"We are at a very dangerous moment in our history." Look where we are now Carl. Much missed, great educator.

@hwoods01

8 ай бұрын

rigged elections by the people Carl supported. A fool.

Carl Sagan was like the Mr. Rogers of science: he managed to explain things in a way that everyone could understand, but he somehow did it without talking down to anyone. I love that.

@bphlatsax75

4 жыл бұрын

That's why I like Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson! He makes science understandable and fun! Dr. Sagan was a mentor to him.

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

You'll find that the best scientists and teachers have that same ability to take the most complex subjects and explain them so elegantly that they are easily understandable, and they make you feel they're inviting you to share the secrets of the universe with them in the process. J. Robert Oppenheimer had that same ability which is how he was able to get along so well with Gen. Leslie Groves during the Manhattan Project. Richard Feynman could also make the complex comprehensible.

@roeland195

3 жыл бұрын

@@bphlatsax75 Yeah but for some reason NDT has an air of arrogance to him. None of which i see in carl Sagan. NDT is still a cool guy but wish he would tone it down a bit sometimes.

@KenOtwell

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Rogers targeted 2 to 3 year olds with intelligent conversations. Carl Sagan targeted adults.

@KenOtwell

3 жыл бұрын

@@bphlatsax75 I used to like Tyson, but unfortunately it's all gone to his head.

This is 42 years old and still fascinating!

This interview was void of laughs for its full duration of about fifteen minutes, and Johnny Carson kept it on that high level throughout. He had the integrity to pursue a serious subject on late night television and to give his audience credit for having the intelligence to appreciate it. I cannot imagine Jimmy Fallon having a serious discussion with the likes of Carl Sagan without bursting out in schoolboy giggles.

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson was a serious amateur astronomer (there is even an asteroid he discovered that is named for him) and even when he parodied Carl Sagan in a Tonight Show skit he made absolutely certain to get the science right. Sagan was one of Carson's most favourite guests and he had him on the show multiple times, along with other intellectual heavyweights like Capt. (later RAdm) Grace Hopper, the U.S. Navy computer pioneer.

@Maddolis

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm really enjoying going back and watching interviews from before my time. Cavett and Carson had some phenomenal guests. KZread can be a wonderful resource at times!

@iwannaseenow1

3 жыл бұрын

colbert loves science. unfortunately, we rarely get this length of uninterrupted discussion, so nothing really gets too deep.

@jimg5669

3 жыл бұрын

@@LordZontar ... Not a fan of Dave but for his enthusiasm for amateur/backyard astronomy. And I won't dismiss all current late night hosts as some might either. But I do hold Johnny in high regard for that rare trait... being a generous host. Carl was a favorite I'm sure, but for any... read what you can, ask what you need, and make them feel welcome and appreciated. Many do it... few truly excell at it. When you love the job... it ain't hardly like work at all. 😄 Miss you Johnny.

@pedrocorrreia8581

3 жыл бұрын

Carl sagan: we can now take pictures of the other planets Fallon:(slaps table laughing) maaaannn that's like so cool haha haha

There is something deeply satisfying about listening to Carl Sagan speak... we are lucky he lived in a time we could record video, and don't have to rely on just books for his wisdom.

@thomastuohy829

4 жыл бұрын

Just books?

@lutaayam

4 жыл бұрын

I don't like reading his books, because I would rather listen to them in his voice.

@AngelLestat2

4 жыл бұрын

Carl sagan speak to us, we can not speak to him :) Light years away separate us from this genius.

@erivsquz1021

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

4 жыл бұрын

Chew(ie) on this: Carl Sagan is only one who can get away with dissing Star Wars!

Carl Sagan calls out racism in Star Wars years before this even became a thing. Sagan was truly an insightful man even for his time.

@IsaacAsimov1992

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I noted that too. The great Isaac Asimov said he'd only met two people smarter than him: Marvin Minsky and Carl Sagan.

@conniestone6251

5 жыл бұрын

1978 was HUGE time for calling out civil rights and inequality! You need to do some research about those years :) look up some of David Bowie's interviews when he came to USA! Or just listen to 3/4 of the music and art...

@miltonsmith974

4 жыл бұрын

Sagan called out racism "years before this became a thing?" Are you serious? Confronting the problem of racism far, far predated this show. Racism was being "called out" by influential voices long before this show aired in 1978. The Civil Rights Movement didn't begin with Carl Sagan, it began in this country with people like Rosa Parks, Bayard Rustin, Martin L. King Jr., Dorothy Height, Et al. In reality, challenging racism has been a "thing" for as long as mankind has walked the earth.

