A totally unnecessary tragedy. Her daughter eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money because they tried to do something they were not authorized to do.
This is the first time I’ve seen this clip. It is hands down one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, and I’m nearly 60. I cannot believe how on fire Joan was on this night, and how provocative she was for 1979! You can hear the audience gasping and marveling at her chutzpah to speak on so many topics middle America didn’t like to talk about back then. Jeez - she ran the gauntlet from birth control to marijuana roach clips to back alley abortions! The only thing funnier to me than all of her zingers here, is hearing and seeing Johnny repeatedly explode & collapse in laughter again and again. It was a great joy to see comedians who could really slay Johnny, and usually only a joke or two out of the blue. Joan could consistently slay Johnny mercilessly! And you can tell by his compliment at the end here. This was a magical time captured for posterity - thank you so much for posting this!!!!
It's shame she turned out to be an ungrateful skunk, isn't it? It';s Ok she wanted her own show but her arrogance made her want it in the same time slot to compete with his and all without telling him. Greedy arrogant skunk
@@TOMASjBARTONI believe it was because she accepted a job hosting a late night talk show on another network. I can’t recall if it was in his same time slot or not.
I love watching Johnny Carson. It reminds me of simpler times. Watching him with my grandmother. I didn't always understood the jokes but watching grandma laughing made me laugh!😂
It’s so sad how things ended with these two. You can’t deny the amazing chemistry they once had. Joan was always a riot and Johnny was always falling over laughing. ❤
@@lazyforkAfter Joan was designated as the permanent guest host of The Tonight Show, the FOX network approached her with her own show opposite Johnny. Joan took the offer without asking Johnny’s permission and he was hurt because it was all over the press. She said she called him, he answered, and when she said his name, he hung up the phone on her. From that point, she was never on The Tonight Show until Fallon came in 2014. From 1986-2014, just before Joan’s passing. 28 years over bitterness and poor communication.
"You're Dynamite Tonight!" Got to be the best line to describe Joan. I hope wherever they are , Joan & Johnny are both laughing and enjoying each other like they did in this clip...
@@tishtashtishtashI agree that JC’s reaction was overblown and he treated her unjustly, but at the same time JR could have and should have consulted him beforehand. That was the whole reason he was upset about it, and I don’t blame him. But, his unwillingness to forgive and forget was really unfortunate and does not reflect well on him at all.
So sad they had their falling out because they were so very funny and entertaining together. He was my favorite Talk Show Hosts (and Entertainer), and she was my favorite comedian ! ❤️❤️
I was thinking the same thing. I heard him cackle for the first time in a clip with Paul Williams that was posted two weeks ago: th-cam.com/video/y5jQYOcpVks/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TfkukzAh6HG3R-80&t=149 Joan has him rolling here, though. He actually has tears from laughing so hard.
I just watched the two clips, "Robin Williams Finest Interview (1987) Part 1 of 2" and Carson does laugh consistently pretty non-stop but still not the long drawn out laugh I saw with the hanger joke here. "Sis Boom Baa" and the George Gobel joke about Oklahoma aren't far behind. @@geraldpatterson3903
@@geraldpatterson3903 Actually look up the time Carson interviewed Jonathon Winters in "Jonathan Winters Tells Drinking Stories" about the zoo and that laugh was almost as long.
The best advice I've ever heard was from Joan when she was asked about how she survived Edgar's suicide. She said, "I'm not going to tell you it gets better, because it doesn't get better. You get better."
I love how Carson got the segment started then stepped back and let the comedians work. He was front row center for the pserformance. Still in control of show but he held the reigns loosely. Ed for his part added the laugh track for the whole segment. RIP all.
@@lisareed5669 Phyllis was a mentor to Joan. They were wonderful friends. There’s a video on TH-cam called “Joan Remembers Phyllis” (or something close to that). You might enjoy it.
