He changed bandleaders. Doc was not there the first five years. There were two other guys. He had fewer authors or serious guests when he went down to one hour, though still more than Fallon does today. Watching the early shows, I actually think the monologues got better in later years. Maybe it became more of a focus as the show got shorter. And of course he took more time off in later years.
@@not_steve340 Doc Severinsen played with the NBC Orchestra under Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson. He became the permanant bandleader in 1967 after Milton Delugg did it for a year. Skitch Henderson left in 1965 or 66.
Yes, and he done his last concert at age 95. He said he was " starting a new chapter " , well if that mind set keeps him going.......... I believe he still teaches music, I presume the trumpet, of course.
What an amazing man. He has me, a 26 year old from China (living in Boston & California) listening to his music, I wish more of my generatiom enjoyed his music.
Ehh. I have also been curious to see New York episodes and while they are of historical interest, the monologues are generally terrible. So was the Carnac sketch in this episode. Guests are sometimes entertaining/interesting, sometimes not. The one big difference is that on a 90 minute show, Carson often had a serious guest along with the rest. He did that less on the one hour version in his last 12 years and Jimmy Fallon basically never does that.
There was so much entertainment packed into a 90 minute show. I think Johnny was at his peak from about 1970 to 1975. He was great at his monologue, he did the funny bits like Carnac and was always an insightful interviewer who really listened to his guests (what a concept)!
Awesome!! These New York episodes are so cool to see. This one also includes the local commercials which makes it even better. Thank you so much for them.
NBC itself didn't save many of the shows (unless they were deemed historical, like the Tiny Tim wedding). I'm glad to see some of the late 60s-pre 1972 shows are starting to pop. Usually a private collector got a videotape or (more notably) the kinescopes that were sent to Armed Forces Radio and Television to show to the troops. Carson insisted in a contract negotiation that he would get a video copy of every show from 1972 forward.
Watching these is strangely nostalgic. It's very strange considering I'm British (never lived in US) and was only 6 when this went out. Yet I feel like I'm watching something cosy and familiar.
Totally agreed, though I discovered Jonny Carson when my parents and brother moved to Canada. Carson was a genius who somehow made us all feel at home.
Came on 10:30 Central Standard Time . One could watch 10:00 news and catch Johnny's monologue at reasonable hour to retire before work and school the next day. I was in 7th grade when this show was aired. ( A few days before the centennial commemoration of Chicago Fire Oct 8, 1871) A few years later 700 Club competed in timeslot
Grew up in WMAQ 5 Chicago Market but lived in DC area from 1982-2020. WRC4 was home to late Willard Scott ( 1934-2021 ). Willard would call in to Hardin/ Weaver every morning on WMAL radio while on my commute to work ( From northern VA to DMA Bookmont MD near old Glen Echo Park )
@@lsmftymf The video facility for WRC-TV gave us that great color videotape of President Eisenhower with NBC President David Sarnoff that you can view on TH-cam.❤
@@tommya Mike Barone, a prolific writer/arranger who is still with us. Here’s a video of Mike conducting the song with his LA big band: th-cam.com/video/XlcJMYlkmJU/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@tfronauer Thanks so much for sharing this. What a wonderful vibe and arrangement. Reminds a little bit stylistically of "Girl Talk" by Neal Hefti. :)
A 4 game losing streak right after this and another 4 losses to close out the schedule. Those 2 wins Giants allowed 60 points and the loss in between was a 27 point blowout. The optimism was a bit overstated, they weren't that good...
I'm just amazed at the lack of GEN-LOCK when presentation switches from the Burbank studio and back again locally - complete loss of lock. Unheard of nowadays permitted then...
I saw them in '71 at 30 Rock. While Ed did the dog food commercial in the "cut out" backstage, Johnny drove the audience wild commenting on the animal's enthusiam. "You'd be hungry too if you hadn't been fed since October!" I watched the 11:30 video on channel 4, New York and you could hear the laughter.
To funny. The days when older men used Grecian formula for men hair die to give the appearance of being younger than they were but came out looking pretty silly.