@IsaacAsimov1992

4 жыл бұрын

@@miltonsmith974 True. But I'd be pretty sure that Kevin was referring to the more recent period of mass communications, beginning around 500 years ago with print and then moving onto radio, television and now internet.

@Zeklore

4 жыл бұрын

“Racism”

Carl Sagan was so ahead of his time... and ours.

@28Pluto

3 жыл бұрын

No, he was NOT ahead of his time. He was exactly of his time. Scientists have been trying to convey these messages for decades. Global warming has been known since the 70s. But since politics rule the world, they get ignored.

@Tessmage_Tessera

2 жыл бұрын

@Peanut Buzzard Childish.

@bigbruiser5713

2 жыл бұрын

'Carl Segan' was a CIA hamactor larper who also played VP 'Walter Mondale'

@Tessmage_Tessera

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigbruiser5713 Do you also believe in mermaids and unicorns?

@loganwilbur5131

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigbruiser5713 you are the worst (assuming you're serious) 🙄

This interview highlights Johnny Carson’s intellect. He asked great questions and understood the answers.

12:33 - "people who are dead convey their wisdom to us"... to Carl, it was Socrates. 41 years later, Carl does so to me here today. He's missed! Gone but not forgotten.

@russellcampbell9198

4 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@dabprod4962

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@d.s.2016

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I don't miss Socrates. But I do miss Carl.

@jschapp77

4 жыл бұрын

Pale blue dot. Best speech ever.

@ispartacus1337

3 жыл бұрын

Really amazing. I realized the significance of what he said but I didnt realize the relevance. Hes doing exactly that to me as well right now. Thank you for pointing that out.

I love Carl Sagan for his brilliance and I love Johnny Carson for his humanistic and friendly approach to topics outside his comfort zone.

@robertcaldwell910

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick See! You are right in the overall view, Johnny had that gift with just about anybody. Johnny, however, was an amateur astronomer, which greatly helped with his relatively astute questions to Carl, who also handled things smoothly...like in quick fashion talking about the Law of the Inverse Square. Thanks, Nick See, for the great observation here!

@Obamafan6861

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny was curious about everything, and did not suffer fools. He buried Uri Gellar.

@TheFaithfulAtheist

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny was a very well read man. I dont know that I would call this 'outside his comfort zone' necessarily. That said, you are still correct about him.

@endokrin7897

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God Johnny was intelligent; he could hold a conversation with Carl Sagan. Obviously they had time constraints, but I would LOVE to see Carl Sagan interviewed for an hour, 2 hours, ALL DAY by someone who is smart, but not a physicist. Someone who has questions, but can keep the conversation moving. And, gosh, Carl Sagan had a great way of breaking things down for normal people to understand... but not DUMBING them down! I love his voice.

@robertpsotka3525

3 жыл бұрын

excellent

I was 10 and listening to Carl made me sit in amazement... Now I'm 53 and I am still amazed listening to Carl.

@amycrunch3812

2 жыл бұрын

Thinking both inside and outside the box.

@jameswalker5223

2 жыл бұрын

Your math doesn't add up

@HardRockMiner

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameswalker5223 - I was born in 68. This was from 78. It's not exactly trigonometry...

@AustinRogers1

Жыл бұрын

I am amazed at God!

When he was my advisor, he wasnt famous. He was amazing.

@AmanExplorerBoy

4 жыл бұрын

Please tell more about your experiences sir

@dr.lairdwhitehillsfunwitha67

4 жыл бұрын

He was kind. Just like on tv. But to everyone he spoke to. Including me. At the time, it was his kindness I valued most. And of course, everything he said was brilliant and original. In everyday conversation. I took me 50 years to risk being myself on KZread, without worrying that I was no Carl Sagan. See my channel.

@MultiBikerboy1

4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Laird Whitehill's Fun with Astronomy Channel shame he is not around to see ‘To the Stars Academy’ he would be amazed....life’s so cruel.

@janaprocella8268

4 жыл бұрын

How blessed you were to have known him.!

