I love Bette Midler. She was great on any show she appeared on and was awesome on Carson. And Robin Williams. He was so fantastic when he appeared. I rolled on the floor and laughed my ass off whenever he was on. Too bad he’s gone now. Rest In Peace, Robin.
Robin is so missed, but Bette she did such a sweet thing for Johnny that night, even though she was having so much trouble holding her own tears back, she finally got to shed hers as she walked off stage, but she was a trooper for letting Johnny have his night, I know it was hard, I cried my eyes out for her.
@@kw7807 yes he did, I think he was sad about not seeing her as much, but maybe he was a little sad because she was trying to hold her emotions in, she let hers out as she turned the corner off stage
@@SueProst yes she is, she burst into tears after leaving the stage after the last song, after she put the Hawaiian lay around his neck, hugged him, kissed him, even told him she loved him, it was the most emotional tender moment in TV history, he got her started, she really appreciated him, he cared about her, it showed.
@@wotan10950 I spelled it wrong accidentally, but I didn't mean he did anything else, what I meant was he was good to her & cared about her, nothing sexual, she cared about him as a friend, I don't know why people have to say things to make it look ugly when it wasn't,
So very moving and beautiful , sad but classic and historic ! Bravo to Johnny and Robin , They are both missed very much , and Brava to Bette , she’s another great Artist !
At 25:13, the duet sung at first , in A Cappella by Carson and Midler, later accompanied by the band, which keeps it quieter, mellower, not drowning out the subtle, nuanced, unrehearsed, spontaneous serious level of focus the two have at keeping it real, in tune, the right tempo.....I mean the true meaning of the lyrics, the show of camaraderie, friendship, admiration, respect, a display of Agapi love of, love of people of the world, the enactment of showing by example what brotherhood and sisterhood really means...... it’s so good , and good to watch them stay with each other emotionally yet for all they’ve got is to show the audience and this world that they still are professionals, have globe trotting world class exposure and experience to pull this moment off, looking at ease, are comfortable, seemingly making it all effortless, all the while they’ve captivated this audience, their television audience , me too for that matter, it’s so quiet now you could hear a pin drop, and when they finish .....the feels radiating off of them both, the audience response feels it too and bounces it back....me I can’t hold back my watering eyes, stop the video, and cry like a babe, it’s so beautiful to behold. I had give myself a minute to compose myself lab because I couldn’t see to type. Anyway, I had to get that off of my chest. I’m continuing the video
2021 coming to a close, watching this making me realize how much time has passed… How classic yet classy TV was, there’s nothing like this anymore. What a shame but also it’s something very unique and nostalgic, and that’s something you can’t ever replicate.
Great memories! I will never forget it. This was the night that I graduated from high school. Most of us all quit partying for an hour to stop and watch it. Half of the football players on our team (including me) were in tears. Lol! This was the last show, other than scattered episodes of "Wheel of Fortune", that our entire family watched together every night, and they all just happened to be in town for my graduation. "Cheers" was another one, but I was the last one to go off to college. So when it ended in '93, We didn't get to watch it all together.
I watched this as a teenager...a huge fan of both Bette and Johnny. I was thrilled she was his last guest. Now all these years later it even means so much more to watch. She delivered what she knew she has too to make it so very special for him. They always had a very special relationship.
Clowns is EXACTLY what they are, the whole lot of them. As well as shills, tools, buffoons, etc. BRING BACK CONAN cuz he's the only one left with any class. As he said, any late night host today is only trying to imitate Carson. And the current crop all SUCK at it!
@@Punnybone55 yes they do, they are too political, and ruin it for everyone, Bette & Robin both were amazing that night, Bette trying to hold back her tears, was hard to watch, then she finally got to let them out, as soon as she turned the corner, I think we all cried that night, he was & still is missed, so is Robin, a great comedian, Bette makes us laugh & cry at the same time
My mom & I watched this together. I recorded in my bedroom. I couldn't let it not be recorded. I knew it was going to be a classic hit!. Robin Williams and Bette Midler were so crazy & hysterical. I laugh so hard when I watch it. I have it on tape. Lol!!! ♥️♥️
Watching this today, 2022, from Europe; with Vampire bat commercial in between. Even back then people must have thought "that woman, loving these animals, is a nutshell" 😂😂
While there are many notable Tonight Show segments, this one with Ed Ames segment is, perhaps, among the most memorable. The really funny thing, that many people might not know...with Johnny improvising "I didn't even know you were Jewish"...is that Ed Ames IS Jewish: Born Edmund Urich, he's the last surviving one of the Ames Brothers singing group, will turn 86 in July of 2023. I've never been able to find out if Johnny knew, at the time, that Ed actually is Jewish.
