Hope everyone enjoyed the show

@modernretroradio993

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@sinrob1

10 ай бұрын

Yes. Thanks for posting, especially a "real" Tonight Show, unlike the modified material Carson's company posts with edits, phony synthesizer music re-dubs, applause tracks covering guest walk-on music etc.

@jameshanold6545

10 ай бұрын

I did indeed.

@marcelhaik8035

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this!🎉

@michaeldemenchuk6988

10 ай бұрын

@@sinrob1 But the actual saying of the words "The Tonight Show" (an NBC trademark) cut out. That's why the repackaged Carson shows are never called "The Tonight Show."

I miss the peacock. I miss Johnny and Ed, but happy 96th birthday Doc.

Sammy coming out like dynamite, reminding us all to be solid. God bless Sammy, wherever you are.

@Joeblow-ms3cv

Ай бұрын

Fortunate in early 80's to see him perform at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. Par Excellence 🙂

I read that the day after this, Freddie got contacted by NBC to do his own show. Johnny had that kind of influence.

@michaelj.r457

10 ай бұрын

Getting on the Tonight Show alone and scoring was enough. What put him over the top was getting called to the couch. For comedians, that alone was the moment you knew you were going to have a career. Drew Carey said he had almost the same experience. The next day, he was getting offers from networks all around. Fun to note is Freddie was one of the few to get called to the couch on his first appearance. The next time that would happen would be a few years later, with a little comic named Billy Crystal! (And keeping with tradition, it was a few months after that when Billy got Soap.)

@beenaplumber8379

6 ай бұрын

You mean Chico and the Man? One of my favorite shows as a kid.

Erma Bombeck was bumped. Freddie Prinze did something you will never see today: an ethnic comedy routine.

Probably the best of all of Sammy Davis Jr.s' Tonight Show appearances. Wow!

@January.

10 ай бұрын

*Jr.'s

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

He was incredible. He could do it all, and do it so well.

@josh021588

4 ай бұрын

The ending to “I gotta be me” was wow 🤩 😮 Seriously Gives me the chills

What a voice Sammy has! That was terrific! Boy, I miss those type entertainers. They would really light up Vegas when they appeared. Sammy was the ultimate entertainer. He just could make people feel great. I miss him. I saw him in Miami and he was great. Sammy, Dean, Frank, they’re all gone! You youngsters don’t know what you’re missing.

@57highland

7 ай бұрын

Entertainment was on an entirely different plane in those days.

Thank you for preserving this with the commercials!!!

@beenaplumber8379

6 ай бұрын

Totally! Something wonderfully nostalgic about old commercials for products that don't exist anymore, like those incredibly loud and awful plaid slacks!

50 years ago unbelievable

Did you notice the extended musical intervals when returning from commercials? In those days air time wasn’t as costly as it is today where time is 💰. I definitely miss those broadcasts. Sammy was spectacular as usual. Freddie had not yet been signed to do “Chico & The Man” but this appearance catapulted him to stardom. Those guest lineups were A-1 with talent that was unmatched. The Tonight Show Band with Doc and Buddy on the drums was the best in the biz.

@FredFlix

10 ай бұрын

Those extended musical intervals were primarily for the studio audience while NBC affiliate stations aired local commercials.

@ai_serf

9 ай бұрын

the music is so good.

@gregorymessimer5728

7 ай бұрын

This was (apparently) recorded from a national feed. They would record the show early around 5 in LA, then transmit it throughout the country, first via directional microwave links, and later via satellite. The local stations would then broadcast it at the appropriate time, inserting their local ads where the music was playing. Every so often something would go wrong and you could catch a glimpse. Later, with satellite, people could build or buy receivers that could descramble the signal, giving them access to the show before it aired. The first guy in my little town with a VCR and a satellite dish (the really big kind) used to record them. Wish I had those tapes today! These are probably from an old affiliate. They're still finding long lost gems tucked away in out of the way stations that set the tapes aside for whatever reason, everything from Dr. Who episodes to portions of the moon landings.

