Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (Dec 14, 1972)

[@pamelaregner8355]

Watched with my parents 😆💕

[@lindacarsonlawrence4982]

Johnny Carson was ABSOLUTELY my very favorite 🤩 late night TV show host!🌟 He was smart, intelligent, with a impeccable sense of comedic timing. As a teen, well past my bedtime, I would quietly slip back into the living room to catch his show. Imagine the enjoyment I’m having on KZbin by being able to access his old shows & cast them to my TV to watch…as I’m doing at this very moment. Just too “GOOD!”☺️

[@OikPoinFive]

But ur lass name is a Carson? Why?

[@chesterproudfoot9864]

Almost 50 years ago and still the best. Late nights just haven't been the same since Johnny retired. Sigh.

[@johnrobbins917]

All dreadful.😥

[@leslievey8453]

Then he had to audacity to die !

[@helbitkelbit1790]

Thank you for posting this.......I wish I could go back to this time . If anyone can take me back , I will behave , I promise.....

[@danhall2197]

A wonderful time to be a innocent kid. R&B,Top 40,Rock Music was the best ever.

[@bd764]

I MUST mention that it is SO refreshing to see all the old commercials included with this. I dont know about anyone,but I am SOOOOOOOO fricken tired of todays commercials,with the never ending nightmare of casinos,medical plans,save the animals,kids with cancer,and the fellow with the pillows.Thats literally ALL you see,ALL day,EVERY day.Anyone agree with this???????

[@alexanderh7502]

And political correctness

[@jmason2838]

hi .. just my humble opinion.. um...there IS such a thing as an 'off' switch📺🚫..and cutting the 'cable💡🧠🙄.. 📴✂️📺☠️🙈.🍀.🛡️🤓💪🤳☺️👍👍🤢🚮💩👇🕳️🚽🍀

[@dcdel1]

@@alexanderh7502 thank god for this! I thought it was just me, the world we live in is far poorer.

[@AdamIthink]

@@jmason2838 There is also something called medication.

[@pauldalnoky6055]

And the initial NBC logo

[@jimcoleman598]

Amazing how many guests he had on each night in the 60'-70's. Granted, it was 90 minutes back then.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Johnny got tired of 90 minutes 3-4 nights per week (even though many feel the quality of the show faded when going to just an hour. Cut out a lot of the skits that were done and cut down on interview time with guests). Johnny had a lot of power to get the show down to 60 minutes (and just three new shows per week along with 17 weeks vacation) as he was the biggest moneymaker for NBC during a time when they were dead last in the ratings (they slipped before Fred Silverman came in to run the network and went further south with Fred coming up with "Supertrain" and "Pink Lady and Jeff" as shows to try and revive the network).

[@peshandsam]

I love watching these episodes. Johnny Carson was the greatest TV host. Thank you for posting these episodes. If anyone has the shows from the 1960s, I would love to watch them. Thank you. (sam)

[@mr.mikeyg.5282]

Brings back good memories, use to stay up each night to watch Johnny. Classic!

[@January.]

*Used to

[@joefischetti2383]

Wow, Ed Sullivan on Johnny Carson! Such good memories. I would watch him every Sunday night with my grandparents (they raised me and my brother). My grandfather, an Italian immigrant, loved Ed Sullivan. Always called him classy! God rest all their souls, a much better time, a much gentler time. I remember it all so clearly. Wish we could return to those days when people respected each other and talk show hosts concentrated on entertainment and not politics.

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

Ditto. Oh you can say that again.

[@tdunph4250]

No one then and especially now comes close to Mr Carson. Period!

[@jeffgayden6973]

100% True.

[@paulmatulavich7321]

Great nostalgia here. Wife and I were married in June 1973, and our first Christmas we put colorful GE Cool Ice bulbs on our tree, and used GE flash cubes in our camera to take our Christmas photos.

[@Pieps.22]

Carson gives keywords and his guests give answers. This is a true intelligent dialog with respect to each other.

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

That was before Rockford Files, James Garner didn't know what a classic that's gonna be.

[@January.]

*....it was going to be.

[@robertcarli1969]

This was during "they only kill their masters"

[@margaretmaged2584]

That’s when shows had class. Host and guests where funny and classy

[@SteveMoser]

Props to the audio engineers. It was very forward thinking to record the band in stereo. No one at the time could hear it as such.

[@Camop-iz9kt]

I think it's replacement music for the DVD. The show wasn't in stereo until around 1980.

[@gregargendeli2973]

This is a beautiful, clean tape! nice to see the unedited version of the show.