@igunashiodesu

4 жыл бұрын

@@dr.lairdwhitehillsfunwitha67 I've had the opportunity of meeting various peoples in important positions. What I've found, is that those who are truly great don't like self-indulgence and are among the kindest peoples I have met. Most others are just egomaniacal charlatans who have been great at PR.

Such intelligent discourse is not allowed on television today.

@theonlymonkeymagic

5 жыл бұрын

Sad, but so true.. :-(

@josephmango4628

5 жыл бұрын

No truer words were ever said.

@ericwidder2954

5 жыл бұрын

I read that in carls voice.

@rickgano75

5 жыл бұрын

Neal deGrasse Tyson ably fills Sagan's shoes.

@cybertron50

5 жыл бұрын

Provided Jimmy Fallon gets time from his carpool karaoke gigs !!

Carl Sagan was 43 here. He died in 1996, only 62 years old. Far too early...

@MultiBikerboy1

4 жыл бұрын

robert4you exactly well said, if he was still around he would be able to see ‘To the Stars Academy’ how he would be amazed to have been proven wrong.

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah another one of the giants to succumb to cancer. Rick Feynman preceded him in 1988.

@handhdhd6522

4 жыл бұрын

Wish feynman was alive longer too, would have loved to meet them both

@bastianrivero

4 жыл бұрын

He left his mark though 😁

@MultiBikerboy1

4 жыл бұрын

Bastian Rivero yeah he certainly did....shame he was wrong about alien contact as the TTSA shows...but hey ya can’t be right about everything.

Carl Sagan was so ahead of his time, so ahead of everyone else. He seems even advanced now watching this in 2019. RIP Carl, a true inspiration. He speaks to the human soul more than any priest or rabbi ever could.

@manofiske3318

2 жыл бұрын

Sagan is , actually, quite narrow-minded in his thinking.

@jasquer

2 жыл бұрын

@@manofiske3318 I think the rest of your comment got lost or something. Please retype it, because now it's just an empty statement.

@racebannon5523

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasquer I would guess that Mano's mind has been stunted by religion.

@Saitanen

2 жыл бұрын

​@@manofiske3318 Actually, that's, like, your opinion, good sir, it does carry little substance. Have a lovely day.

@maxdicklim9786

Жыл бұрын

For you that’s an accurate statement but your anti religious sentiment and hatred is not needed lol. There are plenty of people out there that don’t agree with your statement so speak for yourself and not others lol. At least Sagan never said anything directly disrespectful to people of different faiths lol

Carl sagan was such a treasure. He had an eloquent way of explaining complicated concepts. Johnny asked what's the value in detecting a signal if correspondence takes fifty or a hundred years. Carl perfectly responded by saying our ancestors from hundreds of years ago speak to us and impart their wisdom.

I just time travelled to 1978!! This man was a gift to humanity. None like him

LMFAO even Carl was wondering why the wookie wasn't given a medal!

@erictaylor5462

7 жыл бұрын

All those Black heroes in WWII wondered the same thing. Much the same reason I guess. Fucking racism.

@dirkm1920

5 жыл бұрын

Chewie indeed gets a medal in the novel.

@The22on

5 жыл бұрын

@@erictaylor5462 Where would you pin a medal on a Wookie?

@masonhamlin8239

5 жыл бұрын

It was plainly stated after the movie came out, chewy didn’t have a medal on because he was too tall for leia to put it around his neck. You know, because with all that advanced knowledge, they hadn’t invented the step stool yet.

@theemailaddy

5 жыл бұрын

@@The22on It wasn't pinned, but on a sash much like Olympic medals, put over your head.

Even though this was many years before Carl wrote "contact" you can see the script in his head already. The prime numbers and old TV transmissions.

@JoseGarcia-sm2yq

4 жыл бұрын

That's true. Contact always was in his mind.

@S3SSioN_Solaris

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. A Visionary and a man of Action.

@kennethmarshall306

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. That's what I was thinking.

@zapfanzapfan

4 жыл бұрын

From what I've read he and Ann started writing the movie script in 1979 when one of his friends went into the movie business and apparently he and Francis Ford Coppola had talked about it around 1975 so I'm sure a lot of the ideas were already formed. It was only when the movie didn't seem to go anywhere that it was turned into a novel instead.

This is 15 minutes of pure class. A classy interviewer in Carson and a classy guest in Sagan.

That interview is super smart. He doesn't act dumb like most hosts on TV right now.

