The Tonight Show- February 6, 1973

Bobby Darin, Orson Bean, Seals & Crofts, Joan Embery with a baby rhino are tonight's guests on this classic episode of The Tonight Show from 1973, including the instrumental breaks.

[@RichieRichMD]

Wow! What a show, what a year! Rest in peace to all these legends and incomparable entertainers, I feel very lucky to have experienced their artistry.

[@kittendiotima4212]

I never realized how great of a jazz big band the NBC orchestra was until I got to hear the band in vids like this one. Thanx!

[@cjrrun]

Sammy Davis Jr. , Bobby Darin were two of the most well rounded musical acts ever

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

So true 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄 about Sammy Davis,Jr.&Bobby Darin RIP 🙏 🪦 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙄 🙏 🪦 😌 ☹️ 😔 🙄!

[@JSB1882]

Bobby Darin was incredible. He could do it all. He had such a great TV show too - I wish you find copies of it on here. It's really sad that he'd be dead by the end of 1973.

[@CherylSimser]

Yes, it was so sad that at age 37 he would be dead just 10 months later. He was an amazingly talented man.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

So true 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄 👍 👌 😢 👏 🙌 😄 about Bobby Darin 😳 😀 🙄 😄 😜 🤣!

[@depaola63]

what a classic time !! I am now 56, I remember how the adults LAUGHED so hard !! Also here The Late Great Bobby Darin at just 37 when he passed in December of 73' ....Still pouring his heart out !!

[@ynotttt]

Wow!! Want talent this Bobby Darrin was!!

[@nancyjensen6409]

My family saw Bobby at a supper club in Las Vegas when I was 17 in about 1961. He was just great!! The very good old days of intimate entertainment.

[@RichieRichMD]

@@nancyjensen6409I wish for you many more years of health, prosperity and great entertainment, those were the good old days for sure.

[@jenniferfischer2805]

The segment with El Mouldo is hilarious especially because Johnny almost couldn't stop laughing. Makes me smile even when I'm very depressed. The show is such a comfort. Sometimes one wishes things could last forever!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I was in the 10th grade when this show aired, and because I had a TV in my room I often stayed up late on a school night to watch Johnny. But I have NO memory of El Mouldo. Was this a regular sketch? Was it on on often after and before this show.

[@sheiladawg1664]

@@MrJoeybabe25 Not often at all, about as much as Floyd R. Turbo who was another good character. They were interspersed through the 70's.

[@gardensofthegods]

@@MrJoeybabe25 I was a freshman in high school and we had him one in our house ever since I could remember and so it was like he was a part of our family . Biography was here on audiobooks and I don't know if it's still here it was written by the guy who had also been his lawyer and best friend . Johnny Carson lived an extraordinary life and lived well but later things were not so good for him and his later years were not good at all . Just hearing it was so depressing and in the end he became a recluse with no friends . He died a horrible death . Is that audiobook is here you should listen for because it just was really interesting they could easily make an excellent miniseries from it

[@rickwolfe8560]

Bobby Darin was one of the best all around entertainers of all- time & it's sad he left us so soon. He could play just about any instrument, he could sing & he could dance & he could act, What a super talented guy he was & to this day he is still missed by many

[@bethbartlett5692]

Absolutely Correct!!! He could sing and swing - His conductor - Bob Rosario was a dear friend - another great talent.

[@Nana91171]

Miss Johnny Carson and 'The Tonight Show!' He was and still is The King Of Late Night Comedy!

[@maagu4779]

The greatest thing about Johnny Carson on KZbin, is I get to pick out the funniest antidotes without waiting. I remember when I was 15 and still going to school, I used to beg my parent's if I could just see the monologue (they wouldn't let me see the whole show). Now I can finally see the animals at the end!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I was 13years old at the time ⏲️ 😪 😔 😒 😕 😩in 🎶 🎵 😳 🤣 😀 🙄 1973!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I was 13years old in 1973 at that time ⏲️ 😪 😅 🤣 😂 😒!