[@johnking5174]

This was the time when NBC did not have editing facilities for the show at Burbank, and all shows had to be fed to New York for editing.

[@suzettemyers6058]

Love it! Thank you!

[@drivesideways6550]

Yeah, it's fun to see the commercials. I was 5 when this was filmed. Never saw Cybill Shepperd that young I recognized her face but couldn't put a name to her. Then I remembered her in Moonlighting from the 80's!

[@Dmiller7239]

Love seeing the old commercials

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

@@johnking5174 Those that had the giant satellite dishes during that era could watch the unedited feed of the show. Buddy Hackett used to break out the dirty jokes that couldn't be aired during the show during commercials and they would air on the feed. Johnny would get a few jokes in as well. As soon as it got out that folks could watch the feed, they scrambled it.

[@toddgelineau6536]

I’ve never seen Johnny go after a guest like this. Was fun to watch him and guests take turns. Lol

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

I read the book in question (years ago as the book was in my local library). It wasn't as brutal as Laurence Leamer's "King of the Night" that was published in the 1980s (albeit not a puff book either about either Johnny or Jack Paar, who was also featured in the book).

[@CuppaTeaandaSliceoCake]

Absolutely the best band ever on telly ... most of them were extraordinary studio musicians, well-known in the recording industry.

[@MarleyHenryBinx]

Brilliant brilliant show. Wish it was still on and we were back in 1972.

[@ukrandr]

Carson and Ed Sullivan. That was pure gold. Mr. Sullivan was a giant in the history of 20th century entertainment.

[@tonypanzarella9387]

Excellent copy, from more than 50 years ago. Whether an original, or a restoration, it is better than what most of us saw on our PICTURE TUBES of the era.

[@KayBarsotti]

The animal ads make me OH so sad and the pillow man broken record and never made a round pillow for my neck

[@gwgwgwgw1854]

The band was incredible!

[@glen1ster]

James Garner, Bruce Dern, Terry Galanoy, and the Mighty Carson Art Players.

[@jimlaforte1755]

Thank-you for posting this rare gem. I wish that the final show from New York and first show from the move to Burbank were posted somewhere. Also, it is a shame that Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra's extended bumper plays cannot be posted due to copyright/union issues. They jammed during these more to come bumpers.

[@altfactor]

I thought that after moving to Burbank, Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" returned to New York on a few occasions for a week at a time.

[@johnsjohnson448]

@@altfactor They did during ratings periods through 1973 or '74. The show permanantly relocated to NBC Burnank Studios in May of 1972.

[@StarCityAudits]

@Jim LaForte They did ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5TFhYqQlrl1bJI

[@epaddon]

@@johnsjohnson448 There were two road trips back to NY after the permanent move. The first was for three weeks in November 1972. The second and last time was in May 1973. After that, Studio 6-B at 30 Rock was taken over by the news department and consequently they couldn't use the old studio there any longer for a road trip and I think that was why Johnny stopped doing the road trips since it would have meant not operating from familiar territory.

[@johnsewell6593]

​@@epaddonYou are absolutely correct sir , and there are two of the "return" episodes on "The Vault" Carson Box Set.....!

[@RichWeigel]

James Garner just before one of my favorite shows as a child The Rockford Files!

[@ts.elliot5870]

It was always treat to stay up lste on a Friday and watch Johnny. Especially crazy when Rickles, Newhart or Dean Martin stopped by.

[@gregh1853]

Lord I was 15 when this was on......love the commercials.....so much better than designer drugs that cost 400 a pill....

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I LOVE JAMES GARNER. HE'S WONDERFUL AND HANDSOME.

[@JChow-e1c]

The Tonight was the best!!!!! I miss Johnny, the show and all of the guests that were on the show. ☮️💟

[@gstaadt]

That was the most civilized public chewing out I’ve ever seen.

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

Well said.

[@Wildstar40]

1:17:17 I like how James Garner turned into Jim Rockford to help Johnny confirm there was a implication about what beverage was in Johnny's cup.

[@thomaskemer8109]

Good observation!!

[@JaminJim2010]

Had just turned 14, loved the band.

[@thegreatbloviator6817]

Carson somehow made 70's fashions look good

[@BuxarooBanzai]

Wow, my baby brother was born when this show aired, gonna show him this, he'll get a kick out of it.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I can’t get over that he used to do 90 minute shows every night. Nobody would be crazy enough to that today. Because there’s nobody worth staying tuned in for that long.

[@dannyjones4044]

Or talented enough!!

[@dannyboyy8465]

It gave him more time to do sketches. I really enjoy Johnny Carson sketches. Art Fern, Carnac, Aunt Blabby, etc.