@shrapnel77

7 жыл бұрын

Carson was pure class and the best. He studied Astronomy and was fascinated by it. He loved having Sagan on the show and did impressions of him.

@karkinissan

7 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's amazing. No wonder he knew so many right questions to ask. I'm now sad I never got to see his show as it was airing.

@jamesriley4364

5 жыл бұрын

Nissan Karki that’s Carson. A legend

@ceciliateixeira5195

5 жыл бұрын

too smart for that, get it

@user-yl4lf9mh1w

5 жыл бұрын

This was before america was sold off to the rich.

Carl was so cool, I sure do miss him.

@EdWeibe

7 жыл бұрын

indeed.

@vijayshreenivos9417

6 жыл бұрын

I only realised such a great man existed 10 years back in his evergreen video title COSMOS. deeply missisng him

@ceciliateixeira5195

5 жыл бұрын

will always be

@bobcoughlan929

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone who hasn’t already done so, should read Carl’s book called Contact, and watch the movie based on the book. That is how sci-fi is done.

@magicalgold010

5 жыл бұрын

All scientists 🥼 that smoke 💨 pot are super cool

I could listen to Carl Sagan all day long. He left us too soon. Carl, thanks for the memories.

Could listen to his voice forever.

Props to Johnny for doing his homework, for asking intelligent questions, and for not going for cheap laughs at Sagan's expense. I wish we had billions and billions of dollars to fund space exploration. We miss you Dr. Sagan...thanks for all you taught us!!!

@lakecountynaturalist7617

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny was an amateur astronomer.

@-danR

2 жыл бұрын

@@lakecountynaturalist7617 He also had a minor in physics (1949) at University of Nebraska.

This brings me indescribable joy.

@ADEehrh

5 жыл бұрын

And sadness

@The22on

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with both of you - joy and sadness. Carson was almost part of my family growing up. He was on our TV almost every week night. And Carl Sagan inspired me with his talk of our big universe with billions and billions of stars lol. His TV show COSMOS was wonderful. I still remember his episode on THE COSMIC CALENDAR where the entire history of our universe is put on a one year calendar. Jan 1 is the big bang. dec 31 is now. Did you know that humans only appeared about 10 minutes before midnight on December 31?

@keekwai2

4 жыл бұрын

Indescribable? You need to build up your vocabulary.

I miss this guy so much. He was a powerful communicator and overall was a great human being.

both are brilliant in their own right. We missed them so much. World is not as happy a place without them.

Respect for this gentleman Carl Sagan! What a man, the command over language, the eloquence, the style ...

@johntechwriter

4 жыл бұрын

The positive attitude, his personal warmth and optimism for humanity . . .

@evolve101

4 жыл бұрын

@@johntechwriter Yes! He invokes much respect. Very good human qualities.

His comments about Star Wars were hilarious but spot on. "Everybody running the Galaxy looked like us." lol.

@James-cb7nb

5 жыл бұрын

Thought about captain Antilles but then realized the prequels weren't out by then

@youferrer

5 жыл бұрын

Lucas stated that he first wanted it to look all like alien life forms and no humans but they felt it would be too cartoonish and wouldn't sell.

@drgonzo7806

5 жыл бұрын

Star Trek had the same dilemma

@ScottyColoradoKid

5 жыл бұрын

He basically calls Lucas a racist!! I love it!

@dpol4at

5 жыл бұрын

Speak for your self. Or are your caught back in 1978? We know aliens are gray now and we know they come in any color size.

Carl Sagan was an intellectual GIANT, I could listen to him for hours and hours and still there would be a multitude of things left for him to say that would fascinate me

In 15 minutes this man brought light to so many important issues that have been ignored. Remember this when you vote we have politicians in office today that were in office the night this aired and probably watched it and ignored it

You are missed Professor Sagan.

@thomaspick4123

4 жыл бұрын

David Hutchinson They are both dead. Sagan was an atheist. Johnny allowed woman on his show if they slept with hm.

@1115asmara

4 жыл бұрын

Very much missed. We are lucky we lived in his time. Much respect professor Sagan.

@joey22306

4 жыл бұрын

@Jesus is Dog : hehe

@S3SSioN_Solaris

4 жыл бұрын

@Jesus is Dog : good game. well played.

@johntechwriter

4 жыл бұрын

I miss his optimism.

carl has that voice that could read you a book before bedtime, just like morgan freeman, and just make you relax and fall asleep. you are missed, sir.