8:37 - the joke which really hit Carson hard, he laughed so much, seeing him lean back in his chair laughing was the dream for every comedian who came on the show and sat at the desk, and here it happens with Joan and Johnny.
Only Joan Rivers could make me laugh at a back-alley abortion joke. The woman was a national treasure. I don't know if people who didn't grow up in these times can appreciate how much she pushed the envelope in this interview. She's brilliant.
The hanger line is one of the greatest moments in comedy. Joan is easily, far and away the best female comic ever. She had the guts to just deliver the punchline no matter how offensive or off color it was.
Respect: "You're Dynamite tonight"....this was for me, Rodney Dangerfield pacing, she was on fire, landing shots, what a clip! I will add this to the Thanksgiving Doc clip, and now I have a pair of instant cheer-me-ups!
She didn't get the credit or acclaim she deserved as a comedian, for how fast and sharp and smart she was, which I'm sure was because she was a woman in a male field, and in those days men didn't like a woman being loud and crude like that, even if all the guys did the same thing. And because she was known for her celebrity jokes, people used to call her "mean" but she was popular because she made the kind of jokes everyone else was thinking.
Hoboy are you right there. It's hard to believe there is so much more puritanism today than back then. That was a magic time when nighttime TV had some balls. And note, the humor had zero politics in it.
Thanks for the great post. Fun to see. Another time I remember him almost falling out of his chair was her classic line about how women shouldn't bother going to college, because men don't care how smart a woman is: "No man is ever going to put his hand up your dress looking for a library card." Carson roared and Joan used that line for many years! Thanks for the great post. Fun to see from before their relationship went bad. Another time I remember him almost falling out of his chair was her classic line about how women shouldn't bother going to college, because men don't care how smart a woman is: "No man is ever going to put his hand up your dress looking for a library card." Carson roared and Joan went on to use that line for many years!
8:37 Just FYI for others who were unsure what she meant when she said she started using her "COIL" as a roach clip... I had to look it up because I never knew that an 'IUD' was also called a "coil"
Thank you, but I still don't understand the joke, English is not my first language. She is speaking about drugs, and then says she uses an IUD as a clip for roaches??
Coat Hanger in her ear! Seeing Johnny leaning back so far it is a wonder he didn't end up on his back on the floor. I wonder if they had to replace the chair! Lol
She was so quick witted! Ruthless & hilarious! She would put it out there with such a comedic twist...I truly believe they killed her for it! Rest in Power Ms. Rivers! You are truly missed!💜🖤🤍
...you can see it in Joan's face when she's about to let fly with another monster joke; this is the best set yet, even better then her library card joke. (With age comes wisdom set.) She had a card catalog of jokes, just like Milton Berle; the most brilliant comic ever; I miss the guilty pleasure of her and her team on "Fashion Police."
I saw an interview or read that george carlin did the same. He catalogued his jokes until a time came where he could fit it in. I knew who joan was as a kid because my dad would be up late laughing. He watching carson regularly. It wasn't until i became an adult that i watched her act. That's very hard to do is have rapid fire jokes like that, that aren't just random 1 liners.
It's so sweet to see them getting along so famously. She starts out each joke like its totally serious, then the punch line catches him off guard and he loves it. This shows how deep the rift between them was. She really brought it on herself to take a show competing with him, on a network competing with his. For all her complaining about it, she asked for it.
@nonenoneonenonenone - Sadly, if you read the biography of him by Henry Buskin, who had been his attorney, friend, and business partner, it was discovered that her husband had had some odd dealings with the network about that show that she had not been aware of and no one ever told her that Edgar had probably sealed her fate with Johnny. That would explain her level of upset and why people did not bring it out in the tabloids that she hadn't engineered it.