[@bloodybones63]

@@dannyboyy8465 Floyd R. Turbo, American.

[@chrisbroward]

And I’m confused as to why 🤔 there are twitch livestreams and podcasts for 2,3, and then some hours.

[@chrisbroward]

But people tv shows for 60 minutes are risqué probably because of commercials

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

Flip Wilson and Nipsy Russell are a Couple of Really Great Entertainers In Their Own Right !!!

[@jaycunningham4215]

I love that signature “golf swing” throw to the theme and commercial break.

[@ZeusMcCormick]

Amazing just two short commercials during breaks. Now we get 8 minutes worth. Different times indeed.

[@sylviastreet6785]

Jon Collins, you said those were good old days and we didn’t realize it. Maybe in the future we’ll say these days were the good old days. Can you imagine how bad those days in the future will be?

[@AngieRIamHIS4Life]

Johnny held back his temper successfully in this.. I can tell he wasn't happy with what he wrote.. but he set him straight! Go Johnny!!

[@Tre404]

Absolutely amazing quality here! I am very appreciative... thank you for posting this, so much!

[@calvinbealer7264]

50 Years Ago. This Month. I'm Getting Old 🗝️🗝️

[@biggobot3253]

Wally Cox, seen in the Jockey ad, died just 2 months later.

[@jehobden]

He didn't grow a mustache until about 1970, but he had it for the rest of his life.

[@jehobden]

That shag carpeting puts this show squarely in the 1970s. This set though was used for Carson's regular California visits at least back to 1966, where it appeared on a Bob Hope show called "Murder at NBC".

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

That is a Beautiful Suit that Johnny is wearing tonight !!!🥰

[@mikedeveau7075]

Last 15 minutes are some of the most fascinating I’ve ever seen on the show.

[@alvilla9659]

I agree

[@essessessesq]

yes, Johnny was really offended by some of it

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

OMG, yes I remeber the night that you did the Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky Wedding. We were watching as well as everybody else was. NOBODY WANTED TO MISS THAT.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Ed Sullivan was as iconic as Johnny Carson (of course in a different way and for different reasons). But Sunday night was the entire family in the den watching Ed. And there might be something that I'd hate, but Mom and Dad would love, but I knew coming along shortly would be something I loved and they would tolerate it!

[@mercedes523]

The video quality is great for such an old show.

[@KayBarsotti]

I didn't realize how powerful the band was until seeing replays on my phone

[@dougbadgley6031]

Thanks for posting.

[@johncasciello4123]

Heavy fashion look is seen here in 1972 as it started in late 1970 and would last to april 1978. The TONIGHT SHOW is a good indicator of it: WIDE LAPELS,LONGER HAIR,WIDE NECKTIES,BIGGER SHIRT COLLARS (to accent the ties)

[@tomloft2000]

this was the zenith for matching white belt and shoes(although Johnny doesn't have them here).

[@m42037]

Are you insinuating long hair is 70s? I wish i had a dollar for every man I've seen with long hair since the 70s to today lol

[@johncasciello4123]

@@m42037 KEN this is JOHN you are right about even today of guys with LONG HAIR STYLES but I only mention the TV SERIES from the 70s when all of a sudden with all the new shows or new seasons was by SEPTEMBER 71 it seems every MALE ACTOR:PETER GRAVES,PETER LUPUS,MANNIX (I,M using the charactor name),JACK LORD,BOB CONRAD (who SEEMED to have started the fad back in 1968/69),JOHNNY CARSON,MIKE LANDON and quite a few more went with that FULLER HEAVIER LOOK as well as the MENS FASHIONS!! I guess the stylist got together and said:HEY IT,S TIME FOR A CHANGE and then it all abruptly ended around 1978 as I mainly refer to THOSE TV ACTOR TYPES! THANK YOU KEN**********

[@m42037]

@@johncasciello4123 What was different about the 70s compared to today is you could wear anything and ANYTHING and get away with it, where today the styles are very limited and at most bland like all the SUVs you see today that 80% all look exactly the same just different colours. Boring. I think a lot of the greatest music was in the 70s. Today music in most sucks also.

[@theboredprogrammer1114]

If only modern late night shows are as relaxing as this regardless if it's in English or not (not a native English speaker) but this is so akin to modern podcasts but the way they talked were more intelligent than now.

[@Solitude47152]

Carson had a sport coat line. He is wearing one tonight.

[@myersred8]

What a time capsule!

[@stevel6939]

Love the old commercials.

