Art Carney on piano. Sid Caesar on saxophone. Johnny Carson on drums. Back when late night television (and Hollywood) was at its peak. What a time to be alive.

Three giants of the entertainment industry. Their likes will never be seen again.

@jamesgodfrey7688

10 ай бұрын

ron, never again!

@earlmcclure9814

10 ай бұрын

These folks born in teens and 20's were so multi talented and were so much fun to watch..

@artiefount

10 ай бұрын

Don’t leave Ed out:)

@paulbfields8284

10 ай бұрын

Amen brother.. ain’t it the truth?!? Real entertainers.. off the cuff.. rough and ready.. sounding like they practiced.. I’ll bet they did not.

@Mark-bw1wx

8 ай бұрын

Their likes are seen all the time. It's just that the past always seems more righteous and pure somehow and we tend to filter out all the bad things that were going on back in the "good ol' days". And there were plenty.

I remember watching this with my Dad 50 years ago. I was just 18 years old and came home from working second shift and Carson was on. I sat down and watched this exact show with my Dad. Now I am 68, 50 years older and we are doing it again together! I went down to visit my Parents today at the Retirement Center where they live now.. I took my Laptop and we sat down and I showed this video to my parents. My dad is 93 now and Mom is 92. They really enjoyed watching Art Carney because they used to watch the Honeymooners when they were much younger and I was just a Boy! They Loved the Old Memories and seeing the old show again. I did as well. GOOD TIMES

@jimgardner5129

10 ай бұрын

Nice. 😊 This was a little before my time (pushing 60). When I hit my late teens I'd stay up to watch The Tonight Show after my mom went to bed. She'd tell me I always woke her up with my laughing. Robin Williams and Johnny were always good fun. There were times they'd have me roaring. BTW, it's great that your parents are together. Sadly, some couples are split up, usually for a lack of beds I think, when entering retirement homes. Heartbreaking.

@BradfordtheEclectic

10 ай бұрын

So nice to hear of you sharing this with your parents. Lost mine this year, Mom 83, Dad 85.

There was more talent on that stage in 12 minutes than all of today's late shows combined

@jerbear7952

10 ай бұрын

Art isn't a contest. There are amazing artists of every generation

@mc76

10 ай бұрын

Different, not better or worse.

@Paul-qk6sy

10 ай бұрын

How does a tv executive look at the Jack Parr, Johnny Carson, even Leno eras of late night tv, and look at todays late night tv and consider it anything more than absolutely terrible

@AmishEcstasy

10 ай бұрын

@@Paul-qk6sy Probably because they're all " Woke "

@paulparoma

10 ай бұрын

@@jerbear7952 No, there aren't. Show me a Beethoven or a Horowitz, or a Peterson or Evans today. If great artists were to be found in every generation, we would not know what makes a classic.

If the Back to the future movies were able to be made 10 years earlier, Art Carney would have made one hell of a Doc Brown. Love ya Art.❤️

@epaddon

10 ай бұрын

That suddenly gives me visions of him doing the old Norton stalling bit trying to start the time machine!

@davidpanetta6400

10 ай бұрын

​@@epaddonBut first he has to watch Captain Video.

@ellenmarch3095

10 ай бұрын

Christopher Lloyd did a great Doc Brown, but yes, I'm sure he had seen much Art Carney. ❤️

@ciabattatom521

10 ай бұрын

@@epaddon Now, I have visions of both Norton and Ralphie-Baby doing "The Huckle Buck!"

@bonesjackson81

10 ай бұрын

Yes to that!!!

Art covering Bread. Wow. Nice rendition of "If".

@ciabattatom521

10 ай бұрын

I knew I recognized the tune but could not identify it. Thank you!

Way back when late night TV was still worth watching. Geez I miss those days.

@MrJoeybabe25

10 ай бұрын

Now Latenight shows are on "hiatus" because of the strikes in Hollywood. The echo is yawning.

@davidpanetta6400

10 ай бұрын

I hardly watch anything on tv today. I watch Over The Air tv now. The sub-channels have a lot of old tv shows and movies I grew up with.

