The Tonight Show (September 13, 1979)

[@modernretroradio993]

What I love about watching these old shows is that I can now grasp how cool people like Buck Henry was! Incredible wit.

[@lmb3678]

Wow... The group and the jazz violenest at the end playing is just fantastic. Love these Carson videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@ReverendSnedley]

Take Johnny, Ed, Doc, Tommy, The Band , Guests and an audience and you have pure magic never to be duplicated

[@rand007]

See reruns here in Chicago at 9 PM.. the Carson show beats anything on TV. What a great era of entertainment.

[@collegeman1988]

Yeah. It’s been over 30 years since Johnny Carson retired and we’re still watching and enjoying his Tonight Show. I seriously doubt people will be watching Jimmy Fallon 30 years from today after he’s gone.

[@thejoseyscottrocks]

If I could have a true copy of all the shows the Carson sons own in that old salt mine in Kansas. I’d be one happy camper. If you don’t already know, In 1972, Carson's contract negotiation included ownership of the show and he took pains to have the next 20 years of shows, which include more than 3,300 hours of television, stored in a secure and temperature-controlled environment: A once active salt mine in Hutchinson, Kan. There’s nothing like watching those old episodes, and remembering a time when things were absolutely wonderful compared to now. Johnny transports me to my happy place every time. I need only press play.

[@r.minnis9722]

Really? I live 45 min from this? You can tour this ‘mine.

[@Guppusmaximus]

Watergate, high inflation, an oil crisis, rising unemployment and the worst recession since the 1930s were all absolutely wonderful in '73 🤣🤣🤣

[@soxrphie]

@@Guppusmaximus still better than the situation we are in today We are headed for a depression worse than the 30’s

[@kaybegel8630]

I am always watching Johnny Carson's tonight shows .He was and still is Top Drawer!!

[@johnsjohnson448]

1980 contract gave Mr. Carson ownership of his show and "tapes."

[@118Columbus]

Amazing how a talk show from 1979 is so much better than any late night show on in 2021! Pop music and talk shows have gone hill.

[@79goldmaster1]

Angie was almost 50 here. I think she is still a doll at 90.

[@bruce92106]

Nothing's come close to or been the same since the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson! And if Ms Dickinson happens to see this, God Bless you! You're such a class act and a talented actress and such a beautiful lady! You are a living legend! and I think I can say with all certainly we all LuvYa Angie Dickinson! ❤😊😘

[@ravipeiris4388]

Thank you for sharing and uploading.

[@depaola63]

Classic 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Hi’O 💎 I’m now 58 and looking back, Johnny was an entertainer ⭐️

[@peneljsmith]

My family had a dog that always howled when we sang Happy birthday.

[@dianeogorzalek6986]

mine too!

[@willandcrystalyates3674]

Carson was and is king of late night. Period

[@andrewbuhman1066]

1979 and masks were apparently all the rage in SoCal. Amazing how these old fads make such a big comeback...

[@MrMenefrego1]

"old dad's" ? 👀

[@andrewbuhman1066]

@@MrMenefrego1 Edited. Thanks.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@andrewbuhman1066 😬

[@Dr.Pepper001]

As soon as the camera is turned on, Johnny comes alive.

[@johnking5174]

13:03 - This was referring to the firing of Bert Parks as host of Miss America TV event which Bert had done since 1955. He was fired by bosses who wanted to attract a younger audience. Johnny was a supporter of Bert, he led an unsuccessful campaign to get Bert rehired.

[@MayoChipz]

Thanks for giving these little insights! Makes some funny jokes a lot funnier for a millennial like me :D

[@johnking5174]

@@MayoChipz I only found it out, as I was wondering what he meant about Bert Parks, so I Googled it. Love Carson and McMahon here. I love these clips. Makes me very happy every day. An era in television we lost in May 1992 when Carson retired. I really adore big Ed.

[@MayoChipz]

@@johnking5174 I am almost binging these episodes. I don't know what it is, but there's nothing like this in the current television landscape. Especially in the netherlands (which has never had a real late night show) they try to push highly journalistic heavy topics in the late hours. The weird thing is, the ratings on those programs are quite high (like a million or 1,2 million which is high considering the 17 million people living in this country) and if they try an american style late night show the ratings are very very low. I'd love to work on a late night show some time with the right people, the right setting and the right guests.