[@joannaedwards6325]

Thank you for good clear audio that I can actually hear! More of these please. Good bedtime calming down material. Current late night TV is not relaxing nor intelligent. Oh how I miss Johnny. Thanks again and keep em comin'. I dislike commercials but love The Tonight Show.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

The good ole days

[@susangiudice2721]

just subscribed! - beautiful tall men on this show!

[@susangiudice2721]

thank you!!!!!!!!

[@Dr.scottcase88]

I always look forward to Bruce stern playing the greatest villains of the old great westerns that I grew up watching as a kid. Shows such as Gunsmoke, bonanza, the big Valley and so many others were you played a really evil character and played it very very well. I’m happy because he still with us in the year 2022 at the ripe old age of 86 and in fairly good health. Thanks for all the entertainment you’ve provided through the years Bruce.

[@bloodybones63]

Bruce Dern

[@getyerkix]

Casey Kasem doing the comb commercial narration

[@garyc39]

Bruce Dern sure plays a good bad guy

[@SnowdriftBoy]

Ed Sullivan was a great sport and a gentle soul!🙌❤️

[@HMinot]

Great stereo mix on the band!

[@BobbyL-jm1hq]

I mean, it was awesome....you could sit there on your couch or in your bed, in your underwear, I was 12 when this aired, and watch STARS sit there, that you had just watched in a movie, or on TV, or just hit a homerun and they are shooting the sh*t....so to speak....amazing...

[@sylviastreet6785]

Here I go again showing my age. Flash cubes for your camera!

[@jmason2838]

. .the higher priced model had a built - in flash also( no need to buy the pop - on flashcubes - needed for the lower - priced model ) ...forgot to add that ..😁✌️🤗

[@frisco21]

Oh, my God this brings back pleasant memories of how great Carson was and how good his guests were. We live in a poverty-stricken wasteland nowadays with lame "hosts" like Jimmy Fallon, who is completely undeserving of being a successor to Johnny Carson.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

Naw. You’re just old. That reaction is to be expected. Your parents back then wished Jack Paar would come back. Times change. Roll with it.

[@frisco21]

@@EdKazO-Vision I'm Old? Maybe, maybe not, but I still contend that Fallon is a weak place-holder for Johnny Carson. It's widely acknowledged that Carson was the gold standard for late-night television. This judgment cuts across all generations.

[@essessessesq]

@@EdKazO-Vision Ah, but 19th century author Washington Irving was correct, when he wrote that "CHANGE is far more often a devouring conflagration, eliminating what is good, than it is a shining beacon of improvement and progress." Just take a look around.

[@essessessesq]

@@frisco21 Johnny was good, but Steve Allen was a better combination of utter zaniness on the one hand, with a deep and insightful intellect on the other hand. Johnny was much more moderate and low key....he had neither of those extremes that Steve Allen had. But that might be why Johnny lasted so long on the show, while Steve Allen and Jack Paar were both promoted from the small ''late night'' audience to do weekly hour shows in prime time

[@JazznRealHipHop]

I know Bruce Dern from Hateful Eight and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. It’s amazing to see him in his much younger days. I was born in 81 and grew up watching Carson in the mid-80’s with my pops usually carrying me to bed halfway through. This still brings up a flood of memories and a different era, a different time, a moment and a memory I wish I could go back to. Thank you for the upload ❤️

[@sylviastreet6785]

Big bell bottoms on Bruce Dern! The bigger the better! I remember those days! That ages me!

[@chinabluewho]

All you need is the rhinstone button shirt to go with.

[@joannaedwards6325]

But Sylvia we've aged well. Just like wine.

[@m42037]

The 70s was a decade everyone makes fun of but in fact that was a decade you could wear anything without being ridiculed to death. Today style is predominantly bland, marginal in selection

[@jhassett2]

Interesting show..Things got a bit politely tense at the end there..

[@davidlewis1058]

I was interested in buying the book, but now that I know how sloppily inaccurate it can be, it would be a waste of time. I'm disappointed and angered by hypocritical authors who are more interested in maximizing profits than edifying the public.

[@StevenCollins093063]

Yeah...thats my dad too...

[@jlance4835]

If only Johnny had the internet then. Quick search revealed that "longjohns" are named after a 19th century boxer named John L. Sullivan who wore long tights as opposed to traditional shorts in his bouts,

[@MarkTmurtaugh-h7k]

I enjoyed the commercials

[@jeffrogersr41]

i was 3 weeks old this date lol

[@clayholt8038]

Three days before I was born!

[@kentwilliams1043]

An at-that-point undiscovered Cybill Shepard in that Revlon ad

[@jefferystevenson3820]

'The Last Picture Show' was released in 1971.