[@PositivelyPam]

Bobby's performance is absolutely smoking...all the more remarkable since this was when his health really started to fail. Such a talent. Thank for you posting this.

[@depaola63]

NO SHIT !!

[@770WT]

Darin died in 73 .

[@Queequeg313]

Heard the name but I've never seen him before, but he's pretty bright and personable.

[@ynotttt]

Smart and big time talented

[@jeshkam]

@@Queequeg313 He could be on strong meds.

[@karenworley241]

Such good memories!! Seals & Crofts was a big part of my teen years 🎶

[@dwessels100]

MISS THOSE DAYS AND TIMES. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY. IN THE LIFE AFTER THIS ONE. GLAD I'M GETTING OLD.

[@hardlines4]

Lord bring me back to this GOOD late Night Show compared to today’s garbage!!!

[@garymckee8857]

@A.D. you are correct.

[@josephmarshall6599]

@Texas Chainsaw Jesus You think Carson was "lame-ass Las Vegas comic material" or the current late-nite show landscape?

[@josephmarshall6599]

@A.D. Why does *everything* and quite literally *everything* have to come down to politics and more specifically Trump? I could not careless regarding your love for Trump. However, why spend your time watching videos you deem worthless and devoid of talent? Enjoy wasting your time?

[@josephmarshall6599]

@Texas Chainsaw Jesus agreed for the most part. the biggest thing about Carson was the magnitude of what an asshole he was to people when off-air.

[@brianbullivant4753]

@A.D. Who are you to say @1madDogs suffers from TDS? Everything he said about trump in his comment is absolutely true. Trump, the Adulterer in Chief, has been married three times and made hush payments to a PORNSTAR and a PLAYBOY model. As to being a misogynist, trump is convicted by his own words, let alone actions. Remember his "grab em by the pussy" audio. The multiple bankruptcies, lawsuits, fines and penalties is quite indicative of his true criminal nature. The trump university scam was a criminal enterprise that was shut down. Trump's mentor early on was the famous, unscrupulous MOB lawyer Roy Cohn, a Fact most reasonable people would find disconcerting if they were aware of it. True trump derangement syndrome is what his supporters suffer from. It's main symptom is the inability to recognize what a conman trump is.

[@laurastafford6217]

Wow Bobby kicks it!❤❤ I just turned 17 yrs old that Jan 9.. Bobby seems to look well here to pass away that year, maybe he shouldn't have had that second surgery. So young and talented.

[@CarolClement-ek7qq]

Bobby had no choice!!!!!!

[@okiebrave1932]

Bobby Darin....a true and gifted musician!

[@okiebrave1932]

I loved those sketches. Ed was the master at being the fall guy.

[@ynotttt]

Man….was he ever. I didn’t know he could play like that! We’ll read guy too..

[@johnsjohnson448]

@@ynotttt Ed McMahon's talent was sooooooooo under-rated and taken for granted. Howard Stern called him a "no talent" when Mr. McMahon could have hosted the show himself. He knew his place and became a Legendary Announcer and Second Banana to two great Stars: Carson and Lewis.

[@marcspardello1254]

@@johnsjohnson448I wouldn’t worry about what Howard Stern has to say about anyone, the man made his money off of filth and has contributed to how the average person in the our country has no class.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@johnsjohnson448Johnny Carson and Jerry Lewis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅!

[@DA90027]

Bobby Darin was so talented

[@jeshkam]

So was Johnny. This must be one of his best monologues here.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@jeshkam😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Absolutely 💯 %!right about Johnny Carson 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅!

[@dandiacal]

Its so great to hear the Tonight Show band. Thanks for inclusion.

[@jamespfitz]

NBC Orchestra

[@axeman6598]

Cool to hear the original music in between breaks.