My second Johnny Carson show I ever watched just now and it is awful. One of the dullest shows I've seen. How this show lasted must have been as relief for insomnia.
Please don't make a decision after 2 shows. This was on 5 nights a week for over 30 years so he must have done something right. I admit this one wasn't that great. The other thing is that if you are younger you might not understand the context of some of the jokes.
What year were you born? I was born in 1981 and still have fond memories of staying up with my dad to watch maybe the first 20 minutes before passing out and being carried to bed. Even if this episode was before my time it’s still very nostalgic and representative of an era past. The jokes and subject quality wasn’t always great but the schedule was hectic and joke writers team likely a skeleton crew for the time and infancy of late night television. The stuff on television in the 40’s and 50’s was even more amateur compared with this
It is great that these New York episodes are being shared. Thank you.
Other than running times of the length of Mr. Carson's "Tonight" show, the program changed very little over the course of thirty years. EPIC!
He changed bandleaders. Doc was not there the first five years. There were two other guys. He had fewer authors or serious guests when he went down to one hour, though still more than Fallon does today. Watching the early shows, I actually think the monologues got better in later years. Maybe it became more of a focus as the show got shorter. And of course he took more time off in later years.
@@not_steve340 Doc Severinsen played with the NBC Orchestra under Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson. He became the permanant bandleader in 1967 after Milton Delugg did it for a year. Skitch Henderson left in 1965 or 66.
@@jimlaforte1755 Skitch Henderson was a serious musician who did not appreciate jokes at the orchestra's expense.
As of June 2024...Doc Severinsen STILL ALIVE! Born in 1927, will celebrate his 97 years in July!!!
Yes, and he done his last concert at age 95. He said he was " starting a new chapter " , well if that mind set keeps him going.......... I believe he still teaches music, I presume the trumpet, of course.
What an amazing man. He has me, a 26 year old from China (living in Boston & California) listening to his music, I wish more of my generatiom enjoyed his music.
He played a piece on the tonight show called "The Supreme Sacrifice", what a title, & what a song!
Charlie Callas was superbbb
53 years ago and better than any and all late night talk shows today.
ummmm try 62 years. He started in 1962. 3 years before i was born
He s referring to the airdate of this episode
@@joeydepalmer4457 he
Ehh. I have also been curious to see New York episodes and while they are of historical interest, the monologues are generally terrible. So was the Carnac sketch in this episode. Guests are sometimes entertaining/interesting, sometimes not. The one big difference is that on a 90 minute show, Carson often had a serious guest along with the rest. He did that less on the one hour version in his last 12 years and Jimmy Fallon basically never does that.
I don't watch any late-night talk shows. They are all terrible and can't hold a candle to Carson.
I was 6 years old when Johnny did his first show. I saw the very first show as my Dad let me stay up for first 10 mins. 🤣🤣🤣
There was so much entertainment packed into a 90 minute show. I think Johnny was at his peak from about 1970 to 1975. He was great at his monologue, he did the funny bits like Carnac and was always an insightful interviewer who really listened to his guests (what a concept)!
It was around that time when Mr. Carson started to work three and four day weeks plus a healthy vacation schedule.
Awesome!! These New York episodes are so cool to see. This one also includes the local commercials which makes it even better. Thank you so much for them.
Johnny Carson was the greatest!-Thanks for posting.
Johnny was 46 and Ed was 48 at this time!
Walter Hickle,future governor of Alaska.
Memories Of My Childhood...I remember the Peacock well...
I keep reading that much of the Tonight Show episodes from New York don't exist anymore, but more and more keep popping up on TH-cam.
NBC itself didn't save many of the shows (unless they were deemed historical, like the Tiny Tim wedding). I'm glad to see some of the late 60s-pre 1972 shows are starting to pop. Usually a private collector got a videotape or (more notably) the kinescopes that were sent to Armed Forces Radio and Television to show to the troops. Carson insisted in a contract negotiation that he would get a video copy of every show from 1972 forward.