I can’t defend Johnny’s refusal to even speak to her for the remainder of his life, nor can I defend the way Joan took the Fox offer without even speaking to NBC and Johnny about it. But this video does provide a little puzzle piece as to how deeply Johnny felt betrayed. You can tell that he legitimately thought she was one of the funniest people on the planet (just watch her slay him again and again here! And me too, I was dying!); it doesn’t take a genius to see why he later thought she would be the one to take the Tonight Show reins one day. It’s no wonder after the very long history they had been through, that he would feel like he’d been made a fool of when she went to Fox. He really thought she was committed to being the protégé. Still, I find it too sad that he just wrote her off completely after that. I wish it had been different. Very sad. But still, this clip is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life.
@@philippapay4352A very compelling bio on the real Johnny, props to Mr Buskin for sticking with Carson those 18 years, although I love and appreciate the talented showman and orator Johnny was, after reading the book I don’t see him in the same light anymore.
@@MarjorainMD I believe Buskin's bio because he clearly loved Johnny as a talent, as a business partner, and as a friend. However, he includes what a damaged person Johnny really was from his sicko mother with stories that are horrifying that a parent would do to a child and Johnny was good to his parents, financially, and to his sister and brother. In fact, his sister's son is in charge of the Carson Archives. Johnny could be a generous man, but was really messed-up by his mother about women and the stories of his mother bear that out. One can see how getting no sense of one's own value to a parent from that parent could really make one a freak about loyalty. He drank too much and married too often. So, we all had to know that he didn't have the happiest of Nebraska childhoods amidst the cornstalks. The book gave me more compassion for the pain he carried.
She had Johnny laughing so hard and I was laughing at her jokes but also laughing at Johnny’s reactions that made it all that much funnier..
Rivers and Rickles were the GOATS
Those were fake laughs
@@ceesan5605....just like your fake reply...
@@ceesan5605 Johnny’s show was the summit. He did need to fake anything.
I loved Joan Rivers. She was so hilarious! I was so sad when she passed away.
She was murdered by the OR team who was more I interested in taking selfies.
She was murdered for telling the truth about Michelle Obama.
A totally unnecessary tragedy. Her daughter eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money because they tried to do something they were not authorized to do.
Yeah, me too and the reason was so messed up.
So great to see Joan Rivers cracking up Johnny Carson and hear the audience roar with laughter. She really was the funniest woman ever!
This is the first time I’ve seen this clip. It is hands down one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, and I’m nearly 60. I cannot believe how on fire Joan was on this night, and how provocative she was for 1979! You can hear the audience gasping and marveling at her chutzpah to speak on so many topics middle America didn’t like to talk about back then. Jeez - she ran the gauntlet from birth control to marijuana roach clips to back alley abortions! The only thing funnier to me than all of her zingers here, is hearing and seeing Johnny repeatedly explode & collapse in laughter again and again. It was a great joy to see comedians who could really slay Johnny, and usually only a joke or two out of the blue. Joan could consistently slay Johnny mercilessly! And you can tell by his compliment at the end here. This was a magical time captured for posterity - thank you so much for posting this!!!!
9:27 I don’t think I have ever heard Johnny laugh at anything as much as this..!
What was funny?
Every line out of her mouth! I have tears from laughing so much!
Fearless!
@@marilynrowland5197 Me, too.
The best female comedian. I don’t think I ever saw Johnny laugh so hard. It’s a shame they had a falling out and never made up before he died.
best comedian woman or man (in my opinion)
It's shame she turned out to be an ungrateful skunk, isn't it? It';s Ok she wanted her own show but her arrogance made her want it in the same time slot to compete with his and all without telling him. Greedy arrogant skunk
Perhaps he should have chosen her over Leno. Imo. I stopped watching when Leno became the host.
Why did they fall out?
@@TOMASjBARTONI believe it was because she accepted a job hosting a late night talk show on another network. I can’t recall if it was in his same time slot or not.
I love watching Johnny Carson. It reminds me of simpler times. Watching him with my grandmother. I didn't always understood the jokes but watching grandma laughing made me laugh!😂
It’s so sad how things ended with these two. You can’t deny the amazing chemistry they once had. Joan was always a riot and Johnny was always falling over laughing. ❤
why??? what happened??
