One of The Tonight Show's Funniest Moments with Johnny Carson & Buddy Rich
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- Here is a very humorous moment from the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and special guest Buddy Rich. It begins with what appears to be a sensible question and quickly turns into chaos. Also featuring Doc Severinsen, Don Ashworth & Tommy Newsom. From 1973.
back when late night didn't fucking suck
The dock children send me to bed those days no shit !
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@Zayden Lennox Definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)
This was funny, but I wanted to know the answer.
This is Classic Carson and Classic Comedy that will never appear again on the American entertainment stage.
My goodness... watching this just makes you realize how far true comedy has fallen. Made me laugh so hard!!
It didn't falter or fall flat because they were all gifted with different talent, were all secure, and nobody was like todays crop of NEEDY, look at me, type of celebrities/hosts. Also the bit was funny. Johnny knew how to orchestrate when Buddy and Doc went off the rails. Plus Johnny asked decent questions compared with the " interviews" of today that are self-serving set-ups for the hosts bad jokes.
Just funny stuff...no foul language...just real talent on display
Don Ashworth is one crazy talented guy - not sure if he's doing his own version of Buddy Hackett's schtick - but whatever he's doing, the guy could've been a character actor: facial expressions & timing that good don't happen by accident - serious talent.
As I have mentioned he did not have to play an instrument or say very much , just his facial expressions could have made him a big star in comedy movies .
Talk show hosts today cant hold a candle!
The ultimate talk show host when late night was actually funny and conducted by a complete and apolitical gentleman! 🙏
And Johnny leaned a bit left. Yet you never knew it from anything on his show. We watched shows like this to leave that stuff and escape the cruel world!
No he made fun of Republicans and obviously favored Dems in his monologue jokes but it was very seldom. Not like today where they are constantly being one-sided with the same lies as the "news" media while trying (unsuccessfully) to be funny.
Carson was a class act...late night shows nowadays are a race to the bottom...
Donald William Ashworth (born March 16, 1931) is a musician who was a member of The Tonight Show Band[1] for thirty years before retiring in 1995. Ashworth played woodwind instruments with the group starting from Johnny Carson's first week as host of The Tonight Show in October 1962 (when the band was referred to generically as The NBC Orchestra) until his final show on May 22, 1992. For its first 10 years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, Ashworth moved from New York City to Southern California when the show moved permanently to Burbank. He was often seen on the show when Carson played "Stump the Band", where studio audience members asked the band to try to play obscure songs given only the title.
90 años de edad
Thanks for the info! I've only seen him on a few occasions, but he made me LMAO every time he did his schtick.
Had music degrees from both Carnegie Mellon & Columbia, & was on CMU's Music Advisory Board.
He did not need to play a musical instrument , just put him in here and there , once every two weeks .He didn't have to say much .
Great information!
The NY studio seemed small
The audience was right on top of the bandstand. The distance from the stage to Johnny was like 3ft
Burbank appeared to be a more spacious facility. There was more echo, too.
Hilarious 😆 😂
Nobody beats Johnny. He’s the best.
Johnny thought he actually had a chance with this interview. 😂😂
Never be another show like this! Just so enjoyable.
He is on every nite on "MY TV."
When tv show hosts and guests were sophisticated individuals.
Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s.
Buddy Rich was a talented ASSHOLE
If Johnny Carson could play the drums (and he definitely could), then Buddy Rich could be a comedian. Priceless.
exactly!
Oh yes. I used to go hear Buddy all the time, & he'd always leave us in stitches!
don is a very close family friend of mine and he is just amazing, very talented and very naturally funny all. the. time.
Hey you are so lucky 🙏🙏I watched him do this about 20 times.😂😂Hilarious
oh, yes
Is he still around?
What instrument does he play?
@@jasondecharleroy4161LMAO😂
Johnny is the ULTIMATE straight man. IMHO
Class, just plain class!
Johnny's show was like the best house party you ever went to. But done night after night. That's not chance that this happened. It was talent in the whole production company.
I got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard...i have to go back in time to things like this to find that laugh now...doesnt happen as often now.
Too funny! I could watch Carson forever.
Gentleman, all. Unlike the guttersnipes that slime their way on late night TV today.
Back then stars like Carson wielded lots of power over the networks.
Today’s show host are employees doing what they’re told by sponcers.
Subsequently it’s today’s Hacks v. Yesteryear’s Talent
That interview went south fast. 🤣🤣🤣
Well that was the best 4:31 of anything I’ve watched ever - love these guys!
Nice rug Buddy
I am so happy I found this! Unscripted and unbelievable how funny it is. My evening is now complete.