[@1234pouvez]

This is dated February 6, 1973. Sadly Bobby Darin died in December of that year. He didn't make it to 1974.

[@PaulBartlett-jz4bg]

" Jailer Bring Me Water" which I see was the flip side of " Things", the single release 1961-62. Former was given the Trini Lopez version early 1964,of whom I'm a fan. Bobby Darin was obviously very multi-talented, this is the very first time I've heard an interview of the person. He immediately comes across,as being very articulate, thoughtful,all of those good things

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I'd remember that one when I was a little girl 👧 🎶 😏 😔 😌 🤣 in 🎶 🎵 😳 🤣 😀 🙄 early 1960s! I born on August 6th,1960!

[@shanewhitefeather6298]

Late night TV when it was funny, entertaining and a great way to leave the problems of the day behind

[@martyduncan2636]

Your statement is succinct and perfectly articulated. We watched the “Tonight Show” often in our bedrooms on a portable tv with antennas on top of it. I surely miss those simpler times.

[@pamelanicol3703]

I love watching this old show! 😊

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@pamelanicol3703Both my younger brother Mike and myself just love to watch Johnny Carson !

[@connielaws1674]

I would be making my entrance into the world 10 days later. Thank you for sharing this.

[@darylgould8923]

Bobby Darin . What a talent ! So sad he died so young.

[@vinyltapelover]

Great post. I missed seeing the show because I was working graveyards back in those days. It was great seeing Bobby Darin. He was a fun entertainer to watch and listen to. As I was watching him perform, I was going to comment on how he compared to Billy Joel as a multi talented entertainer. While singing Splish Splash, he paid homage to Mr.Joel in the song, when he mentioned his name That impressed me at what a classy and cool thing he did...and Billy Joel ain't chopped liver either(smile). Maybe things such as that endeared many of us as fans of Mr Darin. He was just 'plain folks' who was a 110 mile an hour entertainer. Listening to how "rich"lol , his early life was may have parlayed into how he enriched ours lives with his gifts Rest in peace, Bobby Darin. I missed you then and still miss you now. You probably got ol' Saint Peter Splishin' and a Splashin',lol.

[@joannaedwards6325]

vanyltapelover WELL SAID !!!! Thanks.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Good 👍 👍 for Bobby Darin to include 👍 😀 👏 👌 🙌 😄 👍 😀 👏 👌 🙌 😄 Billy Joel a fellow Native New Yorker in an updated version of "Splish Splash "!

[@JoeAmato_TV]

when he cracks himself up as El Moldo. LOL.

[@acousticshadow4032]

Seals & Crofts nailed "Hummingbird". Great rendition.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

It's so refreshing to see a late night talk show open with the musical act. Nowadays, they almost always bring out the singer as the very last act on the show. By that time, I've usually fallen asleep.

[@flconductor2]

great to hear the complete band sets during the commercial breaks!

[@susangiudice2721]

Bobby Darin, a prize for all of us!

[@93Jubilee]

Love, Loved him! Still do!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@93JubileeThe same here about Bobby Darin!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

The same here about Bobby Darin 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊!

[@AmericasChoice]

Bobby Darin....WOW! My Mom loved him, our house was very sad when the news came that he died, just 10 months later.

[@jjs490]

The Carson show was unbelievably great, with Johnny and just about every guest he had, Seals and Crofts never disappointed and in this performance the hit a grand slam. What great Melodies harmonies and guitar playing, I really miss the heck out of them..Rip Jim Seals. You were a great musician, singer, while you are here on Earth.

[@landztranz]

Didn't know Bobby played harmonica! And super piano playing! Great performance!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I definitely did about Bobby Darin!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I definitely did 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮absolutely 💯%! 🙂 😌 👌 😏 😅 about 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 Bobby Darin!

[@Rob_Kates]

These 90 minute shows were packed with entertainment!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

You're absolutely 💯 %!👌 ❤️ 💓 💙 💖 right about that one Rob!