@Rlinks

7 ай бұрын

Actually, back in the late 90s, you could buy full unedited shows from Johnny Carson website on vhs 📼 for 99.00. It didn't last too long because of copyright issues, especially with the music acts. Eventually, these tapes landed on Ebay for sale, which is where I got most of mine. The shows that are blurry are copies of those tape. The shows that look great are the real vhs master copies. Sadly, l haven't seen any of those tapes on eBay in years. Maybe I bought them all 🤔

"The show back in New York" was one of the last episodes of 'Jack Paar Tonight!'.

Rlinks, thank you for posting this gem. Doc Severinsen just turned 96 this week!

@Rlinks

10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

At alpine valley in East troy wi in the early 70s , Sammy wrote a check to the waitress in the same amount as the whole crew because she served his table when another waiter refused ! !NOW THAT'S A CLASSY MAN GOD BLESS SAMMY DAVIS JR.AND THE RAT PACK ! ! BIESS JOHNNY CARSON AND ED AND DOC AND OF COARSE TOMMY NEWSOME THOSE WERE THE DAYS ! !❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Wow,I even remember some of these commercials.This was 1 and a half years after high school.I watched Johnny every night.

Another consequence of this episode is that Freddie Prinze went on to open for Sammy Davis on tour in 1975. i almost got tickets to see them in Cincinnati.

Diane Keaton-a truly beautiful multi talented versatile stage/movie and television performer-successfully entertained millions of fans for over forty five years.

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed her in all of the films with Woody Allen.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

​@@Rob_KatesPlay It Again, Sam is my favorite.

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

@@January. Yes, Woody made tons of great movies. A very impressive career as a writer, actor and director.

@VideoAmericanStyle

10 ай бұрын

A surprisingly terrible interview, though. She barely said anything.

Saw Freddie Prinze at our local fair a few months before he died. He did a pretty good stand up.

What a voice Mr Davis had

You will never ever hear anyone work the music and sing like Sammy! Thanks to you, I have. I will revisit!

This recording is a great chance to hear a lot of the Tonight Show Band. Some local affiliates weren't able to sell every slot of commercial time, and when they had a slot open, the show would play--the video would be the "More to Come" card, but the audio would be the band playing the interstitial music. On this recording of the Tonight Show, there's a lot of unsold commercial time when you can hear the band playing, I grew up in a large suburban area, so I rarely if ever got to hear the music played during commercials, so I loved getting a chance to hear that. Sammy Davis is great, he sings a couple songs, but then he does an improv medley with the band that's marvelous, he sings Tie a Yellow Ribbon with this hip beat, and a couple other numbers, & does a wonderful dance bit, it's great. Plus jazz drummer Louis Bellson is sitting in with The Band and there's a segment when Johnny turns it over to the band & they play a Bellson arrangement, with solo space for Louis. This is the break out show for Freddie Prince, his first time on Natl TV, and he just slays, so of course Johnny invites him over. Erma Bombeck is a no show, it seems like something happened, bc Johnny turned the show over to the band during the usual writer spot. He said they ran outta time, but Johnny would usually cut the band number rather than a guest, so I think Erma had to go for some reason.

@Rlinks

10 ай бұрын

This is an actual copy of the network feed, which is why there are only network commercials and not local commercial.

@ms2189

8 ай бұрын

There was only 4 minutes airtime left by that point; running long and having to bump a guest happened pretty often because there was so much authentic talent! Really, they ran long because of Sammy's extra performances, but no one was going to say no, even Erma herself!

@gregorymessimer5728

7 ай бұрын

​@@RlinksHa! I made a reply to a previous comment speculating as much! Cool, and thanks!

@beenaplumber8379

6 ай бұрын

Louis Bellson? I don't even know that name, but he was ON FIRE for the whole show! I don't know when Ed Shaughnessy joined up, but Louis was every bit as amazing, straight from the Gene Krupa/Buddy Rich big band drumming tradition. He was amazing! And Sammy's medley starting with the bassist - wow!

@LannieLord

5 ай бұрын

I'm in the suburbs of NYC- back then you NEVER got to hear that extra music ! When M-TV was BRAND NEW they did the same thing. BIG spaces around the commercials for "station ID music" .

This will stream in HD 1080

This is a real TREAT! Thanks so much for this! 😊😊😊😊😊😊

FANTASTIC! - Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this. Sammy was always amazing. 💙💙

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

He was the most versatile of the Rat Pack guys.

I was working midnights then,so this will be my first chance to view this.