I loved this show when I first saw it when I was still a college age guy. I can’t stand the guys on late night now, they are such politically minded jerks and just terrible people. Johnny Carson was a great entertainer who just gave his audience a great show every night.
I can think of two famous and really good people, that as far as I know, were NEVER invited to be on Johnny's Show. They are as follows. 1.) Clayton Moore - as The Lone Ranger. 2 .) Jay Silverheels - as Tonto.
This is a clickbait lie, the show was over an hour long without commercials and this is only 27 minutes of it, or didn't you notice things were missing from it?
At 0:54 seconds, and the Native American guest throws that tomohawk/hatchet/axe and it lands on the hand drawn image of a cowboy caricature representation of a life size target victim.... and the area that the axe lands is essentially located near the center/below the belt region, and near the groin....the the thrower reacts to where the spot is and is then shocked, involuntarily convulsing a quirked jerk, repulsed, mutters something....split seconds later the audience gets it, they start with mixed embarrassed responses of trying not to laugh and twitter, yet thinking.....did he do that on purpose....was that just a fluke.....anyway however you slice it.... epic failure, one on a million, a lucky shot, I didn’t mean to turn you on.... what do you say after such an exhibition. I didn’t even watch the entire video. I had to come onboard and make a comment.....I can’t wait to hear the audience squeal, watch the guest squirm, stuttering his apologies, start crying, gulping, gasping, entering into paroxysms , his eyes roll up, finally he just faints. An astute camera tec off camera realizes before anyone else does, what’s really happening here, dashes onstage, and catches the poor fellow before he hits the floor, and his employers get sued up the yin yang to their eyeballs.....the audience goes hog wild, witnesses the save, the tech thinks.... I’ll most certainly get a raise in salary for this one. I’m just goin on and on. Ok I’ll stop. I’m gonna watch the rest.
Ed Ames wasn't a Native American, but he played one on TV back in 1965, as Mingo during the first few seasons of "Daniel Boone" on NBC. Even so, Ames' tomahawk throw was perhaps the greatest sustained-laugh bit of all time. As for Carson telling Ames "I didn't even know you were Jewish", well, come to find out, sure enough, that Ames' parents were indeed Jewish emigres from Ukraine.
I loved Johnny Carson. His show was always hilarious, and you never knew what Jonat hu an Winters or Robin William's was going to say. At this point I was still impressed with Bette Midlers' musical ability. Now not so much. She's lost!
Carson was so intelligent he forced concentrated air pollution into his lungs for many years and died of respiratory failure caused by emphysema at the age of 79 and he didn't live to honor God. Williams was so wise he killed himself and didn't live to honor God.
Congratulations! Did that make you feel better? Now go ask your mom to cut the crust off of the sandwich before you go back to your basement "apartment" and pass along more wisdom.
Cause-and-effect, you were rude & cruel, this was his last show, saying hurtful things are not how you help someone, he had emotional issues too, but I think he was deep down a sweet person, don't leave him.a legacy of hurt.
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You can tell from her body language that she was about to cry and rushed backstage to hide it! Such a lady !
24:03 As real and as genuine as you will ever witness. 30 years later and I still tear up
I love Bette Midler. She was great on any show she appeared on and was awesome on Carson. And Robin Williams. He was so fantastic when he appeared. I rolled on the floor and laughed my ass off whenever he was on. Too bad he’s gone now. Rest In Peace, Robin.
Robin is so missed, but Bette she did such a sweet thing for Johnny that night, even though she was having so much trouble holding her own tears back, she finally got to shed hers as she walked off stage, but she was a trooper for letting Johnny have his night, I know it was hard, I cried my eyes out for her.
@@alicehenderson7983 he teared up..
@@kw7807 yes he did, I think he was sad about not seeing her as much, but maybe he was a little sad because she was trying to hold her emotions in, she let hers out as she turned the corner off stage
The final show with Bette Midler was one of the greatest moments of tv history.
I still cry all these years later. She is a great great talent
@@SueProst yes she is, she burst into tears after leaving the stage after the last song, after she put the Hawaiian lay around his neck, hugged him, kissed him, even told him she loved him, it was the most emotional tender moment in TV history, he got her started, she really appreciated him, he cared about her, it showed.
@@alicehenderson7983 That would be “lei.” Johnny was known to “lay” a lot of women, but Bette wasn’t one of them!
@@wotan10950 I spelled it wrong accidentally, but I didn't mean he did anything else, what I meant was he was good to her & cared about her, nothing sexual, she cared about him as a friend, I don't know why people have to say things to make it look ugly when it wasn't,
@@alicehenderson7983 There are a lot more important things to be concerned about. 😉
I miss Johnny Carson.
What a beautiful show -- thank you for posting this!!
When they sang together, I literally got tears and smiles...😍😍
Thanks this is precious footage.