@zapfanzapfan

4 жыл бұрын

I have used the series Cosmos for that purpose on occasion. He has such a soothing voice :-)

@echoecho3108

9 ай бұрын

@@zapfanzapfan Yes, his voice is soothing, but what he says so fascinating to me, that I'd be up all night, just listening, and learning.

I could listen to Carl speak every day. Thankful he was recorded. However, imagine him today when he’d have a super popular podcast. RIP Carl

I can hear his voice for eternity

That evening the average IQ of the people at the Johnny Carson show doubled.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

3 жыл бұрын

I, uh...I don't think that's how IQs work. 🤔

@Piaseczno1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid True, but I think I understand the point she's attempting to convey.

@Jinka1950

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Here’s a person who makes learning fascinating and exciting and intriguing. I’m so happy he was here on this planet.

@gokurocks9

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid Carl made people feel smart and newly aware of something they once weren't before, as if you are learning with him.

@markmcgowan5656

2 жыл бұрын

The earth is flat and there isn’t anything but stars, angel’s and Yahweh up there.

Sagan's comments could be said today and he'd still be dead-on contemporary. Carson was a voracious reader and could keep up with his intellectual superiors while still remaining light and grounded for the average audience. Here we have two masters at work, and yes, a lot of us miss this.

@steveblixt9437

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily, today we have Stephen Colbert who absolutely loves Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Carl Sagan = Timeless knowledge

As someone born way after this aired, I'm really appreciative that this was recorded and is so easily accessible. Two greats having a conversation.

@carlsagan2561

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, just realized I posted co-incidentally on my Carl Sagan named account.

My HERO!! I cried and cried when he died... and most everyone thought that I was bonkers :'(

@allenrussell1947

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. A childhood hero. I watched COSMOS with my dad and it changed my life. So brilliant. I openly wept when I heard he had died.

@Stevenowski

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ is my hero. Carl now believes in Him too.

@allenrussell1947

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stevenowski good for you.

@allenrussell1947

3 жыл бұрын

@DECLAN DOUGAN nope

@Ziggyziggy1

3 жыл бұрын

As you can tell, People haven't got time to reply to your meaningless comment, Unfortunately for me, I couldn't resist!

It's amazing how much info was dropped between them in a short 15 minute clip that I'm not sure would happen today.

@adamwuksta3255

4 жыл бұрын

So true, these days the presenters spend their time looking for quick audience laughs rather than taking the opportunity to genuinely interact with such wise people

Carson was smart and polite enough not to interrupt this brilliant man. That's when great interviews happen.

@2fast2block

4 жыл бұрын

Carl was a dumbass who believed the creation of the universe happened without God. Since you think he was brilliant, explain how we got creation without God.

We are made of star stuff -CARL SAGAN ❤

Carl always made the difficult sound understandable,comprehensible and interesting to the layman. A unique person.

"socrates talks to us - we don't talk to socrates..." my thought of the day.

@NessieAndrew

5 жыл бұрын

wow wow, insane

@conniestone6251

5 жыл бұрын

and that statement made perfect sense.... explaining a difficult to imagine phenomena; That is the MAGIC of Carl!

@thienle743

4 жыл бұрын

How awesome it would be to have a chat with Carl Sagan

@yangerjamir0906

4 жыл бұрын

@turin turamba, I'll be so in awe that I'll be left speechless and just be a goofball.

@inkyguy

4 жыл бұрын

anotherbored genius, sometimes the obvious sounds the most profound. Said well, “the sky is blue” works equally well.

Sagan was simply the best...With no ego issues, no one made more sense of existence and communicated it better than he.

He has such a badass voice and personality

This man was brilliant. His influence lives on far after his life.

@steveblixt9437

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily we have his reincarnation in the student he mentored, Neil Degrasse Tyson.

@inertiaforce7846

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveblixt9437 Carl Sagan was better overall than Neil Tyson in my opinion. But Neil is still good.

My life changed when my daddy brought the book COSMOS to home. Thanks dad. Thanks Prof. Sagan wherever you are.

@giacomore

5 жыл бұрын

The movie covered only the first story, Eli's travels and the politics involved but stopped short of the most profound part of the book where the (say, God's) "signature" is found in irrational numbers which is the real climax of the book. I wasn't surprised. Theatre audiences would have gone "what?". The idea would be hard to convey.