[@toncor1122]

Carson was the absolute best! Thanks so much.

[@paulamirada2]

Wonderful!! Thank you kindly!!!♥

[@sheiladawg1664]

We were so spoiled, we took him for granted. He was always there...until he wasn't.

[@troybirch]

what a fantastic comment.... So true.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Just Love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 That Funky 👌 👏 👍 😀 😄 😋 👌 👏 👍 😀 😄 😋 Music 🎶 🎵 😀 😄 😉 😊 !

[@tripjet999]

How great to hear the show with the ORIGINAL music and not the "cheap stuff" they insert in the currently-televised reruns!

[@scallaghan2118]

This is a good example of why the Johnny Carson show was so popular. Just watching the conversations was fascinating and fun.

[@jday9577]

Very good enjoyable to watch thanks for uploading!

[@ravipeiris4388]

Great upload. Thank you.

[@jeshkam]

Lol love Johnny's monologue in this episode, so funny 😂😁

[@HMinot]

Nice that you left the musical breaks in. Thanks!

[@rogerwilco4397]

Mr. Darin was dying here... literally. Oxygen tanks backstage, etc. He was prophetic in that he understood that he would die in 1973. This was Feb., by April he played his last Vega shows... dead by December. Smart guy, multi-talented, joy to watch.

[@mwilliamshs]

Not BY December, IN December

[@rogerwilco4397]

@@K.herrington7763 True, but his heart was already failing at this point. In fact his physicians told him it was open heart surgery to repair a botched surgery a few years earlier, or he would die. His heart was already damaged from childhood illnesses He was ill CONSTANTLY, his failure to take anti biotics could have been accidental or a subconscious death wish. And yes, he DID say he'd die in ''73, many friends backed up this statement. Geeze Leweeze.

[@tranurse]

Rheumatic fever does a number on your heart. My dad had it as a child, and died at 52 from a massive heart attack.

[@93Jubilee]

god bless him! HE WAS brilliant. Carson was off his game here. Intimidated. maybe.

[@davephillips1874]

Just watched for the first time superb bobby darin was a class act

[@bruceules1318]

Wow ! Bobby Darin. Wow! The way we were and how we ought to be. Not to serious but altogether real.

[@clamorherewith2295]

Good Stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@schwei56]

Whatʼs a bit bizarre about this source is that the millions of TVs that originally received the broadcast of this episode are long gone. I was in HS... 💖

[@flossygalloway5967]

The word weird was thrown around in 1973

[@Sneakycat1971]

Bobby Darin died by the end of 1973 in December. This must have been one of his last appearances on TV.

[@joemackey1950]

I almost spoke with Joan Embery once. I worked in a survey call centre in the '90s , the computer dialed numbers in sequence. We operators only knew state/area code, not with whom we were speaking. I got her answering machine, apparently at home, since it was personal, not business message. (The computer didn't know from listed/unlisted numbers).

[@deanbrandl1987]

I always had a crush on Joan embry

[@JChow-e1c]

Me too!!!

[@bethmcavoy8062]

Bobby starts @ 25:30 - 42:00

[@ceplio]

thank you

[@bethbartlett5692]

*Bobby D!* My fab - amazing talent!

[@depaola63]

He knew he was dying 😞He still poured his soul out !

[@warrenbiker]

Wow who knew.Bobby Darin playin harmonica,piano unbelievable.What a performer.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Bobby Darin can play any kind of musical instruments 🎶 🎵 😌 😏 🤔 👌 singer 👨‍🎤 🎤 🎶 🎼 ♥️ ❤️ dancer 😀 😄 😉 😆 😜 😎 and also an actor 🎬 😀 😄 😉 😜 😆 in 🎶 🎵 😳 🤣 😀 🙄 movies 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 😀 also 😀 😄 ❤️ 😊 😘 💙 a song writer 😀 😄 👍 😊 👏 ❤️ 😀 😄 👍 😊 👏 ❤️!