Carson had a more surreal sense of humor than I remember. His ad libs as Carnac are pretty weird, in a good way.
Watching these is strangely nostalgic. It's very strange considering I'm British (never lived in US) and was only 6 when this went out. Yet I feel like I'm watching something cosy and familiar.
Totally agreed, though I discovered Jonny Carson when my parents and brother moved to Canada. Carson was a genius who somehow made us all feel at home.
Thank You for uploading these! 👏🏻 So much pleasure watching the full episodes!
thanks for the memories.
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These are the first shows I remember. I was very young, but it is in my mind files.
Tonight's show was better than the current one.
This was when tv was worth watching.
Does anyone else notice how quieter the commercials seem back then?
That’s not the only thing I noticed about the commercials.
@@mrgjg what else?
@@thedeliciousrecapthey are creepy as hell
Carnac's jokes went right into Bedouin bedpan!
Came on 10:30 Central Standard Time . One could watch 10:00 news and catch Johnny's monologue at reasonable hour to retire before work and school the next day. I was in 7th grade when this show was aired. ( A few days before the centennial commemoration of Chicago Fire Oct 8, 1871)
A few years later 700 Club competed in timeslot
Was in the 7th grade myself
I missed this episode somehow. Lemme see... OH, YEAH! I was in boot camp, shortly after being drafted. Ft Leonard Wood.
Cheers, Johnny! We miss you...
Thanks for your service Grunt. Retired Navy Sailor here
Recorded off Washington DC's WRC-TV 4.
Grew up in WMAQ 5 Chicago Market but lived in DC area from 1982-2020. WRC4 was home to late Willard Scott ( 1934-2021 ). Willard would call in to Hardin/ Weaver every morning on WMAL radio while on my commute to work ( From northern VA to DMA Bookmont MD near old Glen Echo Park )
@@longstreet2740 WRC-TV 4 also had George Michael and his Sports Machine.
@@lsmftymf The video facility for WRC-TV gave us that great color videotape of President Eisenhower with NBC President David Sarnoff that you can view on TH-cam.❤
WOW! COOL! THANKS FOR THE TIP SIR!
This was 50 + years ago over the actual air waves to a roof top antenna and no BUFFERING! Got to miss that❗
Hi, Charlie Callas here. Thank, uh, thank, uh, thank you for blaaaaa, for, blaaaaaaaa unloading this, uhblaa, uhblaa, uhblaa, historic piece of tv.
These early 70s monologues were way more interactive (with Doc and Ed) and improvised than in the late 70s.
Johnny Carson would occasionally have oldsters. In 1969 he had Tim Lucas as a guest.
I like Johnny Carson
Great environmental policy for 1971! This guy is a hero
Glad Johnny Carson was worth 450 million when he died. He left some to his University and to some charities.
All hail the King!!!
It really lost a lot of it's magic when it went to 60 min.
This is prime A party Johnny!
Carnac, former circulation manager for Look magazine (which had just given up the ghost).
Life magazine (similar folio-size photo-oriented publication) folded a year or so later.
Carnac the Magnificent, Robert Goulet, Charlie Callas, Bob Lurtsema, Roland Lakes, Jim Files, and Walter J. Hickel
October 5th 1971 was a Tuesday.
haha
Imagine.....johnny on a monday--------an hour and a half--------six guests.....
Wow his voice sounds very different from when I watched in the 80’s!
Huh, my first birthday.
Where’s Johnny Carson when he’s needed most???
Rotting in a grave?
10 p.m. on Antenna TV.
Nice to hear a bit of "Peachy" at the end, which the band often used as their sign-off music.
I thought I recognized that tune. Do you by chance know who the composer is?
@@tommya Mike Barone, a prolific writer/arranger who is still with us. Here’s a video of Mike conducting the song with his LA big band: th-cam.com/video/XlcJMYlkmJU/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@tfronauer Thanks so much for sharing this. What a wonderful vibe and arrangement. Reminds a little bit stylistically of "Girl Talk" by Neal Hefti. :)
Thank you!!!