@chriswaters926

5 жыл бұрын

Mino Re do you mean Contact ?

@dusanninic9572

4 жыл бұрын

You are my brother! But, my father is a military man, and J discoverd Carl Sagan by myself. The Cosmos is the best book in my home library. Sagan, Tesla, Einstein, Feynman, Darwin, Mozart, Tolstoy and Ghandi. All my idols...

@jeschinstad

4 жыл бұрын

@@chriswaters926: The magnificent documentary TV series The Cosmos, was actually based on a book by the same title.

Johnny was such a good host--you literally forget he's there, because he perfectly frames all of his guests without distracting from them, and pulls up the slack only when it's needed. He looks straight into their eyes while he's interviewing them and really listens. Now every host has to have their own personality and try to out-funny all their guests. I was too young to see these when they aired but I can see why everyone loved him. RIP Johnny

Moments like this are a treasure. And when they are eventually received, by some intergalactic antenna, we may not be perceived as such a hopeless specie to the receiver, as we might have otherwise.. Thank you Carl Sagan.

Sagan's "Cosmos" series was the first time I remember getting together with friends living apart to watch a TV show. He was the perfect scientist to be on Carson and communicate effectively to the public like any other person would, like he did on his show.

When they made the film "Contact" it ends the credits with "For Carl" and I burst into tears because I know he would have approved. It was done so well I could watch it over and over. We will always remember you Dr. Sagan.

@inkyguy

4 жыл бұрын

Susan Bennett, in fact, there was a lot of criticism of the film is based on the fact that it diverges significantly from the book and would not have been a story Sagan would have agreed with.

@DanielVerberne

4 жыл бұрын

The Contact film was different from book for dramatic reasons but I think it captured the essence of Carl’s vision.

Carl Sagan correctly focused on the true threats to mankind even back then. His intelligence was scintillating.

''If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe".

I used to LOVE Cosmos. "Billions and Billions of stars"...I never knew Carl Sagan had such a great sense of humor

@larrylindgren9484

2 жыл бұрын

Carl has said many time he never said that.

@Gyrfalcon312

Жыл бұрын

​@@larrylindgren9484 Until he wrote it in his final book, _Billions and Billions_ . Lol. It was funny, how we wrote it there.

Two icons gone but not forgotten, their legacy ensures their immortality, this was when TV was fun to watch.

Always loved Mr.Sagan, and really love how Johnny is asking insightful pertinent questions, there's a reason he's the GOAT.

8:10 look at the genuine interest that Johnny shows here. It's fascinating how enthralling Carl Sagan's thoughts and words were. He provoked such deep thought and was able to provide such a firm understanding of broad topics and continues to do so even now through videos like this and his books and tv series. Incredible.

Johnny Carson seemed quite intelligent compared to today's talk show host. I'm sure some of the hosts are quite smart today, but the shows are dumbed down for mass consumption.

@shrapnel77

7 жыл бұрын

Carson was the #1 show for many years, so it appealed to mass consumption as well. Today, shows are dumbed down because most people do not like intelligent, thought provoking conversation. It scares them.

@whoiscodyblood

5 жыл бұрын

@@shrapnel77 i think they are suffering from catastrophe exhaustion... too bad shit just keeps on hitting the fan.

@PC4USE1

5 жыл бұрын

Carson had his own telescope and was an interested amateur.I guess those Nebraska nights away from the big city gave him a view of the night sky that we city boys didn't get. The night sky in the country blew my mind as a kid when on vacation.

@Alex_1729

5 жыл бұрын

@@shrapnel77 Why do you think such conversations scare people?

@PC4USE1

5 жыл бұрын

@@ago3241 Out of all the Late Night Hosts,Conan is the best as long as he doesn't stray into the political realm. Fallon is a talented singer and mimic but not a great wit. Colbert was never to my taste nor was Kimmel. Conan is very clever.

"Impoverished grad students"... over 40 years later, somethings never change!

@DAFIZZIF

4 жыл бұрын

Way too much hasn't. Carl would be ashamed, yet reticently hopeful in the current world I think.

@davidm374

3 жыл бұрын

‘The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

@panchorodriguez7246

3 жыл бұрын

"...over 40 years later, some things never change!"

@gokurocks9

3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Sagan was a real one

Johnny Carson was a great talk show host, and a great interviewer.

interviews are never this long anymore. johnny was top of his game they just let him roll like he was gold lol

We need more people like Carl Sagan.. Man is he missed!