[@ChadQuick270W]

Sure won’t see this on Antenna TV. They’re running the same old same old with crappy intros and hardly any musical guests at all. This is much better! 😎

[@moonstar4121]

Yes if you like music that is different strokes for different folks

[@RobertDavis-db3fs]

Just speculation on my part but they probably needed special licencing permission to show the musical numbers on the Antenna reruns and they didn't want to spend the money to get it.

[@jimlaforte1755]

The Music Unions are VERY expensive, which is sad considering how many are missing the Cultural significance of getting to hear Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra and performers of their generation perform.

[@ChadQuick270W]

@@jimlaforte1755 that’s a great point. So many younger people will sadly never know what a truly magnificent band The Tonight Show had 👍

[@RobertDavis-db3fs]

@@ChadQuick270W Absolutely. Doc's orchestra was by far the best musical group in television history.

[@neilpuckett359]

Great era back when there was still a blue collar middle class.

[@douglaslowe5]

When you could actually buy a nice home doing an honest days work...Then came deregulation and union busting.

[@BigBingFan]

Orson Bean, to me, was one of the great guests; always interesting, with funny asides and stories. Occasionally a very funny joke, too. Thanks for posting this hour and a half version. I know when Johnny renegotiated his contract (I think once Fred Silvlerman took over NBC), Johnny said he'd keep doing the Show, as "long as it was only 1 hour." Johnny always said the last 30 minutes "dragged," a bit.....but, that's on the schedulers, not the extra half hour. Anyway, these 70's Hour and a half versions are GOLD! Thank you for uploading it! By the way, as a HUGE everynight watcher of the Tonight Show, the funniest Show I remember is the day after Thanksgiving, 1981, with guests James Garner and Regis Philbin. Very few laughs, which created a ripe environment for Johnny and Ed, to go off script, and when Ed razzed Johnny due to lack of jokes, I think Johnny was at his funniest, in few laughs. IF ANYONE HAS THIS GEM, please post. I was out of town, and couldn't videotape it. Thanks!

[@pannoni8449]

Thanks for sharing! I do have some memories of watching Johnny as a young child, but I was seven when he signed off, and mostly could only see him on Fridays, summers, and holidays due to early bedtimes for school, and even still I mostly just watched the monologues and perhaps the mail segment, but almost never stood around for the guests.

[@shakiras3658]

Orson Bean used to like to tell his story about how he couldn't afford to do some jobs earlier in his career like one in Canada that would have required a plane trip and a hotel. His agent said, "Orson, you need to start saving up for these jobs." :o)

[@usa02]

This is one of Bobby Darin's final television appearances before his death later that year, RIP.

[@teddymski9668]

died in december 1973.

[@61shark]

Dream weaver ! My favorite.

[@davenelson7159]

Ryan Zwolinski if

[@bethbartlett5692]

He had a heart problem that was caused by Rheumatic Fever. Tragic sad -- he really lived much longer than expected and was ill a lot of the time before going on stage. (I knew his Conductor - Bob Rosario - another great man.) Today it could have been repaired. A sad loss of a immeasurable talent.

[@MrRtoman]

he should have taken his medication

[@joannaedwards6325]

Thank you so very much for these great memories. I appreciate your audio being loud enough for this old, hard of hearing Baby Boomer. Just subscribed. ✌far out!!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂 😄 😆 🤣 😜 😀 very funny 😁 😂 😀 😄 😆 🤣!Joanna!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Very funny 😁 😂 😀 😄 😆 🤣 Joanna!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joannaedwards6325]

Jean Why THANK YOU. Sometimes I call myself "A faded ole Hippie Chick" 😊 ✌

[@wrenlingbellgenes6919]

I love watching Bobby most, but Bobby Rosario is super fun to watch conduct.

[@SM-gl8yo]

Wonderful show from start to finish.