1:26:05 and again at 1:27:36--A pretty Henry Mancini piece, "Brass on Ivory," which was the title cut of a Mancini-Doc Severinsen album released in 1972.

Louie Bellson's solo blew away anything Buddy Rich ever did !!!😂

A legend. America's taste for so long

Great video johnny is hilarious 😂😂😂 Thank you

At 6:20, Tom Harmon doing the commercial. He's the father of actor Mark Harmon (NCIS).

The chemistry between Johnny and Diane Keaton was a lot like the chemistry between Terri Garr and Letterman a decade after this.

@gm12551

10 ай бұрын

She sings pretty dang good

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

Diane was very awkward, but it made her more appealing.

@beenaplumber8379

6 ай бұрын

Wow, you're totally right about that! The awkwardness was endearing, and there was an obvious friendship between the two. They understood each other, and that was totally what was going on with Dave & Terri Garr.

I had forgotten that they ever asked the audience if they had any questions.

And you have the old commercials Right On!

Blanking out the AUDIO HEAVEN FORBID WE HEAR the words from Ed """its the TONIGHT SHOW with JOHNNY CARSON""" it might start another EARTHQUAKE TREMOUR!!!! I understand COPYRIGHTS but we viewers can HEAR JOHNS VOICE and SEE HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE as HE was recorded LIVE some years back!!!! Welcome to what we percieve in the years of 1985 tru 2024 as keep your EYES ON THOSE DOLLARS$$$$$$$

Diane Keaton appears to be stoned here.🥴🤪

wow. sammy davis jr. wow.

Wow! United Airlines was introducing in-flight... radio!? 😂😂😂

13:17 - No, I wouldn't be caught DEAD wearing these!

Diane *does* have that Teri Garr 'ditz-factor' :)

Diane Keaton is lovely, charming and funny!

@57highland

7 ай бұрын

She had (has) it all.

@LannieLord

5 ай бұрын

I think she smoked pot before the show

Mr.bojangles danced

The drummer in this episode was? (did anyone notice?) "Louie Bellson" !!!

So before Carson Productions, there was Tonight Show Company, Inc.

I started watching Johnny in Sept. '74 when I started high school and had double sessions. My bus came at 10:45 so it enabled me to watch the whole show that ended at 1:00 a.m.

The pants commercial got me. I think I repressed that fashion statement from my memory. My eyes hurt now.

Good days.

Need more episodes with Sammy I'm sure over the years Johnny must of had the 3 of them on Dean Sammy and Frank

@Rob_Kates

10 ай бұрын

Frank even guest hosted the show once.

@mrcrazyjonpresents4312

10 ай бұрын

@@Rob_Kates yeah seen it

@January.

10 ай бұрын

*must have had

I’m trying to understand how a very staid 60’s man and frequent Carson viewer would respond to Sammy’s 70’s beatbox jig.

👌!

Do you have the show when Suzanne Somers was bow saw in half by Blackstone the magician

1:14:41 - I see what they did here! A 'shuffled-around' version of "Happy Birthday" to avoid royalties! :)

1:21:30 James Earl Jones is the voice of the cartoon tuba.

Ya Freddie was very likeable. Dianne is very quirky, similar to Terri Garr and Meg Ryan.

And yet Johnny had to apologize near the end of this episode for Erma Bombeck not appearing because "we ran a little long." A 90-minute, early-'70s "Tonight Show" and yet a guest was still "cut for time".

@57highland

7 ай бұрын

Hard to imagine that happening today.

@arthuridis

7 ай бұрын

Not the only occurrence, it happened numerous times...even through the 1980's.

@kevinfitzmaurice4072

4 ай бұрын

It happened on Letterman's NBC show as well.

Milk House...It actually hurts to watch these clips...human pain though😂

I don’t remember the band performances going on that long when returning from commercials. I think those were edited down for broadcast.

@Rlinks

7 ай бұрын

This is a network feed of NBC broadcast. The local stations would run commercial during the bumper section. The music was for the audience waiting for the commercial break to end.

@Wolfinger1935

7 ай бұрын

It's fantastic... thanks for leaving the music in. Doc's band was swinging! @@Rlinks

Diane was high.

24:36 - OOPS! :)

Ed made an entire career out of laughing at Carsons jokes.