@michelangelobuonarroti916

4 жыл бұрын

We still have Neil deGrasse Tyson.

@MrLockitintight

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, we have many Carl Sagan's now

thank you johnny for not dumbing down the conversation to get a few cheap laughs as is the wont of today's hosts.

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson was a serious amateur astronomer (there is even an asteroid he discovered that is named for him) and even when he parodied Carl Sagan in a Tonight Show skit he made absolutely certain to get the science right. Sagan was one of Carson's most favourite guests and he had him on the show multiple times, along with other intellectual heavyweights like Capt. (later RAdm) Grace Hopper, the U.S. Navy computer pioneer.

@jayneneewing2369

3 жыл бұрын

The cheapest laugh of all imho was Jimmy Fallon (from SNL) asked to, and then tousled tRump’s hair. Never watched him, not even a short clip, to this very day. Ugh. Can you imagine him sitting with Carl Sagan? Not in a billion lightyears.

Lovely how the discussion is so riveting that everybody is drawn into it completely. So much value in such a short time. Wish we had more shows like this.

What a commanding presence and brilliant mind. I never knew of Carl Sagan during his lifetime, but I feel like I did.

Even Carl thought the Wookiee deserved a medal.

Does anyone miss Carl right now? I surely do.

What a titanic presence, mind and intellect. We miss you more than ever in 2020 Dr. Sagan.

This is facinating. The ideas and science discussed in this interview from just over 44 years ago became a book in 1985. A film, based on that book, was released in 1997.

So miss Carl. And even Johnny.

Thanks for posting this. Carl Sagan is still a huge hero of mine and the book they mentioned "Dragons Of Eden" was wonderful. He looks so youthful and vibrant here, it just make me feel sad he is no longer with us.

@2fast2block

4 жыл бұрын

Carl was a dumbass who believed the creation of the universe happened without God. Since you think he was a hero of yours, explain how we got creation without God.

Carl Sagan is my hero. Love him so much he was the basis for my salutatorian speech for my college graduation. Yeah I went for CS and he was my inspiration for that. Love and miss you Carl!

I'm so glad I discovered Carl Sagan.

Carl Sagan..brillant and amazing man.

Sheer class, both Carl in his field, and Johnny in his. A lesson to today’s world not to take the dumb down route that seems to be the default now.

@d.e.b.b5788

5 жыл бұрын

When our leaders behave as morons, the truth is not the truth, don't believe what you see and hear, the news has become entertainment, not relying on facts, newscasters make shit up (Brian Williams) and keep their jobs, people with doctorates (more than one, but I refer to Ronald Lewis as the best known example) found to have plagerized their doctoral dissertation with no ramifications, what can you expect? a TV media that is almost always nonsense.

I jumped out of my couch to say THANK YOU CARL for standing up for the Wookie!

Wow. Carl Sagan. What a man and a mind! THANK YOU for posting this!

He had a way of explaining things.

Man I wish we had made contact with aliens in his lifetime just so he could have met them.

@LordofMovies91

5 жыл бұрын

*Carl gets facehugged...gives birth to the most intelligent Xenomorph ever, even smarter than the Gremlin in GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH

@stanmonzon5788

5 жыл бұрын

hollow what if they’d been malevolent and had committed vile, sadistic acts on Sagan? Why are you assuming they’d be nice?

@keekwai2

4 жыл бұрын

And HOW would he have "MET" them.

@charlesmiddleton402

4 жыл бұрын

Aliens,yet to be proven as existing, yes it make sense they are out there,but really,if they existed wouldn't someone know about it?

@paperEATER101

4 жыл бұрын

it was another ten years almost before that fateful day they landed

I could listen to him for hours on end. An amazing human being from Brooklyn.🗽

Wonderful listening with Carl Sagan on the show it can't get better

Johnny must love talking to Segan because he was on for 16 min and is so truely interested!

He's fascinating. I can listen to Carl Sagan all day.

What enjoyable man to listen to speak, would be fantastic to be able to spend time listening and speaking with him. He comes across as not only scientifically brilliant but also just a genuinely nice person

@2fast2block

4 жыл бұрын

Carl was a dumbass who believed the creation of the universe happened without God. Since you think he was brilliant, explain how we got creation without God.

