I'm 70 years old and I weep for the days when we were all so much happier. Today everything is upside down and there's nothing to be proud of anymore.

@paulreilly3904

9 ай бұрын

Don't despair Bill. As we age our memories play tricks on us and make us think our youth was golden. Yes the world seems broken, but there are good people out there and good will prevail.

@SAMMYJR00777

8 ай бұрын

na he is right all down the hill..... @@paulreilly3904

@remmychola81

8 ай бұрын

Bills right am just 30 and long for these days

@rbjones72703

8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@pamelah6431

8 ай бұрын

I agree, Bill. Our culture has gone down the toilet as America has turned her back on God.

Does anyone else misses Johnny Carson? Because I sure do.

@fredhewett4750

9 ай бұрын

Yes I miss Johnny Carson and all the entertainers of that era. Again there will never again be times like this ever !!

@ervina02

9 ай бұрын

I miss Johnny Carson and all of the stars of that era also. What memories! They will never be replaced. Good clean fun. Thank you for posting this gem!

@reno11558

9 ай бұрын

Terrible nighttime shows now, I haven’t watched for years.

@butchie2752

9 ай бұрын

One of his many qualities was he could adapt differently to each guest and change his approach if it wasn’t going well. Real smart guy.

@eamonq9535

9 ай бұрын

Here in Ireland we never received this show and it's only through the power of KZread I've discovered johnny Carson. What a joy to watch these nuggets. I can see how he was adored and greatly missed by the American people.

Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the most talented people to ever walk the face of the planet. There was nothing he couldn’t do.

I miss seeing performers do their thing so purely. Sammy. Mic. Band. No glam, no schlock, just pure talent shining.

@dbii6349

9 ай бұрын

I couldn’t agree more the only props he has was a cigarette a cocktail and a microphone. I truly miss those performers.

@keithmccaslyn2527

9 ай бұрын

Bingo !!! Stone Talent ! Rap Crap could NOT hold a candle to This kind of REAL TALENT. The, band is killer, good Gosh-A-Mighty what educated Talent !!

@SKA343

8 ай бұрын

His performance gave me chills. He was am amazing talent.

@murraycharters6102

6 ай бұрын

@@dbii6349yeah and the cigarettes killed him. How about the drummer in that band. I don’t know who he is but his playing is amazing, unbelievable. If anyone knows his name please respond

@Architectureguy

3 ай бұрын

@@murraycharters6102 I think it's Ed Shaughnessy based on his sideburns. He was a VERY good drummer!

The 1970's ... those were the best days for American television. 📺 ❤

@andysupple4838

9 ай бұрын

And it was free!

@orion8917

9 ай бұрын

Для СССР тоже.

@JoeBilello1969

9 ай бұрын

Not only television but it was the last great time America will ever see!!! I'd never have imagined that I was growing up at such an incredible time and in such an amazing place. South Brooklyn was like Mayberry back then and I didn't even realize at the time all the history I was right in the middle of, I lived right in the middle of Mafia Town with notorious people all around me and I've seen quite a few things growing up, ahhhh it was all such a blast looking back, God I miss it all so much even with all the bad, nothing is worse than what's happening today😢

@jillkjv3816

9 ай бұрын

@@JoeBilello1969 Except for the clothes. 🤣 They were terrible in the 1970's. Look at Sammy's clothes. They don't even match. 😁

@JoeBilello1969

9 ай бұрын

@@jillkjv3816 Yeah, you're not kidding!!!! Especially for me, I was the youngest of three boys and got a lot of hand-me-downs😆😁

Sammy Davis jr. Was like a five tool player in baseball. He could do it all. What a legend. RIP candy man you are sorely missed.

@BrentSchaffner

27 күн бұрын

Totalclassact.

This type of tv will never be seen again. Loved Johnny and Sammy.

I miss this kind of television so much!!! Those were the days when performers really made their mark in their career. Simple but ever so entertaining😊👍❤

@remilaska2702

9 ай бұрын

Yep and they weren’t arrogant. They were so talented. Put praised everyone around them. I miss them to.