Thank you Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson for years of laughter and entertainment!
So very moving and beautiful , sad but classic and historic ! Bravo to Johnny and Robin , They are both missed very much , and Brava to Bette , she’s another great Artist !
Johnny Carson will always be the best ever late night TV host.
At 25:13, the duet sung at first , in A Cappella by Carson and Midler, later accompanied by the band, which keeps it quieter, mellower, not drowning out the subtle, nuanced, unrehearsed, spontaneous serious level of focus the two have at keeping it real, in tune, the right tempo.....I mean the true meaning of the lyrics, the show of camaraderie, friendship, admiration, respect, a display of Agapi love of, love of people of the world, the enactment of showing by example what brotherhood and sisterhood really means...... it’s so good , and good to watch them stay with each other emotionally yet for all they’ve got is to show the audience and this world that they still are professionals, have globe trotting world class exposure and experience to pull this moment off, looking at ease, are comfortable, seemingly making it all effortless, all the while they’ve captivated this audience, their television audience , me too for that matter, it’s so quiet now you could hear a pin drop, and when they finish .....the feels radiating off of them both, the audience response feels it too and bounces it back....me I can’t hold back my watering eyes, stop the video, and cry like a babe, it’s so beautiful to behold. I had give myself a minute to compose myself lab because I couldn’t see to type. Anyway, I had to get that off of my chest. I’m continuing the video
Well said Ty Nash!!!
That was beautifully said. I watch this at least a couple of times a year.
@@debc4567 me too probably a few times, it's so beautiful to watch
2021 coming to a close, watching this making me realize how much time has passed… How classic yet classy TV was, there’s nothing like this anymore. What a shame but also it’s something very unique and nostalgic, and that’s something you can’t ever replicate.
I was a young mom of 4 when we had to say goodbye to Johnny. I remember watching this.
Great memories!
I will never forget it. This was the night that I graduated from high school. Most of us all quit partying for an hour to stop and watch it. Half of the football players on our team (including me) were in tears. Lol!
This was the last show, other than scattered episodes of "Wheel of Fortune", that our entire family watched together every night, and they all just happened to be in town for my graduation.
"Cheers" was another one, but I was the last one to go off to college. So when it ended in '93, We didn't get to watch it all together.
I watched this as a teenager...a huge fan of both Bette and Johnny. I was thrilled she was his last guest. Now all these years later it even means so much more to watch. She delivered what she knew she has too to make it so very special for him. They always had a very special relationship.
May not have been his last night hosting but as his last regular show, it truly showed his greatness and how much it affected him emotionally
that ending...saddest 2 minutes on tv
Johnny Carson....the best!!!
MISS YOU JOHNNY !!!
I’m proud to say I was a carsonite. I will never forget him. These clowns they have now will never reach his standing ever.
Clowns is EXACTLY what they are, the whole lot of them. As well as shills, tools, buffoons, etc. BRING BACK CONAN cuz he's the only one left with any class. As he said, any late night host today is only trying to imitate Carson. And the current crop all SUCK at it!
@@Punnybone55 yes they do, they are too political, and ruin it for everyone, Bette & Robin both were amazing that night, Bette trying to hold back her tears, was hard to watch, then she finally got to let them out, as soon as she turned the corner, I think we all cried that night, he was & still is missed, so is Robin, a great comedian, Bette makes us laugh & cry at the same time
This video is so old... I still respected Bette midler back then
Sorry but Letterman is the real king of late night.
@@Punnybone55 I still love & respect her, she is a very sweet & tenderhearted & hurts too, I would never hurt her
time.. our worst enemy.. i wish i could turn it back
Iconic show.
My mom & I watched this together. I recorded in my bedroom. I couldn't let it not be recorded. I knew it was going to be a classic hit!. Robin Williams and Bette Midler were so crazy & hysterical. I laugh so hard when I watch it. I have it on tape. Lol!!! ♥️♥️
"And when I can't sleep. I count your wives at night" lmao.
Her entire act was hysterical!!Her outfit was so funny. That's an outfit my mom would try to wear. Lol!!
He was sooooo great at dragging the "Moment" out!!
There is NOTHING on TV that compared from the 60s to the early 90s
Watching this today, 2022, from Europe; with Vampire bat commercial in between. Even back then people must have thought "that woman, loving these animals, is a nutshell" 😂😂
No one made Johnny laugh more
Bett leave that stage after she sang One for the rose, because she can't composed herself knowing that it will be the last show of Johnny Carson... 😭😢
Bette looks great!
While there are many notable Tonight Show segments, this one with Ed Ames segment is, perhaps, among the most memorable. The really funny thing, that many people might not know...with Johnny improvising "I didn't even know you were Jewish"...is that Ed Ames IS Jewish: Born Edmund Urich, he's the last surviving one of the Ames Brothers singing group, will turn 86 in July of 2023. I've never been able to find out if Johnny knew, at the time, that Ed actually is Jewish.