I have recently discovered this amazing human being, I am watching his great documentary "Cosmos", and I feel a profound loss and sorrow that he is no longer among us. 😥. RIP. Hope, we will not let him down.

"We are in the process of inadvertently altering our climate [through] exhaustion of fossil fuels." - Carl Sagan, 1978

@mandala314

4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@AnexoRialto

4 жыл бұрын

I studied what was called the green house effect from CO2, now global warming, in 1974 in High School. Obsolutely insane that this is controversial in 2020.

@jeschinstad

4 жыл бұрын

@lRaziel1: There's no danger that our atmosphere won't be breathable to us. For us, the heat and the effects of the heat, is the problem. For aquatic life, it's different, since the oceans absorb CO2 makes the water acidic. We must get the CO2 emissions down, but we can easily handle the temperature issues, so I think we'll be good.

@danceswithcritters

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeschinstad We can handle the temps. but not the breakdown in the food chain .

@jeschinstad

3 жыл бұрын

@@danceswithcritters: Heat causes a breakdown in the food chain. Steak is made from grass, you know. That's literally the food chain. But people are already dying from heat every year. Here in Oslo, we hardly get any snow anymore, because it's just slightly warmer, causing new snow to melt, which allows the ground to absorb heat from the sun, which causes the snow to melt. Very small changes can have very significant results. We're in the vacuum of space, so it's very difficult for us to get rid of heat. Otherwise our planet would've been stone cold billions of years ago. No, we can't handle temperatures, but obviously, they'll cause global wars long before they kill us directly.

Carl Sagans Cosmos is the true bible of the earth and beyond. . This was a truly great man. . RIP

@dusanninic9572

4 жыл бұрын

"Cosmos" is the best book J've read in my life.

@Stevenowski

3 жыл бұрын

@@dusanninic9572 Try the Holy Bible for the REAL truth.

@chocktaebolanca757

3 жыл бұрын

Stevenowski why are you watching this than?

@roder51

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stevenowski Yes because talking snakes, walking on water, virgin births and water turning into wine just makes so much more sense. F**KING IDIOT!

Carl Sagan was... I have no words to describe him. A superior man. I think I have seen and read all his 'opus' infinite times. Carl was not an usual smart man, was else something superior, he was able to teach us astronomy through poethics

He wrote the novel 'contact'. Did not realise. The one with Jodie Foster. I was very impressed with the movie.

Loved watching Carson, life has been just a little emptier since his show ended.

We sure could use a Carl Sagan in this day and age. What a brilliant man, I've loved reading his books.

@robertcaldwell910

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, you too??? Carl's books are AMAZING! Benjamin, do you also find that one can read his books over and over, learning something EACH time??? Now granted, I am no professional scientist, having done math in the past, otherwise relatively passive in science. Carl's explanations can reach just about anybody, but it pays to take one's time and absorb the RICH information he provides. Thank you, Benjamin, for your great insight !

@steveblixt9437

3 жыл бұрын

We have his student/protege, Neil Degrasse Tyson.

@romulus_

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveblixt9437 he's good but a parsec away from being sagan. and I say this as someone under 40 who didn't experience sagan in his prime.

@diskoeric2248

2 жыл бұрын

We do. Joe Rogan and Donald Trump

Sagan's commentary is always effortlessly dense with thoughtful and humane detail.

I really miss Carl Sagan He'd be so proud of the James Webb space telescope project..

Gosh, how I miss hearing from and seeing this man! America is drowning in a sea of uneducated, arrogant, selfish, highly politicized talking heads who don't have a damn thing to say.

@willnill7946

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Salmins i would say that Carol Sagon represents that arrogant and highly politicized character you speak of

@ozymandias1192

4 жыл бұрын

will Nill In what way?

@chrismofer

4 жыл бұрын

@@willnill7946 who is Carol Sagan?

@louiseclaridge8405

4 жыл бұрын

How true.

@laertesindeed

4 жыл бұрын

@ScottS You just precisely described every major news network.

Thank you Carl for teaching us, the common men to look at the stars to see ourselves.

What brilliant conversation. Thoughtful, educated, considerate and full of intelligent humour with a great display of respect between those involved. I hope we see a return to this as times goes on. We've gone backwards in many ways.

Wow wow wow ! So many memories. Thank you for this blast from the past. Hearing Carl and Johnny reciting 'There was a young woman from Bright' was outstanding!