Grodin lived a good long life... died in 2021 at the age of 86. Johnny died in 2005 age 79. Johnny was born in 1925 and Grodin in 1935. It's so great they can now live on amusing countless others on the Internet. Johnny took over The Tonight Show from Jack Paar in 1962. My mom, who died in 2002 at age 74, like millions of other Americans, spent 40 years enjoying Johnny on late night TV. It really became a ritual for her. What a glorious era!!

When these two fight, it is the audience who wins.

@harpoon_bakery162

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis -- they actually did not like one another

@vhscopyofseinfeld

4 жыл бұрын

Harpoon_Bakery bullshit; this is Grodin’s schtick. He carried it onward to Letterman.

@fluorosco

2 жыл бұрын

@@vhscopyofseinfeld Grodin is/was/is hilarious I love him here and in Heaven Can Wait and Midnight Run Yet to see the Heartbreak Kid

@daveford7414

Жыл бұрын

@@vhscopyofseinfeld your right.funny duo.

This is why I watch Johnny Carson every night of my life growing up before I went to sleep.

@danielfoster8949

3 жыл бұрын

Me too Mike! Even in grade school we were allowed to watch Johnny's monologue and then off to bed. Good memories. Peace buddy

Charles was one of THE best guest on Carsons show...

Grodin keeps setting them up and Carson keeps hitting them out of the park.

You can tell both of them are enjoying each other very much! Comic gold! 🤗

Grodin is my favourite for deadpan humour. And Carson's versatility is extraordinary.

@coryburns9161

3 жыл бұрын

I have always loved Grodin he makes me laugh so much even if I'm not loud laughing because others sleeping I'm still laughing hard so damn funny.

@danielfoster8949

3 жыл бұрын

It's the best, Bad.

@ronnietoots6797

3 жыл бұрын

Grodin is the early version of Norm MacDonald

When Johnny's job was no longer fun, he packed it in. The Tonight Show was and always will be Carson's. He could talk with a farmer, a school teacher, royalty or hollywood celebrities and it didn't matter, because people tuned in to see Johnny. His humor, wit, timing, warmth and an intelligence level rivaled every talk show host before him and since him, Johnny Carson will always be The King of Late Night Television.

@daveford7414

9 ай бұрын

No he was still having fun.

@AFMMarcelD

21 күн бұрын

💯 agreed and after Johnny Craig Ferguson then Conan, in my humble opinion.

Grodin versus Carson, we need more people like this on late night. lol. classic.

@waldosordo5743

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what there doing huh. It's funny because they get each other good. Carson jumps to Rich malibu because he's caught.

"I'll alert the media." I just about died when Johnny said that.

Johnny was sharp as a tack that night.

@gho2traxxpronouncedghosttr279

3 жыл бұрын

Every night! A class act

@ronnietoots6797

2 жыл бұрын

love it that CG challenged Johnny Carson, Johnny proved his wit so many times over the twenty odd years, he is sharp sharp, of course it takes two to tango!! Thanks Charles Grodin for so many intellectually driven and witty laughs, just heard he died.

@fluorosco

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronnietoots6797Brilliant Charles Grodin. His audio books are Brilliant

This has to be twelve of the funniest minutes in TV history. Two comedy legends at the top of their game.

@kait112

9 жыл бұрын

so awkward This is comedy gold.

@johnperrigo6474

5 жыл бұрын

I don't find it awkward. Just funny because they're only messing around with each other without malice.

@sopphocles

5 жыл бұрын

So Awkward amazing isn’t it?

Grodins dry humor cracks me up and Johnny is the perfect host and flos right into character for guest.

Hysterical!! RIP Groden and Johnny. Still entertaining us.

What a combination, what a team. They worked so well together. Grodin with his dead pan delivery and Carson with that sharp wit. This is Classic. It's timeless. They nailed it every time Carson had him as a guest. Many viewers at the time actually believed that Grodin was being antagonistic toward Carson. They didn't get that it was a running bit between them.

Haha! These two had a chemistry made for great television.

When tv was worth watching Long live Carson. And charles is a legend.

This is amazing he’s been like this for decades, what a great act these two had!

RIP - these two wonderful souls. Thanks for the laughs.

two very bright and witty comedic minds "going at it." both have nerves of steel, btw.

These two were marvelous together

Grodin was an incredible guest. He does punchlines, but also does very well as a set up man for Johnny, or Dave, or whatever talk show he was on. Just fantastic.

this is just brilliant....two comedic geniuses doing their thing...Johnny is greatly missed....RIP

It’s obvious that these two liked each other. If they didn’t, Johnny would never have invited him back.