@@lazyforkAfter Joan was designated as the permanent guest host of The Tonight Show, the FOX network approached her with her own show opposite Johnny. Joan took the offer without asking Johnny’s permission and he was hurt because it was all over the press. She said she called him, he answered, and when she said his name, he hung up the phone on her. From that point, she was never on The Tonight Show until Fallon came in 2014. From 1986-2014, just before Joan’s passing. 28 years over bitterness and poor communication.
"a HANGER in my ear" 😂 wow, ill remember that line forever
After all these years, I had literally forgotten how funny she was! Good memories ...
She is hysterical no matter how old she gets!!!!!!! RIP Joan!
"You're Dynamite Tonight!" Got to be the best line to describe Joan. I hope wherever they are , Joan & Johnny are both laughing and enjoying each other like they did in this clip...
Johnny Carson had such a wonderful laugh it's fun to hear it!
When this aired, I was 15 years old going 16 years old. I have always loved Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers!!!
Hands down her best stuff and I’ve seen a lot of these clips and never saw Carson laugh so hard. I find it so sad that they had such a falling out.
There really was no good reason JC crucified her just bc he heard about her new show in a premature press release before JR could call him.
@@tishtashtishtashI agree that JC’s reaction was overblown and he treated her unjustly, but at the same time JR could have and should have consulted him beforehand. That was the whole reason he was upset about it, and I don’t blame him. But, his unwillingness to forgive and forget was really unfortunate and does not reflect well on him at all.
@@jayhpaq😅looks
It was more NBC than Johnny, but yeah
So sad they had their falling out because they were so very funny and entertaining together.
He was my favorite Talk Show Hosts (and Entertainer), and she was my favorite comedian !
❤️❤️
Joan was the funniest comedian I have ever seen on tv. Johnny was a master of feeding her straight lines. That line about a hanger....🤣😂🤩
She is absolutely one of my favorite guests to ever see on the show!
She got so tickled when she made him laugh lol. I miss her!!! RIP❤
❤Love Joan Rivers😂❤❤❤❤❤❤🇨🇦She is very funny😅😊, fantastic lady !❤❤❤❤❤❤
No question…Joan is the BEST!
Miss her big time
She was great. One of the last from that era who told it like it is...
I just love to hear Johnny laugh. Miss both of them.
9:30 I've watched most of the Carson clips and I don't think I've seem him laugh that hard.
I was thinking the same thing. I heard him cackle for the first time in a clip with Paul Williams that was posted two weeks ago: th-cam.com/video/y5jQYOcpVks/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TfkukzAh6HG3R-80&t=149
Joan has him rolling here, though. He actually has tears from laughing so hard.
Watch the Xmas robin Willams interview from 1987....this was nothing compared to that
I just watched the two clips, "Robin Williams Finest Interview (1987) Part 1 of 2" and Carson does laugh consistently pretty non-stop but still not the long drawn out laugh I saw with the hanger joke here. "Sis Boom Baa" and the George Gobel joke about Oklahoma aren't far behind. @@geraldpatterson3903
@@geraldpatterson3903 Actually look up the time Carson interviewed Jonathon Winters in "Jonathan Winters Tells Drinking Stories" about the zoo and that laugh was almost as long.
@@geraldpatterson3903 I always found Joan funnier. Robin to me always seemed to be trying too hard, and too much.
This was wonderful. I miss these days so much.
The best advice I've ever heard was from Joan when she was asked about how she survived Edgar's suicide. She said, "I'm not going to tell you it gets better, because it doesn't get better. You get better."
Loved seeing the two of them together. Just unfortunate of their fallout in 1986.
Never seen Johnny laugh so much,great stuff.
I love how Carson got the segment started then stepped back and let the comedians work. He was front row center for the pserformance. Still in control of show but he held the reigns loosely. Ed for his part added the laugh track for the whole segment. RIP all.