@nb2008nc

10 ай бұрын

​@@MrJoeybabe25Gutfeld is the only one tolerable

@321snoot

10 ай бұрын

@@nb2008nc Uh, huh. I'd rather watch a dog taking a crap.

@nb2008nc

10 ай бұрын

@@321snoot Jimmy Cummel I assume...

50 years have gone by since this broadcast and I'm just discovering it now - wow!! Art and Sid were amazing and it was great to see Johnny on the drums....

@JJJZANESVILLE2

10 ай бұрын

They might have not measured up to modern standards but they measured up to mine (born 1952)

@doofus5152

10 ай бұрын

@@JJJZANESVILLE2 Sure, me too, cuz we've got common sense (a very rare commodity these days) and we understand that these gentlemen were actors, comedians, and entertainers, not just musicians. Modern standards be damned, all 3 of them are legends.

@JJJZANESVILLE2

10 ай бұрын

@@doofus5152 agree

@dianefarina5881

10 ай бұрын

Sid ? Escapes me I thought that was Doc S

@bored1ca

10 ай бұрын

@@dianefarina5881 Sid Caesar was on the sax....

I’m shocked. I had no idea he played the piano this well. Amazing. Such talent.

@gfriedman99

10 ай бұрын

Was waiting for the swanee river intro

@joelosnoss5371

10 ай бұрын

@@gfriedman99 of course you were… you’re a man who brives a dus!😜

@maxwellcrazycat9204

10 ай бұрын

There was one honeymooners episode where Art played piano while Ralph practiced for a name that song game show.

@joelosnoss5371

10 ай бұрын

@@maxwellcrazycat9204 yes, was in the episode called “The $99,000 Answer.” I knew he played piano, but I didn’t know he played that well.

@catlady8324

10 ай бұрын

Does he know “Swanee River”?

watching these Carson videos brings me back to a time when things were more fun and simple

@allanramusiewicz996

10 ай бұрын

As in “Those WERE THE DAYS !!!”

@Mark-bw1wx

8 ай бұрын

Guess you've never read much about Johnny Carson's personal life then

I loved Art in the Honeymooners. He always stole the show. To see him in this arena, with Johnny on drums is truly special. One more reason why Johnny is the King!

@flemingcourt

10 ай бұрын

Indeed! Another gem is an early Twilight Zone episode: "Night Of The Meek". It's a Christmas thing.

@321snoot

10 ай бұрын

@@flemingcourt That's one of the best Twilight Zone episodes! I watch that every Christmas season, as one would a Charlie Brown Christmas or It's a Wonderful Life. Art Carney was one talented guy.

@williamfulgham2010

9 ай бұрын

Jackie Gleason on the honeymoon's was also a movie actor, and had a great orchestra.

@i.m.askance7996

4 ай бұрын

@@321snoot Talented enough to win an Oscar for Best Actor in "Harry And Tonto"!

@321snoot

4 ай бұрын

@@i.m.askance7996 Absolutely. He was really versatile. That was a great movie, by the way.

Art Carney, what a talent. Just loved him. And Sid Caesar too, what a lineup. Smiling ear to ear watching this.

@JJJZANESVILLE2

10 ай бұрын

Zeerooo...nothing

@vincentconti-jb3hd

10 ай бұрын

Sid Caesar was the greatest sketch artist of all time!!! Your Show of Shows was performed live for ninety minutes every week with the greatest lineup of writers ever assembled for one show.

@vincentconti-jb3hd

10 ай бұрын

​@@JJJZANESVILLE2wtf?

Johnny on the skins, Art on the ivory, and Sid blowin' some horn ... what a pleasant and enjoyable surprise! Man, those three can honestly play! 👍

@peterharrison5833

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's great to see them. From what I understand, Sid got his start playing in big bands back when he was young. The comedy bits were something that he started doing to fill in a bit of time between acts in live shows.

@linmiller8147

10 ай бұрын

Spoken like a true Hep Cat.

Art on piano, Sid on saxophone and Johnny on drums. What a way to close the show.

@Juliaflo

9 ай бұрын

Sid Caesar studied at Juillard.