I miss Carson’s Tonight Show. I couldn’t even tell you what channel it’s on now.
It's a shame Johnny, Doc and the others didn't simply wait for Buddy to speak, because I'm pretty sure if Buddy had the space to answer he would have given a more detailed explanation of his experience. Mozart also had this ability, but very few people in the history of music had it. I would have loved to hear what Buddy would have said. Maybe he explained it further in another interview.
I think it would be tough for him to explain it in terms that anyone would understand. I'm guessing it would be like having a theoretical physicist explain String Theory while watching pornography.
Buddy has answered that question several times in other serious interviews. His answer was: Buddy would have a drummer who read charts come in during rehearsal of new charts and play with the band. Meanwhile, Buddy would listen carefully "one " time and have it down as written and then of course make it his own when played with the band. That's how he did it. This info. came directly from the man himself. As a musician I've never forgotten it.
@@steveb9325 You are right, this basic facts are well known. But what would be great is to have more details about his experience. For example, did he gain this skill gradually or suddenly; did he already have it in his early childhood or did it come later, and so on.
@@bkrider19 He started drumming at the age of two, so he was born with the skill.
@@darkwood777 Yes, he started drumming as a toddler and was on stage with his parents at that early age. But being able to memorize an entire chart after only one or two hearings is a different ability altogether. Most professional classical musicians also start when they are very young but virtually none of them can memorize an entire piece so quickly.
Don Ashworth sounded like he was a mystery guest on What's My Line.
Buddy Rich could've easily done a stand up routine and have his own rimshot.
they could never replace Johnny and his line ups
Most charts are written to a form.(Sonata)
After you've played that form a couple of thousand times,you pretty much get where the breaks are gonna be.
If you've ever seen a drum chart ,a lot of it isn't written verbatim unless it's classical music.
Love drummers with a sense of humor!!!
Man, those were the days when talk shows were actually entertaining, instead of simply a public relations tool for the spoiled, overpaid entertainers of today.
Was ,just thinking of this reaction from Don, earlier -Wattttt....priceless clip...
Buddy Rich, the best jazz drummer that ever lived. Once played one handed with his arm in a cast and still sounded better than most. And as everyone knows Peart was the best rock drummer.
Hard fight between Peart and Bonzo.
@@zeus6793 True!
I loved Peart , but that's a subjective statement .
Ok I admit I was laughing so hard I had tears.
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“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
I hope folks realize that this is one of the funniest bits in the history of television !! When Don , the tenor player comes over , it's just a perfect segue from the others .... I mean in the history of television , it was that funny from the git go!!
Let's see Fallon do something like that.
Back then stars like Carson wielded lots of power over the networks.
Today’s show hosts like Fallon are employees doing what they’re told by sponcers.
Subsequently it’s today’s Hacks v. Yesteryear’s Talent
Back when the host had the fucking balls to let the guests be funnier that him.
Don't even watch late night shows terrible.
Buddy Rich was a excellent drummer.
Was Buddy self-conscious about not being a music reader? Is that why he started the chaos to avoid answering the questions? I mean, he’s a natural musician with no formal training. Did he not want to talk about that?
Buddy Rich was an insufferable smart-ass with ego as big as the continent. I met him one evening after amazing performance performance. I could tell he was thinking he would rather be in his room with a scotch on the rocks. As things came to a close, his assistant came around and helped him put on a fabulous full length mink coat. It was Winter in Columbus.
He liked Johnny, but you can sort of tell by his demeanor that he would have ripped the face off of anyone else in that situation.
I don't think it was being self-conscious.
Buddy Rich was a colossal asshole, a real mean prick who treated his musicians like shit. He once fired one of his trumpet players in the middle of a European tour, and refused to pay him. The poor guy had to have his parents wire him money for a plane ticket home. He hired young musicians just graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His original big band had guys like Al Porcino on lead trumpet, Art Pepper on alto sax, Don Menza on tenor, real established pros. One tour, one album, and they moved on.
The Buddy Rich marching band...(Steve Willifford)...I didn't mean to demean Buddy...but...tweet....... tweet tweet tweet
Buddy Rich was Keith Moon before Keith Moon
I’d like to have heard a serious answer from all of them
I think Johnny lost control!!
Not quite as off the wall as his infamous 1969 show with Dean Martin, George Goebel and Bob Hope but definitely hilarious.
Class, pure comedic class
1:50 Buddy says "It'll come off. What's the matter with you?" Ha ha.
There isn't much that makes me nostalgic and long for the good ol' days....But this does.
Carson was the best
Does were the days. Another world ago. Pure talent class like I said another world ago .