This is part of Grodin’s droll act, his spiel. It was part of the banter that he had with Johnny, who was in on it. I have his book. It’s quite funny.

@fluorosco

2 жыл бұрын

I have the book on my shelf in my study. It would be so nice if it wasn't there

@petersonlafollette3521

Жыл бұрын

They both have droll measured humor and their timing was always spot on...

Charles Grodin will be missed. Brilliant dead pan, droll comic with perfect timing. "Midnight Run"(1989)with Robert DeNiro is a cult classic.

@tnargskoorb1

3 жыл бұрын

That movie is the best. So many people don’t even know about it.

@tylernewton7217

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I have to watch that movie once a year.

@bartharris

9 ай бұрын

@@tnargskoorb1I only saw it recently and really liked it. The only thing I’m confused about is what bounty hunters are allowed to do. I didn’t get that whole deal but the double act between Grodin and DeNiro is amazing.

Grodin gave some of the best deadpan!!

The knuckleheads running the night shows these days could never touch Carson with a 10 ft pole. Just epic.

@jeffzest8393

3 жыл бұрын

Leno and Letterman also great....even Ferguson and Kilborn were fun....none of current hosts worth watching. Need to rely on bleeps because wit is lacking.

@torchyswinson7264

3 жыл бұрын

Wish SOMEONE could be as good as him again!

@Dragon43ish

3 жыл бұрын

true

I’ve never watched Johnny Carson before. That was hilarious, sharp, smart. Loved it. Will seek more from Grodin and Carson.

@marinevetoneroman7232

3 жыл бұрын

Carson has a KZread channel (look for it) you won't be disappointed... goes back 40 years +.. all of them funny.. I know he is gone, but he owns all the rights to these films and the man still is making money.. Genius..

@tnargskoorb1

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Midnight Run. Grodin and DeNiro. It’s amazing.

@tylernewton7217

2 жыл бұрын

@@tnargskoorb1 the scene where Grodin plays the fake FBI/counterfeit guy was hilarious

@tnargskoorb1

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylernewton7217 Ha ha it sure was. I like when Deniro is telling the bondsman guy on the phone he’ll shoot Grodin in the head and dump him in the swamp. Then he shakes his head at Grodin like no I won’t.

@tylernewton7217

2 жыл бұрын

@@tnargskoorb1 ha, that was great too! So many moments in that movie. I have to watch that movie yearly, like Planes Trains & Automobiles.

To this day, no one even comes close to Johnny. No one. He was hilarious & the all-time best.

@funkster007

5 жыл бұрын

For the most part I agree....but Letterman was better with Grodin.

@edp2260

3 жыл бұрын

I must agree. I Have to live with the memory. At least we have 'the best of'.

@BonoTheManShow

3 жыл бұрын

David letterman’s the best

@andya2665

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny ran the show. Modern hosts seem to kiss butts.

@willt6551

2 жыл бұрын

Don Rickles is way funnier and Johnny would agree

Johnny Carson's like there ain't enough booze in this place to kill this pain. Old school days!! RIP Charles Grodin💞

Absolutely fantastic. What timing!

2 brilliant wits at work!

By and large, contemporary talk shows pale by comparison to this sort of brilliant banter.

R.I.P. Charles Grodin . 🙏

That was absolute gold!

Carson never dumbed-down his conversations. An intelligent man.

Charles Grodin + talk shows = comedy gold.

RIP still stands up over time.

I laid on the living room floor every night watching Johnny. I think this was the best comedic 12 minutes and fifty-one seconds clip I have seen. Two greats. And I think their is a bit of Andy Kaufman feeling going on. Thank you for sharing. Sweet sorrow.

Grodin, Jonathan Winters, Rickles we're three of his best

@johnps30

3 жыл бұрын

George Segal too

I remember this years ago....watch it over and over...great!

Loved Charles' earlier movies and his talk show

Nothing today compares - GREAT GREAT GREAT !

Carson was and still remains and will remain the best late night talk show host ever.

This is a classic. Two very funny people and great guys!

Johnny Carson and Charles Grodin are banter geniuses.

I never knew who he ( Godin ) was till yesterday !!! Amazing

@JP-babe-girly

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the movie Clifford. The funniest movie ever.

You can see the fire in Johnnys eyes ..

Damn! What great comic genius this is and such quick wit and banter back and forth!

Their banter back and forth in hysterical!

So great!! The boos at the end are just perfect, Grodin is the best.

Charles and Johnny were magical together..perfect repertoire...some of the funniest shit I've ever seen..both of them RIP

Hilarious from start to finish. Two masters.