@carykillingbeck2874

9 ай бұрын

Three showbiz giants who truly put the variety in "variety show."

During this time I saw Art Carney in Neil Simon's play "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" at the Shubert Theater in Chicago. He was terrific.

Art Carney’s talent was tremendously underrated

@dctrevett

10 ай бұрын

Well, he did win an Oscar...

@vincentconti-jb3hd

10 ай бұрын

Noooo!

@BuckForearm

9 ай бұрын

Here we go with morons saying extremely famous people were underrated.

Listening to him play piano like that, surrounded by warm admiring friends, it makes you wonder about his fellow comrades that fell beside him in Normandy, just two decades earlier. The life and talent we lost. What could have been for them.

Art Carney on piano, Sid Ceaser on Sax, Johnny Carson on drums.... Wow! This era of show business is sorely missed. True entertainers, multi-talented, and simply fun! Miss these and those like them!

@blakebruner6173

10 ай бұрын

They grew up at the end of the era where people entertained themselves. Most were "adequate" players at best, which is fine. The point was to pitch in and have some fun. Not like our world where Stardom is the Goal, and accomplish-ment with your talent doesn't matter. It's where talent is auto-tuned an' lip synched to splash the "Ego of Me" All Over the World, of the hollow Star.

That's what the late show used to be like. No endless monologues of hatred, no vicious politics, but good clean fun!!

@Mark-bw1wx

8 ай бұрын

Only if you're not very good at reading between the lines.....

Well that just brought a smile to my face. The Tonight Show before they left for LA, Carney on piano, Caesar on sax and Johnny on drums. I'm so glad someone saved that clip!

@ronflatter1235

10 ай бұрын

This actually was after the show was moved to California. This was from the next to last week Carson’s Tonight Show visited New York.

Now that was talent … late night talk shows haven’t been the same since Johnny Carson and Steve Allen

@321snoot

10 ай бұрын

Steve Allen brought on a lot of guests that pushed the boundaries of TV talk shows, like Lenny Bruce and Frank Zappa. Yup, nothing like the old talk shows.

@dbc7772011

10 ай бұрын

Today’s talk shows are unwatchable. Lame political hacks selling the network’s propaganda.

@deanevans2505

8 ай бұрын

Jack Paar was good too

@saleasylum

7 ай бұрын

That's an understatement.

Wow. Art's hands are so graceful and relaxed on those keys.

Mr. Carney’s limp and hearing aid were real. He got them in World War II along with the Purple Heart. He covered brilliantly when he was performing.

Back when performers knew how to entertain in numerous ways. Rarer these days. This is a joy to listen to.

@jeanetteh.9240

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! These were true entertainers.

My gosh I was only 15 ... those were the days. Superior television. ❤

@cashmeremonroe7715

10 ай бұрын

I was 18 and finally allowed to stay up and watch Johnny when I was home from college. I used to hear it from my bedroom as my parents watched. The good Ole Days. Just imagine how awful things will be when today will be considered the good Ole days.

Wonderful! Carney was an excellent pianist and I'm so glad that some of his music has been preserved.

@garymorris1856

10 ай бұрын

I had no idea that Ed Norton played the piano!

@bergy210

10 ай бұрын

​@@garymorris1856Ed knew Swannee RIver for sure. Ask Ralph

Art, Sid, and Johnny all grew up in the Vaudeville days. You had to have more than one skill back then. People weren’t just musicians, or comedians, or actors. They were ENTERTAINERS; they did whatever it took to get an audience on their side. Art is the best player of these three, but all three were consummate professionals, from an era long gone and hard to find.

@britbiker9

9 ай бұрын

Right on. Late Night was Entertaining !

That was amazing. 3 funny guys playing music. Johnny rarely played the drums on the show - but that was a great trio!

3 TV legends! Great!

Nothing compares to Johnny or Art! Thanks for the awesome memories.

Interestingly, I was 364 days old when this originally aired, a little more than a half-day before my birthday. My late father had likely missed this and had been in bed for hours, in advance of his normal ritual of getting up at a ridiculously early time the next morning to beat everyone else into the office, whereas my late mother may very well have been watching this episode, after contending with me... 😆. I wish both of them were still here to ask them about such things about our lives, from happier times.