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American jazz trumpeter who led the band for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Buddy like Krupa, could not read music, many drummers are that way. They just have that sense that tells them.
I think Krupa could read.
Buddy could count the bars in his head and commit them to memory. The drumming talent was enormous and God given, but his prodigious memory/recall is what substituted for not knowing how to read.
Johnny is amazing.
TODAYS LATE NIGHT SHOWS SUCK...CARSON WAS KING OF LATE NIGHT
Buddy Rich was always an ego maniac and driven by it.
What great times. Last late night I watched was Leno, now it's just a waste.
Back then stars like Carson wielded lots of power over the networks.
Today’s show host are employees doing what they’re told by sponcers.
Subsequently it’s today’s Hacks v. Yesteryear’s Talent.
Carson, via Carson Productions, owned and produced the Johnny Carson Tonight Show. As Letterman owned his show and Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show, via Worldwide Pants. Today’s crop are merely employees. Carson’s show made so much money for the Network (around $50M back then, that, as you say, it gave him serious clout.
This is a perfect embodiment of 'boys will be boys'
Back when people actually knew how to be funny!
before commenting I read what others have written as to not just say the same-o, same-o. I don't think I have ever seen a group of comments I so agreed with more, and so spoke my heart. The only thing I will add, back in the day when I watched this show I knew it was good, but as I look back with hindsight, WOW, we never knew at the time just how good it was, and could stand the test of time to be great decades later.
I watched it all the time. :) As a side note, the phrase is, same old, same old.
Great show. Only late night garbage in 2021
Never have liked Buddy Rich. He was rude to my Mom when she tried to compliment his performance while with my Dad in New York. She said, "That was great, we thought you were great," he said, "I'm glad," and walked by like she was not there.
The 2021 talk shows are not worthy to be compared to Carson.
Good, bad or sideways, the banter was always authentic on the Carson show. I didn’t care how quirky or reclusive Johnny was in his private life, he was just so damn entertaining.
I loved the way Johnny purposely set Don up to do his schtik, and also knew exactly when it was time to stop and take the pressure off Don
when funny was real funny not poop jokes..
Hysterical!
Buddy was energetic and quick witted. Like the drummer he was, he displayed great responsiveness to the cues coming at him. The answer to Johnny's question was in the "music" of this unscripted bit of slapstick comedy. Buddy lived for the structure, not the fluff. In this clip, he deconstructs and reorganizes the interview format, rather than simply playing along. His brain was "ON" and the effect was electrifying. He seemed to be way ahead of the musicians he played with, almost taking them to school in the performances. He may have been counting bars but it was probably easy for him, like the way you might hold an image of your kitchen in your head -- clear as day and easy as pie.
Plain & simple: Buddy played by listening, not by reading. And when you're the bandleader, particularly one who happens to be the drummer, you don't need any charts or arrangements for yourself. Those are for the rest of the band.
Ever work in a show band...?
I get the question from Johnny's perspective. Johnny's a drummer, or as he says, "a frustrated drummer", he's surrounded by the best professional musicians and knows all about reading charts. I think his interest in how Buddy learned arrangements was genuine. Buddy didn't just play with his ear, instincets and musicianship. He was also playing as directed listening to an arrangement once or twice.
*AllTheBest* I played Trumpet in high school and played by ear. I can not tell you what a note is but if I see it in paper I can play it. I can also hear and pick it up by listening. I was a 3rd string trumpet but always started played the 1st string trumpet parts by accident.
I can't think of any bandleader or anyone, who could listen to the West Side Story chart 1 or 10 times and memorize it.
I play guitar by ear. I know the lines & spaces looking at the music, but applying it to the neck.., never could. But I can listen to a song & figure it out by playing it over & over a few times getting the basic structure, and then put it together more as I practice.
Mind you I'm no guitar whiz, I'm not a lead guitarist, but I play well enough to play rhythm guitar in a band, and maybe kick a lead or two here & there. My stubby fingers aren't conducive playing leads. :-(
Too bad we never saw this on the anniversary shows. As of this writing, Don Ashworth is still living, though retired.
Don Ashworth was hysterical!
Donald William Ashworth (born March 16, 1931) is a musician who was a member of The Tonight Show Band[1] for thirty years before retiring in 1995. Ashworth played woodwind instruments with the group starting from Johnny Carson's first week as host of The Tonight Show in October 1962 (when the band was referred to generically as The NBC Orchestra) until his final show on May 22, 1992. For its first 10 years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, Ashworth moved from New York City to Southern California when the show moved permanently to Burbank. He was often seen on the show when Carson played "Stump the Band", where studio audience members asked the band to try to play obscure songs given only the title.
i last saw him 6 years ago and he’s just as funny and still kicking!