@MrJoeybabe25

8 ай бұрын

Anyone could do that. Ed was a whole lot more to the success of the show than "laughing at Carson's jokes".

@minnesotom

8 ай бұрын

@@MrJoeybabe25 Ho-Ho-Ho-Ho! You are correct, sir! Hi-O!

The band

To the owner of this channel....how did you obtain this show on video? Was it from dvds?

@Rlinks

10 ай бұрын

There was a time after Johnny Carson retired. His website sold full episode of his tonight show. It lasted only for a short period because copyright issues made the cost of buying a full episode expensive. This is not from the best of DVD.

@mikedeveau7075

10 ай бұрын

@@Rlinks This particular episode was amazing and a real example of the breadth of content you could see from the 90 minute days. Please tell me you have more.

@Rlinks

10 ай бұрын

@mikedeveau7075 Yes, I have more. I tried to post an episode that hasn't been posted before.

It's Freddie Prinze.

Diane Keaton went to Santa Ana High School.

Super talents. Not like the garbage on late night since Leno left.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, David Letterman. Period.

@roncaruso931

10 ай бұрын

@@January. Carson was the best. The others are good, but they all tried to copy Carson.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

@@roncaruso931 Jack Paar hosted the Tonight Show BEFORE Johnny.

@roncaruso931

10 ай бұрын

@JANUARY. No kidding! Thanks for letting me know!!! Steve Allen created the Tonight show in the 1950's. He set the format. A desk, going into the audience and ask questions, doing wacky stunts, going outside the studio, and ask questions. Letterman had Allen on his show, and Letterman admitted that he copied many of Allen's ideas. No matter, Carson was the best.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

@@roncaruso931 *1950s Therefore, Jack Paar DIDN'T copy Johnny DUH.

24:45 - Interesting! *NO* applause when going to commercial! (?)

Hey wha hoppen?

Sammys right about drugs. MJ is fine if you like it...i do...but really for medicinal issues. I have severe anxiety and mental health stuff as well as pain management problems. I take kratom and marijuana flower dry vape(or delta 9 gummies... pretty much the ssme thing )

She acts just like Annie Hall here.

I think Johnny was trying to hold off the grey monster. His hair looks so dyed here.

You often see different hosts or people doing bits with music playing and the people will wave theirr arm, like to cut it of, and they miss by a few bits or even more, but NEVER with Johnny and Doc. Always linstant. Timing is everything. Isn't it Doc?

Anyone commenting Freddie is unfunny, how funny were you at 19? Johnny is not even funnier. No offense...it's just Freddie's humor was funny for the time it was presented. He was new...a minority young funny person and good looking and charming.

@arthuridis

7 ай бұрын

People seem to forget that 1973 was a different era. I wish we can go back to those laid back times in some ways.

So much polyester.

I think Johnny being ill gave this show a special loopiness that is eternally endearing

He was ready but not ready for all that came with it. Dead in less than four years.

If Johnny would have put down his cigarettes maybe he would have felt better.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

Not "maybe." DEFINITELY.

@keithhyttinen8275

10 ай бұрын

Oh oh. The cigarette police are here again. Lock the door.

@January.

10 ай бұрын

@@keithhyttinen8275 The prevalence of ignoramuses in the world is appalling.

Forced laughter

“Eez not my job.” It’s amazing and pathetic that if Freddie Prinze (Prince is an incorrect spelling) was starting out today that he would never be able to poke fun at his Puerto Rican heritage as part of his comedy act. The “woke” brigade would crucify him. And the music chart being played by the band during the commercial break after Prinze’s spot is really interesting.

@pika23

10 ай бұрын

I mean there are asian comedians who do the asian accent. Gabriel Iglesias does the accents and latino humor

@VideoAmericanStyle

10 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? There’s a young Latino cast member on SNL whose first sketches literally were full of references to his Cuban heritage. It’s embarrassing how ignorant these “you couldn’t do that today” takes are.

@bleepiestofbloops

9 ай бұрын

This isn't true.

@EdKazO-Vision

6 ай бұрын

That is completely untrue. “Woke Brigade?” Turn off Hannity and join the real world.

/I forgot how unfunny Freddie Prince was.....

Ed insipid bellowing laugh, lackey yesman.