@jimgardner5129

10 ай бұрын

You have great memories, as we all do, of the great times we had as youth with our families. Hopefully you have aunts and uncles to pose questions to. I know they'd be only too happy to reminisce with you. And if they're anything like my aunt, you'll get fed a great meal, too. :) My greatest memories of youth are of our family reunions at my uncle's farm. It was large, with several buildings, and lots of room for us kids to run. We ate well, listened to music in the bunkhouse and ran around all night. Wish I was 12 again. I really miss those days. Thanks for listening.

They REALLY don't make 'em like that anymore. 😢 Late night TV passed away with Johnny. Miss him and all those greats!

I miss these days. And I was just a kid. Love love Johnny. I knew Art Carney was gifted because Jackie Gleeson allowed him to shine on the Honeymooners.

Gotta say that was really awesome. 2 guests and the host having a jam session. Noice.

Wow... late night TV at its best!! So much talent there with Johnny, Art and Sid, not to mention pure class! Damn how I yearn for those days...

Art Carney played “If” with such feeling but couldn’t resist a little joking around 😀 What a legend!

I loved Art Carny, such a marvelously talented man. He could make laugh or cry and never a wrong step or foul note.

Fantastic talent from a time that we will never ever see again Ever PERIOD!!!!!

@allanramusiewicz996

10 ай бұрын

Agreed 110% 😊🎉😮❤😊

@Juliaflo

9 ай бұрын

@@allanramusiewicz996 Amen 2000%. Have a good day.

Carney and Caesar. Two comic geniuses right there.

This is Solid Gold. So many of those early comedy guys were multi-talented in music for the simple reason they had to EAT, Johnny included. ♥👍

I never knew Art Carney played piano or that Sid Ceasar played sax. Wow.

@jadezee6316

10 ай бұрын

havnt you seen the honeymooners? the 99thousand answer episode?

@ictpilot

10 ай бұрын

I never knew Johnny could actually play the drums that well.

@davidkopec9442

10 ай бұрын

@@jadezee6316”WHYYYY was I cursed with this TALENT!?”

What talent, entertainment and class. Those were the days.. 3 of the best comedy geniuses that ever lived!.

Art Carney has given me many happy moments over the years, beginning when I was a child watching the Honeymooners. Thanks for the memories, Mr. Carney.

That was so fun...a joy to see.

Wow! Miss these guys so much.

Love Art. He is a part of my childhood. Fell asleep listening to the Honeymooners while my parents watched. I would sometimes sneak down the stairs and watch from behind the sofa. His talent is well missed.

@chesterproudfoot9864

8 ай бұрын

Ha! I used to do that to watch Carson. How I never got caught I'll never know.

Never knew he could play so well. One of the greatest actors of all time.

Astounding abundance of talent. Thanks for posting.

They don't make em like this anymore----legendary performers

Johnny Carson on drums. didn't know we needed to hear that. This is why no other talk show host will stand up to Johnny.

Miss shows and entertainers like this! Nothing like it today!

This is just cool! Back when comedy and talent ruled the airways!

True talent.

Art Carney...amazing talent...he and Gleason were the very best...

Watched Carson religiously. Never saw this. Thanks so much.

Sid Caesar was no shrinking violet. He was outgoing and brilliant. Yet, he was remarkably restrained during this evening with Johnny and Art Carney. He really let Art's art shine with no upstaging, no scene-stealing, no banter at all. When it all came together at the end, it was truly special.

@tonyt8805

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing while watching! 😉

@davideaston6944

10 ай бұрын

Me too! I was waiting for Sid C. to cut in and go whacky, but he gracefully let Art have his moment. That's a special show, to have those two on the same night. Legends.

@demef758

10 ай бұрын

Carson's greatest strength was his ego. I say that in the sense that he knew he was among the best of the best, and as such was unafraid to let others shine on his show, unafraid that they might steal his thunder. It was Jack Benny who told Johnny to let the acts on his show be their best because the next day, people would talk about it by saying "did you see the Johnny Carson show last night?"...