Who’s here for Walter J. Hickel?
before the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act I think
Notice there aren't many snow tire commercials anymore.
LOved Karnak and Art Fern. 11:18>PC world would not allow that joke today. Similar to Crick, the sound a Japanese camera makes.
When did Johnny stop doing Monday shows? I know by the time he moved the show to Los Angeles he was down to four shows a week in 1972 right?
Johnny’s banter with Ed and Doc was so much looser in the New York years.
That kind of politician doesn't exist in our government anymore.
That guy is waaaay ahead of his time
Doc Sevranson!
The band is so much better than today's shows
what a great time I wish I was dead.
1971 NY Giants would finish season with a record of 4 wins & 10 losses
A 4 game losing streak right after this and another 4 losses to close out the schedule.
Those 2 wins Giants allowed 60 points and the loss in between was a 27 point blowout.
The optimism was a bit overstated, they weren't that good...
@baronvonnembles a guest possibly canceled at last minute?
#71 looks like one of the Hanson Brothers. Putting on the foil, Coach!
Anyone remember when Johnny started dying his hair? Looks like 1970 or 1971 is when the change started
Grecian Formula, he always did it himself to varying degrees of success. I think he gave up in the early 70's when the show moved to Los Angeles
have footage of any of johnny Carson new years eve shows?
Another uploader beat me to the punch here: th-cam.com/video/0Du8lLUkpHE/w-d-xo.html
These football players would be killed by the current players
I'm just amazed at the lack of GEN-LOCK when presentation switches from the Burbank studio and back again locally - complete loss of lock. Unheard of nowadays permitted then...
Totally amazing. Write up a trouble report and we’ll talk to Randy over at the transmitter. He might lose his first class license over this debacle.
@@EdKazO-Vision 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was good! Report submitted...!
Is '71 when Johnny lay to rest the hair dye?
That’s what I was wondering too after watching a ‘70 episode where he had the dark hair
Probably a recommendation from a coworker or producer, doesn’t look natural at all should of kept it natural
73 sometime, he always did it himself which is why it never looked good :)
They should have stayed in New York.
I saw them in '71 at 30 Rock. While Ed did the dog food commercial in the "cut out" backstage, Johnny drove the audience wild commenting on the animal's enthusiam. "You'd be hungry too if you hadn't been fed since October!" I watched the 11:30 video on channel 4, New York and you could hear the laughter.
Lack of guests, LA has all the entertainers
To funny. The days when older men used Grecian formula for men hair die to give the appearance of being younger than they were but came out looking pretty silly.
As I said better than Jay Leno and that other comedian version.
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Johnny is wearing OT Willie Young's #69 jersey, sure that he didn't keep it after the show.
Handling the pre-local break promo bumpers this night was Fred Facey out of New York.
Bench Warmer Bob Lurtsema, Later on AWA Wrestling !!!!!!!
My second Johnny Carson show I ever watched just now and it is awful. One of the dullest shows I've seen. How this show lasted must have been as relief for insomnia.
Please don't make a decision after 2 shows. This was on 5 nights a week for over 30 years so he must have done something right. I admit this one wasn't that great. The other thing is that if you are younger you might not understand the context of some of the jokes.
Peoples Drug Store!
With this episode, you can tell why they reduced it to 1 hour.
Maybe it was me, but this show d8d nothing for me.
What year were you born? I was born in 1981 and still have fond memories of staying up with my dad to watch maybe the first 20 minutes before passing out and being carried to bed. Even if this episode was before my time it’s still very nostalgic and representative of an era past. The jokes and subject quality wasn’t always great but the schedule was hectic and joke writers team likely a skeleton crew for the time and infancy of late night television. The stuff on television in the 40’s and 50’s was even more amateur compared with this
All three sucked Record: 4-10-0 who CARES
Is there a point to you being rude?
Overall, Johnny stayed away from politics on his show, which proved very popular over the years...
That's the second Jim Files I now know of. The first claims he was the grassy knoll shooter who killed JFK. Strange.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Files
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