[@AmericasChoice]

We were lucky in those days to have shows like this...

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

You're absolutely 💯%! 👌 ❤️ 💓 💙 💖 right about that one!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

You're both absolutely 💯 %!☺️ ❤️ 😉 😘 💗 right ✅️ 👏 🤣 😄 😀 😆 about 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕

[@FawleyJude]

I don't remember Johnny ever doing that "El Moldo" routine again, and I can see why.

[@hoyboys1000]

Bobby Darin died 10 months after this show. December 20, 1973 (aged 37) He died from an overwhelming systemic infection. R.I.P Bobby.

[@jefftycarson5969]

Bobby Darin the voice 50 and 60.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

By 1973 was the "Tonight Show" feeding live from Burbank via satellite to NYC and then the tape fed to affiliates from there?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Yes. In fact those who had the very early satellite dishes (which were huge) could pick up the L.A. to NYC feed live. The feed would also include the unaired portions when they would go to commercial (which were added in New York). This became something of a scandal as Carson and company were unaware for sometime that the raw feed, with gossip, crude language and whatever else happened during the breaks, was being seen by these satellite viewers on their very expensive dishes. This lasted for a while until NBC got wise and encoded the feed. I'll bet some of these antics were recorded on early home vtr's and may be out there. It would be cool to see them. Anyone who can add to this, please do.

[@OutOnTheTiles]

Bobby Darin died 10 months after this interview.

[@jimhanold9026]

Really? I did not know that!

[@JD-ij5fi]

Looks like he died from terminal ego poisoning!!!

[@joeturton8019]

@@JD-ij5fi Bobby knew he was going to die young. Romatic fever as a young boy had damaged his heart and during this appearance he had already been suffering from damaged heart valves. Still, he pushed himself unbelievably. Say what you want about his “ego”, but Darin was one of the greatest all around performers of his time!

[@gypdarin1458]

Dec 20th ... A Legend

[@mdr4670]

@@JD-ij5fi Bobby Darrin died of the effects of rheumatic fever. He would have lived a lot longer if had listened to his doctors and adopted an easygoing lifestyle like I did and I'm 63.

[@toscodav]

Wow. Amazing show.

[@johnsumner6185]

Ahhh. the good ol days...or what I recall were the good all days when I was a kid!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

The same here!John!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

When we were both kids in the 1960s!

[@TT_1221]

I was born nearly 3 weeks after this show aired!

[@shanewhitefeather6298]

And, sadly, you'll never live to see anyone like Johnny again. Late night in 2019 is DEAD

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 15 then.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

That's true. I don't even watch prime time TV today let alone late night TV.

[@timetowakeup6302]

@@shanewhitefeather6298 You'll never see another Bobby Darin either.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@timetowakeup6302We did on TV 📺 😀 😄 😊 🙂 ☺️ REALLY COOL 😎 😄 😀 👏 👌 😍!

[@jimhanold9026]

Of the six "Tonight Show" hosts-Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon-Johnny was the best; the most talented; the most versatile!

[@ryanrusch3976]

Conan was a strong second, shame Leno had to try and nix his whole carrer.

[@dddddadadad1796]

Yep. The show really should’ve ended after Carson bc it never was the same again

[@DarrenGauthier]

It’s hard to argue with Johnny’s appeal. Steve Allen was certainly an amazing talent who was quickly upgraded to prime time. Jack Paar was a fascinating personality and like Johnny and Steve, a smart and conversational host. Of the three since Johnny’s retirement, Conan is probably the most closest to the versatility of Carson. NBC did him wrong!

[@danield679]

Jimmy needs to GOOOOOO!!!! I purposefully avoid watching him because he is the opposite of clever and funny. 😤😠

[@johnsjohnson448]

@@ryanrusch3976 Sorry. Conan "nixed" his OWN career when he first tried to push Jay out and then never listened to the network executives about making his show more "broad" in its appeal.