@agomodern

9 ай бұрын

Simple?

@pamelah6431

8 ай бұрын

​@@agomodernmaybe they mean it like "pure" - real musicians, real singers, no autotuning and crazy lights and digital backgrounds and flamepots and whatever. Just simple, authentic, refined human talent.

Sammy could really sing. Great enunciation, which I miss from today’s singers. And personality galore.

Watching Sammy sing like that bring s back so many memories. This show was the only place to see talent like this. We need shows like this today.

@bill-88

9 ай бұрын

If only there was talent to put on today!

@mclaren720

9 ай бұрын

@@bill-88many talented people out there, they just don’t get a spot light

@trishlangford5773

8 ай бұрын

One of a kind. One and Only.❤❤❤❤❤

@hsd287

Ай бұрын

​@@bill-88 there exists talent but technology and competition dilutes and dulls it

Sammy’s sheer intelligence was almost always overlooked.

What a wonderful rendition of 'In the still of the night'- Sammy's voice was one of a kind!

The Greatest Entertainer of The 20th Century !!!....Bar None !!!....

@SKA343

8 ай бұрын

He could dance , sing, act everything!

What a performer, no one like him anymore.

Ladies and gentlemen, one of the greatest performers who ever lived. We're still watching in 2024.

That was one HELL of a performance!

We will never see the like of Sammy Davis Jr. again. The man was beyond tops.

Difficult song to sing, but as expected, he did a masterful job. RIP.

Who misses classy TV line ups? The clothes, the swag, the clean dialogues, the intelligence. SO much of the advent of REAL talent in “Hollywood” came through Johnny and the brilliance of the his producers. Lost. On. America. Today.

@trishlangford5773

8 ай бұрын

Oh yes. Bittersweet memories. Love Sammy so much. Always and FOREVER.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@danielguy1963

8 ай бұрын

Yes it's sad for the rest of the world too.

@genewortell-do7nn

7 ай бұрын

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How can you not love Sammy Davis Jr.

@Blackjesus3

4 ай бұрын

He was great

I love this! I was born in the 80s but feel like I should've been around in the 50s-70s. Everyone was so classy back then.

@BradfordtheEclectic

9 ай бұрын

Yes we were!

@hsd287

Ай бұрын

U would suffer from the backwardness too a lot

He definitely was the complete entertainer he could sing he could dance he could act, A true legend

@genewortell-do7nn

7 ай бұрын

7:04

Absolutely the most talented, well-rounded, extra-ordinary performer of his generation!!!!!!

@bdyt

9 ай бұрын

So true

@chr970

9 ай бұрын

Not sure about that. Who were his contemporaries? I think Sean Connery was more talented, as was Chuck Connors.

@agomodern

9 ай бұрын

I didn’t know Connery sang and danced.

We'll never see entertainment like this again. Wow!

Class act , there was and is nobody like him , and never will be, he was the best all round entertainer ever !

@prodney1263

9 ай бұрын

Him and the rat pack

@D.Antony

9 ай бұрын

Ever! Hands down.

Love Sammy. Real class and beautiful human being. We have lost so many great ones. Sadly the era of class and true talent is gone forever.

@kiasky1

6 ай бұрын

Yes it is.

The man can sang!!!

Humble days,we will never see the like again❤

Sammy killing it here

Those of us from that era, IMO, took the talent we were surrounded with SO much for granted. At least I know I did. Imagine a ho-hum response to a Sammy Davis, A Sinatra, a Dean Martin, etc appearing on stage, on the Tonight Show, etc. We were so very, very blessed.

Class act as always. Sammy thought of himself as just another guy, but was on top of the charts.

Sammy was an amazing talent,but unlike the performers today he was not full of himself.

An incomparable talent backed by an amazing band and spectacular arrangement to whom he pays due respect! ❤

This was the America I grew up loving. How naive I was.

Sammy had class and what A. PERFORMER .

Sammy was great! This performance is pure fantastic jazz. His rendition of "Birth Of The Blues" is the best ever!