Yes. He didn't feel the need to keep interrupting and trying to top the guests, the way Fallon does and Leno and Letterman did.
She was always on top of her game. Fearless, on the edge, always hilarious. Worked hard to the end and clearly loved what she did. RIP JR
I miss Joan 👏❤️
Even nearly 10 years after her death. This is still gold. She was one of the greats no doubt.
wow she's so sharp. Gosh I rarely seen someone getting jokes like that in a natural flowing manner, so fast yet so great.
First Don Rickles now Joan Rivers. Did Christmas come early this year? Thank you guys so much!
Hard to believe she worked so hard to appear so “off the cuff.” She had card catalogs full of jokes in her house. Such a comedy icon!
I didn't know Joan did or I forgotten, but I saw Phyllis' and I was jaw dropped to see her room filed with like a million jokes
She was brillant😊
So hilarious is she !! ❤️❤️
They all did. Phyllis Diller's joke cards are in the Smithsonian.
@@lisareed5669 Phyllis was a mentor to Joan. They were wonderful friends. There’s a video on TH-cam called “Joan Remembers Phyllis” (or something close to that). You might enjoy it.
The effervescently funny Joan!!
She was wild this night!! ❤
No one cracked up Carson like her!!
Joan always killed it!😂
That talent to keep them coming......Joan was the GOAT.
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8:37 - the joke which really hit Carson hard, he laughed so much, seeing him lean back in his chair laughing was the dream for every comedian who came on the show and sat at the desk, and here it happens with Joan and Johnny.
I think it was at 9:30 !
@@haroldelrod8515 If I was the host, I would have the same reaction as Johnny here
@8:37 that's a little more self-deprecating than Johnny was ready for
I love Joan Rivers. She's the funniest person male or female that I've ever heard do comedy
Me too, consistently hilarious for decades. Others come and go but she was THE BEST.
The greatest comedian on planet earth. Ever!
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'79 were my college days. No time for Johnny then. But I have time for Johnny today. Glad for these posts.
OMG This is 1 of the funniest episodes I ever watched! I really laughed! Thank you for posting this.
There has never been a love affair on television as powerful as the connection between Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers.
Only Joan Rivers could make me laugh at a back-alley abortion joke. The woman was a national treasure. I don't know if people who didn't grow up in these times can appreciate how much she pushed the envelope in this interview. She's brilliant.
Great joke. She did something similar on Letterman 30 years later
Yes, considering the year, I'm surprised the censors left that hanger line in. They didn't joke or barely mention abortion on TV in those days.
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The hanger line is one of the greatest moments in comedy. Joan is easily, far and away the best female comic ever. She had the guts to just deliver the punchline no matter how offensive or off color it was.
Heya gund. I near pissed myself 😂. She's fvcken Awsome ay mate ! Cheers from New Zealand
Agreed
Her comedy was based in truth as all the best comedy is!
She was the best . Miss her soo
Wish the Carson show was being shown in re-runs. Still the best’talk’ show ever❤
Respect: "You're Dynamite tonight"....this was for me, Rodney Dangerfield pacing, she was on fire, landing shots, what a clip! I will add this to the Thanksgiving Doc clip, and now I have a pair of instant cheer-me-ups!
She didn't get the credit or acclaim she deserved as a comedian, for how fast and sharp and smart she was, which I'm sure was because she was a woman in a male field, and in those days men didn't like a woman being loud and crude like that, even if all the guys did the same thing. And because she was known for her celebrity jokes, people used to call her "mean" but she was popular because she made the kind of jokes everyone else was thinking.
She was utterly hilarious 😂
I'm so glad I lived the glory days of humanity.
Hoboy are you right there. It's hard to believe there is so much more puritanism today than back then. That was a magic time when nighttime TV had some balls. And note, the humor had zero politics in it.