[@johnking5174]

@@MayoChipz Late night talk shows here in 2021 USA are very low rated audience wise. The highest rated talk show now is Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, and he only attracts 3.5 million viewers a night maximum. Out of a population of nearly 330 million, that is peanuts. But he does not rely on the overnight audience. It is the near 9 million KZbin subscribers and the millions watching the clips online that make his show a success and No. 1.

[@MayoChipz]

@@johnking5174 that’s true. I still think that with the right people and a more chill less political attitude you can get back to higher ratings. Nowadays you don’t really see a monologue that bombs because the connection with the audience is almost non existent and the people aren’t supposed to react in any way.

[@johnking5174]

16:05 - A nice little dig by Ed over the fact that by 1979 Johnny never worked Monday nights on the Tonight Show, always a guest host and he enjoyed 15 weeks vacation every year from the show. Ed only got 10 weeks vacation.

[@depaola63]

Only 10 weeks😳 poor Ed.

[@gm12551]

@@depaola63 drunk for half of it and buzzed for all.

[@CookieCaspari]

I remember my mom used to complain about Johnny always taking time off.

[@scottaw666]

45:40 The working title for John Cassavetes’ Gloria 1980 was “One Summer Night”.

[@winonafrog]

🩵

[@Huuudge25]

Love the Carnac bit

[@JChow-e1c]

I remember watching this show when it aired!!! Johnny and his entire show was classy & funny.

[@johnking5174]

13:47 - I love the mock contempt and disdain for the audience Carnac has here. Great play from Carson.

[@modernretroradio993]

04:06 ... Somewhere in America in September 1979, an adolescent Carrot Top found his inspiration for his life's work...

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Great appearance by the legendary Stephane Grappelli and David (Dawg) Grisman (whose birthday is the day I type this, 23 March). Dawg played the mandolin part on the Grateful Dead's "Ripple" and teammed with Jerry Garcia in the great Bluegrass group Old and In The Way

[@PieFights]

11:22 Carnac.EXE has stopped working

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Regan : 489 votes Carter: 49 votes.

[@Angie-GoneSoon]

Oh look! Someone from 2021 time traveled to 1979 to be on the Johnny Carson show!! If he only knew!!

[@jessiem276]

Johnny's ties & lapels got way more narrow than the early 70's.

[@scottaw666]

Cats are little vessels of love

[@MomoTvT]

At the beginning… just imagine if Johnny was doing this during COVID

[@johnking5174]

Imagine Johnny producing his show from his home - I can not see him ever doing it. I don't think he would ever feel comfortable. I guess he would have remained off air until they could return to the studio.

[@markevan1]

The harmonica produces harmonics above the range of human hearing. Dogs can hear these high pitched sounds and they are painful to their sensitive hearing. The dog is not singing. He is howling in discomfort. The high pitched harmonics of the classical music do the same. You would think the owners would understand this. Maybe they do and don't care.

[@chickey333]

Those face masks were a portent of what was to come many years later.... somewhere around the year 2020.

[@sugardaddy4714]

38:22 Could someone tell me what that font is called?

[@pannoni1491]

I know VH-1 used it for their logo in the late '80s and early '90s, but I'm not sure what it's called.

[@billmason5526]

1930s style font

[@josenighthawk]

... before our now horrible times of WOKENESS, and the current crop of snarky, smarmy and snooty night hosts.

[@jewelfried9651]

Wouldn't you rather be awake than asleep?

[@bobsheppard8773]

​@@jewelfried9651wokeism is no longer 😂

[@nathanmorriss4132]

I like carnac the magnificent I am going to do that on Halloween on October 31th

[@JChow-e1c]

Great!!!!!!!!!!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

John William Carson (Corning, Iowa; 23 de octubre de 1925 - West Hollywood, California; 23 de enero de 2005) fue un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense. Es conocido sobre todo como el presentador de The Tonight Show, protagonizado por Johnny Carson (1962-1992). Carson recibió 6 Premios Emmy, el Premio del Gobernador de la Academia de Televisión de 1980 y un Premio Peabody en 1985. Fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de la Academia de Televisión en 1987. Fue galardonado con la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad en 1992 y recibió un Kennedy Center Honor en 1993. 99 AÑOS 79 AÑOS 20 AÑOS.

[@thomasstevens9551]

Wow even back then Johnny knew just how stupid masks are!

[@heathergustar638]

3 oo. Covid patients zero and one