I have no words to say how much I needed that today. Sammy is magical, magnificiently talented, and a complete charm of charisma. Might as well have Carson cone to his mini-concert. Sammy continues to live on in these incredible recordings and videos. One of, if not the greatest Rat Pack in entertainment!

Damn, imagine missing that episode back then! No KZread to view it the next day. I would have been pissed if I missed this episode 🤣 Mr. Sammy Davis Jr. The Consummate Performer 👏🏾

Simply a legend.

So nice watching a talk show where the audience doesn't hoot and whoop every five seconds.

He was so humble on top of his talent like no other .. I got live during these days so lucky!

The Incomparable, total entertainment, infinite perfection…. That was our Sir Sammy Davis Jr- American Royalty!!!!!!! 😊😊

The experience you're left with after watching the Tonight show was so genuine, like you got to know these people just a bit. No other show has ever made me feel that way

Wow! Sammy Davis Jr! Love his performance!

sammy was the coolest dude bar none of his time, and it was natural no fluff and facade. one of the saddest things i've ever heard about him was that even after he made it his biggest fear was of dying broke.

Sammy was just beautiful guy 😢😢😢😢

This shows that you can be a little guy and be successful and loved.

Sammy Davis needs a biopic. Probably most talented of the Rat Pack, an epic career in a difficult time.

@Rob_Kates

9 ай бұрын

Agreed, he was the most talented, and versatile. That's saying a lot when he's being compared to Frank and Dean.

@standurround589

9 ай бұрын

Hart will never do it

@Rob-metoo527

9 ай бұрын

Dean was pretty talented

SAMMY DAVIS JR what a multi-talented legend

One of the best entertainers

Sammy! One of my favorites back then. I liked him better that Sinatra!

Love Sammy so much. FOREVER. Till the day I die. ❤❤❤❤

Will never forget the legendary Sammy Davis Junior

What a guy Sammy was!! Just a genius..I feel sad I was too young to see him perform

Unfortunately we no longer have talent like those form the era of Johnny Carson. RIP to all the entertainers of days gone by.

Sammy was absolutely the fourth unofficial member of the Rat Pack! Keep that Swing goin in Heaven Sammy 🙏

@timm1139

9 ай бұрын

Unofficial?? Sammy was just as much a part of that group as Dean or Jerry. The chairman himself moved Sammy into Vegas when all of the other blacks were forced to live on the outskirts. They all treated each other like brothers. Unofficial my eye! (See what I did there?)

@markbirchette8740

9 ай бұрын

@@timm1139 Jerry Lewis was never in the rat pack. Sinatra, Martin and Bishop.

@kiotihamada9477

9 ай бұрын

Also Peter Lawford, for awhile @@markbirchette8740

@BradfordtheEclectic

9 ай бұрын

@@timm1139 Well said with an eye for detail.

@asmith3775

8 ай бұрын

Sammy, Frank, and Dean were the main members with Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

When entertainers had real talent!

I still bust a gut every time I see the episode of All in the family when Sammy Davis Jr was on it and the look of Archey’d face when Sammy planted a kiss on his cheek. What a classic.

I never heard anyone do Garfield, he was perfect.

@sheilamacdougal4874

9 ай бұрын

In Mean Streets, Harvey Keitel's character does him for a few seconds.

I like seeing the hair and the clothes. Lived through those times myself and know pretty much exactly when it was. Part of the fun.

There's nothing he couldn't do. Probably the most talented star of the top 3 of the Rat Pack.

What a showman.🥰

Unbelievable! It's like people forgot how to have conversation nowadays! The first few seconds in and I'm already captivated!

Sam was just an enormously talented human being. So great to watch!

Both could never be replaced.

300 channels on tv today, and nothing close to this to watch. I'm glad I was young, when I was young !

I remember him saying this about the cat in Cleveland. I was 13 and it stayed with me.

As I watch this I think about those times and get that feeling. If you know what I mean, you know.

At 9:56, as part of the cast of Poor Devil, Sammy mentions Adam West, glad he did, his role was one of the highlights of that funny made-for-TV movie.