Timeless comedy that is very difficult to duplicate.
Carson was the best straight man ever (in comedy, not gender).
They just plain old good fun with each other on the show.
That was great! Is it this or that? “Oh, yes.”
It's 'cause Buddy wuz play-in since he wuz FOUR YEARS OLD!!! IMHO
It goes beyond that. No matter when you started or how long you've played, you're not going to hear West Side Story Suite played once and know it.
Buddy was the best
Doc was going to be helpful, but Buddy seemed like he didn’t want to or couldn’t articulate it, and didn’t want anyone else.
John William Carson (Corning, Iowa; 23 de octubre de 1925 - West Hollywood, California; 23 de enero de 2005) fue un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense.
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That guy reminds me of Mr bean!
Buddy Rich (Nueva York, 30 de septiembre de 1917 - Los Ángeles, 2 de abril de 1987) fue un baterista estadounidense de jazz, representante del swing, bop y, en general, del jazz de las big bands.
Thomas Penn Newsom (February 25, 1929 - April 28, 2007) was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director. Newsom was frequently the band's substitute director, whenever Doc Severinsen was away from the show or filling in for announcer Ed McMahon. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" by Johnny Carson as an ironic take on his low-keyed, reserved persona, he was often a foil for Carson's humor. His conservative brown or blue suits were a marked contrast to Severinsen's flashy stage clothing.
Tommy was the straight guy. Didn’t dress ‘groovy ‘.
I guess Robin Williams was watching and taking notes.
Love Johnny's suit colors.
When I read a comment somewhere that Jimmy Kimmel so much better than Johnny (LOLOL)...Jimmy couldn't have a genuine organic thing happen like this on that death watch for laughs hospice he's hosting.
I'll take Doc Severinsen any day over that Bozo who is directs David Letterman's band.
I think around this time, or a bit before, Pat LaBarbera's brother Joe would rehearse the new material with Buddy's band. Joe would play it at the drums and Buddy would listen, maybe once or twice, and get up with the band and make every hit, cut and stop like he wrote the tune himself. This was quite an amazing feat for anyone to pull off and this is what prompted Johnny's question to Buddy. The bottom line though with Buddy was, he played with every heavyweight under the sun for 50+ years prior to this time, so musical form was a living breathing part of the man. Doc was trying to answer the question I think to say it was instinctive, but didn't find the right word. What ensued was hilarity. Loved it.
You're spot on. Buddy had a great memory for music. And he had great instincts. He was truly gifted. It's probably better that he never learned to really read music (he had an idea of how it worked, but couldn't sight read like the rest of the guys in his band could - playing a song all the way through just by reading the sheet music). Buddy truly was amazing!
I think Buddy Rich is overated, outside of his 'famous' impossible drum solo..Robert at 66.
I loved watching this show back in the 70's during summer vacations/school vacations....it was must-see/tv, .... i was probably about 10 when this aired.
How quickly Johnny saw comedy gold and slipped right into the straight man for Don's answers. No one has ever come close since then.
And we’re stuck with Kimmel and company.
Buddy Rich (Nueva York, 30 de septiembre de 1917-Los Ángeles, 2 de abril de 1987) fue un baterista estadounidense de jazz, representante del swing, bop y, en general, del jazz de las big bands. Se trata de uno de los músicos más prestigiosos en el ámbito de la batería jazzística, reconocido por su técnica, rapidez y habilidad en los solos.
I wish they'd answered the question. But this is often the case with very talented people -- They cannot describe what they do or explain it. This is why they are often terrible teachers and mentors. Be happy if you had a good mentor that could actually explain things.
This clip just proves the argument that Johnny Carson was, is, and will always be the best late show presenter and interviewer there has ever been. He was happy to take a back seat, let the guests go off on comic riffs and just let the entertainment happen. Masterclass in how to run a late night talk show.
Does anyone besides me find all of this funny, yet slightly irritating because you actually wanted to hear a serious answer to Johnny's question?
The serious answer is Buddy is a highly experienced and highly skilled drummer. No matter what the music is, he's played it, or something close to it, before and knows how he wants it to sound. If an arranger wants something else, he'll tell Buddy what he wants. (And Buddy will tell him why he's wrong. . . . .)
Absolutely
I always love Johnny’s show, but found this silly and irritating.
John. Must be pretty
Old bye now.??
2021
Funny stuff !!!! Dammm . When is the movie on Jonny Carson coming out ?
most over-rated drummer ever. nothing special.