[@owenwilberforce6138]

Seals and Crofts, like a more charismatic Simon and Garfunkel, they are a musical artifact I remember well. The 70’s were full of people like them and Cat Stevens that sort of serenaded us all blissfully. Great era for acoustic pop music.

[@AmericasChoice]

America was great, too.

[@glennmorrell4907]

quite agree. Seals & Crofts were part of the tapestry of my teen years.

[@joannaedwards6325]

Wish I could relive the seventies. Great music. Funny television. Enjoyable movies. Far out man. Made some bad choices but absolutely NO REGRETS. Now 75 with a rich storehouse of wonderful memories. From Johnny I learned how to have an interesting conversation with someone and how to be a good listener. Sad he had to leave. To quote Johnny himself, "Those DAMN CIGARETTES!"

[@gardensofthegods]

Yes Seals and Crofts had some great songs Back in the Day ... what a great sound they had and what great memories . I Loved Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman album and saw him in concert maybe it was 1975 or something like that .

[@gardensofthegods]

@@joannaedwards6325 Joanna you're about 10 years older than me and many times I've said I wish I could go back to the seventies especially the early part of the seventies . I don't know if it's still here but there was the audio books here on KZbin of the biography of Johnny Carson by the man who was his best friend and lawyer . What an extraordinary life he lived and they could easily make a wonderful miniseries from that book . Regrettably in the end he was lonely and didn't really have many friends left they say he was a recluse at the end of life and died a horrible cancer death . It was very sad and painful just listening to some of it towards the end .

[@dawngraham7786]

DARIN is the best ever NEVER BE REPLACED NEVER HES MIRACULOUS RIP ANGEL BOBBY PASSED SADLY SAME YEAR.SADLY BOBBY PASSED DEC 20TH THAT SAME YEAR DIDNT GET TO SEE HES CHESS TOURNAMENT MY HEART BREAKS RIP ANGEL ONLY ONE BOBBY DARIN RIP ANGEL

[@alartandy]

Great to see a rare appearance by El Mouldo at 8:52!

[@evawertheimer5966]

What cracked Johnny up during the beginning of El Mouldo?

[@bensandy1764]

Eva Wertheimer you mean el Mouldo

[@stacynels4]

Bobby Darin #1 talent anywhere anytime gone way toooooo soon💋

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

So 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢true Bobby Darin RIP 🙏 🪦 😌 ☹️ 😔 😢!

[@jamesford3648]

What a Glorious time to be alive. I NEVER thought it would end so to speak and the Entertainment we had would Last & Last. How WRONG was I. KZbin is the Closest Thing we have to Travel Back in time…..

[@pannoni8449]

The Internet Archive comes close too.

[@stephenchristian5739]

G D IT!!! IS DARIN GOOD WHAT A PERFORMANCE!! I KNEW WHEN I HEARD "HIS TV SHOW AIRS FRI AT 10 ON NBC" THAT THIS WAS HIS LAST YEAR, WHAT A PERFORMER! !! THANK U SO MUCH WHAT A SHOW REALLY GREAT TALENT FUN JUST PLANE FUN ..TODAY? SORRY BUT FAKE LAUGHS HATRED & DIRTY PERSONAL ANIMOSITY

[@JJJBRICE]

Joan Embery was really young back then .

[@TheCliffandPhilShow]

Good stuff!:)

[@peggyrannick7812]

Fabulous Seals and Crofts🥰

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

You're absolutely right about that one 💯 %!👌 ❤️ 💓 💙 💖

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Peggy!you're absolutely 💯 %!❤️ 👌 ♥️ 💙 💖 correct about that 👌 👏 👍 😀 😄 🙌 👌 👏 👍 😀 😄 🙌 !

[@Lisa-di1wi]

In those days I couldn't stay up that late. I had to get up early the next morning for school.

[@fortysomethingbadgirls2173]

I stayed up anyway. I loved this show.