@TeachinTV

10 ай бұрын

@@demef758 interesting point. I wonder, at what do you think HE thought he was best? He was talented at many things: drumming, comedian, game show panelist and host, talk show host, master of ceremonies at countless events, car racing...

@patrickdowling529

10 ай бұрын

@@TeachinTV For awhile there, Johnny reigned supreme in the TELEVISION world . However, he never was able to ascend to the very top rung of the overall entertainment universe because he couldn’t sing and had only a few acting credits. That honor belonged to Frank Sinatra who could do it all.

Was not expecting Art to play that song. Great choice, sir.

So glade I have this as a memory Art and the JC show. I think I grew up in one of the best times in history.

Love Art. Love Sid. Love johnny. Oh how I miss this wonderful time

I cherish every video of Johnny's shows from New York.

@TheSpiralnotebook

10 ай бұрын

Did you ever notice the Burbank jokes?

Those were the days. Indeed they were.... All gone but never forgotten. Thanks guys.

I’m back in my parents bed, past bedtime. Watching this many years ago.. it was amazing!!

Damn the talent these guys have. I think these guys took all the talent that was left.

Art Carny on the piano....Sid Caesar playing sax... and Johnny on the drums, as the credits roll. Amazing!!

That was absolute magic.

Art on piano, Johnny on drums. Never knew their musical talent. RIP funny men.

Jeepers, this pulled hard on my heart strings. What a wonderful surprise this is! Thank you for sharing!

Sublime episode. Carson was so much fun to watch

@bobboscarato1313

10 ай бұрын

Carson was also very good with magic tricks which he performed from time to time!

johnny is a good jazz drummer, they are all amazing. father time will call us all home eventually and they are missed.

Art Carney was hysterical as Norton in the Honeymooners. A tremendous actor. I read that he was great in the movie, Harry and Tonto. I have yet to see it. I believe that was the name of the movie.

@wmbrown6

10 ай бұрын

It was. He made it not long after this appearance.

@Mr39036ce

10 ай бұрын

he also appeared in the Broadway stage play Harvey. About an imaginary character only he could see.

@nealsims8372

10 ай бұрын

He won the Oscar, beating out Jack Nicholson for Chinatown.

@marcob6880

10 ай бұрын

​@Mr39036ce James Stewart did the movie and it was great, one of my favorites of all time. Harvey was a 6 foot white rabbit btw

@kensellers4082

10 ай бұрын

Mr. Carney also served as an infantryman in the US Army during World War II; he was wounded at the Allied invasion at Normandy, France ion June 6, 1944. He was an amazing man.

Legends! We have nothing like this today.

Pure gold. Sid, Art & Johnny. I could sit & listen to the 3 of them just talk for hrs. Today's pretenders would tell you themselves... they don't hold a candle. When you think back on these guys... remember the saying: "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened"... 🥲

Didn't know Sid played the sax. I learn something new every day.

@thelonesomefisherman7425

10 ай бұрын

I didn't know that Art played piano. I knew Johnny played the drums, though.

@robertdiotalevi285

10 ай бұрын

I did not know either of them played!

@user-yy5fx6qo5l

23 күн бұрын

I remember seeing this when it originally aired. I was laughing so hard I woke my wife up. she started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago which infact broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.

Art Carney’s best appearance was with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. But it’s always good to see him! He is hilarious!😂😂! Sadly we will never see the comedic style and sense of humor that he and his generation brought again. 😔

@tonyt8805

10 ай бұрын

Burt and Dom couldn't compose themselves! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

@joebiggs4387

10 ай бұрын

@@tonyt8805 😂😂! Dom DeLuise is screaming in the background with that laugh he had….Hilarious!

@tonyt8805

10 ай бұрын

Exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What an amazing talent! Not only was Art Carney an amazing comedic actor but an amazing dramatic actor as he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1974! He seems like a wonderful person , able to make fun of himself and with no ego! A lot of talent on that stage with Sid Cesar and Johnny Carson as well!