Doc Serverinson is still around at 95.
Clearly you can see he is fighting back tears. Yet, his professionalism prevails. One of a kind.
WOW. TV History.
Thank the lucky stars we still have Bette (and Doc!)
If we could only have these political problems today! President Clinton was a great president my second favorite ❤️
This wasn't the farewell show. This was the last show with guests though. The Farewell show was the next night.
I loved this show when I first saw it when I was still a college age guy. I can’t stand the guys on late night now, they are such politically minded jerks and just terrible people. Johnny Carson was a great entertainer who just gave his audience a great show every night.
I love Bette Midler❤
Absolute Goddamn Class!!!!!!!
I can think of two famous and really good people, that as far as I know, were NEVER invited to be on Johnny's Show. They are as follows.
1.) Clayton Moore - as The Lone Ranger.
2 .) Jay Silverheels - as Tonto.
That Robin Williams performance would get him cancelled in 2022.
Yes since he was mocking bush and Quayle
I loved Ed Ames!
I want this chair!
As we all know now Johnny was kind of a cold fish but to see Bette bust him up was freaking cold I guess he did have a hard
2020
It's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
This is a clickbait lie, the show was over an hour long without commercials and this is only 27 minutes of it, or didn't you notice things were missing from it?
At 0:54 seconds, and the Native American guest throws that tomohawk/hatchet/axe and it lands on the hand drawn image of a cowboy caricature representation of a life size target victim.... and the area that the axe lands is essentially located near the center/below the belt region, and near the groin....the the thrower reacts to where the spot is and is then shocked, involuntarily convulsing a quirked jerk, repulsed, mutters something....split seconds later the audience gets it, they start with mixed embarrassed responses of trying not to laugh and twitter, yet thinking.....did he do that on purpose....was that just a fluke.....anyway however you slice it.... epic failure, one on a million, a lucky shot, I didn’t mean to turn you on.... what do you say after such an exhibition. I didn’t even watch the entire video. I had to come onboard and make a comment.....I can’t wait to hear the audience squeal, watch the guest squirm, stuttering his apologies, start crying, gulping, gasping, entering into paroxysms , his eyes roll up, finally he just faints. An astute camera tec off camera realizes before anyone else does, what’s really happening here, dashes onstage, and catches the poor fellow before he hits the floor, and his employers get sued up the yin yang to their eyeballs.....the audience goes hog wild, witnesses the save, the tech thinks.... I’ll most certainly get a raise in salary for this one. I’m just goin on and on. Ok I’ll stop. I’m gonna watch the rest.
Ed Ames wasn't a Native American, but he played one on TV back in 1965, as Mingo during the first few seasons of "Daniel Boone" on NBC.
Even so, Ames' tomahawk throw was perhaps the greatest sustained-laugh bit of all time.
As for Carson telling Ames "I didn't even know you were Jewish", well, come to find out, sure enough, that Ames' parents were indeed Jewish emigres from Ukraine.
Lay off the crack, homie.
Ed Ames….he played an Indian on Daniel Boone with fess parker
Witty Johnny!
huh?
jodi welch brechts head
scotts sharpest tool in the shed
sterling shelters bred
24:15 Wow
Jimmy Fallon did the exact same thing decades later
Letterman was the only comparable show after Carson.
ray averys lines
forty easy streets scrub pines
suheils blunted tines
What the hell is Robin Williams talking about? :/
Robin was hysterical! 100% Point ON!
I loved Johnny Carson. His show was always hilarious, and you never knew what Jonat hu an Winters or Robin William's was going to say. At this point I was still impressed with Bette Midlers' musical ability. Now not so much. She's lost!
Wow! George Bush...then....Brandon....now.... ; Rodney KIng then..George Floyd, now.
Why didn't #RobynWilliams ignore #EdMahon ???? and why does #RobynWilliams have his back to #EdMcMahon ????? Very rude and very disrespectful....
Carson was so intelligent he forced concentrated air pollution into his lungs for many years and died of respiratory failure caused by emphysema at the age of 79 and he didn't live to honor God.
Williams was so wise he killed himself and didn't live to honor God.
Moron.
You ruined it 😒
Congratulations! Did that make you feel better? Now go ask your mom to cut the crust off of the sandwich before you go back to your basement "apartment" and pass along more wisdom.
@@bentleyraiford5188 Don't let anyone ruin this for you. This is way too special
Cause-and-effect, you were rude & cruel, this was his last show, saying hurtful things are not how you help someone, he had emotional issues too, but I think he was deep down a sweet person, don't leave him.a legacy of hurt.
Typical Robin Williams... trying TOO hard as usual.
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