@davidsheridan3513

9 ай бұрын

I was also glad to hear him mention Christopher Lee. I remember Lee having an awful hair style in the movie. I guess that is what happens when you play the devil.

@luishumbertovega3900

9 ай бұрын

@@davidsheridan3513 Yes, he had a weird hairstyle !!! 😁

Around 6:45 was such a good answer to Johnny’s question about when he knew he’d made it. What an insightful guy.

Man... That Band!, and the arrangements CRUSHED IT!

Love Sammy a legend truly one of the greats.

Great live performance with a great live band by Sammy!!

What can anyone not say what a Great Entertainer Sammy was! Then you hsve Johnny Carson! This was a time when Entertainers were so Outstanding! We will never see their like again! Davis Jr. could do it all !!

OMG!! I forgot how amazing Sammy was, utterly astounding, especially accompanied by this elite Tonite show band. I appreciate this so much more in this day and age, where we get such garbage thug music from rappers.

@agomodern

9 ай бұрын

Sure wish people today would see Sammy as a role model. The entertainment world would be a much better place.

What a great treat to start the long weekend. Thank you!

Such a voice. Fun listening to him.

What a great legend. Only starting to appreciate him now as an adult and not something I could have done as a child in the 70s

Sammy Davis Jr. A Class Act💯🇺🇸

omg i love this guy such a great performer all around.

In today's entertainment environment it's easy to forget just how much pure talent Sammy and many of his contemporaries had. There are very few today that come close. Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey (too bad for him), and Eddie Murphy all act, sing, dance, and speak in an intelligent manner about any topic. It's a dying art form to be so well rounded.

Super class guy and the most amazing entertainer of all time (with Cagney and Kelly), the “triple threat” few few can attain. My fav of the Rat Pack and that says a lot.

I am watching Sammy sing and its just magical. Only Sammy takes me to that place. Look at how he dances with the lyrics and hug his style of pronouncing his words. Damn! how i miss those songs and musicians. Now i listen and cry, because i miss the love of my lfe and i miss the music. Thanks for posting.

Better than anything on 2023 tv

@pamelah6431

8 ай бұрын

The tv being off is better than anything on it. Lol

Sammy. A sweet man. Look forward to meeting him🙏🏻

I can't believe that this is from 50 years ago... It's like watching TV from another planet, compared to the crap that's on today.

@Jackkenway

9 ай бұрын

Sadly, you are right! I'm not even from that generation but I love that decade, Carson is my favorite alongside Cavett.

@hsd287

Ай бұрын

This is how the world evolved with technology tbh from culture to modernness

The Sam Man is the shiznit! Raised up in my parents OG Piano Bar since I was born. All through the 60's the Rat Pack and others is what I was exposed to. And I never realized how really great the music and talent was. There's no business like Show business!

I can’t help but believe what Sammy was saying was true about being accepted. He fought a very strong headwind for most of his career and hats off to whatever help Frank Sinatra provided which many believe and with good reason was real.

I have always loved the legendary Sammy Davis Jr. ❤ (A member of the Rat Pack).

Good job, Sammy, Jr.! You are and always will be one for the books.

Great show! Loved it since I was young back in the 1960s. I wish they hadn’t cut out the plugs and old commercials. I’d love to see those! Back in the day, the commercials wouldn’t have been interesting to me, except for a few. They are now, because of the nostalgia.

Had only heard him do Candy Man, and Bojangles, that he was a Rat Packer…. I really like him singing!!!! Will have to listen to him more!!!!

Sammy davis jr the best!

Sammy was the absolute 💯 best of this country's TALENT! AND A TRUE SHINNING STAR! I want to know where are his children? None of them came out with his talent???

Classic glad I can watch this on KZread

Theres one thing i'm certain about,sammy davis jr.was the greatest entertainer that ever lived.

Johnny Carson was one of the few stars who didn't dye his hair, and it looked great.

Love Sammy singing.

I forgot what someone with manners really sounded like!

Sammy did such a good job introducing the clip I wanted to see it, even if I would never be able to find the show now.