Posts Tagged The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

Discovered Gem: Carson Interviewing Letterman Post-Leno Announcement

Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, streaming video on November 3, 2011

I am so glad that Johnny Carson was smart enough to get ownership/control of his Tonight Show run. Earlier this year, the folks managing Carson’s media properties started posting YouTube clips from a variety of Tonight Show moments (152 videos to date). The videos cover a variety of celebrities and topics. But for me, the best discovery so far is this 1991 David Letterman appearance, where Carson how Letterman feels about Jay Leno being named to replace Carson. But Carson being Carson, he asks the question in his own unique way.

The mutual admiration the two men had for each other is obvious in this clip.

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Tonight Show: September 25, 1978

Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV on May 3, 2011

Tonight on Conan, Steve Martin was one of the guests. In passing, he mentioned something I had never realized: Martin guest hosted The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson five times.

Scrambling to YouTube, I found this video excerpt from a September 25, 1978 episode.

Get a load of the guest list (amazing how many guests could be crammed into one show [the show was still 90 minutes in 1978, as it stayed until 1980]).

Tonight Show Guest List for September 25, 1978

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