Thank you Johnny for your show. Even though you have passed away many years ago your legacy lives on. You keep me alive. Your humour keeps me going. Love your shows. RIP Johnny
For those who don't know, comedian Ronnie Shakes had already passed away when this rerun aired. He died about three months after the Feb. '87 taping. For many years, I wondered why we didn't see more of him in the '90s and beyond -- because he was so consistently brilliant. He had a heart attack while jogging.
Thanx so much, pianopappy, for sharing! Such fun to see Johnny and the gang again. And it's cool that you kept the original ads. Some I remember, some I don't, but that's the way it goes. Thanx again! Keep 'em coming, please? (edit bc my stupidphone cannot spell properly 🙄 )
glad to see Charles Grodin made the best of show. He was unique the way he made a bit by not playing by the talk show rules. This wasn't the first such appearance by Charles. I wonder if the first time he prearranged this with Johnny or else just came out and hit him cold with it?
I was always disappointed when I stayed up to watch and this popped up. Same thing when the show was preempted by Wimbledon for which the Tonight Show had a bumper where they passed by a TV set with Carson on it as they told you it was being preempted that night for Wimbledon.
At 4:18 Johnny used an old Morecambe and Wise comedy name from Britain - "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" used by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise in their show back in 1971.
Thank you for this…. Can I ask a question? imo Why is it even on his worst night, that Johnny Carson was still better than most other comedians? (Even today?)
Because Mr. Carson was well read and knew what his audience expected of him. He made his guests shined and stayed away from one-sided politics by respecting his viewers.
He was never off balance. No matter how bad the monologue was he landed on his feet by getting "meta" about how bad he was dying, and this was even funnier, more real and intimate and revealing about the human condition and the black humor we can make out of failure. We see what was under the mask and it was even more endearing. Johhny just being Johnny was good TV, he couldn't lose. Part of it was his honesty and total self-confidence without having to force it. Even a totally misbehaving Grodin who refused to "play along" with the talk show game couldn't get Johnny off balance. Yeah, Grodin was doing it as a "bit" and Johnny knew it was coming but still he had to wing his responses. Johnny looked like this was all effortless, but he had to always be fully "there" to pull this off. It's like watching Jordan play basketball. . he makes it look easy but it's the highest form of art.
Thanks for your comment. After Caron retired from the Tonight Show, the band played some concerts under the direction of Doc Severinsen. I was fortunate enough to see and hear them at the Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, PA. For legal reasons, they couldn't be billed as "The Tonight Show Orchestra".
And Johnny was even funnier when they gave him bad jokes and he started riffing on how bad he was dying - the meta- monologue was where his genius shown brightest.
Hey pianopappy, can you upload the full-length Austin City Limits Season 5 opening sequence from 1980? It begins with a shot of the Austin skyline as the camera pans up. Voices can be heard saying: "Hey Wilder, how's Austin City Limits tonight? Get on down and find out!". Then, the music starts playing and shows scenes from around Austin, Texas. The next scene shows a truck driving into the water, a woman holds a cowboy hat while a man drives, a shot of the road with the Austin skyline, back of the truck driving by, camera panning to the left to see the Austin City Limits highway sign, and the camera zooming in on the Austin City Limits highway sign by giving a closeup shot; The music shifts to an instrumental version of "London Homesick Blues", and Lickona's voice can be heard saying: "Recorded live from Austin, Texas, it's Austin City Limits"; Then, the Austin City Limits highway sign morphed into photographs before zooming in to reveal the performance.👍
FUNNIEST (in terms of no laughs for monologue & ALL the way through the show)--was Regis Philbin and James Garner, appearing with Johnny the Friday after the Thursday Thanksgiving, 1981. Does ANYONE have that in their video collection that they could kindly post? FUNNIEST I'D EVER SEEN!
I would say I’m happier more than unhappy. When I became a believer and a follower of Jesus it turned my life around. The “secret “ of happiness lies in being CONTENT in all situations. The Bible says that it rains on the believer and the unbeliever and it shines on the same.
ISHTAR WHICH CHARLES GRODIN IS PLUGGING, update...... " ISHTAR shows this week at Portland State University's student-run 5th Avenue Cinema as part of a fall season that focuses on box-office flops worthy of revival-would mutate into one of Hollywood's most notorious disasters. A cascade of production problems and ego clashes lost Columbia Pictures nearly $40 million and is likely to have played a part in the studio's then-owner, Coca-Cola, selling it to Sony in 1989. "
Actor Charles Grodin was a guest on the program many times and always acted the same way. Carson thought it was amusing and played along. Note the comment from TH-camr "Modern Retro Radio" below.
Thank you Johnny for your show. Even though you have passed away many years ago your legacy lives on. You keep me alive. Your humour keeps me going. Love your shows. RIP Johnny
This is probably the best of all the Carson/Grodin exchanges. Love it!
For those who don't know, comedian Ronnie Shakes had already passed away when this rerun aired. He died about three months after the Feb. '87 taping. For many years, I wondered why we didn't see more of him in the '90s and beyond -- because he was so consistently brilliant. He had a heart attack while jogging.
Thanks for sharing. I was not aware of this. How sad.
How sad to hear that.😢
Don't recognize the name, maybe his face
This was a terrific Era in Late Night Television. Thank-You for sharing.
Thanx so much, pianopappy, for sharing!
Such fun to see Johnny and the gang again.
And it's cool that you kept the original ads.
Some I remember, some I don't, but that's the way it goes.