Charles Grodin. Legend. Carson: "Is this gonna be another one of these nights??"

One word : Brillant!!

Carson had grodin on a contract as a regular guest

Grodin was terreffic in Heaven can wait.

@tnargskoorb1

3 жыл бұрын

And Midnight Run with DeNiro

Both of them are funny as hell!!!!!

Thanks for posting! Late night hasn't heard wit like this in a very, very, very long time.

God, I miss Carson.

Best guest. RIP Charles.

@johnps30

3 жыл бұрын

He’s the one that pops up first too - him and George Segal - two of the greats.

two great friends bantering....

We miss you George Newton/Charles Grodin

Fantastically-played and brilliant!

Now that's some damn good ribbing.

Brilliant!

RIP Charles !🍺

Carson and Grodin made something that is extraordinary difficult seem like it was a stroll in the park.

Grodin is Great 👍

R.I.P Charles Grodin.

UNREAL CHEMISTRY between these 2

RIP Charles Grodin

Brilliant! Thanks for this great clip.

Grodin at his finest with Johnny...we will miss you Chuck say hi to Carson and McMahon

I have never seen anybody get Johnny so upset like this guy.

This is some of Johnny's funniest stuff.

Carson had Grodin on 36 times because he was good TV, and that was Carson's first priority. We always looked forward to Grodin. A nervous and agitated Carson was the most honest and funny Carson. He's quicker and funnier with Grodin than he was in 1962 when he first took over The Tonight Show.

Best talk show guest/host chemistry of all time

If you haven’t seen Midnight Run with Grodin and DeNiro I highly recommend it. Just hilarious.

Did Charles Grodin get along with Johnny Carson? Johnny Carson liked him so much that he put Grodin under contract as a guest in 1973. He would appear once a month, to the exclusion of all other talk shows. Their imitation of mutual hostility was so convincing that the programme always received letters of complaint about Grodin's shabby treatment of his host.

"I have a 2-year-old son." (pause, then laughter) "Well, I'll alert the media, what...what do...?" LMAO :)

These two !!! Out of this world great !!!

@daveford7414

3 жыл бұрын

Two legends.

Gotta luv these guys..........

Grodin has made me laugh for, some 40 years. To go toe to toe with Carson is priceless. He just has this funny way of being offended. Love it.

Don't tussle with the master!!!

i am learning about such amazing history about these legends, that i've heard from my other famous current comedian idols...........thanks covid

these guys are ozing with real sweet charm and intelligence , somehow that kind of world-class integrity is not around anymore ; we started losing that in the nineties , then it just dried out completely .

THESE TWO COULD TOUR TOGETHER- AMAZING CHEMISTRY.

I remember in college seeing the original airing. This was really something special. These guys were doing "irony," "breaking the 4th wall," and "meta" years and years before those were things; making a mockery of the format, while still operating within it's conventions. I feel so privileged to have lived through the era when it was first being done. Now it's all water-downed self-aware braindead 'silly', and worst of all cute. (how can anyone stomach Fallon or Colbert after seeing this?) It's sad that so much mainstream tv never got better (talk shows, sitcoms). Thank god for long-form podcasts, HBO, Netflix etc.

@murderc27

2 жыл бұрын

You've just given me an idea... I'm gonna be a subversive tiktok star! Wish me luck!

@tomsmith5216

2 жыл бұрын

Fallon thinks he's a "humorist" and Col-BERT is just a pompous ass.

Two wonderful men, a class act💙💙💙💙 I wouldn’t reveal anything that personal - hahagaha

@daveford7414

4 жыл бұрын

Rip johnny.you bring so much happiness when i watch these shows from my younger years.

Aside from Rickles and Dangerfield Carson seems most animated when working with Grodon

@David-kv9yh

3 жыл бұрын

Well said. Grodin set Johnny up to really shine.

These two trading punches is just fantastic comedy.

We were so lucky to watch these great people.(born in '71)todays talk show hosts suck.(ferguson though was very funny)

Charles Grodin R.I.P.

Of the late night hosts who followed Johnny, only Craig Ferguson could have pulled off an interview like this.

@americanparser

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts, exactly.

@johnps30

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree - Craig is a seasoned professional

@marybarry2230

2 жыл бұрын

Add Graham Norton as well

Ooh this will be the last time that Mr. Grodin is ever invited to be on The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson.

This still holds up to this day 2021 Bill burr brought me here

RIP Charles LEGEND !

8:50 Charles almost breaks character!!🤣🤣🤣🤣