[@Tre404]

In the first seconds, I wonder what Ed meant by his mention of "spritzer." Something for his throat or something, I think... to make his opening announcement sound as good as possible.

[@cgeorge6786]

Dec 14, 1972 was the last time humans were on the moon.

[@pem1974]

1:12:24 I am reminded of that scene in The burbs when Bruce Dern's character *really* starts laying into his creepy neighbors! 😆

[@rickrick5041]

Maverick was a classic too

[@Solitude47152]

Wow the monologue bombed 💣

[@richardbuchanan5497]

...but was still funnier than Fallon!

[@Solitude47152]

@@richardbuchanan5497 That’s so true

[@danhall2197]

John Carson is self effacing which made his himself or the Tonight Show always entertaining whether he bombed or not.

[@basementbomber]

*Excellent footage & channel. I'm subscriber # 87*

[@kevinharris1981]

Boy, Johnny was ready to do battle with the author

[@alb5489]

Sybil Shepard doing a commercial!!

[@getyerkix]

Burgess Meredith for Vicks vapo rub? I mean he’s was an incredible actor I didn’t imagine he would do commercials.

[@AUTOPSY666]

Tons of voiceover work.

[@tylernewton7217]

Man, that bunk writer got a well deserved raking over the coals. I’m actually impressed that he had the courage to show up for the interview. That was a very rare chance for the stars to push back on misinformation.

[@reginaldsimpson6380]

To that author's credit he had more guts than today's bathers do to even appear on the show

[@reginaldsimpson6380]

Authors not bathers

[@tylernewton7217]

@@reginaldsimpson6380 I don’t know, I think your average bather has more guts, too!

[@joefischetti2383]

@@tylernewton7217 And a cleaner Butt.

[@Brettthickhammer]

Different world, maybe literally 😂😂😂

[@ZhairMillerGospelArchive]

Would anyone have the footage of the Clara Ward Singers on the Tonight Show in 1972?

[@brentmann2988]

12:32 & 17:52 Johnny mentions Framingham, Massachusetts. 18:26 Casey Kasem does a very mellow voice-over for Sunbeam. 59:45 This is Pat Henderson. She is lip-syncing to Valerie Simpson's voice.

[@andyrose5616]

9:40 Ken Nordine voices the Kraft Butter Mints commercial 30:48 Burgess Meredith voices the Vicks VapoRub commercial

[@loutruckmd]

Wow a couple of years before the Rockford files.

[@lchaney]

0:01 "You got my little spritzer?" 🍸

[@just4music687]

who is the beautiful singer during the bud commercial at 59:45?

[@Rlinks]

I found some information about the song in this commercial and they called her a Dionne Warwick lookalike. That's all the info I could find about her. Here is the link www.early70sradio.com/2014/10/two-radio-hits-brought-to-you-by.html?m=1

[@chinabluewho]

The black lady is lip singing, the real singer is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_November Not sure who the black chick is though, prolly just an unknown actress . kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6ikaJKXltx7a6c

[@brentmann2988]

The singer is Pat Henderson. She is lip-syncing to Valerie Simpson's voice.

[@mercedes523]

Love the old commercials. Memories....

[@BeingMe23]

Doc. Severinsen was born and raised in Arlington OR.

[@JRIJR75]

43:20 - is the Cybil Shepherd?

[@kittendiotima4212]

What a fun episode, I loved seeing Johnny, James Garner and Bruce Dern get in the face of the author about writing articles about celebrities without even getting a comment from them, or hearing the story from ppl in the room, rather than third hand.

[@dhpbear2]

Pity that the audio is 'squelchy' - you can barely hear the argument that Johnny was having with Ed or Fred:( They do this in an attempt to eliminate background noise, but they also eliminate a lot of the dialog :(

[@chewbacca4256]

I love watching ancient quad videotapes.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

Casey Kasem voice over on the Sunbeam tangle-free comb spot.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Edward Leo Peter Ed McMahon, Jr. (Detroit, 6 de marzo de 1923 - Los Ángeles, 23 de junio de 2009) fue un comediante, presentador de programas de juegos, y locutor estadounidense. Fue famoso por su trabajo en la televisión como compañero de Johnny Carson (1925-2005) y locutor del programa The Tonight Show (entre 1962 y 1992). También presentó la versión original del show Star Search entre 1983 y 1995. Fue copresentador de TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes con Dick Clark entre 1982 y 1998. También presentó sorteos de la empresa de venta directa American Family Publishers (y no, como se cree comúnmente, de su principal rival Publishers Clearing House).