@@genepope7498 I'm actually a 62 year old mamaw. 🤣
Johnny Carson made political jokes, but both parties were fair game.
This polarization is insanity.
Yeah, me too.
@@code-52because one side went insane.
God rest her the world misses you joan so funny and smart
Hahahaha, absolutely brilliant - as usual. Thank you for this massive dose of dopamine, Ms. Rivers.
Joan was always hysterical!!!
Wow...Joan was straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this evening!
Thanks for the great post. Fun to see. Another time I remember him almost falling out of his chair was her classic line about how women shouldn't bother going to college, because men don't care how smart a woman is: "No man is ever going to put his hand up your dress looking for a library card." Carson roared and Joan used that line for many years!
Thanks for the great post. Fun to see from before their relationship went bad. Another time I remember him almost falling out of his chair was her classic line about how women shouldn't bother going to college, because men don't care how smart a woman is: "No man is ever going to put his hand up your dress looking for a library card." Carson roared and Joan went on to use that line for many years!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 OMG she is the funniest woman who ever lived. WOW! I have tears in my eyes from the hanger joke. What an icon, what a legend.
Classic! ❤😂
Loved how Joan cracked up Johnny...and his reactions cracked Joan up!!!😂😂😂😂
R.I.P Joan I loved you as a kid watching Hollywood Squares.
...the jogging joke.
What a gift to be able to make people laugh that hard.
Brilliant! Just hilarious!!
8:37 Just FYI for others who were unsure what she meant when she said she started using her "COIL" as a roach clip... I had to look it up because I never knew that an 'IUD' was also called a "coil"
Thank you
Thank you, but I still don't understand the joke, English is not my first language. She is speaking about drugs, and then says she uses an IUD as a clip for roaches??
@@sergiodiazfernandez1452 She said drugs had replaced sex in Hollywood...so then the next line follows.
@@sergiodiazfernandez1452Yes, and a "roach" was a "joint" a/k/a (also known as) cannabis.
Best clip ever.
Coat Hanger in her ear! Seeing Johnny leaning back so far it is a wonder he didn't end up on his back on the floor. I wonder if they had to replace the chair! Lol
She’s such a legend
This is the first time I have ever watched you. That was excellent and I loved it!!!!!
They don’t make comedians like this anymore. Truly funny folks.
She was a true GENIUS in interviews 😂
One of the very best!
❤😂Not " one of the best, THE BEST😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🇨🇦
How can anyone not love this
OMG..A HANGER IN MY EAR!!
😂
Joan was on fire. I miss her!
She is so missed! Joan was legendary
Joan was always a hoot but she’s on fire here!!😂
She was so quick witted! Ruthless & hilarious! She would put it out there with such a comedic twist...I truly believe they killed her for it!
Rest in Power Ms. Rivers! You are truly missed!💜🖤🤍
...you can see it in Joan's face when she's about to let fly with another monster joke; this is the best set yet, even better then her library card joke. (With age comes wisdom set.) She had a card catalog of jokes, just like Milton Berle; the most brilliant comic ever; I miss the guilty pleasure of her and her team on "Fashion Police."
I saw an interview or read that george carlin did the same. He catalogued his jokes until a time came where he could fit it in. I knew who joan was as a kid because my dad would be up late laughing. He watching carson regularly. It wasn't until i became an adult that i watched her act. That's very hard to do is have rapid fire jokes like that, that aren't just random 1 liners.
@@joe-zj8js...I believe the idea of a card catalogue of jokes might go back as far as George Jessel, Jack Benny, or even Al Jolson.
Yes loved her on Fashion Police. "Who kicked that hooker out of her hotel room?"
...could you imagine these two married to each other?
Joan Rivers was the funniest woman I've ever heard.
She was my favorite Female Comedian ❤
This performance is a master class of comedy. Just gets better each time I watch it
For me, the most funniest woman that can make me laugh to tears, were Joan Rivers and Carol Burnett.
I miss Joan so much!
