Johnny Carson Early Years on Television
Squirrel’s Nest Christmas Special 1950
Carson’s Cellar November 1953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWvgX5E1wE&t=6s
Who Do You Trust? 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWvgX5E1wE&t=6s
Johnny Carson - Early Tonight Show Years
Skitch Henderson and the Original NBC Orchestra perform 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdtUlpwNO08
Groucho Marx Surprise Visit October 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkVB2A_uaTU
Johnny Rejects On His Tonight Show Debut *No Video of the First Broadcast Exists*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFSEDkShgA&list=PLB1TeORqqZ39do_9v6tQsvMQ1FPSOm2cm
Johnny Cash Performs “Ring of Fire” March 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpsVBb2HaW8
Flip Wilson Performs September 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7wZHVX6zaw
Carnac the Magnificent 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLI5qI8WU0
Singer Tiny Tim’s Wedding December 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ypcn-YxqF0
Actor Ed Ames throws a Tomahawk with Hilarious Results April 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8
Some of the Funniest Moments with Tonight Show Guests
https://www.facebook.com/reel/771897985733423
The Monologues
Toilet Paper Shortage Joke Makes National News December 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9-Lz0SbrA
Johnny Recovers After a Joke Bombs July 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU0xf4gYY9o
Monologue Interrupted by a Streaker March 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyMQiTPl3Hk
Here’s Ed!
Johnny Helps Ed on An Alpo Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4140D8gk0
Johnny Teased Ed For Apparently Having One Too Many At Lunch 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwcfDa0gEPQ
Ed Shares Some of His Favorite Tonight Show Moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6-1YNOA91Y
Johnny Jumps into Ed’s Arms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRnCgCxbuT4
The Guests
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan March 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNmnmdtcdcg
Stan Kann “The Vacuum Cleaner Man” 1960s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3k4Qzyo7QA
The Characters
Art Fern Hosts Tea Time Movie 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtDlw8NiBXA
Best of Carnac the Magnificent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNy0TElah18
Floyd R Turbo Skylab Falling 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNq3xvM8dtY
The Comedians
George Carlin (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2-RbHfqY8
Richard Pryor (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb7CfsipaHs
Steve Martin (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2VhspXIAE
Freddie Prinze (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lsMYBcbdko
Rodney Dangerfield (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2gw-asbBIM
Jay Leno (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmXpzcl4MI
David Letterman (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbSaBzO3tXA
Byron Allen (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGnui6uUpI4&t=186s
Robin Williams (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHVn4QfjZQ
Garry Shandling (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90KGP4IPyMg
Jackie Gleason (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ5Pwr_RQY8
Ellen DeGeneres (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIAAI3j_vsY
Joan Rivers (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5m9ce9feI&list=PL68409D7719F1190A&index=77
Drew Carey (1991)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Bt-q_pRh8
Doc and the Music
Johnny Asks Doc to Hit the Highest Notes He Can on the Trumpet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5H1ayuxMMI
Johnny and Doc Talk Turkey before Thanksgiving 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d55S9EYtHbw
Doc Shares How He Truly Felt About Johnny After His Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlqtu0Jsvwk
30 Years of Music Highlights Begins at 22:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecbTWZaTB60
Doc and the NBC Orchestra Perform “Ode to Billy Joe” 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCvvRR0mIIg
Curtain Calls
Final Guest Bette Midler Sings to Johnny May 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGh6ZgPZFhs&list=RDcGh6ZgPZFhs&start_radio=1
Robin Williams Tonight Show May 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6DYk5_UmM&t=5s
Johnny’s Emotional Final Monologue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6DYk5_UmM&t=5s
The Moments
Some of the Best Moments of Johnny with his Animal Guests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np1xbnynU2Q
Jack Benny Sits Down with Johnny | 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZILZsLGphs
Johnny Tests the "Psychic Powers" of Uri Gellar | August 1973:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD7OgAdCObs
Burt Reynolds, Johnny and Dom Deluise with a lot of Whipped Cream September 1974
https://youtu.be/2_ejPe7x5o0?si=Qk-IkX7wvSlfKZZB
Frank Sinatra talking to Johnny and Don Rickles Walks in 1976
https://youtu.be/q5_V9RT8aR8?si=28RR27RYNm0ju_7D
Johnny Gets Punched by a Baboon During an Appearance with Jim Fowler June 1981
https://youtu.be/UIyXh6pVM4g?si=x0af_GSdd3eo3Y4R
Chicago’s Own Vlasta Krsek “The Queen of Polka” Has Johnny in Stitches December 1985
https://youtu.be/8Qjh2QlkQ_E?si=e4vYWXnLtKU-BjR2
An Audience Member is Called on Stage to Play Piano When a Music Guests Cancels December 1985
https://youtu.be/IikaDKvC1as?si=q7rjNjAUdiEPu_eP
105 Year Old Mildred Holt of Kansas Cracks-Up Johnny August 1987
https://youtu.be/SyY9AL7LEJo?si=h8vjYHL7VY_FYbU5
Myrtle Young Things Johnny Eats One of Her Prized Potato Chips October 1987
https://youtu.be/yuH1PhzOVR4?si=S2bs5lydpDlFA7zM
Tommy Newsom Upstages Johnny March 1991
https://youtu.be/X4kiHXb88Ww?si=7fle_jEfFhOzRD5h
The Archives
Hutchinson Salt Mine Storage