Thanx again!
Keep 'em coming, please?
(edit bc my stupidphone cannot spell properly 🙄 )
There are better examples of Carson out there. But I have to agree. The commercials are cool
If you're interested in the exact original broadcast date, it's February 24, 1987.
I'm VERY interested, Adam. Thanks very much. How did you find out? I usually made a note of anything I recorded. However, this was a rerun.
@@pianopappy I have access to a newspaper archive and I typed in the guest list.
@@pianopappy
Well, the Grammys he joked about were that day. The rerun likely actually aired about a year later but the original show was 2/24/87.
A date that will go down in obscurity
Oh wow thanks for this if you have any more episodes with intros pls upload:)
glad to see Charles Grodin made the best of show. He was unique the way he made a bit by not playing by the talk show rules. This wasn't the first such appearance by Charles. I wonder if the first time he prearranged this with Johnny or else just came out and hit him cold with it?
I was always disappointed when I stayed up to watch and this popped up. Same thing when the show was preempted by Wimbledon for which the Tonight Show had a bumper where they passed by a TV set with Carson on it as they told you it was being preempted that night for Wimbledon.
At 4:18 Johnny used an old Morecambe and Wise comedy name from Britain - "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" used by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise in their show back in 1971.
That was used by the three stooges in the 30s as well
Thank you for this….
Can I ask a question? imo Why is it even on his worst night, that Johnny Carson was still better than most other comedians? (Even today?)
Because Mr. Carson was well read and knew what his audience expected of him. He made his guests shined and stayed away from one-sided politics by respecting his viewers.
He was never off balance. No matter how bad the monologue was he landed on his feet by getting "meta" about how bad he was dying, and this was even funnier, more real and intimate and revealing about the human condition and the black humor we can make out of failure. We see what was under the mask and it was even more endearing. Johhny just being Johnny was good TV, he couldn't lose. Part of it was his honesty and total self-confidence without having to force it. Even a totally misbehaving Grodin who refused to "play along" with the talk show game couldn't get Johnny off balance. Yeah, Grodin was doing it as a "bit" and Johnny knew it was coming but still he had to wing his responses. Johnny looked like this was all effortless, but he had to always be fully "there" to pull this off. It's like watching Jordan play basketball. . he makes it look easy but it's the highest form of art.
Leon Redbone's band was excellent. I didn't know that the NBC Orchestra had won a grammy, it's not surprising tho, they were an amazing jazz big band
Thanks for your comment. After Caron retired from the Tonight Show, the band played some concerts under the direction of Doc Severinsen. I was fortunate enough to see and hear them at the Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, PA. For legal reasons, they couldn't be billed as "The Tonight Show Orchestra".
Hereeee's Johnny! 😅
It helps to know that the writers had to come up with monologs and comic material every single day!
And Johnny was even funnier when they gave him bad jokes and he started riffing on how bad he was dying - the meta- monologue was where his genius shown brightest.
Ahhh, the prophetic first line!
every one has shredded documents, big deal , that does not mean they were incriminating or classified.
Hey pianopappy, can you upload the full-length Austin City Limits Season 5 opening sequence from 1980? It begins with a shot of the Austin skyline as the camera pans up. Voices can be heard saying: "Hey Wilder, how's Austin City Limits tonight? Get on down and find out!". Then, the music starts playing and shows scenes from around Austin, Texas. The next scene shows a truck driving into the water, a woman holds a cowboy hat while a man drives, a shot of the road with the Austin skyline, back of the truck driving by, camera panning to the left to see the Austin City Limits highway sign, and the camera zooming in on the Austin City Limits highway sign by giving a closeup shot; The music shifts to an instrumental version of "London Homesick Blues", and Lickona's voice can be heard saying: "Recorded live from Austin, Texas, it's Austin City Limits"; Then, the Austin City Limits highway sign morphed into photographs before zooming in to reveal the performance.👍
Leon!
R I p Ed
Johnny
I saw Leon redbone concert the guy was absolutely plastered on jagermeister
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FUNNIEST (in terms of no laughs for monologue & ALL the way through the show)--was Regis Philbin and James Garner, appearing with Johnny the Friday after the Thursday Thanksgiving, 1981. Does ANYONE have that in their video collection that they could kindly post? FUNNIEST I'D EVER SEEN!
I would say I’m happier more than unhappy. When I became a believer and a follower of Jesus it turned my life around. The “secret “ of happiness lies in being CONTENT in all situations. The Bible says that it rains on the believer and the unbeliever and it shines on the same.
It's depressing to hear the political jokes and remember how mediocre things were in the 80s.
ISHTAR WHICH CHARLES GRODIN IS PLUGGING, update...... " ISHTAR shows this week at Portland State University's student-run 5th Avenue Cinema as part of a fall season that focuses on box-office flops worthy of revival-would mutate into one of Hollywood's most notorious disasters. A cascade of production problems and ego clashes lost Columbia Pictures nearly $40 million and is likely to have played a part in the studio's then-owner, Coca-Cola, selling it to Sony in 1989. "
Very strange Grodin Carson interview. Too intense. Unfunny. Ronnie Shakes? Lame. Pathetic. IT'S THE COMMERCIALS THAT ARE ENTERTAINING
This guy was rude and boring .
Actor Charles Grodin was a guest on the program many times and always acted the same way. Carson thought it was amusing and played along. Note the comment from TH-camr "Modern Retro Radio" below.
Grodin and Shakes. Indeed