes, he was born Jewish.

[@juanmonge8]

His Father moved from NYC to Tulsa. His Mother was a native Oklahoman. They later divorced.

[@donnaleigh6535]

Anthony Mangi… Because Italian names are much more attractive than Jewish names. Jewish actors back then changed to Italian names like Tony Curtis”…

[@jonhohensee3258]

Thanks, Wikipedia Anthony.

[@scotteboy]

Jonny looks bewildered throughout the whole interview

[@jonhohensee3258]

Johnny

[@Mmdmade]

Dueling Plaid!

[@dontrump5277]

Tony R was one of the best...

[@michaelcase8574]

Plaid, plaid,plaid. Will it ever come back? LOL

[@ElliottAS]

He is Felix!!!!?!

[@Patricia_..]

Es usted, usted es Tony Randall

[@m.e.d.7997]

I think Tony had a crush on Ed.

[@rphaber]

The “haters” here cant appreciate the banality on this hilarious banter. I miss both of these men. The timing, the gestures and comments like I even hate to see cheap furniture like this destroyed. I think you come here to save on a psychiatric. The tangents are hilarious.

[@METVWETV]

Felix was made for him!

[@terridevi]

Those jackets!

[@BillyAlabama]

Those plaid jackets!

[@Djm8520]

My God, the ugly plaid concession did very well that night‼️

[@m.e.d.7997]

I heard Johnny's mother never watched his show. Or rarely. Had a poor, if nonexistent relationship with his mother.

[@enricosanchez894]

I didn't know Purina made sport coats.

[@phxmateo]

Back when talk shows were not political.

[@tomault3063]

Admire Tony greatly, but this is a disjointed interview. Not bad, necessarily, but all over the place.

[@jess4metoo]

Funny!

[@chocloditelensman]

Now he would have been a good talk show host....

[@jonhohensee3258]

No, not really.....................

[@photographermugen]

got some zingers in

[@RedfoxCGLM]

Jacket wars

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Strange He was married for 54 years; then when she died he married at 25 year old at age 76

[@zazuzazz5419]

… But does he know Bird Law??

[@zekelucente9702]

The funniest part was when Carson mentions Randall’s wife I mean beard. Come on!

[@jonhohensee3258]

You have no proof he was gay. His second wife said after Tony died that he definitely wasn't gay.

[@michaeljfiorito]

[@voiceguy3635]

Tony Randall married?Hard to believe.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Not hard to believe at all.

[@TacticalXRays]

soo weird. the suits give me a headache. and that 30$ haircut would have another zero added these days

[@carloslozada470]

Surprising not gay I think

[@milart12]

Was Tony, in fact, gay? I know they are joking around here and I am not drawing any inferences from this. I know he had a long child less marriage and then fathered 2 children with a much younger woman. Still the rumors persisted. The Odd Couple may be my favorite show of all time, and Felix my favorite sitcom character.

[@donnaleigh6535]

milart12 - Tony was a dignified intelligent classy man. Some people felt he had to be gay. He was straight” He has never been linked with any man.

[@martian9999]

it really doesn't matter with whom a person likes to have sex.

[@milart12]

@@martian9999 What do you mean? Are you saying it is of no interest to anyone if someone pretends to be straight when they are, in fact, gay?

[@martian9999]

@@milart12 exactly. What consenting adults do in the bedroom should be of no interest to the public.

[@milart12]

@@martian9999 It doesn't make you a good person if you have never privately wondered about someone's sexual preference. It just means that you are obtuse.

[@jerryrilea1018]

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[@brettpeake1879]

I hate these types of shows, the actors only ever mug for the camera's and you never get anything interesting out of them. like here!

[@ZEZERBING]

I always thought tony was gay.

[@mariocisneros911]

Married twice .first long marriage. Not masculine , bit feminine but still ,was a man only

[@TowGunner]

I couldn’t care less but I agree wholeheartedly. Randall being married means nothing. Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr, Robert Reed were all married. At the time, being gay was detrimental to their career.

[@mariocisneros911]

@Jane Hibberd means he was a guy but not macho , manly. Hound = guy . Pussy =had a little feminine trait.

[@sd31263]

@@TowGunner Well, it must have meant something to Randall, seeing as how his first marriage lasted 54 years and his second 8 more. Tony Randall was undoubtedly a heterosexual.

[@MrMatteNWk]

(The password is "flaming") You....... actor. You....... Tony? You.......

[@dr797-w2b]

I hate Carson now, when I watch him on KZbin.

[@ROXKSTARPRO]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@Buelligan88]

+ROXKSTARPRO Yeah... I nodded off plenty of nights to Carson.

[@willisknapick4405]

Boy is he irritating. Type casted as his character. I'm out of here!

[@donnaleigh6535]

Willis K - Goodbye 👋 We won’t miss you.