[@maagu4779]

See my note above. Wasn't alone!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173The same here! I'm 64years now!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173The same here about watching 👀 😅 😒 🙄 😐 🙃 "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson "!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173The same here about Johnny Carson!

[@nancyhowell4505]

This show aired February 6, 1973, Bobby died December 20, 1973, age 37. 😞

[@Sloozen1]

Seals & Crofts were so high Seals forgot he was lip syncing and stopped singing toward the end! Lol. I 💘 old JC shows.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

This is fucking classic. Love Seals & Crofts.

[@cybersquire]

Back when Doc was high AF on the show.. the 70s was a trip!

[@christophermaynor6863]

Johnny Laughing O-M-G gold

Best audio I've ever heard on YT.

[@SueBeaWho]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@TheGatlinburgHussey]

I'm 48 ...wow ..I was born a year after this

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I was 13years old when this was on TV 📺 😕 😐 😪 😒 😑 COOL 💜 💙 ♥️ 💕 ❤️ 😎!

[@ObservantHistorian]

Tonight, however, Doc is modelling sofa fabric!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Very funny 😁 😂 😀 😄 😆 🤣!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Ha ha ha ha ha 😂 😄 😆 🤣 😜 true 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 about that 😀 😄 👍 😊 ❤️ 😉 😀 😄 👍 😊 ❤️ 😉 one 👌 👏 🙌 😀 👍 😉 👌 👏 🙌 😀 👍 😉!

[@johnsain]

What a Show....TV has gotten worse....How is that possible 50 years later and hundreds of channels?

[@Angie-GoneSoon]

I was 3 years old in 1973! LoL

[@jamespfitz]

Where's the political whining? The partisan snark? The condescension? This isn't late night entertainment.

[@Foxbat1155]

@Constitutional Conservative f yeah

[@jimmoore2838]

I guess when the country's democracy wasn't under attack things seemed funnier. I always get a great laugh when people come to non political things to complain about there's too much politics in stuff. Are you that self unaware? Full stupid?

[@teriowen5744]

Yes, it is. This is the best. Carson was the King of late night.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

So 😀 😄 😆 😉 🤣 😜 true 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 👍 🤔 🙄 😑 😐 😕 about Johnny Carson 😀 😄 👍 😊 ❤️ 😉 😀 😄 👍 😊 ❤️ 😉!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Bobby Darin was busy with TV shows in 1973 but sadly didn't live to see Christmas. Glad to see this complete episode survive and didn't get destroyed when NBC destroyed much of their film and tape archive some years later. Sadly many of Johnny's shows would not be considered politically correct today and subjected to today's censorship and cancel culture.

[@Ky29999]

❤

[@cornerofthemoon]

Johnny was always great but I’d say he was at his best in the 70’s.

[@toddbob55]

He looked decent and had plenty of energy ....crazy he died later that year

[@timetowakeup6302]

Unfortunately Bobby had a heart condition that plagued him from childhood and it was only a matter of time before it gave out on him. In fact when he steps over to the desk to sit near Johnny you'll notice he's struggling to catch his breath for the first minute or so.

[@K.herrington7763]

He failed to take the required antibiotics before a dental visit and developed sepsis which damaged his heart valves.After 6 hours of surgery in December he died without ever waking up.

[@depaola63]

@@K.herrington7763 sad😞He was awesome 🎤🤩

[@mikehiggins946]

Johnny "white shoes" Carson.

[@ryanellis4474]

You, sir, are a hero for posting this lovely Carson Show episode Have you many more? Does anyone have any sixties Carson episodes?

[@videoteamone]

You might find one or two out there, probably from somebody's private collection, but my understanding is that most of them were erased back in the day, because nobody could ever imagined that there might be a market for them later.

[@Ky29999]

Carnack The Magnificent

[@ThekiBoran]

Anyone know what those random, high pitched notes are in the left earphone? They're barely audible, just curious.