Say what ever you want about how Joan and Johnny's relationship ended; they made each other laugh!
Josn was also great on the Graham Norton show. She had everyone rolling, as she was totally uncensored.
That abortion joke is amazing. You can tell Johnny loved Joan. So sad these two had their falling out with Joan's talk show in 1986.
She was hysterical!!!!
Loved hearing Ed's guffaw in there as well.
I love hearing Johnny laughing!
Joan Rivers will always be the greatest.
...if these two could have only gotten along imagine what the state of late night would be today.
Excellent!
The mick jagger joke was so true😂😂
I never saw Johnny laughed so hard 😅
Johnny says he never met Sophia before around the 1:34 mark but he did meet her briefly during the show "What's My Line" in 1961.
Within the laughter, there's always a bit of sadness watching these clips, knowing what would happen with Joan and Johnny.
Yes, so sad they had a falling out
Seven years later after this aired would the feud start.
Watching comedy show to get sad ?!?
4:54 She's right about Jagger 😂😂😂
There may never again be a comedian as funny as Joan.
Joan and Rodney Dangerfield should have made a movie together.
They should have had children.
He was too high on cocaine
It's so sweet to see them getting along so famously. She starts out each joke like its totally serious, then the punch line catches him off guard and he loves it. This shows how deep the rift between them was. She really brought it on herself to take a show competing with him, on a network competing with his. For all her complaining about it, she asked for it.
@nonenoneonenonenone - Sadly, if you read the biography of him by Henry Buskin, who had been his attorney, friend, and business partner, it was discovered that her husband had had some odd dealings with the network about that show that she had not been aware of and no one ever told her that Edgar had probably sealed her fate with Johnny. That would explain her level of upset and why people did not bring it out in the tabloids that she hadn't engineered it.
Less "another network" more "didn't tell Johnny in advance" from what I read.
I can’t defend Johnny’s refusal to even speak to her for the remainder of his life, nor can I defend the way Joan took the Fox offer without even speaking to NBC and Johnny about it. But this video does provide a little puzzle piece as to how deeply Johnny felt betrayed. You can tell that he legitimately thought she was one of the funniest people on the planet (just watch her slay him again and again here! And me too, I was dying!); it doesn’t take a genius to see why he later thought she would be the one to take the Tonight Show reins one day. It’s no wonder after the very long history they had been through, that he would feel like he’d been made a fool of when she went to Fox. He really thought she was committed to being the protégé. Still, I find it too sad that he just wrote her off completely after that. I wish it had been different. Very sad. But still, this clip is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life.
@@philippapay4352A very compelling bio on the real Johnny, props to Mr Buskin for sticking with Carson those 18 years, although I love and appreciate the talented showman and orator Johnny was, after reading the book I don’t see him in the same light anymore.
@@MarjorainMD I believe Buskin's bio because he clearly loved Johnny as a talent, as a business partner, and as a friend. However, he includes what a damaged person Johnny really was from his sicko mother with stories that are horrifying that a parent would do to a child and Johnny was good to his parents, financially, and to his sister and brother. In fact, his sister's son is in charge of the Carson Archives. Johnny could be a generous man, but was really messed-up by his mother about women and the stories of his mother bear that out. One can see how getting no sense of one's own value to a parent from that parent could really make one a freak about loyalty. He drank too much and married too often. So, we all had to know that he didn't have the happiest of Nebraska childhoods amidst the cornstalks. The book gave me more compassion for the pain he carried.
So many times now, I just want George Carlin or Robin Williams or Joan Rivers to go after the haters, miscreants comedically.
But Robin Williams wasn’t funny.
Three of the absolute (FUNNIEST) comedians in the business (EVER!!!!) JOAN RIVERS RICHARD PRYOR, & RODNEY DANGERFIELD HANDS DOWN!!!!😆
She was hilarious ! I loved her!
Love them all
Does anybody have the rest of this TV appearance?