Well whatdoyaknow! Johnny played the drums. You learn something new every day.

Again I say, when late night was worth staying up for. Real talent.

Wow wow! Magnificent memories of watching this on weekends with my father who had a great sense of humor and looked like Johnny 🎉

Of all the years I've watched Johnny, I never saw this, Appreciate ya posting it.

The best late night stuff ever…

Who doesn’t love Art Carny? “Harry and Tonto” is still one of my favorite movies.

These guys were so incredibly talented.

Art was only 55 yrs. old when this was recorded but looks like he could have been 80. Art did not age well but still lived a pretty long life, he was a natural entertainer you can just see it ooze out of him whether playing music or doing schtick.

@TheSpiralnotebook

10 ай бұрын

He aged due to being an alcoholic since he was a teenager.

Art Carney playing a stylized version of "If" by David Gates of Bread, now I've seen everything. It was very well done, I must say.

@TheSpiralnotebook

10 ай бұрын

With a little bit of "Til there Was You" from Music Man

Wow. That's such a wonderful rendition of 'If', by Bread. And it was only released 2 years before this was recorded. He played it as if he knew it for years. I wonder who arranged it?

@mountlite

10 ай бұрын

Yeast

@peterharrison5833

10 ай бұрын

He did. It comes from years of playing piano in bars, lounges, and jazz clubs. It's not so much "arranged" as it's more of a case of knowing the tune in it's entirety--the melody, the chords, the phasing, and the lyrics. Jazz musicians do this all the time. Once a player like that knows a tune, he or she can pretty much do anything they want to do with it spontaneously.

@UnknownPascal-sc2nk

10 ай бұрын

And then just a phrase of Till There Was You from The Music Man (the only Broadway tune ever covered by the Beatles).

Art Carney was a priceless talent. His role as Ed Norton on the Honeymooners was classic.

American broadcasting was on the mountaintop here. We knew it had to end someday, but what a glorious era.

I never appreciated Art Carney when I was young. Now I do. He is so tslented. So are the other two. Gold.

This was a wonderful surprise and I'm so glad that this was put on KZread. I probably saw the show when it aired originally, but you see SO MUCH t.v. over the years, you forget -- thanks for the reminder.

I hated to see this episode end when it was on originally. Hated to see it end, one more time. Thank you, thank you for uploading this segment!!!!

When late night TV was worth watching!

I like to wacth the Johnny Carson clips from back then GREAT SHOW, there is not another talk show that comes close as far as I'm concerned

When TV still had some class.... Good night gentleman, may you be serenading friends and loved ones in a wonderful place...

Unprecedented classy gents. So called "talent" today can't hold a candle to my parents generation. Miss you Johnny, Art, Sid, Ed, Doc S......betcha still entertaining in heaven. Thanks for the miles of smiles.

Art Carney is 55 years old here! Men looked much older then.

@Lucille69caddy

10 ай бұрын

54 1/2😳. People in general looked much older. Their wardrobes and hairstyles……

@SMac-bq8sk

10 ай бұрын

Hard work will age a person early. People actually worked back then.

I was 11 years old when this was broadcast. I don't remember it but I watched a lot of Johnny Carson with my parents back then. I was sickly as a kid so they would let me stay up late with them and watch Carson while my brother and sisters were tucked into their beds. As someone also mentioned in these comments, more talent right here than in a weeks worth the new night shows here in July of 2023...

I've loved art Carney since I was about four years old.

I never knew Art Carney could play the piano so well or Sid Caesar could play the sax. Talented guys all.

I didn't know these guys had these talents. Great bunch of guys.

Art Carney was a marvelous man. We used to watch him on the Jackie Gleason show, and thought that was all there was to his art. Boy were we wrong. He was a great actor and musician as well…. And the fabulous Cyd Caesar had all of us laughing for days along with Imagine Coca, and Nanette Fabray. I can remember when Gleeson’s show came on, we were allowed to stay up and watch it, then immediately after ward go to bed.

@louisd95714

10 ай бұрын

It was a bit before my time, but I believe you're referring to "Your Show of Shows"?